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48 Cards in this Set
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Profligate
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A depraved man
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Supplication
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Humble begging
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Vociferating
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Crying out loudly
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Apostrophising
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Addressing the absent or dead as if present
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Vinous
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Showing effects of using wine
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Superciliously
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Overbearingly, haughty
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Assiduously
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Constantly, diligently
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Anatomise
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Dissect, Analyze
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Aprocyphal
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Of doubtful authenticity
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Abate
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to lessen
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Tremulously
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Trembling, shaking
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Oblivion
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State of being forgotten
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Lenient
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indulgent, a mild disposition towards
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Florid
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Highly decorated
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Assented
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Agreed
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Execrations
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Curses
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Modicum
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A small quantity
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Portentously
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Ominous, foreshadowing something bad
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Attenuated
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Diminished; made thin or slender
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Contagion
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Infection; diseased by contact
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Conflagration
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A great fire
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Approbation
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Approval; liking
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Disparaging
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dishonorable; inferior
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Equipages
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Equipment
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Capricious
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Whimsical
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Emigrant
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one who moved residence from one country to another
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Sequestrated
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Taking custody of a defendant's property
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Acquiescene
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Compliance
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Dubiously
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Uncertain; doubtful
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inviolate
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Uninjured; unbroken
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Avocations
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Occupations
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Redundancy
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using or having more than necessary
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Purveyors
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Those who supply provisions
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Remonstrated
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Presented strong reasons against something
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Culpability
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guilt; sinfulness; responsibilty
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Dissonance
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Discord; disagreement in sound
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Prevaricate
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To act or speak evasively
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Proscribed
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Outlawed; condemned as dangerous
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Imperious
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haughty; arrogant; domineering
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Prodigous
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Extraordinary; huge
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Antipathy
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Dislike; opposition
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Gesticulation
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to make motions while talking
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epicure
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devoted to sensual enjoyments
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Alacrity
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liveliness; cheerful readiness
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Inveterate
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long-established; deep-rooted
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Accoutred
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furnished with military dress & arms
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Rapacious
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Subsisting on prey; plundering
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Expiation
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Atonement; reparation
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