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20 Cards in this Set
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that which is pleasant or agreeable; attractive features, customs, ect
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Amenity
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an opening, gap, hole; orifice
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Aperture
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a difference of opinion; discontent
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Dissidence
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devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; a person with discriminating tastes
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Epicurean
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not thrifty; failing to plan ahead
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Improvident
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wickedness, sin, a grossly immoral act
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Iniquity
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sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned
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Inviolable
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open to or capable of change, fickle
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Mutable
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just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence
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Nascent
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a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage
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Obeisance
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formal or elaborate praise; a tribute
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Panegyric
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a device for publicity punishing offenders; a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule; to expose to public contempt or ridicule
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Pillory
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a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion
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Pittance
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to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; a warning or indication of the future
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Presage
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descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples
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Progeny
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to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide
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Promulgate
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uprightness, righteousness, correctness
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Rectitude
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restless, hard to manage, balky
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Restive
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angelic, heavenly, celestial
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Seraphic
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to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue
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Subsist
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