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20 Cards in this Set
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severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
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Austere
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performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
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Beneficent
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pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
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Cadaverous
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to prepare by combining ingredient, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
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Concoct
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coarse, unfeeling; stupid
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Crass
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to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
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Debase
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to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
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Desecrate
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to confuse; to disturb the composure of
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Disconcert
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grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
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Grandiose
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trifling, unimportant
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Inconsequential
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a breaking of law or obligation
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Infraction
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to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
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Mitigate
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to rob of goods by open force (as in war,) plunder; the act of looting; booty
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Pillage
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to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
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Prate
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very careful and exact, attentive to find points of etiquette, or propriety
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Punctilious
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inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
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Redoubtable
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to find fault with, scold, rebuke
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Reprove
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the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage
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Restitution
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strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brace, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position
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Stalwart
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open to attack; capable of being wounded or damage; unprotected
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Vulnerable
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