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38 Cards in this Set
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Amorous
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indicative of love or desire
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alluring
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to be highly, often subtly attractive
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delicacies
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something pleasing or appealing
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nuances
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expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling or tone
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amenable
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reponsive to advice, authority or suggestion; willing
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baleful
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harmful or malignant in intent or effect
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ambrosial
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of or worthy of the gods;divine
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insolence
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behaving in a presumptuous manner and insulting in manner or speech.
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rapine
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forcible seizure of another's property, plunder
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primal
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being first in time, primeval
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clarion
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loud and clear
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audacity
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fearless daring
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parley
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a discussion or conference, especially between enemies over truce
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Libation
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The pouring of a liquid offering as a religious sacrifice
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abject
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brought low in condition or status
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brazen
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marked by flagrant and insolent audacity
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precedence
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priority claimed or recieved because of superiority
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equity
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the state, quality or ideal of being just, impartial and fair
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stratagems
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A clever, often underhanded scheme for achieving an objective
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insidious
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working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or steathly manner
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oracle
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A person considered to be a wise counsel or the source of prophetic opinions
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numinous
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filled with or characterized by a sense of supernatural presence
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invocation
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the acto or instance of invoking, especially an appeal to a higher power for assistance
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scion
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a descendant or heir
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surfeit
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to feed or supply to exces, satiety or disgust
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anodyne
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capable of soothing or eliminating pain
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consummation
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an ultimate goal or end
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venerable
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worthy or reverence
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conflation
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to bring together, meld or fuse
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trope
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a word or phrase used non-literally, such as a metaphor
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feckless
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careless and irresponsible
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doldrums
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a period of great depression or unhappy listlessness
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forfend
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to keep or ward off, avert
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derelict
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deserted, run-down, neglected
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sovereign
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one that excercises supreme, permanent authority, especially over a governmental unit
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limpid
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characterized by transparent clearness
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genre
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a type or class
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harangue
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to deliver a long, pompous speech
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