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16 Cards in this Set
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Moors
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(noun) tracts of open, rolling wasteland, usually covered with heather and often marshy.
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Hoary
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(adj) white, gray, or grayish white. Hoary can also mean "having white or gray hair because of old age."
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Reparation
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(noun) the act of making amends; compensation; anything done to make up for something.
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Purge
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(verb) to cleanse or rid of impurities or other undesirable elements; to cleanse of guilt or sin.
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Reprisal
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(noun) retaliation; the return of injury for injury recieved.
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Redress
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(verb) to set right or remedy, often by making a compensation.
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Admonish
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(verb) to warn; to reprove mildly.
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Ravenous
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(adj) greedily or wildly hungry; voracious.
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Ponder
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(verb) to weigh mentally, think deeply about, or consider carefully.
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Bane
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(noun) the cause of distress, death or ruin.
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Rancor
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(noun) a continuing and bitter ill will; deep spite or malice.
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Chaste
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(adj) pure, decent, virtuous, or modest in behavior.
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Render
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(verb) to translate or express in other words; to represent, depict or perform.
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Profane
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(verb) to treat, especially holy things, with irreverence or contempt; to show disrespect for; to violate.
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Desecrated
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(adj) profaned, treated as not sacred.
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Secular
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(adj) related to worldly things rather that to religious things.
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