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49 Cards in this Set
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Dexterity |
Mental or physical skill |
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Diminutive |
Small, tiny |
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Intrepid |
Brave |
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Declivity |
Downward slope |
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Ligatures |
Items used for tying or binding |
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Scimitar |
A sword with a curved blade |
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Puissant |
Strong and powerful |
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Exploit (n) |
An adventure |
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Ignominious |
Shameful |
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Ague |
Malarial fever |
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Computation |
Any type of calculation |
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Lament |
To express grief |
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Prodigy |
A person with exceptional talents |
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Melancholy |
Sadness or depression |
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Abound |
To occur in great quantity |
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Sustenance |
Nourishment, food, something that sustains life |
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Recompense |
Pay, repay |
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Austere |
Serve in manner or appearance |
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Stature |
The natural height of a human or animal in an upright position upright position |
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Sloop |
A single mast sailing boat |
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Reprobate |
A very bad person (wicked) |
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Opaque |
Not transparent, no light can get through |
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Desolate |
A deserted place, a devastated treeless landscape |
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Etymology |
The history of a word |
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Victuals |
Food fit for human consumption |
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Effluvia |
A slight vapor, especially a bad smelling one |
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Combustible |
Capable of catching fire |
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Adamantine |
Rigidly firm, unyielding |
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Illustrious |
Brilliantly outstanding, famous because of dignity or achievements |
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Hiatus |
A break from work |
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Peninsula |
An area of land ALMOST surrounded by water |
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Persona |
A social role or character played by an actor |
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Virago |
A loud overbearing woman |
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Extraterrestrial |
Existing outside of the earth |
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Defamation
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False or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another person by slander or liable
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Epicure
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A person who knows a lot about food and wine |
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Ostracism |
Excluding a person from society, a banishment |
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Egregious |
Extraordinarily bad, conspicuously bad |
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Meander |
To take a winding or indirect path |
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Infamous |
Famous for the wrong reasons |
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Antebellum |
Existing before the war |
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Repletion |
Being fully supplied |
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Octogenarian |
One who has reached 80 years old |
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Excursion |
A trip |
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Expunge |
To get rid of or erase |
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Pedigree |
One ancestral line |
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Sacrosanct |
Extremely sacred |
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Aggrandize |
To make bigger to praise highly |
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Obsolete |
No longer in general use |
