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17 Cards in this Set
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adversary
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(n) an opponent; a foe
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apothecary
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(n) a druggist; a pharmacist
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augment
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(v) to increase; to enlarge
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belligerence
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hostility; warlike behavior
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courtier
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(n) one who is a member of a royal court
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importune
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(v) to beg; to ask urgently or repeatedly; to trouble with demands
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jest
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(n) a joke; (v) to tease or joke
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nuptial
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a wedding; a marriage; of or relating to a wedding or marriage
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assail
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to attack; to set upon with violence
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pernicious
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causing great harm or damage; destructive or ruinous
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portentous
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ominous; indicating something will happen esp. something evil
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posterity
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generations of the future
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profane
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(v) to treat holy things with contempt or disregard; (adj) unholy; irreverent
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prologue
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an introduction; a preface
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propagate
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to reproduce; to produce offspring
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transgression
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a sin; breaking a law
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visage
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face; appearance
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