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20 Cards in this Set
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Austere
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Severe or stern in matter
Without adornment or luxury simple, plain harsh or sour in flavor |
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Beneficent
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Performing acts of kindness or charity;
conferring benefits doing good |
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Cadaverous
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pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
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Concoct
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Prepare by combining ingredients, make up, to devise, invent, fabricate
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Crass
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Coarse, unfeeling
stupid |
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Debase
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Lower in character, quality, or value.
To degrade, adulterate, to cause to deteriorate |
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Desecrate
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To commit sacrilege upon
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Disconcert
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to confuse, to disturb
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Grandoise
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grand in an impressive or stately way
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Inconsequential
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trifling, unimportant
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Infraction
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Breaking of the law or obligation
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Mitigate
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To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
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Pillage
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to rob of goods by open force
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Prate
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To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
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Punctilious
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Very careful and exact
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Redoubtable
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inspiring fear or awe
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Reprove
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find fault with, scold
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Restitution
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Act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position
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Stalwart
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Strong and sturdy
Brace Resolute |
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Vulnerable
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open to attack
being wounded or damaged |
