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20 Cards in this Set
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Impunity
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freedom; exempt from punishment
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Chivalrous
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brave; marked by honor
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Obsequious
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submissive; servant like
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Malleable
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adaptable
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Assiduity
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perseverance to carry out action; diligence
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Pestilent
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dangerous; troublesome
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Patrimonial
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ancestral; inherited from father
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Adherent
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supporter; follower
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wayfarer
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A Person who travels by foot.
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embankments
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A wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area.
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hewn
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Chop or Cut something with a tool such as an ax.
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usurer
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A person who lends money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
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ostentation
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Vulgar display, esp. of wealth, to impress.
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adjacent
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near, adjoining
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listless
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without liveliness;lethargic
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apparition
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unusual sight; a ghost or specter
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conning
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studying
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maxim
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a rule of conduct
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behooved
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made it necessary or proper
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bevy
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a group
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