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30 Cards in this Set
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Wuthering
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(adj.)- worn; weathered
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Waif
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(n.)- a person who has no home or friends
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Vindictive
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(adj.)- disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful
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Pious
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(adj.)- having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations
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Stalwart
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(adj.)- strong and brave
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Weathercocks
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(n.)- weather vanes in the form of roosters
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Benefactor
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(n.)- a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper
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Reprobate
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(n.)- a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person
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Degradation
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(n.)- the state of being degraded
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Taciturn
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(adj.)- inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation
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Misanthropist
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(n.)- a hater of human kind
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Miscreant
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(adj.)- villainous
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Usurp
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(v.)- to seize and hold (a position, office, power) by force or without legal right
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Conjecture
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(n.)- an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation
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Homily
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(pl. n.)- a sermon, usually on a biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature
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Dunnock
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(n.)- hedge sparrow
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Slovenly
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(adj.)- untidy or unclean in appearance or habits
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Palaver
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(n.)- a conference or discussion
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Churl
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(n.)- a rude, boorish, or surly person
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Icily
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in a cold matter
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Lachrymose
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given to shredding tears readily
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Vexatious
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troublesome
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Ejacuiation
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an abrupt utterance
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Assiduityconstant or close application or effort
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constant or close application or effort
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Sagacity
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acuteness or mental judgement
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Confluence
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the flowing together of two or more streams
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Rheumatism
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Any disorder of the extremitior or back
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Decoium
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dignified property of behavior
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Caprice
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a sudden, unpredictable change
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Indigene
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a person or thing that it indigenous or motive
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