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29 Cards in this Set
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scion
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child, descendant
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indoctrinate
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to teach certain principles
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opulence
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wealth, riches
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obsequious
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seeking favor, fawning
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fulsome
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excessive, insincerely
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lush
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luxurious, elaborate
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destitution
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extreme poverty
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supplication
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earnest prayer
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decadence
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decay
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penance
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atonement for sin
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ascetic
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one who practices self-denial and devotion
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desultory
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occuring by chance, disconnected
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bona fide
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genuine
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salvation
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deliveration from ruin
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nirvana
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freedom from care, pain, Buddhist heaven
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juxtapose
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to place side by side
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plight
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predicament, dangerous situation
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covert
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secret, hidden
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cope
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to be a match for, to be able to handle
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incapacitated
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disabled, made unfit
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connubial
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related to marriage
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demur
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to object
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appellation
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a name
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cumulative
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accumulated
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recondite
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secret, hidden, obscure
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palliate
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alleviate, relive without curing
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delude
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to fool
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prelude
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introduction
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chimerical
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visionary, imaginary, fantastic
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