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33 Cards in this Set
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countenance (v)
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to face out, persist unblushingly, to confirm
to look upon with favour |
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countenance (n)
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appearance of favour, moral support
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hectic
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belonging to the bodily condition, like a fever
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impostume
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a swelling or cyst in the body
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craven
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cowardly, weak-hearted
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scruple
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a thought or circumstance that troubles the mind or conscience; a doubt in regard to morality
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exhort
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to admonish earnestly, to serve as an incitement
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imminent
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impending threateningly, coming on shortly
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importunate
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persistent in solicitation
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hugger-mugger
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in secret
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pestilent
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fatal, poisonous, infectious
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cuckold
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rude name for the husband of an unfaithful wife
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rue
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sorrow, regret
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commune
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to share, participate
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acquittance
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the act of release or discharge from an obligation
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gender
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kind, sort, class; the common sort
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gyves
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shackles
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character
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a brand, stamp, mark
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livery
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a distinctive suit or badge worn
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scrimers
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fencers
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envenom
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to put venom or poison on, to render poisonous
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pleurisy
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superabundance, excess
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abatement(s)
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the act of overthrowing or the state of being overthrown/quashed
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essay (v)
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to try
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equivocation
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the using of a word in more than one sense, ambiguity
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requiem
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a special mass for the rest of dead souls
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splenative
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spleenful - hot-tempered
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augury
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the art of divination from the flight of birds
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betimes
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at an early time/period
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foil
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- a light weapon used in fencing
- anything that serves as a contrast to enhance something else |
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union
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a rare pearl of good quality
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carouse
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to drink health or success to
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wanton
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undisciplined, unruly, rebellious
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