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52 Cards in this Set
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Abate
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To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity
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Advocate
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To speak, plead, or argue in favor of
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Agape
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In a state of wonder or amazement, as with the mouth wide open
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Alien
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Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person
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Amorphous
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Lacking definite form
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Assuage
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To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe
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Beacon
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A signaling or guiding device, such as a lighthouse, located on a coast.
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Bias
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To influence in a particular, typically unfair direction
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Boisterous
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Rough and stormy
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Carnal
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Of or relating to the body or flesh
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Conflagration
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A large destructive fire.
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Debaucheries
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Extreme indulgence in sensual pleasures
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Desolate
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Rendered unfit for habitation or use
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Fanatic
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A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause.
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Felicitous
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Admirably suited
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Frugal
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Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources
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Futile
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Having no useful result.
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Gaunt
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Thin and bony
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Hedonism
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Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
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Indigenous
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Originating and living or occurring naturally in an area or environment
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Impudent
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Characterized by offensive boldness
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Incessant
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Continuing without interruption
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Inert
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Unable to move or act.
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Inscrutable
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Difficult to fathom or understand
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Intermittent
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Stopping and starting at intervals
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Lethargy
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A state of sluggishness
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Mettlesome
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spirited
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Miasma
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A noxious atmosphere or influence
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Opaque
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Impenetrable by light
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Opulent
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Possessing or exhibiting great wealth
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Permeated
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To spread or flow throughout;
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Prefecture
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The district administered or governed by a prefect
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Profuse
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Plentiful
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Pugnacity
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Combative in nature
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Recoil
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To shrink back, as in fear or repugnance.
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Remorse
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Moral anguish arising from repentance for past misdeeds
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Respite
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A usually short interval of rest or relief
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Reverence
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A feeling of profound awe and respect and often love
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Scrutiny
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A close, careful examination or study
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Serene
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Unaffected by disturbance
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Slatternly
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untidy
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Stout
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Having or marked by boldness, bravery, or determination
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Succinct
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Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words
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Suppurated
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To form or discharge pus
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Taciturn
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Habitually untalkative
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Timidity
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Lacking self-confidence
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Tranquil
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Free from commotion or disturbance
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Tumulus
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An ancient grave mound
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Unerringly
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Committing no mistakes
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Volition
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The act or an instance of making a conscious choice or decision.
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Xenophobia
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A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.
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Costersteration
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A state of paralyzing dismay
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