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20 Cards in this Set
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Accolade
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n. An award or honor
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Archaic
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Adj. Extremely old; archaic; outdated
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Arduous
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Adj. hard or difficult
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Exalt
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v. to raise high or glorify
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Fortuitous
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Adj. accidental; occurring by chance
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Adulation
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n. wild or excessive admiration; flattery
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Guile
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n. cunning; duplicity; artfulness
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Harbinger
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n. a forerunner; a signal of
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Mendicant
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n. a beggar
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Patriarch
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n. the male head of a family or tribe
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Artifice
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n. clever trick; cunning
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Benefactor
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n. one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation
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Lament
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v. to mourn
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Laud
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v. to praise; to applaud; to extol; to celebrate
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Propriety
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n. properness; good manners
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Artful
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Adj. crafty; wily; sly
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Ethereal
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Adj. heavenly, as light as gas
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Respite
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n. period of rest or relief
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Squander
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v. to waste
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Veracity
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n. truthfulness
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