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30 Cards in this Set
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perdition
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eternal damnation
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quotidian
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usual
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rectitude
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moral uprightness
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aviary
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large cage for birds
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ornithitic
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birds
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miser
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hoarder of money
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covetous
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greedy
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manifest
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to make evident
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belie
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misrepresent falsify
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brook
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to tolerate
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assidousness
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tirelessness
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poselytizing
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induce someone to join ones party
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extemporizing
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to improvise
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brusque
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boldly rude, offensively blunt in manner
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impudent
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offensively bold, not showing proper respect
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unctuous
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insincere, oily or greasy in flattery
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pillory
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punish by placing a person on a wooden frame
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proscribe
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prohibit, banish
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pallet
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small bed
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effluvium
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noxious harmful smell
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pique
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irritation, resentment from wounded pride; v. to invoke this feeling
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tawdry
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cheap and gaudy
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evince
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show clearly (convince)
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pith
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core or marrow; essence, substance
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canter
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slow gallop, trot
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protract
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prolong
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padre
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chaplan (armed forces)
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gambol
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skip about joyfully
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reprobate
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devoid of sense of decency, immoral
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sacrosanct
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extremely sacred
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