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68 Cards in this Set
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chastise
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scold; punish
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corporal
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physical; bodily
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disdaining
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ridiculing; showing contempt for
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harbinger
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warning; signal
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impedes
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prevents; hinders
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implored
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begged; beseeched
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peerless
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unique; matchless
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procreant
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fertile; fruitful
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prophetic
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making a prediction
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rapt
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absorbed; engrossed
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recompense
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payment; retribution
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repentance
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sorrow; remorse
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soliciting
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selling; presuading
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surmise
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guess; suppose
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augment
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enlarge; increase
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clamored
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made a lot of noise
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consort
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associate or partner with
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entreat
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request; implore
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largess
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generosity; charity
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malice
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hatred; hostility
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multitudinous
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plentiful; ample
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palpable
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touchable; tangible
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pretense
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excuse; evasion
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repose
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rest; relaxation
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suborned
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bribed; urged secretly to do something illegal
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temperate
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moderate; calm
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assailable
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vulnerable; open to attack
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blanched
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whitened; paled
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dauntless
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fearless; unafraid
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disposition
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personality; character
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incensed
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enraged; infuriated
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indissoluble
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firm, unbreakable
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infirmity
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illness; sickness
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jocund
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cheerful; affable
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malevolence
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ill will; spite
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mirth
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jollity; gaiety
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posterity
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heirs; future generations
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purged
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eliminated; cleansed
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rancor
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bitterness; hostility
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rebuked
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scolded; reprimanded
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abjure
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disregard; renounce
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appease
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calm; soothe
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avaricious
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greedy; acquisitive
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credulous
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naive; gullible
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desolate
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lonly; abandoned
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detraction
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backbiting; belittling
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diminutive
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tiny; miniature
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impediments
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obstacles; obstructions
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interdiction
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ban; taboo
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judicious
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thoughtful; sage
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laudable
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praiseworthy; commendable
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reconciled
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made friends; brought together
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redress
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make up for; atone
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voluptuousness
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desire for pleasure or indulgence
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abhorred
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despise; loathed
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antidote
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cure; remedy
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brandished
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shook; flourished
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equivocation
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lie; evasion
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fortifies
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strengthens; reinforces
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industrious
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busy; hard-working
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oblivious
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careless; heedless
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perilous
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unsafe; hazardous
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perturbation
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disturbance; agitation
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pristine
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pure; natural
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prowess
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bravery; courage
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recoil
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flinch; retreat
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speculative
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theoretical; unproven
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upbraid
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scold; reprimand
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