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50 Cards in this Set
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bespoke
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suggest; be evidence of
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bowsprit
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sailing vessel; spar extending from the vessel's prow
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countenance
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someone's face or expression
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insolent
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showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
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lithe
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supple; thin; graceful
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obsequious
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obedient or attentive to an obsessive degree
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purser
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ship's responsible person to hold money
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subordinate
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lower in rank or position
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unprepossessing
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not particularly attractive or appealing to the eye
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insinuation
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unpleasant hint of evil
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ascendancy
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a position of influence or control
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gladsome
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having a cheerful disposition
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promontory
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a point of high land that goes into a large body of water
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vexation
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state of being annoyed
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wayfarer
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someone who travels by walking
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cockle
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small edible clam
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peremptory
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insisting on immediate attention
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especially imperiously
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resplendent
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attractive and impressive through being colorful
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supplication |
humble appeal to someone with authority |
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trifling
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unimportant or trivial
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fanaticism
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quality of being fascinated
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leaven
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persuasive influence
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partisans
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someone from irregular military force to control a crowd
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plebeian
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a commoner
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scaffold
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raised wooden platform to execute criminals
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denunciation
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public condemnation
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dowry
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money brought to the bride by her husband on their marriage
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impassive
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not feeling or being unemotional
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imprudence
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rash; lacking discretion
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maxim
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an expression of a general truth or principle
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augury
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sign of what will happen in the future
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carbine
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a long firearm with a little barrel
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fetid
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smelling unpleasant
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garrison
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troops in a fortress or town to defend it
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repugnance
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intense disgust
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compunction
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feeling of guilt
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decapitator
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behead
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eloquence
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fluent persuasive expression
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entreaties
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an earnest or humble request
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magisterial
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showing great authority
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cabinet |
body of advisors to the president |
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carking |
causing distress or worry |
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hemistich |
approximate half of a poetic verse |
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turbulent |
being in a state of agitation |
nervous excitement |
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veritable |
being in truly or very much so |
qualifies a metaphor |
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ineptitude |
quality or condition of being without skill or aptitude |
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recompense |
to repay |
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rosette |
any arrangement resembling a rose |
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sanguine |
optimistic, confident, or cheerful |
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usurper |
someone with power but no legal right |
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