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77 Cards in this Set
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HERESY
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the persistent rejection of faith by a baptized member of the church
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ADAMANTINE
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firm in attitude or opinion
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ABERRATION
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the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course
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SUBSERVIENT
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serving or acting in a subordinate manner
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DUTCH COURAGE
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courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor
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AMBIVALENT
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uncertainty or fluctuation
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ASCETIC
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a person who dedicates their life to the pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons
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ARDENT
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having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent
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MITIGATE
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to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate
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MEGALOMANIAC
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a person with a big ego
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SELF INDULGENCE
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giving into one’s own desires, passions, whims, etc., esp. without restraint
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RECTITUDE
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rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue
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SOLACE
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to make cheerful
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AFFABLE
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pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite
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FEROCITY
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savage fierceness
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CHAGRINED
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a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation
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DOCTRINE
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a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government
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FARRIER
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a blacksmith or someone who shoes horses
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DISCONSOLATE
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hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable
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PRECEDENTS
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a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases
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DISPENSATION
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an act or instance of dispensing; distribution
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CHAOS
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state of utter confusion or disorder
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CARNIVORE
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an animal that eats flesh
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FELICITATED
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to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate
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MULTITUDINOUS
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forming a multitude or great number; existing, occurring, or present in great numbers; very numerous
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AMICABLY
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characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable
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STOLIDLY
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not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive
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HERETIC
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a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church
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EXCOMMUNICATE
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to cut off from communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical sentence
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RUEFUL
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causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable
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PENSIVE
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dreamily or wistfully thoughtful
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DEPRECIATING
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to reduce the purchasing value of (money)
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FURTIVE
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taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret
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REPROACHFUL
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full of or expressing reproach or censure
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CARICATURE
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a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things
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TESTILY
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irritably impatient; touchy
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VESPERS
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a religious service in the late afternoon or the evening
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DEMUR
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to make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object
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LICENTIOUS
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sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd
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IMPLACABLE
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not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable
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AMBIGUOUS
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open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal
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FORBODING
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a prediction
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PERTURBED
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to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate
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PUBLICAN
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a person who owns or manages a tavern; the keeper of a pub
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SARDONICALLY
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characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering
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CYNICISM
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cynical disposition, character, or belief
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BUFOONING
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acting like a fool
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FASTIDIOUS
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excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
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DEGRADATION
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the act of degrading
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MALICIOUSLY
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spiteful
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TENUOUS
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thin or slender in form, as a thread
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OBSCURE
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(of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain
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CORROBORATE
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to make more certain; confirm
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INSTIGATED
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to cause by incitement; foment
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RAVENOUS
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extremely hungry; famished; voracious
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INIQUITOUS
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characterized by injustice or wickedness; wicked; sinful
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COMMODIOUS
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spacious and convenient; roomy
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OBSTRUCTING
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to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass
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INCESSANT
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continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending
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INDICTMENT
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the act of judging
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REPUGNANT
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distasteful, objectionable, or offensive
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RUMINATIVELY
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to chew the cud, as a ruminant
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AGILE
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quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe
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RESONANTLY
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sounding or echoing, as sounds
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JOCOSITY
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joking or jesting
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PRAGMATIST
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a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person
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APPALLED
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filled or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay
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PERJURE
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to render (oneself) guilty of swearing falsely or of willfully making a false statement under oath or solemn affirmation
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MUTABLE
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liable or subject to change or alteration
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SPLENETIC
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of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen
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TREASONABLE
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of the nature of the betrayal of trust
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AVARICE
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insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth
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HEINOUSLY
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hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible
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OBSTINATE
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firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty
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DEPOSITION
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removal from an office or position
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DISCLAIM
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to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disown
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WASPISH
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like or suggesting a wasp, esp. in behavior
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