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100 Cards in this Set
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Haggard |
Appearing worn and exhausted; gaunt |
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Plaintive |
Expressing sorrow; mournful or |
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Mirth |
Happiness or enjoyment, especially accompanied by laughter |
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Prowess |
Extraordinary valor and ability in combat |
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Amiss |
Incorrect, inappropriate, or not as it should be |
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Capricious |
Tending to make sudden unexpected changes |
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Idleness |
Laziness characterized by an unwilligness to do any work |
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Incipient |
Beginning to appear or develop |
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Abomination |
Something that is immoral, disgusting, or shameful |
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Mearge |
Unsatisfactory in quality, substance, or size |
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Atone |
To make reperation for a sin or a mistake |
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Provoke |
Made to feel angry or indiginant |
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Repentant |
Sorry; recognizing you have done something wrong |
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Deftly |
Moving ir acting in a quick, smooth, and skillful way |
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Arduous |
Requaring hard work or continuous physical effort |
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Poigant |
Causeing a sharp sence if sasness, pity, or regret |
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Tentative |
Said or done in a slow, hesitant, and careful way that reveals a lack of cinfidence |
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Subdue |
To bring a person or group of peoplenunder control using force |
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Taunt |
Pulled or stretched tightly |
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Miscalculation |
A mistake or misstep in a plan |
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Kindled |
Set something alight, or began to burn |
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Feign |
People or things that foreshadow or anticipate a future event |
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Emissary |
An agent or representitive sent on a particular mission |
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Rebuked |
Criticized or reprimanded somebody, usually sharplyn |
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Harbingers |
To make a show or pretense of something |
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Copiously |
In large quantites |
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Expelled |
Pushed or drove something out with force |
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Threshold |
A doorway or entrance |
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Suitor |
A man who is truing to persuade a woman to marry him |
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Haggle |
To argue over something such as a price or contract in order to reach an agreement |
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Audacity |
Darei mg or willingness to challenge assumptions or conventions or tackle something difficult or dangerous |
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Devoid |
Completly lacking in something |
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Listless |
Lacking energy, intrest, or the willingness to make an effort |
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Communal |
Relating to communities or to living in communities |
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Pandemonium |
A wild uproar; tumult |
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Esoteric |
Intended for or understood by only an initiated few |
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Approbation |
Approval or praise |
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Delectable |
Having a delicious taste |
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Consolations |
A source of comfort to somebody who is upset or disappointed |
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Vigor |
Great physical or mental strength and energy |
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Tripods |
Frames or stand with three legs that are usually collapsible, used for supporting something |
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Closefisted |
Reluctant to spend money |
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Sediment |
To cry of sorrow and grief |
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Lamentation |
A cry of sorrow and grief |
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Tremulous |
Shaking, trembling, or quavering, e.g. from fear to nervousness |
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Infirm |
Lacking strength and vitality because of sickness or age |
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Rites |
A solemn ceremony or procedure customary to a community, especially a religious group |
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Tumult |
A violent or noisy commotion |
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Inadvertent |
Done unintentionally or without thinking |
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Calamity |
A disasteous situation or event |
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Refuge |
A place, or sometimes a person, ofdering protection or safe shelter from something |
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Requisite |
Necessary or appropriate for a specific purpose |
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Banished |
Exiled from a place |
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Fugitives |
Persons who flee from justice, enemies, or brutual treatment |
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Beckoning |
Signaling to somebody to approach with a movement of the hand or head |
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Ominous |
Suggestive or indicating that something bad is going to happened or be revealed |
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Converts |
A place, or something a person, offering protecting or safe shelter from something |
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Benevolently |
In a manner that shows kindness or goodwill |
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Enthralled |
Fascinated and giving total attention to something |
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Parched |
Completly lacking in moisture because of hot conditions or lack of rainfall |
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Perserved |
Persisted steadily or in a action or belief, usually over a long period and especially despite problems or difficulties |
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Sinister |
Wicked, evil, or criminal |
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Infant |
In a early stage of development |
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Impudent |
Showing a lack of respect and excessive boldness |
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Perturbed |
Disturbed or troubled |
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Miscreant |
Somebody who behaves in a dishonest , malicioud, or otherwise contemptible way |
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Annihilation |
The complete destruction of something |
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Degenerate |
Withiut the strength or power to do anything effective or helpful |
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Impotent |
Regarded as immortal or corrupt |
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Revered |
Regarded with admiration and deep respect |
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Flourish |
Of low social postion |
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Amends |
Reperatiob or compensation |
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Resilent |
Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions |
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Buoyant |
Cheerful or optimistic |
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Arrogant |
Feeling or showing self-importance and cintempt or disregard for others |
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Mean |
In Christian belief, a divine ordering or managment of affairs and events in the world |
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Dispensation |
A fanfare heralding the arrival of an important person |
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Restrain |
To prevent somebody somebody or yourself from doing something |
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Expediant |
Appropriete, advisible, or useful in a situation that requires action |
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Prestige |
Honor,awe,or high opinion inspired by or derived from a high-ranking, influential, or succesful person or product |
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Sacraments |
In Christianity, a rite that is considered to have been established by Jesus Christ to bring grace to those participating in or recieving it |
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Desecrated |
Damaged, as something sacred |
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Uninitiated |
Having no experiance or knowledge of something |
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Imminent |
About to happen; threatening to happen |
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Discordant |
Consisting ofnsounds, usually musical notes, that are harsh, unpleasent, or clashing |
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Pacified |
Calmed, as somebody who is angry or agitated |
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Dominion |
The lack governed by a ruler |
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Pauper |
An impoverished person |
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Sonorous |
Sounding with loud, deep,and clear tones |
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Appeal |
An earnest or urgent request to somebody for soemthing |
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Astir |
Involving great excitment, confusion, and emotional,agitation |
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Warder |
A prison officer |
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Derived |
Obtained from a source; came from a source |
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Orator |
Somebody skilled in giving formal, ceremonial, or persuasive public addresses |
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Sacrilege |
The disrespectful or irrevernt treatment of something other people consider worthy of respect ir reverence |
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Tumultuous |
Awake and moving around, especially out of bed |
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Superflous |
In excess of what is needed |
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Resolute |
Possessing determination and purposefulness |
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Primitive |
Crudely simple in design or construction |
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Pacification |
The act of forcibly suppressing or eliminating a population considered to be hostile; the act of bringing peace to an otherwise unruly district |