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36 Cards in this Set
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-Achilles Heel
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Weakness or vulnerable points;
Noun Mythological |
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-Ambriosal
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Exceptionally pleasing to the taste or smell;
Adjective Mythological |
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Arachnid
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A spider;
Noun Mythological |
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-Argonaut
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A person that looks for gold or adventure;
Noun Mythological |
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Aristotelian
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Of or relating to practical thinking;
Adjective Historical |
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Armageddon
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Battle between good and bad;
Noun Biblical |
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Atlas
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One who bears a heavy load;
Noun Mythological |
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-Auroral
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Dawn;
Adjective Mythological |
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Bacchanalian
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Characterized by or given to drunken revelry, riotously drunken;
Adjective Mythological |
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-Bobby
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British police man;
Noun Historical |
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-Caesar
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A powerful dictator;
Noun Historical |
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-Cain
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To make a lot of trouble and commotion;
Noun Biblical |
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-Canaan
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A place or situation to offer happiness;
Noun Biblical |
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Goliath
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A very large, powerful, or influential person or thing;
Adjective Biblical |
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Centaur
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A doubled major person;
Noun Mythological |
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Chauvinist
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An aggressively patriotic person; a person who believes one gender is greater than the other;
Noun Historical |
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Chimerical
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Fantastically visionary or improbably;
Adjective Mythological |
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Fauna
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All the animals that live in a particular are, time period, or environment;
Noun Mythological |
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-Golgotha
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Final location, a place of intense suffering and sacrafice;
Noun Biblical |
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Cinderella
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Someone who goes from rags to riches;
Adjective Literary |
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-Cynic
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A person that thinks everyone is against them;
Noun Historical |
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-Gorgon
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A woman regarded as ugly or terrifying;
Noun Mythological |
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Cupidity
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Greed for money or possessions, does not have to be tangible;
Adjective Historical |
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Delilah
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Deceitful, treacherous, untrustworthy, usually described as a woman;
Noun Biblical |
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-Gerrymander
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To divide into political units that give one group an unfair advantage;
Verb Historical |
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-Elysian
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Blissful, delightful;
Adjective Mythological |
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Epicurean
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A person devoted to sensual enjoyment;
Noun Historical |
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-Euthanasia
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The act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in relatively painless way for reasons of mercy;
Noun Mythological |
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Fate
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Destiny;
Noun Mythological |
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-Amazonian
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Masculine like;
Adjective Mythological |
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Adonic
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Having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or by a trochee;
Adjective Mythological |
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Aphrodisiac
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A food, drink, or drug that stimulates sexual
desire; Noun Mythological |
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Argus
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A watchful guardian;
Noun Mythological |
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Calliope
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A musical organ;
Noun Mythological |
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Gordian Knot
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An intricate problem;
Noun Historical |
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Grace
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The condition of being favored by someone; a divinely given talent or blessing;
Noun Biblical |