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39 Cards in this Set
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taper
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candle
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spurn
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strike out (kick)
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adder
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poisonous snake
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remorse
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deep, torturing sense of guilt felt over a wrong, self-reproach
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augmented
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made greater, enlarged
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redress
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to set right, rectify or remedy, often by making compensation for
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instigations
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incite to some action, especially to some evil
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entreated
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ask earnestly, beg, beseech
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insurrection
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rising up against established authority, rebelling, revolting
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visage
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the face, especially expression, appearance, aspect
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affability
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pleasant and easy to approach and talk to, friendly, gentle and kindly
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Erebus
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place of _______ through which the dead must pass (sorry renee i had no clue what her handwriting said)
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interpose
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to place or put between, to introduce by way of intervention
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irrepressible
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[in-suppressive] cannot be restrained
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palter
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waver, shift position
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gravity
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graveness, weighty dignity
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shrewd
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artful, cunning, wily
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contriver
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schemer, construct skillfully or ingeniously, to bring about as by a scheme
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chide
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scold, reprove mildly
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purgers
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process of ridding a nation or political party of individuals said to be disloyal or undesirable
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engrafted
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firmly established
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prodigies
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omens
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augurers
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Roman religious officials whose function was to foresee the future
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berated
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rebuked harshly
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humor
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mood
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bent
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direction, inclination
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disclose
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to bring into view, uncover, reveal, make known
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constancy
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self-control
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exorcist
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one who banishes an evil spirit
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mortified
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deadened
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portents
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omens, signs of things to come
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imminent
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likely to happen without delay, impending
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tinctures
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blood of martyrs, originally a dye
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relics
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remains of saints
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cognizance
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device identifying nobles of a royal house
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expounded
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to set forth point by point, state in detail
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rendered
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made [to give, hand over, deliver]
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emulation
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reach of envy
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fray
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noisy quarrel or fight, brawl
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