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56 Cards in this Set
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avouch
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guarantee, assurance
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parle
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conference, discussion, debate (usually between enemies under a truce)
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bode
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-to announce, proclaim
-of things: to give promise of, portend |
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moiety
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one of two (or more) parts into which something is divided; one's share
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mettle
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quality of disposition or temperament
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portentous
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foreboding some extraordinary event, ominous, warning
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harbinger
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one that goes before and announces the approach of some one, a forerunner
(usually in lit.) |
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discretion
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action of discerning or judging; decision, discrimination
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auspicious
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ominous, usually in a good way (promising success)
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mirth
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pleasurable feeling, happiness
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dole
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grief, sorrow
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impotent
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1. powerless, helpless, ineffective
2. physically weak |
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levies
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to levy: to collect an assessment, tax, etc.
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havior
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behaviour, manner, bearing oneself
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visage
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1. a person's face
2. the countenance, facial expression |
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filial
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1. of/pertaining to a son or daughter
2. of sentiments, etc: due from a child to a parent |
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obsequious
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compliant with the will or wishes of another, obedient
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peevish
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silly, foolish; mad, insane
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jocund
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mirthful, merry, cheerful
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rouse
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a full draught of liquor
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sullied
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soiled, polluted; made gloomy or dull
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truant
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marked by truancy or idleness
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countenance
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1. demeanour, behaviour
2. appearance, look 3. to make countenance: to make a show (real or feigned) of any feeling |
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tenable
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capable of being held, restrained, kept
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requite
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to repay, make return for
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besmirch
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to soil, discolour, as with mud
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importunity
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troublesome pertinacity in solicitation
(insistent entreaty) |
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chariest
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1. careful, cautious
2. shy, particular |
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prodigal
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given to extravagant expenditure, recklessly wasteful of one's means
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calumnious
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slanderous, defamatory
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canker
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a disease of plants (decay)
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imminent
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impending threateningly, coming on shortly
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dalliance
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sport, play, flirtation
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precepts
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1. an order, authoritative command
2. general direction/rule/maxim |
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apparel
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general clothing
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husbandry
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the management of a household
economical admin., ordering (as of a household) |
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tender
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1. (n) an offer of anything for acceptance
2. (v) to offer |
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importuned
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to importune: to solicit pressingly
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implorators
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one who implores or supplicates
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sanctified
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affecting holiness; possessing real or feigned piety
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bawds
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one employed in pandering to sexual debauchery; prostitute
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beguile
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to delude, deceive
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wont
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custom, habit
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breach
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the breaking of a rule, duty, etc.
violation |
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traduced
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to speak evil of; to defame
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pith
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1. spongy cellular tissue
2. spinal marrow 3. inner part/core |
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dout
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to put out, extinguish
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inurned
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process of placing the ashes of a body into an urn
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apt
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suited, fitted, qualified
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vow
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1. promise to God to do something for a favor
2. solemn undertaking |
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lewdness
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1. ignorance, foolishness
2. wickedness 3. lasciviousness |
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sate
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to fill/satisfy to the full (any appetite or desire)
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enmity
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a state of mutual hostility
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pernicious
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destructive, fatal
wicked, villainous |
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arrant
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notorious, manifest, downright, etc.
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knave
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boy or lad employed as a servant
a base rogue |