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35 Cards in this Set
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Beguile |
To lead by deception |
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Raiment |
Clothing; garments |
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Effrontery |
Shameless boldness; insolence |
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Baleful |
Deadly in influence; threatening evil |
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Zeitgeist |
General intellectual, moral, cultural climate of an era |
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Solicitous |
Full of desire; eager |
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Beleaguer |
To cause distress to; trouble; harass |
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Ultima |
The last syllable of a word |
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Veridical |
Truthful; genuine |
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Wassail |
To indulge in riotous drinking |
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Ruminate |
To contemplate; meditate |
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Crepuscular |
Of or relating to twilight; dim |
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Eternize |
To prolong indefinitely |
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Nosocomial |
Acquired or occuring in a hospital |
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Gallimaufry |
A heterogeneous mixture; jumble |
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Lave |
To wash or bathe; pour |
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Hors de combat |
Out of combat; disabled |
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Objurgation |
A harsh rebuke |
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Daedal |
Skillful; artistic; intricate |
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Qui vive |
Alert; lookout (used after on the) |
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Salient |
Jetting upward; standing out |
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Thaumaturgy |
Magic |
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Soporific |
Tending to cause sleep or dull alertness |
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Cabbage |
To steal; filch |
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Vicissitude |
A hardship usually beyond one's control |
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Oscitant |
Drowsy or inattentive |
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Flummoxed |
Bewildered; confused |
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Nonplus |
To render utterly perplexed |
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Bumfuzzle |
To confuse or fluster |
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Diphthong |
A digraph, as the ea in meat |
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Kerfuffle |
A fuss; commotion |
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Hibernaculum |
Winter quarters |
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Gelid |
Very cold; icy |
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Halcyon |
Calm; peaceful; tranquil |
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Brumal |
Wintry |
