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15 Cards in this Set
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FRIGORIFIC
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causing cold, chilling
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EVISCERATE
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disembowelment; to take out the entrails of; to remove and organ from or the contents of
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CAROUSAL
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large draft of liquor; the drinking or liquor freely or excessively
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CAROUSEL
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an exhibition in which horsemen execute evolutions; merry go round; circular conveyor; revolving case or tray used for storage
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FISSILE
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capable of being split or divided in the direction of the grain or along natural planes of cleavage
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HETERODOX
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contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion; unorthodox; holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines
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FIRMAMENT
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the vault or arch of the sky; heavens; the field or sphere or an interest or activity
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DEPORTMENT
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the manner in which one conducts oneself
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ANASTROPHE
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inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect; turning back; to turn back
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MALADROIT
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lacking adroitness (skill, cleverness, resourcefulness)
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TROIKA
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a group of three; an administrative or ruling body of three; a Russian vehicle drawn by three horses abreast
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INIMITABLE
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not capable of being imitated
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ECCHYMOSIS
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the escape of blood into tissues from ruptured blood vessels; bruise
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LUGUBRIOUS
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mournful; exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful; dark, dramatic
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CORPULENCE
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the state of having a large, bulky body
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