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15 Cards in this Set
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BENTHIC
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of, relating to, or occurring at the bottom of a body of water
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COSTIVE
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affected with constipation; slow in action or expression; not generous; stingey
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DRAT
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damn - used as a mild oath
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ESTUARY
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a water passage where the tide meets a river current; an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river
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EXCOGITATE
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to think out; devise
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FECUND
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fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree
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GORMLESS
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lacking intelligence; stupid
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GOURMAND
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one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking; one who is heartily interested in good food and drink
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HEMATINIC
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an agent that tends to stimulate blood cell information or to increase the hemoglobin in the blood
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INSELBERG
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an isolated mountain
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JUXTAPOSE
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to place side by side
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LANGUOR
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weakness or weariness of body or mind; listless indolence or inertia; lethargy
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LEMMA
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the lower of the two brackets enclosing the flower in the spikelet or grasses; an auxiliary proposition used in the demonstration of another proposition; the argument or theme of a composition prefixed as a title or introduction; the heading or theme of a comment or note on a text; a glossed word or phrase
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MUNITION
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archaic; rampart, defense, armament, ammunition
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RIDDEN
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harassed, oppressed, or obsessed by, usually used in combination; excessively full of or supplied with, usually used in combination
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