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15 Cards in this Set
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FACETIOUS
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1 : joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish <just being facetious>
2 : meant to be humorous or funny : not serious <a facetious remark> |
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ENERVATE
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: lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated
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ODIOUS
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: arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful <an odious crime> <a false and odious comparison>
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PRESAGE
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1: something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
2: an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future 3archaic : prognostication 4: warning or indication of the future |
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VISCERAL
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1 : felt in or as if in the viscera : deep <a visceral conviction>
2 : not intellectual : instinctive , unreasoning <visceral drives> 3 : dealing with crude or elemental emotions : earthy <a visceral novel> 4 : of, relating to, or located on or among the viscera : splanchnic <visceral organs> |
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THEREAFTER
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1: after that
2archaic : according to that : accordingly |
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THEREFORE
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1 a: for that reason : consequently b: because of that c: on that ground
2: to that end |
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THEREFOR
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: for or in return for that <ordered a change and gave his reasons therefor>
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THEREIN
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1 : in or into that place, time, or thing
2 : in that particular or respect <therein lies the problem> |
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THERETO
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: to that <a text and the notes thereto>
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THEREFROM
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Date: 13th century
: from that or it |
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HERETOFORE
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13th century
: up to this time : hitherto |
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HEREINAFTER
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Date: 1590
: in the following part of this writing or document |
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THEREWITH
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Date: before 12th century
1: with that 2archaic : thereupon , forthwith |
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THEREABOUTS
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Date: before 12th century
1 : near that place or time 2 : near that number, degree, or quantity <a boy of 18 or thereabouts> |
