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15 Cards in this Set
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CONUNDRUM
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1: a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun2 a: a question or problem having only a conjectural answer b: an intricate and difficult problem
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ENDEMIC
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1 a: belonging or native to a particular people or country b: characteristic of or prevalent in a particular field, area, or environment <problems endemic to translation> <the self-indulgence endemic in the film industry>2: restricted or peculiar to a locality or region <endemic diseases> <an endemic species>
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ANALOGOUS
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1 : showing an analogy or a likeness that permits one to draw an analogy 2 : being or related to as an analogue
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CONCILIATE
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1 : to gain (as goodwill) by pleasing acts 2 : to make compatible : reconcile 3 : appease intransitive verb : to become friendly or agreeable
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RETINUE
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: a group of retainers or attendants
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HUBRIS
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: exaggerated pride or self-confidence
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JALOPY
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: a dilapidated old vehicle (as an automobile)
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DISTEND
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1 : extend 2 : to enlarge from internal pressure : swell intransitive verb : to become expanded
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FORECLOSE
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1 : to shut out : preclude 2 : to hold exclusively 3 : to deal with or close in advance 4 : to subject to foreclosure proceedings intransitive verb : to foreclose a mortgage
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PRISM
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1: a polyhedron with two polygonal faces lying in parallel planes and with the other faces parallelograms2 a: a transparent body that is bounded in part by two nonparallel plane faces and is used to refract or disperse a beam of light b: a prism-shaped decorative glass luster3: a crystal form whose faces are parallel to one axis ; especially : one whose faces are parallel to the vertical axis4: a medium that distorts, slants, or colors whatever is viewed through it
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ENNUI
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: a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
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FACET
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1 : a small plane surface (as on a cut gem) — see brilliant illustration 2 : any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) 3 : the external corneal surface of an ommatidium 4 : a smooth flat circumscribed anatomical surface (as of a bone)
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FAUCET
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: a fixture for drawing or regulating the flow of liquid especially from a pipe
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GUILE
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1: deceitful cunning : duplicity2obsolete : stratagem , trick
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HIATUS
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1 a: a break in or as if in a material object : gap <the hiatus between the theory and the practice of the party — J. G. Colton> b: a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ2 a: an interruption in time or continuity : break ; especially : a period when something (as a program or activity) is suspended or interrupted <after a 5-year hiatus from writing> b: the occurrence of two vowel sounds without pause or intervening consonantal sound
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