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63 Cards in this Set
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Savant
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Older scholar
Latin sapere “be wise” |
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Amateur
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One who plays for the love of the activity.
Latin amator “lover” |
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Chef
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Head cook
Latin caput “head” |
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Protégé(e)
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A young man/woman who is assisted in his career by an influential person.
Latin protego “protect” |
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Fiance(e)
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An engaged man/woman.
Latin fidere “trust” > French fiance “trust” |
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Raconteur
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Storyteller
Latin re “again” + computare “count, tell” |
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Émigré
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Exile
Latin emigrare “move away” |
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Divorcee
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Formerly married
Latin divortium “divorce" |
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Encore
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Repeat performance
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Matinee
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Afternoon performance
Latin matutinum “morning” |
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Faux pas
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Social blunder
Latin falsus “false” + passus “step” |
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Tour de force
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Clever performance
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Fait accompli
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Accomplished fact
Latin factum “deed” + ad + complere “fill up” |
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Ennui
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Boredom
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Gauche
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Lacking social grace
French “left” |
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Adriot
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Skillful
Latin ad “toward” + dextra “right hand” |
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Menage
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Household
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Menagerie
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Collection of wild animals
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Forte
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Loud
Latin fortis “stong” |
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Piano
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Latin planus “smooth”
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Crescendo
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Gradually increasing in sound
Latin crescere “increase.” |
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Diminuendo
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Gradually decreasing in sound
Latin diminuere “decrease” |
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Soprano
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Highest singing voice for women and boys
Latin supra “above” |
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Alto
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Lowest singing voice for women and boys
Latin altus “high” |
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Largo
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Stately manner of music
Latin largus “large” |
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Andante
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In moderate time
Latin andare “walk" |
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Allegro
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In fast time
Latin alacer “quick” |
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Alligator
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Latin ille “the” + lacertus “lizard”
Spanish el lagarto |
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Loco
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Latin ulucus “owl”
Spanish loco “crazy” |
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Mustang
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Latin mixtus “mixed, wild”
Spanish mestengo |
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Rodeo
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Latin rotare “move in a circle”
Spanish rodear “surround" |
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Mosquitos
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Latin musca “fly”
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Canyon
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Latin canna “tube”
Spanish canon |
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Cigar
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Maya sicar “to smoke tobacco”
Spanish cigarro |
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Poncho
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Araucan (Chile) pontho
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Bonanza
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Vulgar Latin bonacia “prosperity”
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Savvy
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Latin sapere “be wise”
Spanish sabe “do you know?” |
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Kayak
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Eskimo "boat"
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Skunk
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Abnaki Native (Maine) segonku
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Igloo
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Eskimo igdlu "winter shelter"
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Blitzkrieg
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German motorized attack from WWII
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Wigwam
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Algonquin Ojibway wigiwam "shelter"
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Boomerang
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Australian aborigine "throwing stick"
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Canoe
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Carib Native canoa "small boat"
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Kangaroo
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An Australian marsupial
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Hurricane
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West Indian Taino hurucan- a violent tropical cyclone.
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Sauerkraut
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German dish of picked chopped cabbage.
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Hybrid
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Latin “offspring of a tame sow and wild boar.”
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Discombobulated
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Modern English- a humorous alteration of discompose, discomfort, or discomfit.
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Paradigm
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Greek “example.”
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Scintilla
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Latin “spark.”
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Lurid
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Latin “pale yellow, ghastly.”
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Biweekly
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Every two weeks
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Semiweekly
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Twice a week
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Unconscionable
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Not guided by one’s conscious
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Unconscious
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Not being conscious, being deprived of one’s senses
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Tortuous
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Twisted, full of curves
Latin torqu/tort “twist.” |
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Tortured
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Severe pain
Latin torqu/tort “twist.” |
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Primus inter pares
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“First among equals”
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Ab ovo
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“From the egg," i.e. from the very beginning.
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Carpe diem
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"Enjoy (sieze) each day”
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Caveat emptor
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"Let the buyer beware”
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Quid pro quo
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"Something for something”
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