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20 Cards in this Set
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Capacious
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Capable of holding much; spacious or roomy
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Tacit
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Understood without being openly expressed; implied
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Cupola
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A light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere
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Convalescence
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The gradual recovery of health and strength after illness
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Manses
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The dwelling of a landholder; mansion
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Ell
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A former measure of length, varying in different countries: in England equal to 45 in
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Salient
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Prominent or conspicuous
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Inveigle
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To entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements
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Prodigious
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Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force
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Seigneur
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a lord, especially a feudal lord
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Sibilant Consonant
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A consonant characterized by a hissing sound
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Prow
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The forepart of a ship or boat; bow
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Inane
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Empty; void
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Venerable
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Commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character
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Inured
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To accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate
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Insidious
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Intended to entrap or beguile
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Blitzkrieg
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A swift intensive military attack, esp using tanks supported by aircraft, designed to defeat the opposition quickly
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Inebriating
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To make drunk; intoxicate
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Indulgent
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Benignly lenient or permissive
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Anarchy
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A state of society without government or law
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