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48 Cards in this Set
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Glib |
Readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially or insincerely so. |
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Blithe |
Joyous, merry or happy in disposition. |
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Sally |
1) A clever, witty or fanciful remark. 2) A sudden rushing forth or activity. |
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Insensate |
Not endowed with sensation, inanimate. |
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Impertinent |
1) Intrusive or presumptuous, as in, people and actions. 2) Irrelevant. |
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Retinue |
A body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage. |
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Churl |
A rude, boring or surly person. |
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Parched |
To make dry, hot or thirsty. |
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Sodden |
Soaked with liquid or moisture |
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Carnal |
Pertaining to or characterized by the body, flesh, it's passions and appetites. |
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Discomfit |
To confuse, deject or thwart. |
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Boisterous |
Rough and noisy. |
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Squall |
A sudden disturbance or commotion. |
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Burly |
Large in bodily size, stout, sturdy. |
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Venal |
Associated or characterized by bribes, open to bribes |
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Calumny |
A false and malicious statement meant to injure the reputation of someone or something. |
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Clamber |
To climb with both feet and hands; To climb with difficulty. |
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Ribald |
Vulgar or indecent in language or speech. |
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Unctuous |
Characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervour, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth or smug. |
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Comport |
To bear or conduct; behave. |
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Nubile |
Sexually developed, attractive, ready for marriage. |
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Tractable |
Easily managed or controlled ; Docile. |
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Truculent |
Fierce, cruel, savagely brutal. |
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Dishevel |
To cause untidiness or disarray in. |
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Brandish |
To shake or wave, as a weapon ; flourish. |
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Argot |
The special vocabulary and idiom of a particular profession or social group. |
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Coffle |
A line of animals or prisoners chained and driven together. |
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Sty |
Any filthy place or abode. |
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Pageantry |
Pompous display, usually empty display. |
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Surmise |
To think or infer without strong evidence. |
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Gaudy |
Brilliantly or excessively showy. |
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Propitious |
Presenting favourable conditions. |
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Straddle |
To stand, sit or walk with legs wide apart. |
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Attaint |
To disgrace ;To accuse |
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Motley |
Exhibiting a diversity of elements. Or colours. |
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Totter |
To walk or go with faltering steps, as if from weakness. |
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Leer |
To look sideways or with an oblique glance indicative of lasciviousness or sly intentions. |
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Hector |
To treat with insolence, bully ;torment. |
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Palisade |
A fence of pales and stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defence. |
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Betoken |
To give evidence of; Indicate |
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Bleat |
The cry if a sheep, goat or calf. |
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Respite |
To relieve temporarily, especially from something distressing or trying. |
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Pennon |
A distinctive flag of any kind, as in, tapering etc. |
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Slough |
An area of soft muddy ground, swap or swamp like region. |
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Desultory |
Lacking in consistency or visible order. |
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Lummox |
Stupid and clumsy person. |
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Welter |
To roll, toss or heave. |
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Drab |
Dull, cheerless and lacking in spirit. |