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27 Cards in this Set
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Apocopate
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-pated, -patting.
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Hopscotch
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-to move from one place to another; a journey
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Smithereens
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-small pieces; bits:
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Laconic
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- using few words; expressing much in few words
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Viand
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-an article of food.
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Fulsome
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-disgusting; sickening; repulsive; excessively or insincerely lavish:
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Eke
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- to increase; enlarge; lengthen
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Trepidation
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-A state of dread or alarm; nervous agitation; apprehension; fright.
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Enceinte
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-Pregnant; with child
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Thwart
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- To oppose successfully; Passing or lying
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Hyperbolic
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-having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
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Saccade
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- The movement of the eye when it makes a sudden change, as in reading.
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Demotic
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-Of or pertaining to the common people; popular
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Moue
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-A pouting grimace
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Ullage
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-the amount by which the contents fall short of filling a container, as a cask or bottle.
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Alchemical
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- Pertaining to the transformation of something common, usually of little value, into a substance of great worth.
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De riguer
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- Strictly required, as by etiquette, usage, or fashion.
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Gest
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- A notable deed or exploit.
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Idioglossia
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-a private form of speech invented by one child or by children who are in close contact, as twins.
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Namaste
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- a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
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Palingenesis
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-rebirth; regeneration.
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Divagate
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-To wander; stray.
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Pogonip
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-an ice fog that forms in the mountain valleys of the western U.S
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Estivate
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- To spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
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Bespoke
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-to speak to
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Fletcherize
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-to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
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Prosopography
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- A description of a person's appearance, career, personality, etc.
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