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133 Cards in this Set

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Allergen
A substance that causes an allergic reaction
Abacus
An accent counting device
Abstain
Do without voluntarily
Acrophobia
Fear of heights
Advocate
Argue a certain point of view, offer support
Aerie
A man-made habitat for birds
Aficiando
An enthusiast
Agile
Moves easily like an athlete, nimble
Reclusive
Tending to withdraw from the company
Relativist
One who judges things by there comparative value pragmatics
Reflextive
A personal adjective an example is found in the boy he hurt himself in this in himself as a reflective adjectivew

Score

1/4 of a century

Scurvy
Vitamin c deficiency
Sensualist
One who is fond of pleasure a modern Epicurean
Shoal
A place where the water is shallow and which may cause a **** to reach a ground
Singe
Burn slightly around the edges
Slate
A list of candidates for a particular party
Slothful
Lazy indolent not industrious
Astrologer
Person who claims to interpret the influence of the stars on events and Persons
Stolid
Impassive showing no emotion
Surrealism
Modern and unconventional art movement
Theorist
One engaged in speculations
Thicket
Very close growth of shrubs or bushes
Thrash
To beat wheat is thrashed so as to separate the grain
Tolerant
Accepting of others opinions forbearing opposite of bigoted
or dogmatic
Triptych
A set of three panels with pictures or carvings
Trowel
A tool used by a brick layer to spread mortar
Unquenchable
Usually refers to a thirst that cannot be satisfied
Vassal
Tenant of a lord, servant, follower, slave
Astronomer
One who studies astronomy
Vernancular
The language of the common people, slang
Verse
The component lines of a poem
Vertigo
Condition characterized by dizziness and loss of balance
Virtuous
Exhibiting high moral excellence
Wary
Very cautions, alert, watchful
Zealot
A fanatic, an extreme enthusiast
Astronomy
Science that studies the motion of Celestial bodies
Banal
Commonplace, trite
Boulder
Very large stone
Burdensome
Heavy to bear, oppressive
Caliper
Instrument used in measuring thickness
Campaign
Series of related military operation
Cartography
Making of maps and charts
Climax
The critical deciding moment or point
Alliteration
Repetition of the same first letter or sound in a line of poetry
Coarse
Rough to the touch, opposite of silky
Cobbler
The Shoemaker
Colonnades
Strong columns that serve as support for some buildings or structures
Combine
May refer to a machine used to harvest crops
Commendable
Worthy of praise
Conduit
A tube for the underground passage of electrical wire
Conductor
One who directs especially of an orchestra
Convivial
Fond of socializing with friends
Cornucopia
A horn shaped container that Winfield symbolizes plenty
Credulous
Extremely naïve or gullible
Altercation
A dispute that has gotten out of hand
Curator
Caretaker specially at the museum
Facet
The division of a diamond just as a period is a division of an era
The unit that is used to measure the intensity of sound
The unit that is used to measure the intensity of
Devotee
A person committed to an idea or movement
Diatribe
A better outburst aimed at a person or an idea
Discreet
Carefully sensible in speech and action
Dispute
Disagreement, argument
Dogmatic
Positive in one's opinion overbearingly certain
Dormant
Inactive quiet as if asleep
Ebb
Fade, lesson, weaken
Ambiguous
Vague, not concise
Embellish
Elaborate or enlarge in a decorative way
Emblem
A visible symbol such as a flag
Endeavors
Attempts at tries for
Humidor
The container for cigars
Hyacinath
Type of flower
Epilogue
A concluding statement
Epitaph
A short statement said in memory of a dead person and epitaph often appears on the tombstone
Equine
Pertaining to horses
Erratic
Wildly inconsistent
Facade
The decorative front of the building
Anecdote
Short account of an interesting incident or event

Facet

The division of a diamond just as a period is a division of an era

Fallow
Uncultivated in active and unseeded field is said to be lying fallow
Famine
A period of extremely lack of food of famine might be caused by a drought
Feline
Cat
Fidelity
Loyalty to a person or cause
Flimsy
Very light lacking substance not thick
Foreman
One who is in charge
Frank
Honest straightforward
Gaudy
Showy but cheap flashy
Generic
Having to do with class in general
Anvil
Hard metal surface upon which a blacksmith hammers
Giga
1 billion ten to the nine
Gorged
Consumed to excess over eat
Hue
A certain shade of color
Humidorhyacinth
The container for cigars

Hyacinath

Type of flower

Imbue
Fill with color or inspire
Impassive
Without feeling or emotion
Impede
Hinder or halt some movement
Impel
Thrust forward the opposite of impede
Imperative
An absolute necessity of a "requisite
Arbiter
One who settle the dispute, one who mediate
Impoverish
Make poor opposite of prosper
Improvisation
To act without formal preparation
Insatiable
A hungry that cannot be satisfied
Irrigation
Man-made canals used to bring water to dryland
Inept
Lacking skill
Laud
Praise opposite criticize
Languish
Diminish weaken
Manifest
Ballista passengers for a plane or ship
Metaphysics
Study of philosophy
Reflextive
A personal adjective an example is found in the boy he hurt himself in this in himself as a reflective adjectivew
Arouse
Awaken, start to action, excite
Naivete
The tendency to be easily duped or overly innocent
Nano
1 billionth
Neurotic
A person suffering from obsessive desires
Niacin
The prescription drugs that treat heart disease and high cholesterol
Nosegay
A bouquet of flowers
Numismatic
study of coins and medals
Oxymoron
A phrase that contains an obvious contradiction
Pane
A plate of glass that is a component of the window
Penurious
Stingy willing to spend money extremely poor
Philatelist
Collects stamps
Arthropods
Small wingless insect
Piscine
Pertaining to fish
Placid
Undisturbed, calm,
Porcine
Pig
Pragmatic
One who gauges value by practical consequences
Prehensile
An appendage that is well suited for grasping or seizing
Profound
Very bad not ordinary; opposite of banal
Prolouge
Introductory act or event
Prudent
Sensible, discreet, wisely cautious
Pundit
One known for the rendering of opinions
Raconteur
A skilled teller of stories anecdotes
Article
An essay usually appearing in a newspaper or magazine note that an editorial is an example of an article