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30 Cards in this Set
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domicile
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a home; residence
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domestic
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related to the family or household;
tame trained to live with humans |
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domain
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range of one's control; territory
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domineer
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to dominate; to be bossy
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dominion
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control; rule; area of influence
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dormant
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asleep; not in an active state
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somnambulate
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to walk while sleeping
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somnolent
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drowsy; sleepy
causing sleep |
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ablution
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washing of the body, especially as a ritual purification
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deluge
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a downpour; a great flood
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divest
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to take away something belonging to someone, especially a right, title, or property
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investiture
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a ceremony in which a person formally receives the authority and symbols of an office
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travest
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an absurd or inferior imitation
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vestment
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a garment that indicates a position or authority, especially the robes worn by clergy.
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vested
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a concern for something from which a person expects to get a personal benefit.
dressed, especially in vestments absolute without question |
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concoct
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to mix ingredients, as in cooking
to invent or devise |
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cuisine
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a characteristic style of cooking
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precoious
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showing unusually early de3velopment, especially mentally
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carnivorous
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meat-eating
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herbivorous
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plant-eating
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voracious
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extremely hungry; greedy
eager for some activity or interest |
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mellifluous
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sweet as honey
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saline
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having to do with salt
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imbibe
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to drink
to absorb; to take in |
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potable
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fit to drink
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potion
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a liquid for drinking, especially a medicinal, magic, or poisonous drink.
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allude
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to make an indirect reference to.
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collusion
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a secret agreement for a deceitful purpose; conspiracy
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delusion
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a false belief or opinion, especially one held in spite of contradictory evidence.
a deception |
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elude
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to avoid or escape from by cunning; to evade
to escape detection; to baffle |
