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139 Cards in this Set
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nas |
nose |
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turt |
twist |
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skia |
shadow |
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oura |
tail |
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scrupus |
sharp stone |
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ulus |
small |
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villanus |
servant working on a farm |
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uku |
flea |
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lele |
jump |
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sanguine |
optimistic |
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sanguinary |
cruel |
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dessicated |
dry out |
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dissected |
to cut apart |
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disinterested |
not influenced by selfish motives |
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uninterested |
not interested |
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sine die |
without a definite date |
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per diem |
daily allowance |
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post meridiem |
afternoon |
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tabula rasa |
clean slate |
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ad nauseam |
to the point of making one ill |
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alchemist |
(G) egypt plant juice |
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pandemonium |
(G) realm of all demons |
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lunactic |
(L) moonstruck |
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punch |
(S) drink with five ingredients |
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decimate |
(L) kill every tenth person |
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stationary |
standing without moving |
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stationery |
writing materials |
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conservatism |
against change |
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conservation |
preservation |
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rout |
disorderly retreat |
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route |
a way/highway |
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pro tempore |
temporarily |
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ex officio |
by virtue of your position |
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magnum opus |
great work |
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persona non grata |
a legally unwelcome person |
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ex cathedra |
with the full authority of office |
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idiot |
lacking skill/ expertise |
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serendipity |
Sri Lanka |
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trivial |
(L) common place/ street corner |
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sarcasm |
(G) to rend the flesh |
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assassin |
(Arabic) hashish, muslim sect under leadership |
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modus operandi |
way of doing things |
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dramatis personae |
cast of characters |
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non sequitur |
a remark that doesnt fit with what went before |
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deus ex machina |
unforeseen/ inexplicable solution |
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summum bonum |
greatest good |
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raise |
to build |
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raze |
to tear |
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prone |
on ones stomach |
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supine |
laying face upward |
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martial |
war like |
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marital |
married |
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paraphernalia |
(L/G) a bride's goods |
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robot |
Czech |
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cynic |
(L/G) "dog like" |
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cynosure |
dog's tail |
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calculate |
(L) small pebble |
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complement |
together make whole |
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compliment |
flattering |
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connotation |
emotional concepts with a word |
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denotation |
direct meaning of a word |
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elementary |
first principles |
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alimentary |
connected with food |
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post mortem |
after death |
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vice versa |
with the change having been changed |
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in toto |
in total |
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casus belli |
cause of war |
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per capita |
for heads |
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bowdlerizing |
Bowdler edited version of Shakespeare |
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boycott |
Boycott was on the other side of land reform |
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sideburns |
General Burnside |
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Guillotine |
Guillotin proposed the machine to excecute prisoners |
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Maverick |
Maverick- did not brand his cattle |
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macadam |
McAdam invented a type of road |
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nicotine |
Nicot imported drug from New World |
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bobbies |
Robert Peel- reorganized the police |
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pyrrhic |
Pyrrhus suffered heavy losses but won battles |
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valentine |
St. Valentine name connected with lovers and sweethearts |
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terra firma |
earth |
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rara avis |
unique |
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anno domini |
in the year of the Lord |
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vade mecum |
(come with me!) thing constantly carried |
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sui generis |
of its own kind |
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parameter |
boundary, limit, framework |
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perimeter |
around |
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stanza |
place where one stops |
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verse |
turn |
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statue |
made of stone |
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statute |
rule/ regulation |
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recidivist |
Origin: Classical Latin recidere to fall back, sink, lapse, revert < re- re- prefix + cadere to fall |
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influenza |
on notion of astral influence |
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jingoism |
belligerent nationalism |
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nickname |
also/ an increase |
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ostracize |
small piece of pottery |
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pro forma |
for form |
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de jure |
according to the law |
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ad hoc |
for the particular task at hand |
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ante meridiem |
before midday |
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in absentia |
in absence |
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desert |
a place without much life |
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dessert |
course of a meal |
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innocuous |
harmless |
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inoculate |
creating immunity through injection |
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ingenious |
gifted |
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ingenuous |
simple, naive |
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sandwich |
Earl of Sandwich -gambler that had special fast food brought to him |
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spoonerism |
William Spooner unintentionall transposing of words |
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pore |
study intensely |
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accept |
take for yourself |
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except |
take out of the rest |
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ipse dixit |
arbitrary command |
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ipso facto |
by that very action |
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bona fide |
in good faith |
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ad hominem |
directed at a person |
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ad rem |
directed at the matter at hand |
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altercation |
quarrel |
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volition |
decision/wish |
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violation |
breaking |
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alter ego |
second personality |
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cum grano salis |
with a grain of salt |
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in extremis |
in a difficult situation |
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tempus fugit |
time flies |
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ex libris |
from the library of |
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primus inter pares |
first among equals |
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ab ovo |
from the egg |
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carpe diem |
enjoy (seize) the day |
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caveat emptor |
let the buyer beware |
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quid pro quo |
something for something |
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hybrid |
(L) offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar |
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discombobulated |
(E) humorous alteration of discompose, discomfort |
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paradigm |
(G) example |
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scintilla |
(L) spark |
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Lurid |
(L) pale yellow, ghastly |
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biweekly |
every two weeks |
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semiweekly |
every half week (twice a week) |
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unconscionable |
not guided by ones conscience |
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unconscious |
not being conscious |
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tortuous |
twisted |
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tortured |
consisted of various twisting and associated with pain |
