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19 Cards in this Set
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ignominy |
1. deep personal humiliation and a disgrace 2. disrespectful or dishonorable conduct, quality or action |
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progenitos |
an ancestor from direct line |
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plebeian |
one of the common people |
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emolument |
1. the returns arising from office or employment usually in form of compensation or perquisites 2. archaic 3. a salary, a fee or profit from employment or office |
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commiserate |
to feel or express sympathy |
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contumaciously |
stubbornly disobedient |
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tailsman |
an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring fortune |
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dearth |
1.scarcity that makes dear 2. an inadequate supply |
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eminence |
high rank/repute |
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ludicrus |
causing laughter because of absurdity ridiculous |
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indiscrimate |
not discriminating; lack of care, judgement, selectivity |
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prudery |
excessive propriety or modest in speech, conduct etc |
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contemptuous |
showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful, disrespectful |
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repulse |
to drive back |
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qualdroon |
a person having 1/4th black ancestry, with 1 black grandparent. the offspring of mulatto |
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immutable |
not mutable/unchangeable/changeless |
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imperious |
1. domineering in haughty manner 2. urgent |
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plantive |
expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful |
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supercilious |
haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression |
