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25 Cards in this Set
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Preternaturally |
Exceeding what is natural or ordinary |
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Sexton |
One who takes care of a chruch property |
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Tractable |
Easily controlled, obedient |
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Pullet |
A young hen |
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Corporeal |
Physical, material |
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Ostensibly |
Shown outwardly |
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Ascribed |
Referred to a cause |
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Concupiscent |
Strong sexual desire, lust |
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Incipient |
Beginning to be |
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Truculently |
Savagely, ferociously |
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Germinate |
To cause to develop |
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Sullen |
Gloomily silent |
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Listless |
Spiritless, languid |
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Patriarch |
Feather, founder, our venerable old man |
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Venison |
Deer meat |
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Fallow |
Inactive land left without tilling or sowing |
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Garlands |
Wreaths, flowery decorations |
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Paragon |
A model of perfection |
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Rudimentary |
Basic, not fully developed |
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Blanch |
Make white or pale, bleach |
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Connotations |
Additional implied meanings apart from the literal definition |
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Slovenliness |
Laziness or untidiness |
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Vicariously |
Acting for another, sharing in another's experiences |
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Alluvial |
Descriptive of soil deposits left by running water |
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Luminosity |
Quality of emitting light |
