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20 Cards in this Set
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Gambol |
To jump or skip playfully |
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Ambivalent |
Having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone/something |
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éclat |
Great brilliance; dazzling |
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Abeyance |
Temporarily inactive |
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Imbue |
To fill the mind |
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Carte blanche |
Full freedom or authority to act in ones own discretion |
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Fastidious |
Overly demanding or hard to please |
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Cataclysm |
Sudden and violent |
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Beleaguer |
To surround |
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Debauch |
To corrupt morally |
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Lampoon |
To ridicule, a malicious satire |
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Savoir-faire |
Say/do the right thing in any situation |
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Queasy |
Nauseated |
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Inchoate |
Just beginning |
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Picaresque |
Clever rogues or adventurers |
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Opt |
Choice or decision |
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Refractory |
Difficult to manage |
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Philistine |
Indifferent to artistic values |
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Nemesis |
Unbeatable rival |
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Malleable |
Capable of being formed into different shapes |
