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15 Cards in this Set
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Cautionary |
Offering or serving as a warning |
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Constrain |
To confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity |
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Flotilla |
A fleet or boats or small ships |
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Gossamer |
1. Thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze 2. A fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb |
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Ignominious |
Marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace |
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Incur |
To bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as a debt |
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Liquidate |
1. To settle the affairs of a business; to convert into cash 2. To get rid of; to kill or destroy |
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Magnate |
An important, often wealthy, person prominent in a large industry or business |
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Misnomer |
A name that does not fit |
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Onerous |
Burdensome; oppressive |
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Pandemonium |
A state or place of great confusion or uproar |
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Quixotic |
Romantic and idealistic, but impractical |
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Tenacious |
Holding fast; persistent in adhering to something valued or habitual |
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Vestige |
A trace of something that once was present |
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Zephyr |
A light, gentle breeze |
