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31 Cards in this Set
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refectory (n)
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- dining hall
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quell (v)
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- to make quiet or to pacify
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inclement (adj)
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- severe in temper or action
- stormy weather |
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slattern (n)
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- untidy or dirty person through habitual neglect
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truculent (adj)
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- harsh, cruel
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perfidious (adj)
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- the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal
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infamy (n)
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- evil reputation brought about by something criminal, shocking or brutal
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malady (n)
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- an unwholesome or disordered condition
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ferret (v)
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- to find and bring to light by searching
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soporific (adj)
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- tending to dull awareness or alertness
- marked by sleepiness or lethargy |
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ostensible (adj)
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- intended for display
- apparent |
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redundancy (n)
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- an act or instance of needless repetition
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salient (adj)
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- prominent, of notable significance
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cachinnate (v)
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- to loud loudly
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conjecture (v)
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- to guess
- a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork - a proposition before it has been proved or disproved |
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gregarious (adj)
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- sociable
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salubrious (adj)
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- favorable to or promoting health or well-being
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enigmatic (adj)
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- mysterious, obsure
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sardonic (adj)
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- derisively mocking
- sarcastic |
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lugubrious (adj)
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- exaggeratedly mournful
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harangue (n)
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- ranting speech or writing
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sonorous (adj)
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- full or loud in sound
- imposing or impressive in effect or style |
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culpable (n)
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- blameworthy
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charlatan (n)
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- fraud,faker
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inextricable (adj)
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- incapable of being disentragled or untied
- incapable of being solved |
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behest (n)
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- command, urgent prompting
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sanguine (adj)
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- of relating to blood
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doff (v)
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- to remove from the body
- to rid oneself |
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quail (v)
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- to recoil in dread or terror
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baffle (v)
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- to defeat by confusing or puzzling
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azure (adj)
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- the blue color of the clear sky
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