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30 Cards in this Set
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a home; residence
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domicile
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1) related to the family or household
2)tame; trained to live with humans 3) indigeneous to a particular country; native |
domestic
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range of one's control; territory
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domain
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to dominate; to be bossy
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domineer
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control; rule; area of influence
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dominion
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asleep; not in an active state
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dormant
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to walk while sleeping
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somnambulate
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1) drowsy; sleepy 2)causing sleep
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somnolent
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washing of the body, especially as a ritual purification
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ablution
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1) a downpour; a great flood 2)to flood
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deluge
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1) to take away something belonging to someone, especially a right, title, or property; to dispossess 2)to strip away, especially clothes
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divest
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a ceremony in which a person formally receives the authority and symbols of an office
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investiture
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an absurd or inferior imitation
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travesty
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a garment that indicates position or authority, especially the robes worn by clergy
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vestment
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1) a concern for something from which a person expects to get personal benefit(used with interest) 2)dressed, especially in vestments 3)absolute; without question
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vested
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1)to mix ingredients, as in cooking 2) to invent or devise
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concoct
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a characteristic style of cooking
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cuisine
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showing unusally early development, especially mentally
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precocious
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meat-eating
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carnivorous
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plant-eating
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herbivorous
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1)extremely hungry; greedy 2)eager for some activity or interest
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voracious
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sweet as honey (referring to voice or words)
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mellifluous
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having to do ith salt
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saline
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1) to drink 2)to absorb; to take in
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imbibe
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fit to drink
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potable
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a liquid for drinking, especially a medicinal, magic, or poisonous drink
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potion
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to make an indirect reference to
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allude
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a secret agreement for a deceitful purpose; conspiracy
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collusion
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1) a false belief or opinion, especially one held in spite of contradictory evidence 2) a deception
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delusion
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1) to avoid or escape from by cunning; to evade 2)to escape detection; to baffle
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ellude
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