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63 Cards in this Set
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cavernous
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adj: resembling a cavern in depth, vastenss, or effect
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chintz
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n: a printed and glazed cotton fabric, usually in bright colors
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concede
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vb: to yield, grant, acknowledge or admit
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decipher
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vb: to read, interpret, or decode
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diction
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n: the choice of words used while speaking, enunciation
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elude
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vb: to evade or escape
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facade
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n: an artificial or deceptive front, the front of a building
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facility
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n: ease in doing something, aptitude
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languid
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adj: lacking in energy, spirit, or animation
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omni
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prefix: all
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reciprocate
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vb: to give/take mutually, to perform an action in repsonse to another
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superfluous
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adj: beyond what is normal or required
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balk
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vb: to stop suddenly, to hesitate/be unwilling, to foil someone
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dreck
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n: trash, worthless stuff (merchandise)
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epithet
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n: an insult or descriptive title added to a name
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etch
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n: to mark into, to make clearly visible
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exclave
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n: a section of a country that is physically seperate from the main body
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gable
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n: a triangularly shaped peak on a building
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harrow
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vb: to break or tear up
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mead
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n: an alcoholic drink made from honey, often drank by Vikings
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renege
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vb: to break a promise
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scourge
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n: a whip
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sedulous
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adj: to work hard, to work with care and concentration
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surmise
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n or vb: to make a guess, a guess
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thane
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n: a servant to a nobleman
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balk
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vb: to stop suddenly, to hesitate/be unwilling, to foil someone
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dreck
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n: trash, worthless stuff (merchandise)
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epithet
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n: an insult or descriptive title added to a name
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etch
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n: to mark into, to make clearly visible
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exclave
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n: a section of a country that is physically seperate from the main body
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gable
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n: a triangularly shaped peak on a building
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harrow
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vb: to break or tear up
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mead
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n: an alcoholic drink made from honey, often drank by Vikings
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renege
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vb: to break a promise
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scourge
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n: a whip
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sedulous
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adj: to work hard, to work with care and concentration
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surmise
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n or vb: to make a guess, a guess
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thane
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n: a servant to a nobleman
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alacrity
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n: speed or quickness, eagerness
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appease
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vb: to soothe, relieve, or satisfy
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carouse
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vb: to drink excessively and be boisterous
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conjure
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vb: to summon (possibly by magic, to bring to mind
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digression
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n: when someone goes off subject and remebers something in great detail
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gumption
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n: guts, spunk, common sense
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hilt
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n: the handle of a weapon or tool
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martial
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adj: relating to war
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premonition
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n: a bad feeling, foreboding, early knowledge of an event
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prowess
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n: superior skill or ability
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pyre
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n: a fire used in funeral rites
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raucous
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adj: loud and disorderly
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stalwart
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adj: firm, strong, resolute
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bier
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n: a stand used to support a corpse or coffin during a funeral
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compunction
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n: anxiety, regret, or remorse caused by guilt
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imply
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vb: to indicate indirectly
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infer
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vb: to guess or assume based on evidence
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irony
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n: coincidence, opposition, sarcasm
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knell
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n: the sound of a bell being rung slowly, as in death
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novel
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n and adj: a work of fiction, new or unexpected
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obsequy
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n: a funeral or burial rite
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palpable
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adj: tangible, touchable, physically there
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paradox
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n: two opposing forces, an impossible circumstance
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rapt
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adj: wholly absorbed, deeply moved
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Stakhanovite
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n: overachiever, hard worker
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