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43 Cards in this Set
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brusque |
abrupt/short |
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mottled |
varied in color |
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recumbent |
lying down |
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derogatory |
disrespectful |
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gingerly |
careful/cautios |
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mollify |
calm |
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pugnacious |
agressive |
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cower |
to crouch in fear |
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derision |
mockery |
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reprehensible |
deserving blame |
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fable |
using animals to represent humans to point out some moral |
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personification |
giving human characteristics to a non human |
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satire |
ridiculing something to make a larger point |
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inverted |
upside down |
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dementia |
mental breakdown |
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corrugated |
grooved |
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vicar |
town official/priest |
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invigilator |
proctor |
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intuition |
knowledge without reason |
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submersible |
capable of going underwater |
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hypothetical |
assumed to be true |
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gradient |
slope/incline |
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resonant |
echoing |
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strident |
loud and harsh |
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pallid |
pale |
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immured |
enclosed |
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hiatus |
pause/gap in a sequence |
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gesticulate |
to use gestures while speaking |
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declivities |
downward slope |
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incursion |
invasion |
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irked |
irritated |
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effigy |
model of a hated person |
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diffident |
shy |
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obtuse |
stupid |
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impervious |
cant get in |
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corpulent |
fat |
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torrid |
hot and dry |
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propitiate |
to appease |
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truculent |
savage |
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inimical |
harmful |
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ensconce |
to settle conformity |
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ululate |
to howl |
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obscurity |
mystery |
