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32 Cards in this Set
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Stolid
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not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
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Gorging
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something that is swallowed; contents of the stomach.
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Minstrel
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a musician, singer, or poet.
white as black |
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Flue
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any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like.
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Waft
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to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water:
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Pedestrian
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a person who goes or travels on foot; walker
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Refract
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To alter by viewing through a medium: "In the Quartet reality is refracted through a variety of eyes" (Elizabeth Kastor).
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Imperceptible
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something not capable of being perceived by the senses:
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Pulverize
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to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
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Melancholy
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a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression.
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Hearth
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the lower part of a blast furnace, cupola, etc., in which the molten metal collects and from which it is tapped out.
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Proboscis
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any long flexible snout, as of the tapir.
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Incinerator
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a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.
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Ballistics
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the science or study of the motion of projectiles, as bullets, shells, or bombs.
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Proclivity
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natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
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Centrifuge
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an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
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Pantomine
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the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
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Luminscent
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the emission of light not caused by incandescence and occurring at a temperature below that of incandescent bodies.
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Pratfall
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a humiliating blunder or defeat.
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Cadence
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the flow or rhythm of events, esp. the pattern in which something is experienced.
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Sieve
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a person who cannot keep a secret.
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Parried
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to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
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Cacophony
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harsh discordance of sound
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Cardamon
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the plant itself.
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Odious
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deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable
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Juggernaut
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anything requiring blind devotion or cruel sacrifice.
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Marionette
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a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
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Dictum
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an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion.
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Pedants
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a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details.
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Pyre
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a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material (Funeral).
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Limn
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Smoulder
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Incessant
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to represent in drawing or painting.
to portray in words; describe. |
