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30 Cards in this Set
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decrepit |
old and feeble; worn out, ruined |
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döppleganger |
double of a person |
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fraught |
marked by distress |
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coy |
modestly pretends to be shy and quiet |
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double entendre |
a word or remark that has a hidden meaning |
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denounced
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declare to be wrong and evil
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reclusive |
preferring to live in isolation |
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oblivion |
state of being forgetten/ unknown |
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ascertain |
to find out |
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resonances |
sound frequencies at which air vibrates most freely |
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perpetually |
continually; constantly |
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embellishing |
to enhance with ficticuous additions |
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fetishes |
objects to worship |
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suffice |
to be enough |
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maternal |
motherly |
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narcissistic
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conceited; excess self love/ admiration
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regimen |
A regulated program, especially one designed to improve/maintain help
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bereft |
deprived of; made unhappy through a loss |
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taut |
pulled or drawn tight |
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sedentary |
characterised by sitting |
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correspondence |
communication by exchanging of letters |
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emulate |
to imitate |
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tenuous |
having little substance or strength |
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prose |
any writing that's not poetry |
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narcotics |
drugs with pain relieving and sleep inducing properties |
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copays |
amount you pay |
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unadulterated |
absolutely pure |
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misnomered |
a name that is wrong or inappropriate |
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prosthetic |
an artificial body parts |
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soliloquy |
a literary or dramatic speech spoken by a solitary character |
