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55 Cards in this Set
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(noun) A small piece of food. |
morsel
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(noun) A small amount; a piece: a ****** of gossip.
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morsel
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(noun) One that is delightful and extremely pleasing.
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morsel
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(noun) A very small amount.
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morsel
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(noun) A person: used jestingly or in contempt.
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morsel
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(noun) a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
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morsel
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(noun) A widely cultivated plant, Linum usitatissimum, having pale blue flowers, seeds that yield linseed oil, and slender stems from which a textile fiber is obtained.
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flax
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(noun) A pale grayish yellow.
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flax
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(noun) A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.
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tankard
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(noun) A vessel, larger than a common drinking-cup, used for holding liquor.
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tankard
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(verb) To exhibit a contraction of muscle; to undergo convulsive muscle movements.
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tic
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(noun) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles.
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tic
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(adjective) Characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity; boastful.
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vainglorious
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(adjective) With excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
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vainglorious
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(adjective) feeling self-importance
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vainglorious
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(adjective) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on *****.
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carrion
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(noun) Dead and decaying flesh.
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carrion
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(noun) the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
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carrion
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(noun) Dead flesh; carcasses.
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carrion
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(adjective) Joining; having the quality of joining;
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adjunctive
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(noun) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and *****s."
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adjunctive
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(adjective) additional; neither basic nor primary: "***** therapy"
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adjunctive
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(noun) One who, or that which, is joined.
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adjunctive
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(adjective) Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill;
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strident
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(adjective) being sharply insistent on being heard
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strident
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(adjective) (of movement) slow and laborious
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leaden
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(adjective) made of lead
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leaden
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(adjective) darkened with overcast
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leaden
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(adjective) made heavy or weighted down with weariness
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leaden
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(adjective) lacking lightness or liveliness
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leaden
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(adjective) relating to or characteristic of a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
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burlesque
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(noun) a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
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burlesque
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(noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
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burlesque
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(null) Not disgraced; free from evil; pure; stainless.
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unsullied
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(adjective) spotlessly clean and fresh
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unsullied
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(adjective) (of reputation) free from blemishes
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unsullied
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(noun) Mental suffering; anguish: "Relieve my spirit from the ***** that bows it down” ( Benjamin Disraeli).
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bale
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(noun) A funeral pyre.
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bale
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(noun) A large package of raw or finished material tightly bound with twine or wire and often wrapped: a ***** of hay.
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bale
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(verb) To wrap into a large package of raw or finished material tightly bound with twine or wire and often wrapped
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bale
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(verb) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
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bale
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(noun) In mech.: The elevated platform or gallery from which the operation of a large central electrical station for power or lighting is supervised.
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pulpit
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(noun) A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.
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pulpit
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(noun) An elevated platform or stand used in preaching or conducting a religious service.
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pulpit
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(noun) An elevated metal guardrail extending around the bow or stern of a yacht or other small vessel.
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pulpit
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(noun) A steady, easy gait.
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lope
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(verb) To jump, leap.
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lope
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(verb) To travel an easy pace with long strides.
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lope
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(noun) A leap; a long step.
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lope
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(noun) a slow pace of running
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lope
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(verb) run easily
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lope
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(noun) The papal crown.
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tiara
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(adjective) Expressing sorrow or mourning.(seemingly archaic)
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elegiac
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(adjective) Of, relating to, or involving mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past: an ***** lament for youthful ideals. (seemingly archaic)
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elegiac
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(adjective) expressing sorrow often for something past(seemingly archaic)
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elegiac
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