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100 Cards in this Set
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Abrasion |
1) scrape on the skin; 2) process of scraping or rubbing |
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Adumbrate |
outline; indicate |
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Cognitive |
concerned with thinking or perceiving |
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Deign |
condescend |
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Ferved |
passionate |
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Gall |
bitterness; confidence; abnormal growth on a plant |
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Levee |
raised river bank; morning reception held by monarch |
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Preternatural |
unnatural; abnormal |
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Quell |
suppress |
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Score (n) |
written form of music |
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Abut |
to adjoin |
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Consternation |
worry and concern |
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Gavel |
judge's hammer |
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Lien |
right to sell property held as a security; legal hold on job |
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Parenthesis |
remarks deviating from the main point; () |
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Sinewy |
vigorous; having well-developed muscles |
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Steep (v) |
to soak in water |
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Tamp |
to plug; press loose matter down tightly |
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Venturing |
hazarding; risking; going somewhere |
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Wry |
twisted or bent to one side; dryly humorous |
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Arduous |
hard |
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Decimated |
kill or destroy a large part of |
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Fledge |
grow feathers; leave nest |
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Gouge |
cut or dig out |
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Picayune |
insignificant; of little value |
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Riveting |
fascinating |
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Soliloquy |
solo speech |
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Suplicant |
person who requests or begs for something |
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Transcendental
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supernatural; going beyond normal experience |
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Veritable |
true; genuine |
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Condescension |
talking down to someone |
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Divest |
remove; take off |
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Eddy |
circular current |
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Epaulet |
shoulder decoration |
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Fallacy |
wrong idea |
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Fringe |
1) decorative borer with tassels; 2) to form an edge |
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Leaven |
to make light; modify; cause bread to rise using yeast |
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Patronize |
to talk down to; condescend |
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Prominent |
eminent; protruding; obvious |
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Statute |
law |
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Antipathy |
hatred |
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Aver |
affirm |
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Expatiate |
speak or write at great length |
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Flag (v) |
to lose energy; to signal |
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Flail |
tool used to thresh grain; to thresh; to wave arms about wildly |
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Indicted |
accused of crime |
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Loll |
laze around; hang out |
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Malign |
slander |
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Secure (v) |
to fix firmly; to obtain |
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Talon |
long pointed nail or claw |
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Abeyance |
state of inactivity; disuse |
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Disarm |
take away weapons; win over to one's side |
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Elaborate |
complex and detailed; to expand on |
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Foment |
stir up; bathe with hot liquids |
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Jockeying |
maneuvering; struggling to get ahead of others |
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Minutiae |
small details |
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Rue
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regret |
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Somatic |
concerned with the body |
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Stinting
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holding back; limiting the supply |
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Temperate |
moderate |
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Allure |
attraction; to attract |
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Caulk |
treat with substance such as tar to make water-tight |
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Conscript |
person enlisted compulsorily into the armed forces |
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Desultory |
aimless; inconsistent in effort |
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Elegy |
poem concerned with death; praise of a dead person |
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Fallow |
uncultivated |
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Forbearing |
tolerant |
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Hegemony |
political domination; complete authority |
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Improbity |
lack of honesty or integrity |
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Qualm |
hesitation or fear |
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Assay |
1) try; 2) assess purity |
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Chauvinist |
someone excessively patriotic |
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Discrete |
separate; discontinuous |
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Enlist |
sign up for the army; obtain |
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Fabricated |
made up; false; manufactured |
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Fulminate |
attack loudly in words; denounce thunderously; explode noisily |
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Hawser |
thick rope or cable |
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Jibe |
agree with; complement; match up with |
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Peer |
an equal - to stare at - nobleman |
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Stickler |
one who is strict about rules or details |
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Cloture |
closure; terminating a debate by voting |
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Congruent |
matching |
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Dally |
waste time; flirt |
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Dissemble |
avoid the truth |
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Dote |
be excessively fond of |
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Errant |
1) wandering; 2) wrong; 3) straying from accepted standards |
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Fervent |
passionate |
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Stomach (v) |
to tolerate |
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Synapse |
junction between two nerve cells |
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Undercutting |
offering a lower price; undermining |
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Arson |
deliberate, criminal starting of fires |
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Carrion |
dead flesh; carcasses |
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Intelligible |
can be understood |
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Ironclad |
cannot be altered; firm |
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Lint |
fluff; soft material used to cover wounds |
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Pretension |
assumed attitude of superiority; arrogance |
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Pundit |
expert |
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Pyre |
ceremonial fire |
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Sate |
satisfy |
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Syncopation |
type of musical rhythm with missed beats |