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47 Cards in this Set
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proboscus
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elephant trunk
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platoon
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noun
military unit 2+ squads and a headquarters small unit of police force |
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adrenaline
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noun
hormone secreted in response to stress, anger, or fear |
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translucent
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adjective
permitting light to pass thorugh opposite side not clearly visable easily understandable; lucid |
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odiousness
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noun
deserving/causing hatred; hateful; detestable highly offensive; repugnant |
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maxim
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noun
an expression of a general truth or principle; rule of conduct |
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palindrome
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noun
word,line, phrase the same backward as forward Madam, I'm adam |
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chattel
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noun
a movable article of personal property; any tangible property other than land/building; slave |
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exculpate
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verb (with object)
to clear from charge of guilt/fault free from blame; vindicate |
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stratagems
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noun
plan, scheme, or trick to suprise/ deceive an enemy |
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napalm
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noun
a highly incendiary jellylike substance in flamethrowers to drob bombs on troops, city... |
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aplcalypse
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greek "lifting of the veil" disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the rest of the world
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insouciance
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noun
quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference |
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polymaths
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noun
person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor |
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decorums
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noun
dignified propriety of behavior orderliness; regularity; society |
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villanelle
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noun
short poem of fixed form, written in tercets, usually five |
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genteel
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adjective
belonging/suited to polite society well-bred; refined;elegant; polite |
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dissembling
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verb (with object)
to give a flase or misleading appearance to; conceal truth; to feign; to conceal one's true motives, thoughts, ect. |
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aplomb
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noun
imperturbable self-possession, poise, assurance; x/y position |
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invective
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noun
vehement; violent denunciation; censure; reproach; accusation; vituperation; insulting word expr. |
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flout
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verb/ noun
to treat wit disdain, scorn, mock a scornful remark or act; insult; gibe |
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puissance
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noun
power, might, or force |
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sitzfleisch
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noun
the ability to sit still for a long time; discipline |
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caustic
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adjective
capable of burning, corroding severely critical or sarcastic |
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tropism
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noun
orientation fo an organism to an external stimulus by growth rather than movement |
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taiga
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noun
coniferous evergreen forest northern North America; subartic |
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pedant
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noun
person ecessive or inappropriate display of learning; overemphasizes rules or minor details; book knowledge without common sense |
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garish
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adjective
crudely or tastelessly colorful; showy; elaborate; ornate |
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thrall
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noun
a person who is in bondage; slave; morally mentally enslaved by some power; tralldom |
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poignant
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adjective
profoundly moving; touching; physically painful; sharp taste |
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rheumy
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adjective
pertaining to, causing, full of or affected with a thin mucous discharge from the eye or nose |
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indomitable
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adjective
that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will or courage; unconquerable |
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banal
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adjective
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite |
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chasten
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verb w/ object
to inflict suffering upon for moral improvement; chastise; to restrain or subdue |
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recapitualtion
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noun
breif review or summery; bio- stages of embryonic defelopment; music- restatement of explotion |
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dragoons
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noun
a european cavalryman of a heavily armed troop; military unit verb w/ object to set soldiers upon; persecute by armed forces; oppress; coerce |
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insurrection
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noun
an act of rising in revolt, rebelllion, or resistance against civil authority or established government |
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maudlin
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adjective
tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental; foolish or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness |
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burgher
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noun
an inhabitant of a town; middle class; citizen |
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ardor
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noun
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion; zeal; devotion |
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farcical
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adjective
pertaining to or of the nature of farce; ludicrous; absurd |
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sanctum/ sanctorum
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noun
the innermost shrine of a tabernacle and temple; the holy of holies; an inviolably private place |
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sycophancy
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noun
self-seeking; servile flattery |
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traduce
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verb w/ object
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame |
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bilge
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noun
rounded portion fo ship's hull slange- stupid talk or writing; nonsense |
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mille grazie
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many thanks- italian
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prodigal
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adjective
wastefully or recklessly extravagant; giving or yielding profusely; lavish noun person who spends his money or substance with wasteful extravagance; spendthrift |
