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59 Cards in this Set
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eleemosynary
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adj pertaining to charity
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imbroglio
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n a misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity or strife
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genteel
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adj well-bred or refined
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statuesque
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adj having the grace, pose or quietude of a statue
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ramose
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branch-like
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gordian knot
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any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners
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turpitude
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depravity
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obvert
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to turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object
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neo-darwinism
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darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students
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sinecure
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any position having emoluments with few or no duties
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quarto
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an eight-page newspaper of any size
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superannuate
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to become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service
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betimes
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in good season or time
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portend
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to indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs
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disrobe
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to unclothe
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peripatetic
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walking about
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veracious
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ant= mendacious
habitually disposed to speak the truth |
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coronet
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inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign
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obelisk
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a square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative
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effuse
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to pour forth
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defalcate
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a square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative
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trebly
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triply
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piecemeal
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gradually
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forby
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besides
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sequestrate
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to confiscate
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disinherit
unctuous privity |
interesting words
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auriferous
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containing gold
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forfend
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ward off
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abnegate
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to renounce
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irrefragable
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that can not be refuted or disproved
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carrion
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dead and putrifying flesh
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promontory
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a high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea
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dolesome
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melancholy (get better def.)
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digraph
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a union of two characters representing a single sound
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sapid
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affecting the sense of taste
gustatory |
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littoral
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of, pertaining to or living on a shore
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gentile
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non jew peeps
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adumbrate
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to represent b4in otline or emblem
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redolent
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sweet smelling
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bibulous
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fond of drinking
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epizootic
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prevalent among animals
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contrite
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broken in spirit because of a sense of sin |
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subjacent
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situated directly underneath
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cabalism
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superstitious devotion to one's religion
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persiflage
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banter
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undulous
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resembling waves
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carouse
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to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner
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virago
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a bold, impudent, turbulent woman
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injunction
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mandate
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peccadillo
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a small breach of propriety or principle
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peccant
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guilty
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nomic
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usual or customary
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profligacy
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shameless viciousness
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presage
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to foretell
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pusillanimous
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without spirit or bravery
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officious
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intermeddling with what is not one's concern
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repine
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to indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding
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intromit
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insert
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kindly disposed
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propitious
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