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16 Cards in this Set
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Recluse |
.a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.
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Spurious |
not being what it purports to be; false or fake.
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Allegedly |
used to convey that something is claimed to be the case or have taken place, although there is no proof.
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Poise |
graceful and elegant bearing in a person.
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Florid |
having a red or flushed complexion.
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Eccentricities |
2 a : a mathematical constant that for a given conic section is the ratio of the distances from any point of the conic section to a focus and the corresponding directrix b : the eccentricity of an astronomical orbit used as a measure of its deviation from circularity.
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Purloined |
steal (something).
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Squandered |
waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.
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Primeval |
of or resembling the earliest ages in the history of the world.
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Mortification |
great embarrassment and shame.
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Untrammeled |
not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.
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Staccato |
with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
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Reprimand |
a rebuke, especially an official one.
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Garishly |
obtrusively bright and showy; lurid.
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Acquiescence |
the reluctant acceptance of something without protest.
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By: Lexie Dunigan |
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