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21 Cards in this Set
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Billet (n)
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1) a lodging to troops; a written order directing that such lodging be provided
2) a position of employment; a job 3) a short letter; a note |
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ossuary (n)
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a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead
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omage
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bustle, commotion
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mote
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a speck of dust
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obsequious
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dutiful
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caluminous (adj)
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of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory
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dalliance (n)
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a trifling away of time; dawdling
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amorous
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toying; flirtation
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plausive
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shoing or expressing praise or approbation; applauding
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perpend
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to consider, ponder; deliberate
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fordoes
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to bring to ruin; destory
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prenominate
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to mention beforehand
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censure
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1)disapproval: severe criticism
2) official condemnation: official expression of disapproval or condemnation, e.g. of a legislator by the legislature |
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dram (n)
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a small amount of something. a small alcoholic drink
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bacchanalia
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drunken revelry
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ponderous
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1) of great weight; heavy; masive
2) awkward or unweildy 3) dull or labored |
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tetter
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any various skin diseases characterized by eruptions and itching
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harbinger
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1) archaic: a person sent ahead to provide lodgings
2)A) one that pioneers in or initiate a major change B) one that presages or foreshadows what is to come |
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satyr
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1) a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics o a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry
2) a lecherous man |
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Cloaca
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a sewer or latrine
Zoology: -the common cavity into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open in vertebrates such as fish, repitles, birds, and some primative mammals. -the posterior part of the intestinal tract in various invertebrates |
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Calument (n)
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a long-stemmed sacred or ceremonial tobacco pipe use by certain Native American peoples.
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