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33 Cards in this Set
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multilingual
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speaking many languages
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polyglot
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speaking many languages
adj. person who speaks many languages n. |
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insular
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narrow-minded, limited in perspective
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static
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not moving or making progress
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umbrage
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to take unbrage at, to become angry
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servile
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slave like
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expatriot
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person living outside their homeland
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provincial
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limited in perspective, narrow, self centered
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silvent
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characteristics of woods
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laudable
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worthy of praise
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laudatory
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expressing praise
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filial
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characteristics appropriate for son or daughter
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vocation
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impulse towards a vertain career
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antedilivian
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occuring before Noah's Flood; long time ago
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antebellum
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before the war
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amicable
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friendly
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auxiliary
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lending help or assistence
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puerile
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childish, immiture
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virile
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manly
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edify
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to teach or instruct; enlightening
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malice
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evil n.
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pulchritude
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beauty
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paucity
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lack; shortage
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deify
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to make into a god; consider to have more important than human beings
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deity
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god or goddess
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liberal
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generous; open to new ideas
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insuperable
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not able to be overcome
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somnolent`
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sleepy
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voltile
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explosive; unpredictable
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convene
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come together; assemble
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convoke
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call together; summon
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interin
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period of time between
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celestial
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heavenly
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