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35 Cards in this Set
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Aghast |
(Adj) struck with terror and amazement; shocked |
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Allude |
(V) to refer to indirectly; to hint at or insinuate |
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Beget |
(V) to cause or to produce, to happen; to father or sire |
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Cadaverous |
(Adj) resembling a corpse |
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Bilk |
(V) to defraud, cheat or swindle |
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Chafe |
(N) soreness or irritation caused by rubbing; (v) to rub and cause irritation or friction |
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Choleric |
(Adj) easily provoked to anger |
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Daunt |
(V) to reduce the courage of; discourage |
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Demise |
(N) a death |
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Desist |
(V) to cease from action; to stop doing something |
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Despot |
(N) an absolute ruler; a dictator or tyrant |
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Educe |
(V) to bring out or draw forth; to draw out or extract from someone |
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Effrontery |
(N) shameless boldness or audacity |
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Egress |
(N) an exit, passage out; (v) to exit |
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Elite |
(N) a superior group of people; (adj) representing the best, superior |
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Emit |
(V) to discharge, eject; to send forth or spew out |
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Eradicate |
(V) to root out, get rid of, destroy completely |
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Fabricate |
(V) to invent fancifully or falsely |
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Feign |
(V) to give a false appearance of; to make up, fabricate |
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Felicity |
(N) the state of being happy, bliss |
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Flux |
(N) a star of constant change, flowing (v) to flow |
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Ghastly |
(Adj) hideous |
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Gird |
(V) to prepare oneself for an action or event |
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Glean |
(V) to collect bit by bit |
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Gothic |
(Adj) of or relating to the Middle Ages; medieval |
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Granary |
(N) a repository or storehouse for grains |
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Homily |
(N) a sermon or lecture about a religious or moral topic |
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Hovel |
(N) a small, dirty house; a wretched shack |
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Imbibe |
(V) to consume by drinking or take in |
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Impede |
(V) to stop or slow progress, to hinder or obstruct |
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Lampoon |
(N) a humorous and often malicious satire; (v) to mock or ridicule in a satire |
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Narcissistic |
(Adj) having excessive self-love or vanity; concerned only with oneself |
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Penury |
(N) extreme poverty; insufficiency or scarcity |
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Qualm |
(N) a sensation of doubt or misgiving; uneasiness |
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Decadence |
(N) a process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline |
