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17 Cards in this Set
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Anneal |
Toughen by heating then cooling |
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Chiaroscuro |
Pictorial use of light and share |
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Crescendo |
With increasing loudness |
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Dory |
Flat bottomed boat |
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Garrote |
Execute by strangling |
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Ingratiate |
Win favor for |
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Junto |
Group of political plotters |
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Levy |
Impose/wage/conscription |
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Nadir |
Lowest point |
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Nihilism |
Abandonment to sensual pleasures |
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Permeate |
Spread through |
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Prelate |
High dignitary |
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Redundant |
Not needed |
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Sanguine |
Cheerful/ ruddy |
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Splenetic |
Easily irritated |
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Tautology |
Needless repetition of ideas |
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Unmitigated |
Absolute |
