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11 Cards in this Set
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cicerone
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sis-uh-"roh"-nee
noun a guide who takes tourists to museums, monuments, or architecural sites and explains what is being seen. |
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hector
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verb
To bully; to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure |
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nestor
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noun
a senior figure or leader in one's field |
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spartan
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adj.
Marked by simplicity and often strict self-discipline or self-denial |
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stentorian
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adj
Extremely loud, often with especially deep richness of sound. |
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sybaritic
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sib-uh-RIT-ik
adj. Marked by luxurious or sensual lifestyle. |
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commiserate
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verb
to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity. |
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teleogicals
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adj
: exhibiting or relating to design or purpose especially in nature |
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hagiographic
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noun
he writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology. |
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fugue
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noun
1. a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days 2. pathological amnesiac condition that may persist for several months and usually results from severe mental stress, in which one is apparently conscious of one's actions but has no recollection of them after returning to a normal state 3. Music. a polyphonic composition based upon one, two, or more themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, subjected to contrapuntal treatment, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end. |
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cimarron
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noun
bighorn sheep |
