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23 Cards in this Set
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Admonish |
(v) to caution, advise or counsel against something. |
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Fulminations |
(n) a violent denunciation or censure. 2) a violent explosion. |
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Ravenous |
(adj) extremely hungry; famished; voracious. 2) extremely rapacious. 3) intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction. |
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Vermin |
(n) disgusting animals that are small and difficult to control, like mice, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, and rats. |
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Pallid |
pale; faint or deficient in color. 2) lacking in vitality or interest. |
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Apathetic |
(adj) having or showing little or no emotion. |
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Impelled |
(v) to drive or urge forward; to press on; incite or constrain to action. |
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Vouchsafe |
(v) to grant or give; as by favor, graciousness or condescension. |
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Brusque |
(adj) abrupt in manner; blunt; rough. |
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Harbinger |
(n) a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald. 2) anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign. |
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Supine |
(adj) lying on the back, face or front upward. |
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Comatose |
(adj) affected with or characterized by coma. |
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Poignantly |
(adj) keenly distressing to feelings. 2) keen strong in mental appeal. 3) affecting or moving emotions. 4) pungent to smell. |
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Bailiwick |
(n) the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction. 2) a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work. |
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Perusal |
(n) a reading. 2) the act or perusing; survey; scrutiny. |
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Windfall |
(n) an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like. |
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Fathom |
(n) a unit of length equal to six feet: used chiefly in nautical measurements. |
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Plantively |
(adj) sounding sad or mournful. |
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Vaulted |
(adj) constructed or covered with a vault, as a building or chamber. |
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Inveigle |
(v) to entice, lure or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements. |
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Ruminations |
(v) to meditate or muse; ponder for a long time. |
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Harry |
(v) to harass, annoy or prove a nuisance by repeated attacks. |
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Quizzically |
(adj) odd, queer, or comical. 2) questioning or puzzled. |
