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100 Cards in this Set
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revanche
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n. retaliation; revenge; a policy to regain lost territory or standing
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denouement
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n. the final resolution of a dramatic narrative or plot; the end result
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adduce
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v. to advance evidence for
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homage
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n. special honor or respect given publically
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invidious
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adj. tending to arouse ill will, animosity or resentment
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victual
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n./v. to provide with food
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fulsome
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adj. offensive to the taste or sensibilities
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aesthete
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n. one having or affecting great sensitivity to beauty
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in pari materia
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upon the same matter or subject
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monomania
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n. pathological obsession with a single subject
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exequatur
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n. official recognition or permission
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eulogium
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n. a formal eulogy
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excise
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n./v. tax levied on certain privileges
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tincture
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n. a trace or vestige; a quality that pervades or distinguishes
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inane
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adj. one that lacks sense or substance
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inveterate
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adj. firmly and long established; deep-rooted
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pennon
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n. a long narrow banner born upon a lance
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convection
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n. heat transfer through a fluid by the circulation of currents from one region to another
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requite
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v. to make repayment for; to avenge
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uti possidetis
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principle of treaty law that leaves the conqueror in possession of what was acquired
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alternat
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n. rotation in precedence of individuals of equal rank, eg. when signing treaties
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pertinacious
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adj. tenacioulsy holding to a belief or opinion
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persona grata
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adj. fully acceptable or welcome
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alluvium
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n. sediment deposited by flowing water
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coruscate
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v. to give forth flashes of light; to exhibit sparkling virtuosity
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locus classicus
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n. passage from a classic work cited as an illustration
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vouchsafe
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v. grant in a condescending manner
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asseveration
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v. affirm; to declare seriously
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pundonor
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a point of honor
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latitudinarian
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adj. expressing broad or tolerant views
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prolepsis
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n. (1) answering an argument before it is advanced (2) the anachronistic representation of something
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verbatim et literatim
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adj. word for word
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demarche
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n. a diplomatic or political maneuver
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querulous
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adj. given to complaining; peevish
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sonorous
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adj. producing a full, deep, or rich sound
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choler
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n. anger; irratibility
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mare clausum
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n. a body of water belonging to one country and closed to others
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a deux
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adj. involving two individuals
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abime
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n. an abyss
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infeudation
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n. act of putting someone in possession of an estate in fee
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salubrious
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adj. conduce to health or well-being
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boreal
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adj. relating to the northen region
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mordant
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adj. bitingly sarcastic; incisive
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macabre
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adj. suggesting the horror of death and decay
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sanative
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adj. having the power to cure; healing; restorative
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babbitt
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n. a narrow-minded person with an unthinking attachment to materialism
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philistine
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n. a person uninterested in intellectual pursuits
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anodyne
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adj./n. capable of soothing or eliminating pain
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trenchant
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adj. forceful; effective; clear-cut
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bloviate
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v. to speak or write at length in a pompous manner
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savior faire
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social skill
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vaporous
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adj. (1) insubstantial; vague (2) extravagantly fanciful; high-flown
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coccyx
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n. tail bone
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abstentious
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adj. self-restraining
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point d'appui
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a given point upon which troops are formed
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abase
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v. to lower in rank or prestige
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parvenu
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n. a person who suddenly rises to high social status but is not yet accepted
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mutatis mutandis
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adv. with those having been changed which required change
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et sequentes
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and the following
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tutelary
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adj. having the guardship of protecting a person or thing
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adumbrate
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v. to give a sketchy outline
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inviolate
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adj. not profaned; intact
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ad valorem
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adj. proportionate to the value
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propitiate
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v. appease; to conciliate
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redolent
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adj. serving to bring to mind; suggestive
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emollient
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adj./n. softening; smoothing; making less harsh or abrasive
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privation
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n. the act of be deprived
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gambol
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v./n. dance around in play or frolic
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flagitious
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adj. characterized by brutal crimes; vicious
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annus mirabilis
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n. a fateful year
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apocryphal
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adj. of questionable authenticity; erroneous; fictious
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glib
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adj. given offhand; with little preparation or thought
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scurrilous
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adj. given to vulgar, coarse, or abusive language; foul-mouthed
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morose
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adj. gloomy; sullen; melancholy
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ejusdem generis
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of the same genus
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vestigial
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adj. persisting as a degenerate structure, usually related to anatomy
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peculation
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v. to embezzle
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nemo potest exuere patriam
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obligations of a citizen to allegiance, which cannot be shed
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ancipitis usus
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used for the purposes of war
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perorate
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v. to speak at length
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hypnagogic
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adj. state of drowsiness preceding sleep
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feckless
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adj. lacking purpose and vitality
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apagogic
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adj. proving indirectly by showing the impossibility of the contrary
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concinnity
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n. studied elegance of design or arrangement
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lascivious
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adj. lewd; lustful
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idiosyncratic
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n. behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
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obloquy
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n. abusively detractive language
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stricto sensu
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in the strict sense
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pollyana
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n. blindly optimistic person
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capacious
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adj. spacious; roomy
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pellucid
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adj. transparent; admitting the passage of light
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felicitous
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adj. (1) suitably applied; appropriate (2) marked by good fortune
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solicitous
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adj. manifesting or expressing care or concern
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salacious
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adj. appealing to sexual desire; bawdy
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crabwise
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adj. (1) sideways (2) in a cautiously indirect manner
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modus vivendi
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n. way of life; manner of living
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auriferous
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adj. gold-bearing; containing gold
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fin de siecle
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characteristic of the end of the century
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protean
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adj. readily taking on varied shapes or forms; exhibiting considerable diversity
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prodigal
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adj./n. wastefully extravagant; given to abundance
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