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12 Cards in this Set
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camarilla
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a group of unofficial often secret and scheming advisers
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brackish
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1. somewhat salty
2. a. not appealing to the taste b. repulsive |
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usance
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1. firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure : usage
2. use, employment 3. interest (investing) 4. the time allowed by custom for payment of a bill of exchange in foreign commerce |
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internecine
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1. marked by slaughter : deadly; especially : mutually destructive
2. of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
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scrimshander
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a person who creates scrimshaw
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underwhelm
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to fail to impress or stimulate
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wowser
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an obtrusively puritanical person
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perfunctory
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1. characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical
2. lacking in interest or enthusiasm |
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mythomania
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an excessive or abnormal propensity for lying and exaggerating
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fulcrum
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one that supplies capability for action
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opusculum
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a minor work (as of literature)
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riparian
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relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (as
a river) or sometimes of a lake or a tidewater |
