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74 Cards in this Set
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Halcyon |
Calm - Peaceful - Tranquil |
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Bespoke |
Custom - Made to order |
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Bivouac |
Temporary camp w/o tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers |
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Bilk |
Obtain or withhold money from someone by deceit or without justification. Cheat - Defraud |
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Triage |
Assign degrees of urgency to wounded or ill patients |
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Latent |
Dormant - Untapped - Undiscovered |
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Venerable |
accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character` |
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Tantamount |
equivalent in serious to; virtually the same as |
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Torpor |
state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy |
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Vulpine |
of, relating to, or similar to a fox |
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Obsequious |
obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree |
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Interminable |
endless |
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Bindlestiff |
a tramp or hobo |
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Valise |
a small traveling bag or suitcase |
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Tractable |
easy to control or influence; malleable - manageable - amenable |
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Truculent |
eager or quick to argue or fight, agressively defiant; defiant - aggressive - combative |
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Torrent |
a strong, fast-moving stream of water or other liquid |
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Paragon |
a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality; a model of excellence |
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Eminence |
fame or recognized superiority; fame - celebrity - notability |
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Alluvium |
deposit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing streams in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil |
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Lore |
body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group myths - legends - stories - traditions |
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Bumptious |
self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree conceited - arrogant - pompous |
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Codicil |
an addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one |
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Shrewd |
having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute - sharp-witted - clever |
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Poultice |
a soft, moist mass of material applied to the body to relieve soreness and inflammation and kept in place with a cloth |
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Coquetry |
Flirtatious behaviour |
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Sardonic |
grimly mocking or cynical |
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Magnanimous |
generous in forgiving an insult or injury; high minded - noble |
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Bungle |
carry out a task clumsily or incompetently mishandle - mismanage - blunder |
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Erudite |
having or showing great knowledge or learning |
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Testator |
a person who has made a will or given a legacy |
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Sullen |
bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy - sulky - grumpy |
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Broody |
thoughtful and unhappy |
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Dawdle |
waste timep; be slow linger - dally - waste time |
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Filial |
of or due from a son or daughter; dutiful - devoted - respectful |
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Lucent |
glowing |
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Interpolate |
insert between fixed points; insert - interpose - interject |
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Gallant |
brave - heroic - courageous |
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Venerable |
accorded a great deal of respect respected - venerated - revered |
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Ptomaine |
any group of amine compounds of unpleasant taste and odor formed in putrefying animal and vegetable matter |
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Baleful |
threatening harm; menacing |
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Denounce |
publicly declare to be wrong or evil |
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Precocious |
having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual |
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Dogged |
having or showing tenacity and grim persistence tenacious - determined - resolute |
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Rueful |
feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow or pity; mournful - doleful |
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Repose |
a state of rest, sleep, or tranquility |
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Doltish |
stupid - idiotic |
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Muse |
be absorbed in thought; say to oneself in a thoughtful manner; gaze thoughtfully at |
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Goad |
provoke or annoy someone and stimulate some action or reaction |
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Sallow |
unhealthy yellow or pale brown color on someones face |
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Intransigent |
unwilling or refusing to change one's views uncompromising - inflexible - unbending |
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Scud |
move fast in a straight line |
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Impudent |
not showing due respect for another person impertinent - insolent - cheeky |
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Covey |
small flock of birds |
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Pulque |
Mexican alcoholic drink made by fermenting sap from the maguey |
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Plaintive |
sounding sad and mornful |
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Avarice |
extreme greed for wealth or material gain; greed |
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Suppliant |
A person making a humble plea to someone in power or authority; petitioner - beggar - pleader |
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Bulwark |
a defensive wall |
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Dissemble |
conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs pretend - feign - fake |
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Fallow |
(of farmland) plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period of time in order to restore fertility uncultivated - unplanted - unsown |
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Petulant |
childishly sulky or bad-tempered |
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Gelding |
a castrated animal - especially male horse |
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Hoyden |
a boisterous girl |
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Egregious |
outstandingly bad; shocking |
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Solace |
comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness comfort - consolation - support |
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understood or implied w/o being stated implicit - understood - implied |
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Tautology |
saying the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style |
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Solipism |
the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist |
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Pejorative |
expressing contempt or disapproval |
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Equivocal |
open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous |
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Asunder |
apart - divided - into pieces |
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Mollify |
appease the anger or anxiety of someone |
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Surreptitious |
kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of |
