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20 Cards in this Set
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Quandary
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A state of uncertainty or perplexity
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Nauset
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A native American tribe which used to populate the Cape Cod area
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Tyrol
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Area of Germany where the Nazi's at one point planned to make their last stand
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Luftwaffe
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German for "airforce"
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Meinkampf
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German for "my fight"
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Ague
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An acute or violent fever
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Camellia
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A type of evergreen known for the bright beauty of its flowers
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Acetylene
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A combination of hydrogen and carbon which occurs at high temperatures
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Tor
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A high, craggy hill
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Furrow
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A narrow groove or wrinkle
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Tumuli
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An ancient burial mound or barrow.
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Pithy
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Full of strength or vigour; vigorous, powerful, strong; substantial.
Conveying meaning forcibly through brevity of expression; concise, succinct; condensed in style; pointed. |
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Fluted
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Having, furnished, or ornamented with flutes, channels, or grooves
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Acanthine
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Acanthus is a type of plant native to the shores of the Mediterranean, celebrated among the Greeks and Romans for the elegance of its leaves.
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Cornucopia
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An ornamental vessel or receptacle shaped like the horn of plenty.
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Keel
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A central ridge along the back or convex surface of any organ or structure, as a leaf, a petal, a glume of grass, the lower mandible of a bird, etc.
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Effacement
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Efface: To rub out, obliterate (writing, painted or sculptured figures, a mark or stain) from the surface of anything, so as to leave no distinct traces.
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Chuffing
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Used as an intensifier, freq. as a mild expletive or euphemism for fucking.
Of an engine or machine: to work with a regularly repeated sharp puffing sound. |
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Filaments
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A tenuous thread-like body, resembling a fibre of tow; a minute fibre. Often in scientific use, as applied to animal or vegetable structure.
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Opus
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A book or other written work, esp. one considered to be of great size or importance; a collection of writings by a particular author.
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