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40 Cards in this Set
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aberration |
noun: Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course. |
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baste
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verb: To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
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moratorium
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noun: An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.
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denomination
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noun: A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline. |
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abut
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verb: To touch at the end or boundary line.
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sirocco
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noun: hot winds from Africa.
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obsequies
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noun: Funeral rites.
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matrimony
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noun: The union of a man and a woman in marriage.
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caret
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noun: A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
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redoubtable
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adjective: Formidable.
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manumit
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verb: To set free from bondage.
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poise
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noun: Equilibrium.
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deliquesce
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verb: To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
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saponaceous
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adjective: Having the nature or quality of soap.
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pantoscope
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noun: A very wide-angled photographic lens.
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dishabille
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noun: Undress or negligent attire.
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frigidarium
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noun: A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc. |
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aerostat
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noun: A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air. |
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similitude
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noun: Similarity.
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lordling
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noun: A little lord.
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linguist
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noun: One who is acquainted with several languages.
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biennial
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noun: A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
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vacillate
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verb: To waver.
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redound
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noun: Rebound.
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distensible
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adjective: Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction.
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extensor
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noun: A muscle that causes extension.
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foible
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noun: A personal weakness or failing.
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penurious
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adjective: Excessively sparing in the use of money.
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invective
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noun: An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach.
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deposition
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noun: Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
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enervate
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verb: To render ineffective or inoperative.
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theology
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noun: The branch of theological science that treats of God.
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disconsolate
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adjective: Grief-stricken.
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filibuster
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noun: One who attempts to obstruct legislation.
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captious
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adjective: Hypercritical.
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superannuate
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verb: To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.
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separatist
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noun: A seceder.
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condolence
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noun: Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.
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aver
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verb: To assert as a fact.
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vendible
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adjective: Marketable.
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