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21 Cards in this Set
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derisive
(adj) |
characterized by being mocking
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felicity
(noun) |
state of being happy
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impertinence
(adj) |
exceeing the limits of good manners.
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Romanesque
(adj) |
relating to a style of architecture developed in Italy and Western Europe.
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querulous
(adj) |
whining or complaining
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fervor
(noun) |
heat or intensity of the moment
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oration
(noun) |
a formal public speech
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coquette
(noun) |
a woman (or man) who flirts with someone to gain their affection or admiration
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decimate
(verb) |
to destroy a great number of
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ameliorate
(verb) |
to make or become better; to improve.
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lightsome
(adj) |
airy, cheering, exilerating
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temerity
(noun) |
unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness, recklessness
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macabre
(adj) |
dwelling on the gruesome
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acrid
(adj) |
unpleasent pugent in taste or odor
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circumvent
(trans verb) |
to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
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divulge
(trans verb) |
to make known (as a confidence or secret)
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inextricable
(adj) |
forming a tangle from which is impossible to get free
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teeming
(trans verb) |
to become pregnate
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pallid
(adj) |
lacking sparkle or liveliness
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melee
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a confused struggle
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edict
(noun) |
a proclimation having the force of law
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