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40 Cards in this Set
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aberrant |
different from the usual or natural type |
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different from the usual or natural type |
aberrant |
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aberration |
something that is unusual and unexpected |
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something that is unusual and unexpected |
aberration |
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abet |
to help, encourange or support criminal acts |
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to help, encourange or support criminal acts |
abet |
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abeyance |
a lap in succession during which there is no person in whom a tittle is vested |
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a lap in succession during which there is no person in whom a tittle is vested |
abeyance |
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abjure |
to reject |
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to reject |
abjure |
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baleful |
threatening hard or evil |
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threatening hard or evil |
baleful |
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banal |
something ordinary |
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something ordinary |
banal |
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bask |
to lie down in a warm place, to enjoy attention of others |
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to lie down in a warm place, to enjoy attention of others |
bask |
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beatify |
to give a dead person a tittle of honor |
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to give a dead person a tittle of honor |
beatify |
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bedaub |
to daub over, ornament with vulgar excess |
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to daub over, ornament with vulgar excess |
bedaub |
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cabal |
person working secretely united in a plot |
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person working secretely united in a plot |
cabal |
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cacophony |
unpleasent loud sounds |
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unpleasent loud sounds |
cacophony |
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cajole |
to persuate with flattery or gentel urgin |
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to persuate with flattery or gentel urgin |
cajole |
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callow |
young person who doesnt have much experience and doesnt know how to behave the way adults |
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young person who doesnt have much experience and doesnt know how to behave the way adults |
callow |
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calumny |
an untrue statement that is made too damage someones reputation |
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an untrue statement that is made too damage someones reputation |
calumny |
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voluble |
talking a lot in a energetic and rapod way |
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talking a lot in a energetic and rapod way |
voluble |
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wean |
to start feeding food other than its mothers milk |
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to start feeding food other than its mothers milk |
wean |
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whimsical |
unusual in a playful or amusing way, caprice or erratic behavior |
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unusual in a playful or amusing way, caprice or erratic behavior |
whimsical |
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winsome |
cheerful pleaseant and appealing |
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cheerful pleaseant and appealing |
winsome |
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Zeitgeist |
the general, beliefs and ideas of a time and place |
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the general, beliefs and ideas of a time and place |
Zeitgeist |
