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31 Cards in this Set
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Glazier |
One whose work is fitting glass in windows |
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Glib |
Speaking or spoken smoothly, often too smoothly to be convincing |
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Glissando |
Music a sliding effect achieved by a rapid sounding of tones |
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Glockenspiel |
A percussion instrument with tuned metal bars in a frame, played with small hammers |
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Glottis |
The opening between the vocal cords in the larynx |
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Glossolalia |
An uttering of unintelligible sounds, as in a religious ecstasy |
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Gneiss |
A granite like rock formed of layers of quartz, mica |
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Cheongsam |
A dress of Southern Chinese origin with a slit skirt and a Mandarin collar |
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Potpourri |
:a mixture of dried flowers petals, leaves, and spices that is used to make a room smell pleasant :a collection of different things |
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Freesia |
:any of a genus of sweet-scented African herbs of the iris family with usually red, pink, white, or yellow flowers |
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Leitmotif and leitmotiv |
: an associated melodic phrase or figure that accompanies the reappearance of an idea, person, or situation especially in a wagnerian music drama : a dominant recurring theme |
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Insouciance |
: a relaxed and calm state : lighthearted unconcern |
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Jai alai |
: a court game somewhat like handball played usually by two or four players with a ball and long curved wicker basket strapped to the wrist |
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Cozen |
: to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheeling or shrewd trickery |
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Susurration |
: a whispering sound : murmur |
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Interlocutor |
: a person who is having a conversation with you |
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Guttural |
: formed or pronounced in the throat |
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De rigueur |
: necessary if you want to be fashionable, popular, socially acceptable, etc. |
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Gnu |
: a large African antelope with an oxlike head and a horse like tail |
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Force majeure |
1: superior or irresistible force 2: an event or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled |
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Sanctimonious |
: pretending to be morally better than other people |
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Arpeggio |
Music : a chord in which the notes are played separately instead of at the same time |
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Concatenate |
: linked together |
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Bossa nova |
: a kind of music that is originally from Brazil : a dance performed to bossa nova music |
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Vituperative |
:uttering or given to censure :containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
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Vociferate |
:to shout loudly; clamor |
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Vitreous |
1 of or like glass 2 derived from or made of glass |
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Virago |
: a shrewish woman; scold |
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Vireo |
: a small American songbird, with olive green or Grey feathers |
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Viscid |
:thick, syrupy, and sticky |
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Vizier |
A high government official in the Turkish empire |
