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20 Cards in this Set
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Jaded |
Being jaded is feeling or showing a lack of interest and excitement caused by having done or experienced too much of something |
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Rockaway |
a light four-wheel carriage with a fixed top and open sides |
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Discernment |
the ability to see and understand people, things, or situations clearly and intelligently |
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Propensity |
It is often an intense natural inclination or preference |
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Droll |
Having an odd or amusing personality |
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Quadroon |
A person who is one-quarter black by descent |
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Capricious |
Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood and behaviour |
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Supercillious |
Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others |
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Repose |
A state of rest, sleep, or tranquility |
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Diminutive |
Extremely or unusually small |
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Treadle |
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine; a platform, as on a bus or trolley car, for opening an exit door |
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Insidious |
proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects |
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Comtemptuous |
the feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn |
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Evinced |
reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling); reveal; be evidence of; indicate |
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Imperiling |
put at risk of being harmed, injured, or destroyed |
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Festoon |
A chain or garland of flowers, leaves, or ribbons, hung in a curve as a decoration |
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Sardonically |
Grimly mocking or cynical |
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Suffused |
Gradually spread through or over |
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Pirogue |
A long narrow canoe made from a single tree trunk, especially in Central America and the Carribean |
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Piquant |
Having a pleasant, spicy taste |