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41 Cards in this Set
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Parable
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a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
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Indigent |
lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished. |
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Suppliant |
a person who supplicates; petitioner.
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Speculatively
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pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning:
a speculative approach. |
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Estuary
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that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
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Furtive
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taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret:
a furtive glance. |
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Plaintively
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expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful:
a plaintive melody. |
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Bulwark
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a wall of earth or other material built for defense; rampart.
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Avarice
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insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
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Incandescence
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the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature.
Compare luminescence. |
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Cozened
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to cheat, deceive, or trick.
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Consecrated
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to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity:
to consecrate a new church building. |
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Subjugation
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the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement:
The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country. |
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Clamored
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a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
the clamor of the crowd at the gates. |
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Undulating |
to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement:
The flag undulates in the breeze. |
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Benediction |
an utterance of good wishes |
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Dissembling |
to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of |
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Lucent |
translucent; clear |
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Semblance |
outward aspect or appearance |
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Precipitated |
to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly |
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Countenanced |
appearance, especially the look or expression of the face |
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Keening |
a wailing lament for the dead |
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Stalwart |
strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust |
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Edifice |
any large, complex system or organization |
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Benign |
having a kindly disposition; gracious |
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Searing |
to mark with a branding iron |
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Coagulating |
to change from a fluid into a thickened mass; curdle; congeal |
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Lethargy |
the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity |
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Collusion |
a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy |
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Legerdemain |
trickery; deception |
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Escarpment |
a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like, commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust. Compare scarp |
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Germane |
Obsolete. closely related |
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Guttural |
of or pertaining to the throat |
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Petulant |
moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head. |
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Intercession |
an interposing or pleading on behalf of another person |
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Irresolution |
lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation |
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Pivoting |
(formerly) the attaching of an artificial crown to the root of a tooth with a metal dowel |
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Malignant |
disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred |
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Monolithic |
made of only one stone, Something that is hard or a solid |
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Ulcerous |
of the nature of an ulcer; characterized by the formation of ulcers |
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Parable |
a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson |
