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19 Cards in this Set
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Abnegation
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Denial, especially self denial of rights or comforts.
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Noun
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Anneal
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To heat.
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Verb
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Austere
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Serious.
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Adjective
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Coruscation
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A sudden gleam or flash of light or wit.
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Noun
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Countrified
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Rural or rustic.
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Adjective
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Cumulate
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To gather up.
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Verb
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Daguerreotypes
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An obsolete photographic process where a picture is printed on a silver plate.
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Noun
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Desiccation
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To dry up as in preserving food.
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Verb
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Evincing
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To show clearly.
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Verb
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Enigmatic
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Perplexing.
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Adjective
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Hiatus
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A break in the continuity of something.
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Noun
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Moribund
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Near death.
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Adjective
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Patina
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A surface calcification of implements, usually indicating great age.
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Noun
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Profundity
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Something intellectually deeper than the obvious.
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Noun
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Querulous
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Full of complaints.
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Adjective
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Reconnoitered
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To observe in order to gain information.
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Verb
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Sibilant
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Hissing, whistling.
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Adjective
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Unction
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An act of anointing for medicine or religion.
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Noun
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Undulant
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Wavelike in motion or pattern.
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Adjective
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