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13 Cards in this Set
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lavish
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giving or spending in great or wasteful amounts
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spats
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a short covering of cloth or leather worn over a shoe or ankle
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disdainfully
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feeling or showing scornful
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sovereign
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a supreme ruler
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regally
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of or relating to a monarch; royal
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unabridged
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not shortened
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palatinate
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a territory under the official power to make legal decisions of a count high level official
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connotation
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an idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal meaning
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quagmire
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a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot
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flabbergast
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surprise someone greatly; astonish
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entreat
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ask someone anxiously to do something
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plumed
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decorate with or as if with feathers
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upstart
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a person who has suddenly risen to wealth or high position
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