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20 Cards in this Set
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Linotype |
a brand of typesetting machines that casts solid lines of type from brass dies |
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Encumbered |
to impede or hinder |
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Affluent |
have an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods |
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Eccentricities |
an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct |
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Elucidate |
to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain |
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prevailed |
to be widespread or current ; exist everywhere |
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Venerable |
commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity |
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Acquiescence |
the act or condition of acquiescing or giving tactic assent |
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Clad |
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe |
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Entailment |
the act or fact of entailing |
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Futility |
the quality of being futile; ineffectiveness/ uselessness |
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Accustomed |
customary; usual |
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triumphs |
the act of being victorious |
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Woes |
grievous, distress or trouble |
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Apprehensive |
uneasy or fearful about something that must happen |
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Silhouetted |
a two-dementional representation of the outline of an object |
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Amiable |
having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities |
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Acquiescence |
the act or condition of acquiescing |
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Squaandered |
to spend or use wastefully |
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Telltale |
a person who needlessly or maliciously reveals private or confidential matters |
