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20 Cards in this Set
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Adjunct
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(n.) something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic; (adj.) added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity |
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Bellwether
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(n.) the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends |
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Caterwaul
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(v.) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; (n.) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket |
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Chimerical
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(adj.) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible |
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Effete
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(adj.) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date |
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Fait Accompli
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(n.) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action |
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Hidebound
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(adj.) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative |
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Hierarchy
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(n.) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc. |
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Liturgy
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(n.) a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship |
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Mirage
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(n.) something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion |
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Morass
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(n.) a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand |
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Noisome
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(adj.) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious |
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Oblivious
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(adj.) forgetful; unaware |
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Poltroon
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(n.) a base coward |
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Proselyte
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(n.) a convert; a disciple |
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Quasi
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(adj.) resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely |
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Raillery
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(n.) good-humored ridicule; teasing |
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Ribald
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(adj.) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language |
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Supine
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(adj.) lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive |
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Vignette
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(n.) a short description or sketch; a picture or illustration with edges that gradually shade off; a decorative design on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter |
