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29 Cards in this Set
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clairvoyant |
able to foresee things |
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to waddle |
walk like a duck |
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clandestine |
secret |
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inadverntent |
not done on purpose |
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gauche |
tactless |
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seance |
a meeting where people try to talk with dead people |
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scullery |
especially in a large old house, a room next to the kitchen where pans arewashed and vegetables are prepared for cooking |
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kowtow |
act in an excessively sub-servant manner, obedient |
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lugubrious |
sad, serious, mournful |
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callous |
hard, insensitive |
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callow |
immature, inexperienced |
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mildew |
unpleasant wetness |
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fallow |
piece of land left alone for some time to restore its' fertility |
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hobnob |
to spend time being friendly with someone who is important or famous |
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conspire |
to plot
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crusty |
rough |
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incivility |
rudeness |
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sermon |
preaching |
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stronghold |
a place that has been fortified |
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steadfastness |
loyality |
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gauntness |
a state of being very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger |
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stout |
short, well-built |
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solvent |
able to pay one's debts |
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defiant |
disobeying |
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flabby |
soft, fluffy |
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parsimonious |
careful on spending money |
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effusive |
expressing feelings in an unrestrained way |
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exuberant |
lively |
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formidable |
evoking fear or respect |
