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60 Cards in this Set
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mundane |
common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative |
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sublime |
elevated or lofty in thought, language, ect. |
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asphyxiate |
to cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing normal breathing, as by gas or other noxious agents; choke; suffocate; smother |
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sachet |
small bag or case |
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bland |
pleasantly gentle or ageeable |
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dilated |
to make wider or larger; cause to expand |
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jaunty |
easy and sprightly in manner or bearing |
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embossed |
to raise or represent (surface designs) in relif |
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ambling |
to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter |
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parched |
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do |
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proponent |
a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal |
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perspicuity |
clearness or lucidity, as of a statement |
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espouse |
to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause |
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eschewing |
to abstain or keep away from; shun; aviod |
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obfuscation |
to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy |
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typographical |
typography- the art or process of printing with type |
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emanations |
an abstract but perceptible thing that issues or originates from a source |
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concise |
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse |
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congruent |
agreeing; accordant; congruous |
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personalizing |
design or produce (something) to meet someone's individual requirements |
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anecdotes |
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature |
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seductive |
tempting and attractive; enticing |
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adhering |
to stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling (usually followed by) |
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disintegration |
the process of losing cohesion or strength |
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deningrating |
criticize unfairly; disprage |
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paranoia |
baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others |
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muse |
to think or meditate in silence, as on some subjec |
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candor |
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness |
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debutante |
a young woman making a debut into society |
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ludicrous |
causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable |
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tatting |
the act or process of making a kind of knotted lace of cotton or linen thread with a shuttle |
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sacheted |
a small bag |
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impudent |
of, relating, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery |
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barrenness |
not producing or incapable of producing offspring; serile |
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ballad |
any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody |
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shards |
a fragment, especially of broken earthnware |
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crockery |
plates, dishes, cups, and other similar items, especially ones made of earthenware of china |
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mackinaw |
a short double-breasted coat of a thick woolen material, commonly plaid |
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lucrative |
profitable; moneymaking; remunerative |
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aspiration |
a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambiton |
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macabre |
gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible |
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lacerate |
to tear roughly; mangle |
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dormer-window |
a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof |
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clapboards |
a long, thin, flat piece of wood with edges horizontally overlapping in series, used to cover the outer walls of building |
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eczematous |
an inflammatory condition of the skin attended with itching and the exudation of serous matter |
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patina |
a similar film or coloring appearing gradually on some other subsance |
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uremic |
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine |
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malarious |
unwholesome or poisonous aire |
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aberrant |
departing from the right, normal, or usual course |
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inimical |
adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful |
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grotesqueries |
grotesque quality or grotesque things collectively |
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insensate |
not endowed with sensation; inanimate |
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libido |
sexual desire |
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inadvertence |
the fact or action of being inadvertent |
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enigmatical |
difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious |
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dogmatic |
asserting opinion in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opininated |
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parthenon |
the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens; regarded as the fines Doric temple |
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etiology |
the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition |
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privat dozent |
an academic title conferred by some European universities |
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pathological |
caused by or involving disease; morbid |
