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14 Cards in this Set
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tutelage
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noun
guidance, teaching, instruction, and protection |
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nonchalant
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adj
coolly unconcerned, detaches, indifferent or unexcited |
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notorious
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adj
famous, but known unfavorably |
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zephyr
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noun
a soft and gentle wind or breeze |
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wizen
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verb
to cause to become withered or dry, shriveled |
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vernacular
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noun
the language of one's country or culture |
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mystify
mystification |
verb
noun to confuse, bewilder, or puzzle, to make mysterious or obscure |
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acquiesce
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verb
to comply, to submit, to give into |
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pantomime
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noun/verb/adj
to speak without verbal language |
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habitable
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adj
fit to be dwelt in, livable, sustainable, able to sustain human life |
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idiom
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noun
use of words peculiar to a particular language, a group of words or type of communication that develops due to contextual meaning rather than the meaning of the words |
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laborious
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adj
toilsome, constituting difficult work |
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enmity
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noun
mutual hatred between the two parties |
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vulgarity
vulgar |
noun
adj lack of refinement to speech or behavior make deep resonant sounds |
