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15 Cards in this Set
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Goad |
n. someone or something that urges or forces someone to do something |
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breadth |
n. the quality of including many things; the wide scope or range of something |
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conjunction |
n. a situation in which two or more things happen at the same time or in the same place |
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gravitate |
v. to move toward someone or something |
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emulate |
v. try to be like (so eone or something) you admire |
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proprietary |
n. one that possesses, owns, or holds exclusive right to something |
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monographs |
n. a learned treatise on a small area of learning; a written account of a single thing |
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coincide |
v. to happen at the same time as something |
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frontispiece |
n. a picture in the front of a book |
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interjection |
n. spoken word, phrase, or sound that expresses sudden or strong feeling |
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transvestite |
n. a person who likes to dress like a person of the opposite sex |
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gravitas |
n. a very serious quality or manner |
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absurdity |
the quality or state of being extremelysilly, foolish, or unreasonably, completely ridiculus |
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bizzare |
adj. very unusual or strange |
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vagrant |
n. a person who has no place to live and no joband who asks people for money |
