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30 Cards in this Set
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Limpid
ˈlim-pəd |
1 a: marked by transparency : pellucid <limpid streams> b: clear and simple in style <limpid prose>
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Languish
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to lose strength or vigor
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vi·cis·si·tude
n \və-ˈsi-sə-ˌtüd, vī-, -ˌtyüd\ |
1 a: the quality or state of being changeable : mutability b: natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs
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re·con·dite
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1 : hidden from sight : concealed
2 : difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
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immure
t.v. \i-ˈmyu̇r\ |
1 a: to enclose within or as if within walls b: imprison
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Le·vant
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the countries bordering on the E Mediterranean
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der·e·lict
adj |
1: abandoned especially by the owner or occupant; also : run-down
2: lacking a sense of duty : negligent |
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er·e·mite
n \ˈer-ə-ˌmīt\ er·e·mit·ic \ˌer-ə-ˈmi-tik\ adj |
: hermit; especially : a religious recluse
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gen·u·flect
i.v. \ˈjen-yə-ˌflekt\ [remember the j is a j sound] |
1 a: to bend the knee b: to touch the knee to the floor or ground especially in worship
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myr·mi·don
n \ˈmər-mə-ˌdän, -dən\ |
2: a loyal follower; especially : a subordinate who executes orders unquestioningly or unscrupulously
[a ref. to legendary Thessalian people] |
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mi·ter
n \ˈmī-tər\ |
1: a liturgical headdress worn by bishops and abbots
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cro·sier
n \ˈkrō-zhər\ |
1 : a staff resembling a shepherd's crook carried by bishops and abbots as a symbol of office
2 : a plant structure with a coiled end |
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thu·ri·fer
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one who carries a censer in a liturgical service
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cel·e·brant
\ˈse-lə-brənt\ |
: one who celebrates; specifically : the priest officiating at the Eucharist
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spo·li·a·tion
n \ˌspō-lē-ˈā-shən\ |
1 a: the act of plundering b: the state of having been plundered especially in war
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em·bla·zon
t.v. \im-ˈblā-zən\ |
1 a: to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices b: to inscribe (as heraldic bearings) on a surface
2. celebrate, extol |
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gran·dil·o·quence
n \gran-ˈdi-lə-kwən(t)s\ |
: a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
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Ac·tae·on
\ak-ˈtē-ən\ |
: a hunter turned into a stag and killed by his own hounds for having seen Artemis bathing
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Hu·gue·not
\ˈhyü-gə-ˌnät\ |
: a member of the French Reformed communion especially of the 16th and 17th centuries
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Jan·sen·ism
\ˈjan(t)-sə-ˌni-zəm\ |
a movement w/in the R/C church which arose in the frame of the counter-ref. It enfasised original sin and presetination. It was never condemed by the R.C.C.
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Port-Royal
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a convent built in Paris in 1626 which was the stronghold of Jansenist thought in France
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Jacobin
\ˈja-kə-bən\ |
1: dominican
2[French, from Jacobin Dominican; from the group's founding in the Dominican convent in Paris] : a member of an extremist or radical political group; especially : a member of such a group advocating egalitarian democracy and engaging in terrorist activities during the French Revolution of 1789 |
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ma·ca·bre
adj mə-ˈkäb |
1 : having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
2 : dwelling on the gruesome |
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ex·ig·u·ous
adj \ig-ˈzi-gyə-wəs\ |
: excessively scanty : inadequate <wrest an exiguous existence from the land> <exiguous evidence>
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si·ne·cure
n \ˈsī-ni-ˌkyu̇r, ˈsi-\ |
1archaic : an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls
2: an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
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veri·sim·i·lar
adj \ˌver-ə-ˈsi-mə-lər, -ˈsim-lər\ |
1 : having the appearance of truth : probable
2 : depicting realism (as in art or literature) |
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ex·pi·a·tion
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the act of making atonement
the means by which atonement is made |
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expatiate
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1 : to move about freely or at will : wander
2 : to speak or write at length or in detail |
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ex·pa·tri·ate
tv, iv \ek-ˈspā-trē-ˌāt\ |
transitive verb
1: banish, exile 2: to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one's native country intransitive verb : to leave one's native country to live elsewhere; also : to renounce allegiance to one's native country |
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an·ti·pa·thet·ic
adj \ˌan-ti-pə-ˈthe-tik, (ˌ)an-ˌti-pə-\ |
1: having a natural aversion; also : not sympathetic : hostile <a government antipathetic to democracy>
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