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15 Cards in this Set
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CABAL |
A secret political clique or faction. |
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IMPERVIOUSNESS |
Condition of not being able to be affected or disturbed. |
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TABLEAU |
Dramatic scene or picture. |
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TEMERITY |
Foolish boldness |
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COQUETTISH |
Behaving in such a way as to suggest a playful sexual attraction; flirtatious. "a coquettish grin". |
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PERPETUITY |
A bond or other security with no fixed maturity date. |
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JALOUSIES |
A blind or shutter made of a row of angled slats. |
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CONTEMPORARIES |
A person or thing living or existing at the same time as another.
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TEDIOUS |
Too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous. |
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REMITTED |
Cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment). |
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NICHE |
A shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament. |
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BIER |
A movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which it is carried to the grave. |
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INEXTRICABLE |
Incapable of being disentangled or untied. |
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SIBILANT |
Making or characterized by a hissing sound. |
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MACABRE |
Disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury. |
