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30 Cards in this Set
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Apocryphal |
Of questionable authenticity or origin |
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Arcane |
Understood by few |
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Convene |
To summon or assemble
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Expedient |
Useful for some purpose |
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Exude |
To ooze or emit |
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Gesticulate |
To motion energetically with the body or limbs |
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Imperturbable |
Calm and assured |
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Increment |
An increase, addition or gain, often by regular consecutive amounts |
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Levity |
A lack of seriousness |
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Mortify |
To embarrass or humiliate |
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Periphery |
The area around the edges |
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Racontuer |
One who tells stories with skill and wit |
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Reiterate |
To say or do over again |
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Subterfuge |
A deceptive scheme or strategy |
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Vacillate |
To move back and forth from lack of balance |
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Accoutrements |
Equipment or accessories |
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Aggrieved |
Feeling or expressing a sense of injustice |
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Choleric
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Easily angered |
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Comport |
To behave or conduct oneself |
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Disconcert |
To perturb or fluster |
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Fauna |
Animals of a region or period, considered as a whole |
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Interpose |
To place or come between |
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Maraud |
To roam in search of plunder |
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Modicum |
A small amount |
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Opulent |
Having or exhibiting great wealth or abundance
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Patrician |
A member of the nobility |
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Phlegmatic |
Sluggish or calm in temperament |
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Propensity |
A natural inclination or tendency |
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Therapeutic |
Relating to the treatment of a disease |
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Utilitarian |
Relating to usefulness rather than beauty
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