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18 Cards in this Set
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Encomium en-KOH-mee-uh m |
noun1. a formal expression of high praise; |
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Pulchritude PUHL-kruh-tood |
noun: physical comeliness |
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Canoodle kuh-NOO-dul |
verb: to engage in amorous embracing, caressing, and kissing |
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Tribulation trib-yuh-LAY-shun |
noun: distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution; also : a trying experience |
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Marmoreal mahr-MOR-ee-ul |
adjective: of, relating to, or suggestive of marble or a marble statue especially in coldness or aloofness |
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Incumbent in-KUM-bunt |
noun 1 : the holder of an office ecclesiastical benefice 2 : one that occupies a particular position or place |
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Gruntle GRUN-tul |
verb: to put in a good humor |
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Jocund JAH-kund |
adjective: marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
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Ostensibly os·ten·si·ble [o-sten-suh-buh l] |
adjective: outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness. apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories. |
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subrosa
\sub-ROH-zuh\ |
adverb: in confidence, secretly |
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posthumous
(POS-chuh-muhs) |
adjective:Happening after someone’s death, but relating to something done earlier. |
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cosmology \koz-MOL-uh-jee\ |
noun: the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin and generalstructure of the universe, with its parts, elements, and laws, and especiallywith such of its characteristics as space, time, causality, and freedom. |
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astrolabe \A-struh-layb\ |
noun: a compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant |
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frontispiece (FRUN-ti-spees) |
noun: 1. An illustration facing or preceding the title page of a book. 2. A facade, especially an ornamental facade, of a building. 3. An ornamental pediment over a door or window. |
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autodidact \aw-toh-DAHY-dakt, -dahy-DAKT\ |
noun: a person who has learned a subject without the benefitof a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person. |
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deasil \DEE-zil\ |
adverb: clockwise |
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messuage (MES-wij) |
noun: A residential building with outbuildings andthe attached land. |
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Masacore |
Hard game from the word masochism |
