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28 Cards in this Set
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emolument
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the wages or perquisites arising from office, employment, or labor.
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palindrome
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a word, verse, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward.
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deprecate
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to disapprove of; also, to belittle.
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bivouac
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a usually temporary encampment; also, to encamp.
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umbrage
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offense; resentment.
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incipient
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beginning to exist or appear.
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dapple
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a small contrasting blotch; also, to mark with spots.
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pugnavious
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combative; quarrelsome.
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susurrus
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a whispering or rustling sound.
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thaumaturgy
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the performing of miracles or magic.
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capacious
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able to contain much.
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glower
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to stare angrily or with a scowl.
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canorous
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melodious; musical.
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repast
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a meal.
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spoonerism
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the transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of words.
Ex.-It is kisstomary to cuss ["customary to kiss"] the bride. |
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tenebrous
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dark; gloomy.
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nescience
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lack of knowledge or awareness.
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gewgaw
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a trinket; a bauble.
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effulgence
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the state of being bright and radiant.
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assuage
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to soften; to ease, or lessen.
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exiguity
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smallness; thinness; the quality of being meager.
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seriatim
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in a series; one after another.
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tmesis
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in grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a compound word.
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chthonic
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dwelling in or under the earth; also, pertaining to the underworld.
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objurgate
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to scold or rebuke sharply.
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plethora
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excess.
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lissom
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supple; nimble.
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badinage
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light, playful talk.
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