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17 Cards in this Set
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ignominious
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adj. dishonorable; despicable; humiliating, degrading
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penury
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n. severe poverty; extreme frugality
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lassitude
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n. fatigue
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denouement
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n. the outcome of a complex sequence of events
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nugatory
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adj. trifling, inconsequential; having no force
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peregrine
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n. having a tendency to wander
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invidious
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adj. tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy; envious; of an unpleasant or objectionable nature; of a kind to cause harm or resentment
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plangent
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adj. having a loud reverberating sound; having an expressive and especially plaintive quality
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filigree
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n. ornamental openwork of delicate or intricate design
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quandary
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n. a state of perplexity or doubt
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prestidigitation
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n. sleight of hand
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peroration
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v. to deliver a long or grandiloquent oration
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demarcate
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v. delimit; distinguish
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senescence
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n. the state of being old; the process of becoming old
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aural
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adj. of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing
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quotidian
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adj. occurring every day; commonplace, ordinary
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gainsay
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v. contradict, oppose
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