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21 Cards in this Set
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Pavlovian
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of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Pavlov or his work, especially of experiments in which he elicited predictable responses from laboratory animals
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Famulus
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a servant or attendant, especially of a scholar or a magician
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Vernacularize
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to translate into the natural speech peculiar to a people
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Clairaudience
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the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead
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Wanion
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curse; vengeance
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Zoanthropy
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a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal
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Philosophaster
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a person who has only a superficial knowledge of philosophy or who feigns a knowledge he or she does not possess
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Solander
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a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged
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Nosophobia
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an abnormal fear of disease
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Specter
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1.some object or source of terror or dread
2.a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition |
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Alphitomancy
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the use of barley meal as a means of divination
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Tiffin
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1. to eat lunch
2. to provide lunch for; serve lunch to |
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Degust
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to taste or savor carefully or appreciatively
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Nostomania
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an irresistible compulsion to return home; intense homesickness
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Pabulum
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1. material for intellectual nourishment.
2. something that nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; food; nutriment. |
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Gaslight
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verb
1. to cause (a person) to doubt his or her sanity through the use of psychological manipulation noun 2. light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas |
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Frigorific
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causing or producing cold
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Vespertide
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the period of vespers; evening
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Bovarism
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an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit
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Apocryphal
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1. of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
2. of or pertaining to the Apocrypha. b. of doubtful sanction; uncanonical. |
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Star-crossed
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thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated
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