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45 Cards in this Set
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Archipelago
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A large group of islands
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Careen
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To rush headlong, often swerving or lurching motion
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Cavalier
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Showing an offhand or carefree disregard;arrogant
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Contiguous
adj. |
Sharing a boundary;being very close or in contact;adjacent
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Correlate
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To connect related things;to bring things into proper relation to another
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Etymology
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The history of a word, the study of this...
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Frenetic
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Wildly excited; franticly
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Kinetic
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Relating to motion
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Presage
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To foretell; to warn or indicate in advance
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Pulverize
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To crush or grind into dust or powder, to demolish
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recondite
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Difficult to understand
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repulse
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1. to repel, drive back
2. to reject in a cool or distant matter 3. to disgust |
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seismic
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1.caused by or having to do with earthquakes
2. having powerful widespread effects |
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undulate
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1. to form or move in waves
2. to have a wavelike appearance |
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upheaval
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1. A radical or violent change
2. a forceful lifting or warping from beneath |
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Betrothed
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adj. Engaged to be married
n. A person to whom one is engaged to be married |
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Blasphemy
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n. An act or statement that shows disrespect or irreverence toward something considered sacred.
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Cadence
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n. A rhythm marked by a regular beat.
The rising and falling of the voice in human speech. |
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Canon
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n. A rule or principle that provides the norm for judgment .
That works of a writer accepted as authentic. |
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Denouement
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n. The outcome of a series of events.
The final resolution following the climax of the plot of a work of drama or fiction. |
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Edict
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n. A statement or command having the force of law.
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Enamor
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v. To inspire with love; to captivate.
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Insensate
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adj. Lacking sensation or awareness
Lacking sense or ability to reason. Brutal; lacking feeling |
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Renegade
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n. A person who deserts one group or cause for another; a traitor.
A person who rejects a lawful behavior. |
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Soliloquy
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n. A speech in which a character's thoughts are given verbal expression.
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Stricture
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n. A strong criticism
Anything that restricts or limits. |
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Triumvirate
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n. A group of three, especially one possessing great power or eminence
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Usurp
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v. To seize and hold power or authority in an illegal or unjust manner.
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Vestment
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n. An outer garment, especially one indicating a role, rank or office.
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Votary
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n. A person who is devoted to a cause or organization, especially one of a religious nature.
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Advent
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n. A coming or arrival
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Blase
<French Vocabulary> |
adj. Indifferent to what others might find pleasurable or exciting because of excessive indulgence or enjoyment; unconcerned.
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Bravado
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n. An ostentatious display of bravery; defiant or swaggering behavior.
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Disparate
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adj. Containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements.
2. Showing a marked difference or inequality. |
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Domicile
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n. One's house or place of residence.
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Fabricate
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n. to make by putting parts together; to construct
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Itinerant
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adj. Traveling from place to place.
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Lilliputian
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adj. Extremely small or appearing to be so.
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Phobia
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n. A strong, irrational fear
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Proclivity
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n. A strong inclination towards something.
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Projectile
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n. An object impelled with force or self-propelled though that air.
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queasy
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adj. Causing nausea or tending to be nauseous.
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Reciprocate
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v. To exchange in kind; to repay.
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relegate
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v. To put out of or mind; demote.
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Vertigo
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n. Dizziness or a tilting, spinning sensation.
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