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53 Cards in this Set
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infidel
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one who does not have the right faith or religion
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fides
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placid
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calm, easygoing, serene
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laconic
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terse, concise
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laconia
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voluble
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vocal, verbal, highly articulate
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volvo
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garrulous
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chattering (w/o significance)
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garrio
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magnate
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a person of great power or influence
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magnus
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magnum
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a large bottle (generally 2/5 of a gallon)
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magnus
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verbiage
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1) excess of words
2) style of words Such ~! military ~ |
verbum
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avuncular
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like an uncle
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avunculus
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somniferous
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bringing sleep, sleep-inducing
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fero
somnus? |
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somnolent
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sleepy, drowsy
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somnus
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somnambulism
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sleep walking
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somnus
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ambulatory
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walking, while previously unable
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ambulo
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amble
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to walk aimlessly
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ambulo
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preamble
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that which walks before or an introductory statement
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ambulo
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soporific
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sleeping pill
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soor
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martinet
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strict disciplinarian
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Jean Martinet -> Inspector General of Infantry for Louis XIV
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sycophant
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kiss-up
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fig-shower
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virago
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aggressive, over-bearing woman, termagant
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vir -> man
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diaphonous
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showing through
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tyro
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beginner in an art (although may have much drive)
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harridan
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masculine woman (coarse, loud-mouthed, aggressive)
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termagant
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patrimony
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inheritance from one's father
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-mony
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alma mater
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"soul mother"
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mater, matris
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matrimony
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marriage
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-mony
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uxoricide
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killing of one's wife
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uxor
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mariticide
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killing of one's husband
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maritus
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parricide
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killing of either or both of one's parents
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uxorious
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doting on one's wife (from one's own neurosis)
cf. hen-pecked -> dominated out of fear, etc. |
uxor
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uxorial
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characteristic of, or befitting of, a wife
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uxor
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regalia
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impressively formal clothes or decorations/insignia/uniforms denoting rank
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rex, regis
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dipsomania
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alcoholism
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dipsa
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incendiarism
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setting fires w/ malicious intent (e.g. for revenge)
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arson
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setting fires for economic gain
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acrophobia
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morbid dread of high places
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akros
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prurient
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"itching" with sexual desire, curiosity
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prurio
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viviparous
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giving birth to live offspring (as opposed to eggs)
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vivo
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vivacious
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full of the joy of life, animated
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vivo
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vivid
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possessing the freshness of life
~ imagination ~ color |
vivo
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oviparous
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producing offspring from eggs
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ovum
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gourmand
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one who enjoys eating
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ingenuous
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frank, not given to concealment
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credulous
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willing to believe, not skeptical (slightly derogatory, but not as much as gullible)
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credo
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credo
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personal belief, code of ethics
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credo
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creed
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a religious belief
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credo
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credence
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general belief
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perspicacious
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keen-minded, sharp, able to see through things
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punctilious
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exact
scrupulous observing the proper "points" of etiquette |
punctus
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pungent
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sharp, piercing (as of smell or wit)
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pungo
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perspicuous
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easily understood (as if from one look), clear
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circumspect
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looking around, wary
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specto
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specious
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seeming right and sensible, but actually not being
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pusillanimous
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petty and mean, having a small mind
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pusillus
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