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15 Cards in this Set
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Conjecture |
an opinion or idea formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
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Icily |
not friendly or kind |
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Assiduity |
persistent personal attention |
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Sagacity |
Acuteness of mental discernment |
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Miscreants |
Bad or evil person |
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Palaver |
talk that is not important or meaningful: excitement and activity caused by something that is not important |
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Lachrymose |
tending to cause tears: tending to cry often |
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Confluence |
a place where two rivers or streams join to become one: a situation in which two things come together or happen at the same time |
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Rheumatism |
a disease that causes stiffness and pain in the muscles and swelling and pain in the joints |
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Caprice |
a sudden change ; especially : a sudden change in someone's mood or behavior |
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Weathercocks |
a vane often in the figure of a cock mounted so as to turn freely with the wind and show its direction2 : a person or thing that changes readily or often |
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Dunnock |
A perching bird |
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Taciturn |
tending to be quiet : not speaking frequently |
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Decorum |
correct or proper behavior that shows respect and good manners |
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Indigene |
Native |
