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15 Cards in this Set
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aquiline
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eaglelike
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The Emperor had a curved, aquiline nose, like an eagle's beak.
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malfeasance
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public misconduct
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The public official was accused of malfeasance.
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costermonger
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vegetable vendor
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London's cockney costermongers sold their fruit.
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gynecocracy
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government of women
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The chauvinist was afraid of gynecocracy.
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tenebrous
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dark and gloomy
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The castle's tenebrous interior frightened Jonathan.
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superego
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unconscious conscience
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Freud thought the id was controlled by the superego.
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expostulate
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to earnestly object
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She ignored his earnest expostulations.
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monograph
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paper on one subject
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The scholar published a monograph on the subject.
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lacustrine
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of lakes
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Yeats longed for the lacustrine environment of Innisfree.
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pungent
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sharp
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The pungent smell of the spice penetrated the room
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magalomania
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delusions of greatness
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The megalomaniac had a Napoleon complex.
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syndrome
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complex of symptoms
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Down's syndrome afflicts some children.
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euphemism
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pleasant name
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The term "rest room" is a euphemism.
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dissonant
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inharmonious
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A dissonant clamor arose in the streets below Talleyrand's room.
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narcolepsy
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attacks of sleep
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The sleepy man was a victim of narcolepsy.
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