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113 Cards in this Set
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dulcitude
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Sweetness.
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august
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Noble, venerable, often of the highest social class.
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dictaphone
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A machine used for dictation.
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mawkish
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Excessively or falsely sentimental.
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piquant
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Engaging, charming, favorably stimulating.
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cadaverous
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Having the appearance of a dead body. As in, sickly, pale, and thin.
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debauch
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To morally corrupt.
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indigo
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Not only a color, but a wood capable of producing a dye of a deep blue color.
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aft
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The stern position of a vessel.
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feculence
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Dirty, or containing impurities, especially feces.
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brazen
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Shamelessly shocking and offensive.
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fuselage
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The main body of an aircraft.
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tumid
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Swollen. Usually used pertaining to a person's stomach.
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imperious
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Domineering, overbearing without justification.
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major-domo
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The most important servant.
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orgiastic
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Relating to orgy, wild, uncontrolled.
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querulous
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Often complaining.
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impasto
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Thick paints used to create physical depth in a painting.
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apoplexy
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Sudden loss of consciousness. Also used colloquially to describe utter confusion.
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glissando
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A musical term that refers to either a continuous sliding one pitch to another.
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cosmogony
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Any theory on the origin of the universe.
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acquiesce
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To agree reluctantly but without opposition.
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diaphanous
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Light, delicate, and translucent.
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gossamer
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A soft, sheer fabric.
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oubliette
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A secret dungeon with only access from the ceiling.
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gourmand
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A person who eats and drinks excessively.
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petrescence
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The process of changing into stone.
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vacillate
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To swing indecisively between two options.
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cogent
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Reasonable and persuasive.
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reticule
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A small women's bag.
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tableau
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A striking and vivid representation.
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peristalsis
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Rhythmic contraction of the digestive tract.
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reticent
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To keep one's thoughts to themselves.
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mountebank
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Someone who deceives others. Usually used in a "flashier" sense than "charlatan".
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recumbent
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Lying down.
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bindle
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Any cord or rope used to bind something.
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swamper
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A handyman or general employee.
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mollify
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To appease someone's anger or anxiety.
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flounce
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To make spastic motions.
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euchre
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A card game played with only 24 cards.
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hoosegow
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An archaic slang term for jail.
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fustian
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Pretentious writing or speech.
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gibbet
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An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution.
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flaxen
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A pale yellow brown.
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connubial
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Of or relating to the state of being married.
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trenchant
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Keen, severe, vigorously effective.
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remonstrance
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A disapproving objection.
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imbrue
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To stain. Usually referring to blood.
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garret
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A small attic.
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interpose
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To insert between.
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interlocutor
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A person who takes part in conversation.
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pall
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The canvas laid over a coffin.
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decant
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To pour slowly so as to not disturb the sediment.
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cravat
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A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men.
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clerical
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Of or relating to clerks or their work.
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obstinate
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Unreasonably stubborn.
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ague
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A mostly archaic term for sickness.
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fetter
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A chain used to bind a person or animal by its legs.
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imprecation
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A curse, as in an expletive.
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conciliate
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To attempt to placate or diffuse a situation.
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countenance
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The appearance in features and expression of one's face.
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vicarious
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Experienced in the imagination through actions of another thing or person.
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blithe
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Cheerful, happy, or indifferent to a dangerous level: "Ignorance is bliss."
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penitential
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Relating to the expression of remorse.
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banns
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A legally required announcement of a forthcoming marriage.
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vestry
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A room in a church for storage.
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goad
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A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
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declamation
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The act of declaiming. Often seen as a statement made in a pretentious manner.
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presentiment
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A feeling that something bad will happen.
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commiserate
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To express compassion or sympathy.
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contumacious
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Willfully disobedient, rebellious to authority.
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spasmodic
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Erratic or unsustained
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expectorate
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To cough or to spit
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stipulate
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To require as a condition of an agreement.
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parley
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A conference or discussion between enemies.
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mangle
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A manual device for wringing laundry.
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slumberous
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Sleepy, drowsy.
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infirmity
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Feebleness and frailty due to old age.
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memorandum
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A short note serving as a reminder.
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purblind
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Partially blind.
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erudition
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Profound knowledge based of scholarship.
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perspicuity
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The state of being clearly expressed and easily understood.
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sagacious
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Having keen discernment and judgement.
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assent
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To agree or give approval.
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candor
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Sincerity and honesty in speech.
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peal
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A loud sound or succession of loud sounds.
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ablution
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The act of washing something.
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farinaceous
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Having a floury or grainy texture.
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discomfit
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Being uneasy or embarrassed.
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propound
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To offer for discussion or debate.
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disputatious
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Inclined to argue.
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genteel
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Proper or refined.
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capricious
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Impulsive and unpredictable.
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ignominious
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Marked by shame or disgrace.
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caparison
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A rich, ornamental covering for an animal, especially a horse.
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plait
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To fold.
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felicitous
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Working out well.
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paroxysm
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A random or sudden outburst.
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refractory
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Strongly stubborn.
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expound
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To lay open the meaning of.
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ophthalmic
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Of or pertaining to eyes.
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supercilious
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Arrogantly expressing the belief that one is superior.
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induce
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To cause or produce.
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wintry
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Suggestive or characteristic of cold or age.
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epergne
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A table centerpiece.
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fitful
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Irregular and unsteady.
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sal
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A type of tree.
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denude
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To strip off.
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sanguinary
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Attended with bloodshed.
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myrmidon
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A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes orders of a superior without protest or pity.
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suborn
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Bribe or otherwise induce someone to commit a crime.
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injudicious
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Showing poor judgement.
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stolid
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Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
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