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108 Cards in this Set
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Felicity |
Intense happiness |
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Appertain |
To relate to or concern |
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Chaise |
Horse-drawn carriage |
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Caprice |
Change of mood or behavior |
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Laconic |
Using few words |
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Iniquitous |
Morally wrong |
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Accost |
To approuch someone aggressively |
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Insipidity |
Lacking favor |
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Apothecary |
Person who sells medicinal drugs |
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Quadrille |
Trick taking card game with 4 players |
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Pique |
To pride oneself |
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Tete-tete |
A private conversation between two people |
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Insolent |
Arrogant and lack of respect |
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Ablution |
cleaning for religious purpose |
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Hauteur |
Disdainful pride |
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Derision |
Mockery |
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Eclat |
Brilliant display |
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Parsonage |
House that belongs to the clergy |
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Peevish |
Easily irritated |
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Paltry |
Petty and small |
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Milliner |
person who sells woman hats |
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Spleen |
Bad temper |
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Avowal |
Open confession |
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Jilt |
To abandon |
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Exigence |
Urgent need or demand |
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Indolence |
Avoidance of activity/ lazy |
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Requisite |
Made necessary by certain regulations |
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Untinctured |
Unaffected or untouched |
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Expeditiously |
Done with speed |
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Racked |
Cause extreme mental or physical pain |
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Incurred |
Subject to something bad because of your one actions |
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Nettled |
Irritated |
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Copse |
A small Group of trees |
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Decamping |
To depart suddenly |
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Guinea |
A former British coin |
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Paddock |
A small field or enclosure where horses are kept |
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Foxglove |
A tall plant with flowers and spikes typically pink or purple |
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Moreen |
A strong ribbed cotton or wool fabric |
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Precocious |
developed abilities at an earlier age/advanced |
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Curacy |
The office and position of a curate |
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Pinafore |
A small sleepless apron worn over children dresses |
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Preternatural |
Beyond what is normal or natural |
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Aperture |
An oppening hole or gap |
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Convolvuli |
intertwining plants with funnel snapped flowers and weeds |
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Sable |
Black color of fur |
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Sequestered |
Isolate or hidden away |
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Poltroon |
Coward |
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Gait |
A persons manner of walking |
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Chintz |
Printed multicolored coton fabric |
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Cachination |
Laugh loudly |
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Chilblains |
Painful itching swelling of the skin as a result of the cold |
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Spoony |
Sentimentally or foolishly kind and loving |
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Perfidious |
Untrustworthy |
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Phylactery |
Small leather box with hebrew texts |
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Taciturn |
Reserved in speech |
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Jetty |
A port for boats to come in |
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Cuirass |
A piece of armor with a large breast plate |
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Craggy |
Rugged and uneven with steep cliffs |
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Moiety |
Lesser part or portion |
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Negus |
Hot drink with lemon sugar and spices |
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Dint |
Impression ina surface |
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Diablerie |
Sorcery assisted by evil/ witchcraft |
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Interim |
The meantime or waiting period |
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Effervesce |
Enthusiastic |
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Paterre |
A level space in a garden containing flowers |
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Assiduously |
Great care and perseverance |
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Purloined |
To steal away or hide |
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Victualage |
Large food supply |
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Raillery |
Good humored ridicule |
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Bathos |
Mawkishness |
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Portmanteau |
A case or bag to carry clothing in |
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Seraglio |
A Turkish Palace |
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Mucky |
Messy or dirty |
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Plover |
Wading Bird |
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Elysium |
Safe Haven or heaven |
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Inundation |
Abundance or people or things |
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Bairn |
Child |
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Knoll |
A hill or mound |
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Nectarous |
Sugary fluid secreted by plants |
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Cypher |
Decipher a code |
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Coruscating |
Flashing or sparkling |
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Hewers |
People who cut wood |
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Coquettish |
Flirtatious |
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Morass |
Muddy or boggy ground |
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Tonalities |
Character of a piece of music |
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Tractate |
A written works or essay |
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Fetid |
Something that smells really bad |
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Cloying |
Sickening kindness |
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Linoleum |
A floor covering with canvas backing |
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Matzos |
A thin crisp bread eaten by jewish during passover |
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Acrid |
Strong or unpleasant taste |
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Kaskett |
A brimmed hat |
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Tefillin |
A set of small black leather boxes with pieces of the torah |
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Sallowness |
Yellow sickly color |
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Frond |
A leaf or a fern or similar plant |
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Citron |
A shrubby asian tree |
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Tallis |
A fringes shawl worn y jewish men during morning prayers |
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Stifle |
To end by force |
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Mashpia |
The name of the rabbi or religious leader |
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Rivulets |
A small stream or brook |
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Enshrouding |
To hide with a shroud |
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Galoshes |
A waterproof overshoe |
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Caftan |
A long full robe worn at home |
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Myocardial |
The muscular substance of the heart |
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Infraction |
A breach or violation |
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Tenuous |
Lacking reasoning |
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Bolsheviks |
A member of the Russian communest party |
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Nuisance |
A obnoxious or annoying person |
