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100 Cards in this Set
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mien
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n. manner or bearing, especially as expressive of mood, attitude, or personality; demeanor; aspect; appearance
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magniloquent
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adj. lofty or grandiose in speech or expression; using a high-flown style of discourse
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venal
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adj. open to bribery; capable of betraying honor, duty or scruples for a price; corruptible
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transgressive
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adj. Exceeding a limit or boundary, especially of social responsibility
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res judicata
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n. an adjudicated issue that cannot be relitigated
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lubricious
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adj. lewd; lustful; stimulating or appealing to sexual desire
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oubliette
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n. a dungeon with a trapdoor in the ceiling as its only means of entrance or exit
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mala fides
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bad faith
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ex ante
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before the event
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extempore
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adv. Without premeditation or preparation; on the spur of the moment
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per se
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adv. of, in, or by itself or oneself; intrinsically
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menagerie
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n. a collection of wild or unusual animals, especially for exhibition; a diverse or varied group
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raiment
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n. clothing in general; garments, in the collective sense
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copacetic
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adj. very satisfactory; fine
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torrid
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adj. (1) parched with the heat of the sun (2) scorching; burning (3) passionate; ardent (4) hurried rapid
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perdurable
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adj. very durable; lasting; continuing long
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maw
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n. the opening into something felt to be insatiable
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debonair
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adj. having a sophisticated charm; suave; urbane; affable; genial; carefree and gay; jaunty
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amative
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adj. pertaining to or disposed to love, especially sexual love; full of love
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parsimonious
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adj. excessively sparring or frugal
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monicker
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n. a personal name or nickname
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variegated
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adj. varicolored; having a variety of colors; distinguished or characterized by variety; diversified
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pugnacious
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adj. combative in nature; belligerent
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virago
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n. (1) a woman of extraordinary stature, strength and courage (2) a woman regarded as loud, scolding, ill-tempered,quarrelsome, or overbearing
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dignum et justum est
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it is meet and just
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abominate
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v. to hate in the highest degree; to detest intensely; to loathe; to abhor
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pestiferous
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adj. (1) bearing or bring disease; morally evil or dangerous to society; pernicious (2) bothersome; troublesome; annoying
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factitious
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adj. produced artificially; not authentic or genuine; sham
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effulgence
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n. a brilliant radiance
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apologue
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n. a moral fable, especially one having animals or inanimate objects as characters
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visage
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n. the face or facial expression of a person; countenance; appearance; aspect
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ultima ratio
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the last reason or argument; the last resort
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obiter
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adv. in passing; incidentally; by the way
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tendentious
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adj. marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan
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dissolute
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adj. loose morals and conduct; marked by indulgence in sensual pleasures or vices
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sublimate
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adj./v. made pure; make more subtle or refined
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leery
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adj. suspicious or distrustful; wary
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liminal
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adj. marginally perceptible
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tricolon
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a sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses
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nettlesome
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adj. causing irritation, vexation, or distress
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fons et origo
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n. source and origin
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prophylaxis
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n. prevention of disease
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irrupt
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v. (1) to burst in forcibly or suddenly; to intrude (2) to increase rapidly in number (ecology)
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surplusage
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n. excess of words; irrelevant matter in a pleading; verbiage
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ideate
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v./adj. to form an idea of, imagine or conceive; think; being of the nature of a notion or concept
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lissom
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adj. limber; supple; flexible; nimble; agile; light and quick in action
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aplomb
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n. assurance of manner or of action; self-possession; confidence; coolness
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savoir-vivre
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n. ability to live life well and with intelligent enjoyment; meeting every situation with poise, good manners and elegance
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chiaroscuro
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n. technique of lusing light and shade in pictorial presentation
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ascesis
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n. rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
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temerarious
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adj. recklessly or presumptuously daring; rash
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par excellence
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adj. being the best or truest of a kind; quintessential
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supererogatory
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adj. going beyond what is required or expected; superfluous; unnecessary
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gestalt
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n. a whole so unifed that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts
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cloze
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adj. tendency to see a whole even when part is missing
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perspicuity
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n. clearness and lucidity
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amanuensis
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n. a person employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts
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recherce
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adj. uncommon; exotic; rare; excessively refined; pretentious; overblown; exquisite; choice
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de re/de dicto
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of the thing/of the word
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probity
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n. complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
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simulacrum
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n. an image or representation; an unreal or vague semblance
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nostrum
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n. a favorite but untested remedy for problems or evils
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sub rosa
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adv. In secret; privately or confidentially
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exogenous
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adj. derived or originating externally
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atavism
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n. throwback; the return of a trait or recurrence of previous behavior after a period of absence
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pistis
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faith
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epiphanic
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n. a revelatory manifestation of a divine being
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liturgy
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n. a prescribed form for public religious worship
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vacuous
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adj. devoid of matter; empty; lacking serious purpose or occupation
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busker
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n. a person who entertains (as by playing music) in public places
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rara avis
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n. a rare or unique person or thing
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apoplectic
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adj. extremely angry; furious
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saucy
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adj. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
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impertinent
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adj. exceeding the limits of propriety or good manneres; improperly forward or bold
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itinerant
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n. one who travels from place to place
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snitch
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n. a thief; an informer
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kismet
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n. destiny; fate
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gewgaw
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n. a showy trifle; a trinket; a bauble
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penultimate
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adj. next to last
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nisi
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adj. not final or absolute
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in esse/in posse (in potentia)
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in being; actually existing/a thing is not, but may be
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homologous
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adj. corresponding or similar in position, value, structure or function
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mea culpa
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n. an acknowledgment of a personal error or fault
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rodomontade
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n. vain boasting; empty bluster; pretentious; bragging speech; rant
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proxenos
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n. a citizen in one state who takes up the role of consul for another state
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occupatio
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appropriation of an object, movable or immovable, that does not have property rights attached to it
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androlepsia
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the taking of hostages in order to compel the extradition of a suspected murderer; a kind of reprisal
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bedizen
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v. to dress or adorn in gaudy manner
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agita
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n. acid indigestion
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seriatim
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adv. One after another; in a series
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volte face
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n. a reversal, as in policy; an about face
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micrology
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n. attention to petty items or differences
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incubus
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n. a nightmare; an oppressive or nightmarish burden; an evil spirit that has sexual intercourse with women as they sleep
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casuistry
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n. (1) specious or excessively subtle reasoning intended to rationalize or mislead (2) the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by analyzing cases that illustrate general ethical rules
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expatiate
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v. to speak or write at length; to wander freely
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indolent
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adj. avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive
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retinue
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n. the retainers or attendants accompanying a high-ranking person
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bilious
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adj. relating to bile; having a peevish disposition; ill-humored; irritable
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transmute
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v. to change frome one nature to another
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lam
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v./n. (1) to strike; to wallop; to trash (2) a rapid escape; flee; cut and run
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