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35 Cards in this Set
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Vitae (Sing. Vita) |
Part of a resume with a biographical summary |
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Razee |
A sailing ship that has had its top deck removed |
Titania the fairy quern wore a teania. |
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Tenia (pl. teniae or -s) Taenia (pl. taeniae or -s) |
Leather headband |
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Pht |
Exclamation of mild annoyance |
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Oidium (pl. oidia) |
A fragile spore of some fungus |
"Oh, I die! I've eaten the poisonous oidia spores," emoted the actor. |
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Pannier |
A basket, especial a pair of baskets on either side of a bicycle |
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Otalgia (adj. otalgic) |
Ear ache |
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Geta |
Japanese shoes with wooden, elevated soles |
The Geisha wore Geta shoes |
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Tragus (pl. Tragi) |
The small piece of thick cartilage of the external ear that is immediately in front of the ear canal |
"Life is tragic" moped the teenager when her parents refused to let her pierce her tragi. |
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Hae (Past tense: haen) |
Scottish form of 'have' |
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Abo |
A tribe of native Australians |
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Soiree |
a formal party that is usually at night |
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Noil |
A short, unusable fiber combed from long fibers during the preparation of textile yarns |
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otitis |
inflammation of the ear |
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arete |
A sharp, narrow mountain ridge |
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fagin |
A person who instructs others in crime |
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merle |
a blackbird |
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Daemon (or daimon) |
an evil spirit |
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putz (or futz) |
to deliberately act ineffectually |
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schlep |
to carry laboriously |
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hutzpa (or hutzpah) (or chutzpa, chutzpah) |
nerve, gull |
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Atypic (Atypical) |
Unusual or irregular |
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Doyen (Fem. doyenne) |
The eldest or most senior member of a group, profession, or society |
related to the words 'Don' and 'Dean' |
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Agita |
A feeling of agitation or anxiety |
agita = agitation |
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Paean |
A song of joyful praise or exultation |
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Paeon |
A type of poetry |
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Apnea (or apnoea) |
Temporary absence or voluntary cessation of breathing |
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Meze |
small meal or starter typical of Turkish and Greek cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita bread |
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Orad |
(In anatomy) towards the mouth |
adj. related to 'oral' |
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Agama (adj. agamid) |
A type of colorful, long-tailed lizards |
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Ingenue
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A naive young woman |
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Cark |
A worry; a burden "carks and cares" |
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Abamp, abvolt, abwatt ( also abhmo, abohm) |
3 units of electrical current |
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Nacre |
Mother-of-pearl; the hard pearly iridescent substance forming the inner layer of a mollusk shell |
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Obelus |
A mark (÷) used to represent division in mathematics |
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