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21 Cards in this Set
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DOMUS
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(L) house
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domicile
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n. a home, residence
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DOMINUS
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(L) head of the hosehold, lord, master
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domain
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n. range of one's controll, territory
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dominion
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n. controll, rule, area of influence
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DORMIO
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(L) to sleep
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SOMUS
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(L) sleep
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somnambulate
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v. to sleep walk
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somnolent
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adj. #1. drowsy, sleepy
#2. causing sleep |
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LAVO
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(L) to wash
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ablution
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n. washing of the body, especially as a ritual purification
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deluge
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n. a dounpour, a great flood
v. to flood |
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VESTIS
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(L) garment
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divest
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v. #1. to take away something belonging to someone, especially a right, title, or property; to dispossess
#2. to strip away,especially clothes |
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investiture
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n. a ceremony in which a person formally receives the authority and symbols of an office
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travesty
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n. an absurd or inferior imitation
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vestment
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n. a garment that indicates position or authority, especially the robes worn by a priest
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vested
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adj. #1. a concern for something from which a person expects to get personal benefit
#2. dressed, especially in vestments #3. absolute, without question |
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domestic
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adj. #1. related to the family or household
#2. tame, trained to live with humans #3. indigenous to a particular country; native |
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dormant
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adj. asleep; not in active state
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domineer
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v. to dominate, to be bossy
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