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34 Cards in this Set
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acrimonious
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(adj.) resentful and angry. full of or displaying anger and resentment
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aesthete
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(noun.) Lover of beauty. somebody who has or affects a highly developed appreciation of beauty, especially in the arts
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agnostic
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(noun) 1. somebody denying God's existence is provable. somebody who believes that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists2. somebody denying something is knowable. somebody who doubts that a question has one correct answer or that something can be completely understood
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apostatize
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(intransitive verb) renounce faith. To renounce a religious faith, a political party, a set of principles, or a moral allegiance
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cloistral
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of, relating to, or suggestive of a cloister-1 a: a monastic establishment b: an area within a monastery or convent to which the religious are normally restricted c: monastic life d: a place or state of seclusion
2: a covered passage on the side of a court usually having one side walled and the other an open arcade or colonnade |
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contrite
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1. repentant. Deeply sorry for having behaved wrongly. 2. Arising from sense of guilt. Done or said out of a sense of guilt or remorse
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crapulous
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(adj) regularly overindulging in food or alcohol
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ebullient
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1. Lively and enthusiastic. 2. Boiling or bubbling vigorously
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facetious
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(adj) intended to be funny but often silly or inappropriate
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hector
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(noun) mythological Trojan hero. (verb) speak in an intimidating way
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imperious
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(adj) haughty and domineering
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internecine
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(adj) 1. Involving conflict within group 2. Mutually destructive
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obdurate
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(adj) 1. Stubborn 2. Hard-hearted
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lubricity
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(noun) lewdness, behavior that is obscene or unchaste
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matriculation
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(verb) 1. Admit somebody as a student 2. To be enrolled as a student
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nugatory
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(adj) 1. Trivial 2. Not valid
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pastiche
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(noun) 1. a piece of creative work, e.g. in literature, drama, or art, that is a mixture of things borrowed from other works (mixture) 2. a piece of creative work, e.g. in literature, drama, or art, that imitates and often satirizes another work or style (imitative work)
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permutation
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18. permutation: (noun) 1. Transformation 2. Arrangement 3. Rearranging 4. Order of mathematical elements
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petulant
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(adj) sulky
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poppet
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(noun) support for ship; used as term of endearment
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precocity
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(noun) mentally advanced for age; blossoming or ripening early
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preposterous
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(adj) outrageous or absurd
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proletarian
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(adj) of working class; (noun) worker; industrial wage-earner; impoverished ancient Roman
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propitious
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(adj) favorable, kindly
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profligacy
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(noun) somebody wasteful, low morals
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pullulate
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(verb) teem; germinate; breed
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putative
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(adj) generally accepted; thought to exist
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rectitude
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(noun) righteousness; correctness; straightness
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retinue
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(noun) a group of people who travel with and attend an important person
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remonstrance
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(noun) argument; formal protest
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repugnant
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(adj) offensive; revolting, making somebody feel physically repelled
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sobriquet
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(noun) nickname
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sophistry
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(noun) a method of argumentation that seems clever but is actually flawed or dishonest
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triptych
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(noun) work of art in three pieces; 3 connected writing tablets
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