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69 Cards in this Set
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ventriloquist
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a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
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venter, ventris
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belly
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loquor
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to speak
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ventral
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side of an animal
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ventricle
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a hollow organ or a cavity
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auricles
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upper chambers of the heart
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auris
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ear
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ventricular
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pertaining to a hollow organ or a cavity adjective form of ventricle
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auricular
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of or pertaining to the ear or to the sense of hearing adjective form of auricle
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vehicle
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a conveyance moving on wheels, runners, tracks, or the like, as a cart, sled, automobile, or tractor
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vehicular
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of, pertaining to, or for vehicles adjective form of vehicle
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circle
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a plane figure bounded by one point every point of which is equally distant from a central point called the center
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circular
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having the form of a circle; round adjective form of circle
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-cle
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noun ending
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-cular
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adjective ending
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clavicle
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a bone of the pectoral arch
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clavicular
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pertaining to a bone of the pectoral arch adjective ending of clavicle
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cuticle
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the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail
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vesicle
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a small bladderlike sac or cavity
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vesicular
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pertaining to a small bladderlike sac or cavity, adjective form of vesicle
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testicle
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a testis
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testicular
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pertaining to a testis, adjective form of testicle
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uncle
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the brother of one's father or mother
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avunculus
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the brother of one's mother
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avuncular
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referring to the brother of one's father or mother adjective form of uncle
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dorsal
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of, toward, or in the back
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dorsum
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side
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endorse
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to approve, support, or sustain
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endorsement
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pertaining to approving, supporting, or sustaining
noun form of endorse |
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vociferous
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crying out noisily; clamorous
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vox, vocis
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voice
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fero
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to bear or carry
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vociferousness
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pertaining to crying out noisily; clamorous noun form of vociferous
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vociferate
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to cry out noisily, verb form of vociferous
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vociferation
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pertaining to cry out noisily, noun form of vociferate
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somniferous
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carrying, bringing, or bringing sleep
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somnus
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sleep
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-ous
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noun ending
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in-
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negative prefix
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insomnia
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chronic ability to not sleep
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insomniac
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a person who has a chronic ability to not sleep
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insomnious
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pertaining to a chronic ability not to sleep noun form of insomnia
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somnolent
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droswy, sleepy
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somnolence
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referring to being drowsy or sleepy noun form of somnolent
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ambulo
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to walk
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somnambulism
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walking in one's sleep
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somnambuliac
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a sleepwalker
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somnambulent
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adjective form of somnanbulism, referring to walking in one's sleep
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ambulatory
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of involving, or for walking
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perambulator
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a baby carriage
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perambulate
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to stroll around
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perambulation
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referring to strolling around, noun form of perambulate
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amble
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to walk aimlessly
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ambulance
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a specially equipped motor vehicle, airplane, ship, etc., for carrying sick or injured people, usually to a hospital
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preamble
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an introduction or introductory statement
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pre-
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before, beforehand
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sopor
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sleep
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soporific
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something that is tiring
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fic, facio
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make, to make
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soporific
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a sleeping pill
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-ness
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noun ending
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inarticulate
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referring to the trouble of joining words together coherently noun form of inarticulate
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inarticulate
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the trouble of joining words together coherently
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articulus
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a joint
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articulate
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joining words together easily
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articulation
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referring to joining words together easily, noun form of articulate
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-ity
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noun suffix
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banal
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devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite
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banality
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noun form of banal reffering to devoidness of freshness or originality
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