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0401-0500 Flashcards

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perdition

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eternal damnation

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greenwashing

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the act or practice of making a product, policy, activity, etc. appear to be more environmentally friendly

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honorific

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conferring or conveying honor

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gibbet

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to expose to infamy or public scorn; a post for hanging the bodies of executed criminals as a warning

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axiom

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a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference; an established rule or principle

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chaplet

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a wreath to be worn on the head; a string of beads

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execrate

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to declare to be evil or detestable

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contrapuntal

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of, relating to, or marked by counterpoint; polyphonic

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besotted

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blindly or utterly infatuated; intoxicated or stupefied especially with drink

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dross

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the unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal; waste or foreign matter

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pertinent

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having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand

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quotidian

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occurring every day; common, ordinary

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leaven

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a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid; something that modifies or lightens

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nigh

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near

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unctuous

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marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness; smooth and greasy in texture or appearance

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thrum

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to sound with a monotonous hum; to play or pluck a stringed instrument idly

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dogbane

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often poisonous plants chiefly of temperate-zone regions with milky juice and fibrous bark

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bawd

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one who keeps a house of prostitution

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beneficent

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doing or producing good; beneficial

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nave

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the hub of a wheel; the main part of the interior of a church

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blear

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to make (the eyes) sore or watery; dim or blur

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leviathan

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a large sea animal; something large or formidable

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booby

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an awkward foolish person; tropical seabirds

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dactylic

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a metrical foot consisting of one long (or stressed) and two short syllables (as in tenderly)

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rataplan

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the iterative sound of beating

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egress

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an exit; a means of going out

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cholo

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a man or boy of Mexican descent; often disparaging

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habiliment

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the dress characteristic of an occupation or occasion

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predestinate

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destined, fated, or determined beforehand

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brood

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the young of an animal or a family; a group having a common nature or origin

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indolent

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averse to activity, effort, or movement; habitually lazy

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rhombus

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a parallelogram with four equal sides and sometimes one with no right angles

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breeches

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knee length trousers

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ulterior

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motives, objectives, reasons, agendas, etc. that are kept hidden in order to achieve a particular result

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libation

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an act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice (as to a deity); a drink containing alcohol

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orlop

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the lowest deck in a ship having four or more decks

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febrile

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marked or caused by fever

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oakum

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loosely twisted fiber impregnated with tar; used in caulking seams and packing joints

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pretentious

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characterized by pretension; expressive of unwarranted or exaggerated importance

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deportment

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the manner in which one conducts oneself

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scoria

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the refuse from melting of metals or reduction of ores; rough vesicular cindery lava

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shrewd

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marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen

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fop

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a man who is devoted to or vain about his appearance or dress

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denude

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strip (something) of its covering, possessions, or assets; make bare

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lenitive

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alleviating pain or harshness

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redoubt

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a small fort

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assail

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to attack violently; to oppose, challenge, or criticize harshly and forcefully

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nape

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the back of the neck

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erstwhile

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in the past; formerly

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tyranny

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oppressive power; a rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force

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austere

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stern and cold in appearance or manner; morally strict

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roustabout

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an unskilled or semiskilled laborer especially in an oil field or refinery

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dissemble

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to hide under a false appearance; to put on the appearance of

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hillock

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a small hill

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veracity

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conformity to facts; accuracy

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lugger

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a small fishing or coasting boat that carries one or more lugsails

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deprecate

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to express disapproval of; to belittle

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miasma

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an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt

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whinge

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to complain fretfully; whine

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culverin

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an early firearm or cannon

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alight

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to come down from something; dismount; being on fire

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arbor

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a shelter of vines or branches or of latticework covered with climbing shrubs or vines

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intransigent

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characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an often extreme position or attitude

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stern

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the rear end of a boat

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portent

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something that foreshadows a coming event

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abrogate

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to abolish by authoritative action; to treat as nonexistent

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dour

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stern, harsh

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fusee

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a red signal flare used especially for protecting stalled trains and trucks

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theodicy

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defense of God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil

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brusque

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markedly short and abrupt; blunt in manner or speech often to the point of ungracious harshnes

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sepia

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a reddish brown color associated with photography

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voluble

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characterized by ready or rapid speech; easily rolling or turning

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futurity

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time to come; future event or prospect

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oblique

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neither perpendicular nor parallel; having no right angle

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centerboard

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a retractable keel used especially in sailboats

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proboscis

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any long flexible snout, especially an elephant trunk or a prominent human nose

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prodigious

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causing amazement or wonder; extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree

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flail

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to strike with or as if with a flail; to move, swing, or beat as if wielding a flail

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placard

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a notice posted in a public place; a small card or metal plaque

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beatitude

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a state of utmost bliss

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forsook

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to have renounced or turned away from

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somnolent

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of a kind likely to induce sleep; inclined to or heavy with sleep

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solipsism

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a theory holding that the self is the only existent thing

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tunic

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a simple slip-on garment knee-length or longer, belted at the waist

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pone

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corn bread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried

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apotheosis

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the perfect form or example of something; the highest or best part of something

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hautboy

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an archaic word for an oboe

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acquiesce

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to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively

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lucent

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glowing with light; marked by clarity or translucence

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yarrow

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a Eurasian herb with small corymbose flowers

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clamber

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to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet

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interminable

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having or seeming to have no end

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pareidolia

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the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern

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fag

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to work hard

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gentry

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people of a specified kind, especially upper class; the condition or rank of a gentleman

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disputation

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the action of disputing; an academic exercise in oral defense of a thesis by formal logic

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muntin

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wood pieces separating panes of glass in a window sash

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staminal

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of, relating to, or constituting stamina; of, relating to, or consisting of a stamen

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antimacassar

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a piece of cloth put over the back of a chair to protect it from grease and dirt or as an ornament.

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lambaste

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to assault violently; to attack verbally

Vocab 0401 - 0500 (1 decks)

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