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Deck 29 Flashcards

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facsimile

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n. copy

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fluke

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n. unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune

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gargantuan

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adj. huge; enormous

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gruff

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adj. rough-mannered

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icon

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n. religious image; idol

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intellect

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n. higher mental powers

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matriarch

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n. woman who rules a family or larger social group

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mobile

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adj. movable; not fixed

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neophyte

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n. recent convert; beginner

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onerous

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adj. burdensome

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parallelism

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n. state of being parallel; similarity

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personable

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adj. attractive

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porous

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adj. full of pores; like a sieve

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primordial

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adj. existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary

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pseudonym

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n. pen name

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renown

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n. fame

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revile

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v. attack with abusive language; vilify

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scintillate

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v. sparkle; flash

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slake

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v. quench; sate

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stalemate

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n. deadlock

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sunder

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v. separate; part

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variegated

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adj. many-colored

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burnish

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v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

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codify

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v. arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify

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condole

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v. express sympathetic sorrow

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convert

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n. one who has adopted a different religion or opinion

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dais

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n. raised platform for guests of honor

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demure

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adj. grave; serious; coy

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enthrall

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v. capture; enslave

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fawning

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adj. courting favor by cringing and flattering

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formidable

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adj. inspiring fear or apprehension; difficult; awe-inspiring

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gentry

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n. people of standing; class of people just below nobility

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imminent

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adj. near at hand; impending(ready to take place)

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inception

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n. start; beginning

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infiltrate

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v. pass into or through; penetrate (an organization) sneakily

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introspective

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adj. looking within oneself

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knotty

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adj. intricate; difficult; tangled

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meek

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adj. quiet and obedient; spiritless

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montage

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n. photographic composition combining elements from different sources

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nondescript

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adj. undistinctive; ordinary

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phlegmatic

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adj. calm; not easily disturbed

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pragmatist

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n. practical person

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progeny

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n. children; offspring

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putrid

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adj. foul; rotten; decayed

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recession

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n. withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity

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reprieve

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n. temporary stay

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roster

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n. list

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sect

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n. separate religious body; faction

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snicker

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n. half-stifled laugh

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stint (v)

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v. be thrifty; set limits

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surveillance

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n. watching; guarding

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unconscionable

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adj. unscrupulous; excessive

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verbatim

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adv. word for word

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presage

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v. foretell

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juncture

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n. crisis; joining point

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lilliputian

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adj. extremely small

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imponderable

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adj. not able to be determined precisely

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fleece

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v. rob; plunder

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dictum

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n. authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim

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circuitous

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adj. roundabout

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