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Final Flashcards

1
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Billet-doux

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Noun

A love letter

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Bough

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Noun

A branch of a tree

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3
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Colossal

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Adj

Extraordinarily great in size or degree

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Consummate

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Verb

Complete, perfect, fulfill

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5
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Dissever

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Verb

To divide into parts

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Divan

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Noun

A long low sofa

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Embark

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Verb

To board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle on a journey

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Empathetically

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Noun

The ability to share or understand the feelings of another

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Flibbertigibbet

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Noun

An extremely talkative person

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Garland

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Noun

A wreath or festoon of flowers

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11
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Gumption

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Noun

Courage, guts,

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Imminent

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Adj

About to happen

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13
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Immutable

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Adj

Unchangeable

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14
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Incorrigible

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Adj

Bad beyond correction or reform

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Indefatigable

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Adj

Incapable of being tired out

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Inscrutable

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Adj

Incapable of being investigated

17
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Leviathan

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Noun

Anything of immense size and power

18
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Loiter

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Verb

To linger aimlessly

19
Q

Magnanimous

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Adj

Generous in forgiving an insult or injury

20
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Malignity

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Noun

Intense hatred

21
Q

Munificence

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Noun

The quality of showing unusual generosity

22
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Pandour

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Noun

A brutal soldier

23
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Pastoral

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Adj

Having the characteristics generally associated with rural areas

24
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Pedantic

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Adj

Someone who is excessively concerned with minor details

25
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Physiognomy

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Noun

A persons facial features or expression

26
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Porphyria

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Noun

A defect of blood pigment metabolism

27
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Presumptuous

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Adj

Failure to observe the limits as to what is permitted or appropriate

28
Q

Ravish

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Adj

To fill with strong emotion

29
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Relish

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Noun

Great enjoyment

30
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Renounce

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Verb

To put aside voluntarily

31
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Sepulcher

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Noun

A tomb or grave

32
Q

Sinecure

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Noun

An office position requiring little or no work

33
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Sublime

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Adj

Elevated loftily in thought

34
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Uncouth

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Adj

Awkward clumsily

35
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Visage

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Noun

The face usually reference to shape features or expressions

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