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Raffiel Rayez W.O.D. Part 3 Flashcards

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Rara-avis

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A rare or unique person or thing

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Cimmerian

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Very dark; gloomy; deep

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Misnomer

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A misnaming use of wrong inappropriate name

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Myriad

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Consisting for very great but indefinite number

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Fabulist

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A liar; a creator of fables

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Camelot

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An idyllic place or period, usually very happy

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Jackanapes

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An impudent or conceited person

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Prorogue

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To defer; to post pone

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Barnburner

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Something highly impressive or exiting

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Blandishment

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Something that flatters, coaxes, entices

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Clarion

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Medieval trumpets with clear tones

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Palindrome

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A word, phrase, or verse that reads the same backwards and forwards

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Chimera

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A mental fabrication; an unrealistic dream

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Filibuster

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The use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay

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Feckless

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Infective, weak, worthless

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Solecism

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A breach of good manners or etiquette

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Maladroit

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Awkward, clumsy, inept

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Immure

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To imprison

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Verisimilitude

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The quality of seeming to be true/real

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Draconian

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Of relating to or characteristics of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him

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Deus ex machira

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A god introduced by means of a crane in ancient Greek and roman drama to decide final outcome

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Gravitas

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High seriousness

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Machiavellian

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Belief that a leader must do anything necessary to stay in power including dishonesty and trickery

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Nonplus

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State of perplexity; bafflement, completely puzzled

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Menagerie

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A collection of unusual animals kept for exhibition

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Tautology

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Needless repetition of an idea

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Ossification

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Natural process of bone formation

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Albatross

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Any of a family of large web foot

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Zeitgeist

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Spirit of the time

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Panoply

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An impressive array, collection a full suit of armor

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Hobson’s choice

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An apparently free choice when there is no real alternative

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