Set 9 Flashcards

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Pirouetting

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Spin ( a ballet spin)

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Sobriquet

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A nickname

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2
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Dally

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  1. Act or move slowly

2. Have a casual romantic or sexual liaison(communication or secret, illicit sexual relationship) with someone

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3
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Snidely

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Derogatory, mocking implicitly

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4
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Scruffy

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Shabby(poor condition due to lack of care or long use), untidy

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5
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Mirabile dictu

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Wonderful to relate

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6
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Revelation

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A surprising and previously unknown fact

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7
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Foundering

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  1. ( of a ship) sinking

2. ( of a plan) fail or break down

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8
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Meretrice

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A prostitute

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9
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Outlook

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  1. Point of view

2. Scenery

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10
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Bawl

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  1. Shout unrestrained

2. Cry or weep

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11
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Emetic

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A substance that causes vomit

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12
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Quarry

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Prey

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13
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Gang aft agley

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Go wrong

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14
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Meekly

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  1. Enduring injury with patience and without resentment
  2. Deficient in spirit or courage
  3. mild, moderate
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15
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Hew or haw

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Be indecisive

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16
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Ironclad

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  1. Cover with iron

2. impossible to contradict, weaken or change

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17
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Incarcerated

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Imprisoned or confined

18
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Addled

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Unable to think clearly

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Monumental

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Great in importance, extent or size

20
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Senile

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Showing weakness or disease due to old age (esp. mentally)

21
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Lilting

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Cadence in speaking

22
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Bray

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Loud cry of donkey or mule

23
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Stallion

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Uncastrate adult male horse

24
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Scrawny

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Unattractively thin and bony

25
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Stipple

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To mark with surface with numerous small dots

26
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Paltry

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A small amount

27
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Epitaph

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Elegy on a tombstone

28
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Errant

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Erring/straying from accepted standards

29
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Douse

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To extinguish

30
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Ceded

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To give up (power or territory)

31
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Filching

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Pilfer or steal ( something esp. a thing of small value) in a casual way

32
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Guffaw

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A loud and boisterous laugh

33
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Gullet

A

The esophagus

34
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Palsy

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Paralysis , esp. that which is accompanied by involuntary tremors

35
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In for a penny, in for a pound

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Since you have started the job, you should complete it even though it is harder

36
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Doffed

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Remove( an item of clothing)

37
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Repertoire

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A list of dramas or performances that a performer is expected to know

38
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Ménage a trois

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An arrangement which a married couple and a lover of one of the lives together.

39
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Mangy

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In poor condition

40
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Hypodermic

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Pertaining to the region immediately below the skin

41
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Foreboding

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A bad omen ( of impending evil)

42
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Appendage

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  1. A projected part of an organism with distinct appearances or functions
  2. (negative connotation) a thing that is added to or attached to something larger or more important