Set20 Flashcards by Amma Raghavan | Brainscape

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Laggard

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Someone or something that lags

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Plenitude

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Fullness in quantity

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Eclectic

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Choosing from various choices

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Fiscally

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Pertaining to financial matters

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Machinations

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To plot something with an evil purpose

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Palate

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Roof of your mouth

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Rancour

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Bitter

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Tedium

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Boredom

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Tautology

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Repetition of an idea

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Treaty

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Formal agreement between two states

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Telemetry

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Any device or attachment to measure distances

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Triumphal

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Celebrating a triumph

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Secateurs

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Scissors or sheers

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Trowel

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Gardening tool

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Edger

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Machine used to edge

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Factotum

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Servant employed to do a bariety of jobs

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Irreconcilable

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Something that cannot be fixed

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Colossus

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A gigantic statue

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Exfoliation

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Removal of scales

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Gibbous

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Convex at both ends pertaining to astronomical body

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Jollity

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Jolly

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Silhouetted

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2 dimensional representation of an object

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Khaki

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A yellowish brown

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Abattoir

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Where animals are killed for meat 😕

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Risque

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Daringly close to indelicacy

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Tomahawk

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A light axe

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Firmament

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Vault of heaven

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Blasphemy

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Speaking negatively about religion

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Gourmand

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Person fond of good eating

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Rotunda

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A round building

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Oversubscribed

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To subscibe for more than whats available

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Jaundices

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A liver disease

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Chimerical

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Unreal or imaginary

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Fundamental

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Imporant

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Grammarian

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Expert in grammar

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A la carte

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Separate price for each dish offered on the menu

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Axiomatic

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Obvious

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Bucolic

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Poetic

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Caustic

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Severely critical

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Idiomatic

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Having idioms