Tarzan Flashcards

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The use of skill to create or bring about something; especially with a consequent effect of artificiality

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Contrivance

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2
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A person or thing from which a person, plant or animal originates; ancestor

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Progenitor

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3
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Living in trees

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Arboreal

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4
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Awkward or clumsy

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Ungainly

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5
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Reconnaissance; make a military observation of a region

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Reconnoiter

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6
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Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity

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Temerity

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7
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Annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated

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Chagrin

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8
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Burdensome; involving a great deal of effort trouble or difficulty

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Onerous

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9
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Homeless, neglected or abandoned person especially a child

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Waif

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10
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Hot and humid
Suggesting or expressing a passionate or strong sexual nature or attraction

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Sultry

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11
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A persons face or facial expression
Support or approval

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Countenance

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12
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Relating to or affecting apes or monkeys

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Simian

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13
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Harden; accustom to something especially unpleasant

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Inured/Enured

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14
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Relating to the Styx river; dark

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Stygian

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15
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Recuperation; gradual recovery after injury or illness

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Convalescence

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16
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Ancient; instinctive -existing at or from the beginning of time

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Primordial

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17
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Diligent; showing great care and perseverance

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Assiduous

18
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Read; typically in a thorough careful way

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Perused

19
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Inhabitant; a person plant or animal that is found in a particular place
A foreigner allowed certain rights in their adopted country

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Denizen

20
Q

A chain of garland hung in a curve for decoration

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Festooned

21
Q

Close together

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Serried

22
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A severe flood

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Deluge

23
Q

Lush green vegetation

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Verdure

24
Q

A rich heavy silk or linen fabric with a pattern woven into it for table linen and upholstery

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Damask

25
Q

Light-heartedness; fickleness

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Levity

26
Q

A pleasant shady place under trees

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Bower

27
Q

Steal something of little value

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Pilfered

28
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Win or gain favor of; appease

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Propitiating

29
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A deviation of a system, moving object or project from its original course caused by an outside force

Anxiety; mental uneasiness

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Perturbation

30
Q

Difficult to understand; obscure

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Abstruse

31
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Embarrassed, disconcerted or ashamed

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Abashed

32
Q

Swiftness of movement

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Celerity

33
Q

Complete; utter

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Arrant

34
Q

Aid; assistance and support in times of great hardship or distress

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Succor

35
Q

Gourmet; short for epicurean

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Epicure

36
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Agile
(Especially of a persons body) thin, supple and graceful

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Lithe

37
Q

A heap of combustible materials; especially one for the ceremonial burning of a corpse

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Pyre

38
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Beg or solicit
Harass persistently for or to do something

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Importune

39
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Swirl

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Eddy

40
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Rush

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Careen

41
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Pleasant; like-minded

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Congenial