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49 Cards in this Set

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cautious, wary, or shrewed
to not be able to speak
The part of a garment, such as a coat or jacket, that is an extension of the collar and folds back against the breast
–verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
- adjective
not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
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in·sub·or·di·nate·ly, adverb
in·sub·or·di·na·tion, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
related forms:
insinuative, insinuatory - adjective
in·sin·u·a·tive·ly, adverb
in·sin·u·a·tor, noun
n. Informal
A large quantity or group: "The President faces a passel of domestic issues" (Christian Science Monitor).
1. a style of arranging or combing the hair.
2. a head covering; headdress.
1. angry; enraged: an irate customer
prep. Without.
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Jug·ger·naut·ish, adjective
1. up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.
2. to here.
1. Satan; the devil.
2. any evil spirit; demon.
3. a diabolically cruel or wicked person.
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fiendlike, adjective
1. strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
2. not to be overcome or overthrown: an impregnable argument
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im·preg·na·bil·i·ty, im·preg·na·ble·ness, noun
im·preg·na·bly, adverb
2. lonely and sad; forsaken.
3. expressive of hopelessness; despairing: forlorn glances.
4. bereft; destitute: forlorn of comfort.
- verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -menced, -menc·ing.
to begin; start.
2. excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings.
3. dressed in or ornamented with bright colors.
4. excessively bright; glaring.
–verb (used with object)
1. to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
2. to distress or torture mentally or emotionally; wound deeply; pain greatly: His bitter criticism lacerated my heart.
1. Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
2. a hat made of beaver or rabbit fur.
3. a heavy woolen cloth used mainly for coats.
4. a beaver.
–verb (used with object)
2. to wrinkle, as the skin or face.
3. Western U.S. to make irrigation ditches in (a field).
–verb (used without object)
4. to become corrugated; undergo corrugation.
5. corrugated; wrinkled; furrowed
–verb (used without object)
1. to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
2. (of the wind)
a. to change direction clockwise (opposed to back).
b. Nautical. to shift to a direction more nearly astern (opposed to haul).
–verb (used with object)
3. to alter the direction or course of; turn.
4. Nautical. to turn (a vessel) away from the wind; wear.
5. a change of direction, position, course, etc.: a sudden veer in a different direction.
verb, -tled, -tling, noun
–verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
2. to utter by chattering or babbling.
3. the act of prattling.
4. chatter; babble: the prattle of children.
5. a babbling sound: the prattle of water rushing over stones.
–noun Chemistry, Pharmacology.
[Origin: 1275–1325; < ML, NL camphora ≪ Ar kāfūr < Malay kapur chalk, lime, camphor; r. ME caumfre < AF < ML]

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cam·phor·a·ceous [kam-fuh-rey-shuhs] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, adjective
cam·phor·ic [kam-fawr-ik, -for-], adjective
2. strange and ungraceful in appearance or form.
3. unusual or strange.
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un·couth·ly, adverb
un·couth·ness, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to remove dirt, grease, etc., from or to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing, as with a rough or abrasive material: to scour pots and pans.
verb, -bled, -bling, noun
–verb (used without object)
3. an ambling gait.
4. a slow, easy walk or gentle pace.
5. a stroll.
–verb (used with object)
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filcher, noun
filch·ing·ly, adverb
1. hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot.
2. extremely troublesome, annoying, etc.; outrageous: an infernal nuisance.
3. of, inhabiting, or befitting hell.
4. Classical Mythology. of or pertaining to the underworld.
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in·fer·nal·i·ty, noun
in·fer·nal·ly, adverb
–adjective, -ner·i·er, -ner·i·est. Dialect.
3. low or vile.
4. inferior or common; ordinary.
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or·ner·i·ness, noun
–noun, plural -eys.
1. a brood or small flock of partridges or similar birds.
2. a group, set, or company
2. foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness
noun, plural -li·os, adjective, verb, -li·oed, -li·o·ing.
4. Printing.
5. Bookkeeping. a page of an account book or a left-hand page and a right-hand page facing each other and having the same serial number.
6. Law. a certain number of words, in the U.S. generally 100, taken as a unit for computing the length of a document.
7. pertaining to or having the format of a folio: a folio volume.
–verb (used with object)
8. to number each leaf or page of.
9. Law. to mark each folio in (a pleading or the like) with the proper number.
2. a life buoy.
–verb (used with object)
4. Nautical. to mark with a buoy or buoys.
–verb (used without object)
6. to float or rise by reason of lightness
verb, -trived, -triv·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
2. to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage: He contrived to gain their votes.
3. to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).
–verb (used without object)
4. to form designs; plan.
5. to plot
1. light reddish-brown.
2. a horse of this color, often with a light-colored mane and tail.
3. of the color sorre
verb, -fled, -fling, noun
2. Cards. to shuffle by dividing the deck in two, raising the corners slightly, and allowing them to fall alternately together.
3. to cause or become a riffle.
4. a rapid, as in a stream.
5. a ripple, as upon the surface of water.
6. Mining. the lining of transverse bars or slats on the bed of a sluice, arranged so as to catch heavy minerals, as gold or platinum.
7. a hopper for distributing bulk material.
8. the act or method of riffling cards.
2. a small unit of a police force.
3. a company or group of persons: a platoon of visitors.
4. Football. a group of players specially trained in one aspect of the game, as offense or defense, and used as a unit: a halfback on the offensive platoon.
–verb (used with object)
5. Sports.
a. to use (a player) at a position in a game alternately with another player or players.
b. to alternate (two different teams or units), as separate offensive and defensive squads.
–verb (used without object)
6. Sports.
a. to alternate at a position with another player or players.
b. to use players alternately at the same position.
c. to alternate different teams.
noun, verb, -et·ed, -et·ing or (especially British) -et·ted, -et·ting.
–verb (used with object)
2. to fasten with a rivet or rivets.
4. to fasten or fix firmly.
5. to hold (the eye, attention, etc.) firmly.
[Origin: 1350–1400; (n.) ME revette, rivette < OF rivet, deriv. of river to attach; (v.) ME revetten, deriv. of the n.]

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riv·et·er, noun
riv·et·less, adjective
noun, verb, -et·ted, -et·ting.
3. a dark image outlined against a lighter background.
–verb (used with object)
4. to show in or as if in a silhouette.
1. a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
2. a boatlike structure used as a gate for a dock or the like.
3. Nautical.
a. Also called camel, pontoon. a float for raising a sunken vessel, sunk beside the vessel, made fast to it, and then pumped out to make it buoyant.
b. a watertight structure built against a damaged area of a hull to render the hull watertight; cofferdam.
4. a two-wheeled wagon, used for carrying artillery ammunition.
5. an ammunition chest.
6. a wooden chest containing bombs or explosives, used formerly as a mine.
7. Architecture. coffer (def. 4).
[Origin: 1695–1705; < F, MF < OPr, equiv. to caissa box (see case2) + -on aug. suffix]

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caissoned, adjective
–noun, plural -gos, -goes. (often initial capital letter) Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent
verb, loped, lop·ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
2. to canter leisurely with a rather long, easy stride, as a horse.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to lope, as a horse.
4. the act or the gait of loping.
5. a long, easy stride
–noun Geology.
1. rock forming the natural boundary of a plateau or other rise.
2. bedrock forming the natural boundary of a placer or of a gravel deposit.