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68 Cards in this Set
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Adequacy |
The state or quality of being adequate |
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Adequate |
Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity |
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Aspirate |
Pronouncing a sound with an exhalation of breath. |
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Au pair |
An unmarried young adult aged 18 to 30 years, who has no children and travels to foreign country for a defined period of time to live with a host family. |
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Bestow |
Confer or present something |
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Bicker |
Argue about petty and trivial matters |
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Bishop score |
A pre-laboring system to assist in predicting whether induction of labor is required. |
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Boondoggle |
An unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent project. |
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Boudoir |
A womans bedroom or small private room. |
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Caulrophilia |
A sexual attraction to clowns. |
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Caviar |
Processed salted roe or fish |
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Ceviche |
A South american dish of marinaded fish or seafood. |
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Cirrhosis |
Condition in which the liver does not function due to longterm damage |
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Cognition |
The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience and the senses. |
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Coital |
Sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman. |
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Commendable |
Deserving praise. |
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Coitus |
Sexual intercourse |
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Condemnation |
The expression of very strong disapproval |
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Comply |
Act in accordance with a wish command |
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Confer |
Granting something (a title, benefit or right) |
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Consensus |
A general agreement |
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Consolation |
The comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment |
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Cordwainer |
Shoe maker |
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Debacle |
A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco. |
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Deplorable |
Deserving strong condemnation, completely unacceptable. |
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Dossier |
A set of papers containing information about, often a criminal, or on any subject. |
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Eavesdrop |
Secretly listen to a conversation |
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Elucidate |
Make something clear: explain something. |
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Epitome |
A person or a thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class. |
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Espionage |
The practice of spying or using spies |
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Farce |
A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude charectarization and ludicrously improbable situations. |
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Grime |
Dirt ingrained on the surface of something |
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Inference |
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. |
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Yurt |
A circular tent of felt or skins on a collapsible framework. |
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Juvie |
A youth, especially one involved in disorder or criminal offences. |
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Largesse |
Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others. |
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Levity |
the treatment of a serious matter with humor or lack of due respect. |
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Loincloth |
a single piece of cloth wrapped round the hips, typically worn by men in some hot countries as their only garment. |
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Lucrative |
producing a great deal of profit (pelningas). |
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Merit |
noun: the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward. Verb: deserve to be worthy of (reward, punishment or attention) (daiktavardis: nuopelnas, veiksmažodis: nusipelnyti). |
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Mierda |
Spanish for ****. |
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Mildew |
a thin whitish coating of minute fungal hyphae, growing on plants or damp organic materials such as paper (pelėsiai). |
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Mischievous |
causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way (išdykęs/šelmis). |
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Moonlight |
have a second job, typically secretly and at night, in addition to one‘s regular employment. |
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Muddle |
bring into a disordered or confusing state (they were muddling up the cards); mix a drink or stir an ingredient into a drink. |
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Obituary |
a notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person. |
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Ostensibly |
as appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently (neva/tariamai). |
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Paragon |
a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence (synonyms: ideal, standard). |
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Perceive |
become aware or conscous of something; come to realize or understand (suvokti;suprasti). |
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Petrified |
so frightened that one is unable to move; stronger version of terrified (suakmenėjęs). |
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Petty |
of little importance (smulkus/nereikšmingas). |
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Philistine |
a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts. |
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Phlegmatic |
a person having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition (šaltakraujis). |
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Priapism |
persistent and painful erection of the penis (priapizmas). |
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Prudent |
acting with or showing care and thought for the future. |
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Reportoire |
a stock of plays, dances, or items that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to performed (repertuaras). |
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Roe |
the mass of eggs contained in the ovaries of a female fish or shellfish, especially when ripe and used as food. |
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Schlep |
haul or carry (something heavy or awkward). |
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Scramp |
a person, especially a child, who is mischievous in a likeable or amusing way. |
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Skyclad |
being naked (used especially in the context of modern pagan ritual). |
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Skim |
removing a substance from the surface of a liquid (nugriebti). |
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Smoulder |
burn slowly with smoke but no flame – show or feel barely suppressed anger, hatred, or another powerful emotion – exist in a suppressed or concealed state (rusenantis). |
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Summa cum laude |
Latin for “with highest phrase” used in diplomas to grant the highest of three special honors for grades above the average. |
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Tinnitus |
the hearing of sound when no external sound is present. |
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Trivial |
of little value or importance (nežymus/nereikšmingas). |
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Turing test |
it’s a test of a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human. |
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Unbeknown |
without the knowledge of someone (nežinant). |
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Zona peligrosa |
Spanish for “danger zone”. |
