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30 Cards in this Set
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Knickerbocker |
- any New Yorker |
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Fluctuate |
- to change continually; shift back and forth |
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Sporadic |
- appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time occasional |
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Divine retribution |
- punishment from higher being for bad deeds or transgressions |
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Rajah |
- a king or prince in India: a minor chief or dignitary |
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Elicit |
- to draw or bring out forth; educe; evoke |
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Valor |
- heroic courage; bravery |
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Somnambulatory |
- related to sleep walking |
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Denizen |
- an inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place |
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Jaunty |
- easy and sprightly in manner or bearing |
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Rout |
- an overwhelming defeat |
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Suppress |
- to do away with; abolish; stop |
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Innumerable |
- very numerous; incapable of being counted; countless |
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Ecstatic |
- subject to or in a state of ecstasy; rapturous |
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Reproach |
- to find fault with (a person, group, etc); blame |
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Serf |
- a slave |
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Obstinate |
- inflexible; stubborn; not yielding |
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Exult |
- to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice; be highly elated or jubilant |
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Hulking |
- heavy and clumsy; bulky |
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Nebulous |
- hazy, vague, indistinct or confused |
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Laudable |
- deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable |
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Insidious |
- intended to entrap or trick |
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Repose |
- peace; tranquility; calm |
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Debauch |
- an uninhibited spree or party |
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Antecedent |
- a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon |
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Ingratiate |
- to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others by deliberate effort |
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Perturb |
- to throw into great disorder; derange; bother; annoy |
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Dilatory |
- tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy |
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Desolate |
- barren or laid waste; devastated; deprived or destitute of inhabitant; deserted; uninhabited; solitary; lonely |
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Elusive |
- hard to express or define; cleverly or skillfully evasive |
