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Title: Alorah -- Collecting Words

Description: Ten Vocab Words

Total Flash Cards: 10

Created: 09/13/2005 12:56:25

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Valkyrie
 Definition
n. any of the maidens of Odin who choose the heroes to be slain in battle and conduct them to Valhalla
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effervesce
 Definition
v. (1) to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes (2) to show liveliness or exhilaration
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distemper
 Definition
v. to throw out of order
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odious
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adj. arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance, hateful
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puerile
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adj. juvenile, childish, silly
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meme
 Definition
n. an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture
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acolyte
 Definition
n. (1) one who assists a member of the clergy in a liturgical service by performing minor duties (2) one who attends or assists, a follower
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éclat
 Definition
n. (1) ostentatious display, publicity
(2) dazzling effect, briliance
(3) brilliant or conspicuous success (4) praise, applause
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quixotic
 Definition
adj. (1) foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action
(2) capricious, unpredictable
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captious
 Definition
(1) marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections (2) calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument