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Details Title: Alorah -- Collecting Words Description: Ten Vocab Words Total Flash Cards: 10 Created: 09/13/2005 12:56:25	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Valkyrie Definition n. any of the maidens of Odin who choose the heroes to be slain in battle and conduct them to Valhalla Term effervesce Definition v. (1) to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes (2) to show liveliness or exhilaration Term distemper Definition v. to throw out of order Term odious Definition adj. arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance, hateful Term puerile Definition adj. juvenile, childish, silly Term meme Definition n. an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture Term 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 Term éclat Definition n. (1) ostentatious display, publicity (2) dazzling effect, briliance (3) brilliant or conspicuous success (4) praise, applause Term 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 Term 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