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Description: boring? yes... helpful? maybe... enjoyable? eh.. intertaining .. no

Total Flash Cards: 38

Created: 11/17/2008 19:16:25

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salacious
Definition
arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
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jibe
Definition
to utter taunting words
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sardonic
Definition
disdainfully or skeptically humorous
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blather
Definition
voluble nonsensical or inconsequential talk or writing
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grub
Definition

to search about

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fuddle
Definition
to make confused
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imperative
Definition
not to be avoided or evaded
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condone
Definition
to pardon or overlook voluntarily
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rut
Definition
a usual or fixed practice
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cavalcade
Definition
a procession of riders or carriages
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daub
Definition
to apply ( as in paint) crudley
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mangy

Definition
having many worn or bare spots
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jag
Definition
to cut indentations into
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hone
Definition
to make more acute, intense, or effective
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nettle
Definition
Irritate
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temperance
Definition
moderation in action, thought, or feeling
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limber
Definition
Agile, Nimble
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ornery
Definition
havig irritable disposition
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anxiety
Definition
pinfu or apprehesive uneasyness
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susceptible
Definition
open,subject, or unresistant to some stimulus, influence, or agency
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bellow
Definition
to shout in a deep voice
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squelch
Definition

Quell or Silence

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silhouette
Definition
a likeness cut from dark material and mounted on a light ground or one sketched in outline and solidly colored in
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stolid
Definition
having or expressing little or no sensiblity
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antagonism
Definition
actively expressed opposition or hostility
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lee
Definition
the side that is sheltered from the wind
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queasy
Definition
suffering from nausea
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squall
Definition

a short-lived commotion

 

a sudden violent wind often with rain or snow

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reprehensible
Definition
Culpable
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assent
Definition
to agree to something especially after thoughtful consideration
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shamble
Definition
to walk awkwardly with dragging feet
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peaked
Definition
being pale and wan or emaciated.... Sickly
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monger
Definition
a person who attemps to stir up or spread something that is usually petty or discreditable
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protract
Definition

to prolong in time or space

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spree
Definition
an unrestrained indulgence in or outburst of an activity
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moon
Definition

to spend in idle reverie

 

 

or to expose one's naked buttocks

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skirt
Definition

to go around or keep away from in order to avoid danger or discovery.

to avoid esecially because of difficulty

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tirade
Definition
a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language