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Cards Term ablution Definition a cleansing with water or other liquid, esp. as a religious ritual. Term accoutrement Definition personal clothing, accessories. sometimes with soldiers Term aggregate Definition added together, total Term allegro Definition brisk or rapid in tempo. Term anthropomorphic Definition resembling a human form Term apocryphal Definition of doubtful authorship or authenticity. Term ascribe Definition to credit Term autumnal Definition belonging to or suggestive of autumn Term avoirdupois Definition the system of weights in British and U.S, body weight Term bestial Definition of, pertaining to, or having the form of a beast, beast like Term bombastic Definition a use or a user of language more elaborate than is justified by or appropriate to the content being expressed Term bumptious Definition offensively self-assertive, pushy Term caesura Definition a break, esp. a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan. Term cerebration Definition cerebration Term clandestine Definition secret, private Term colloquial Definition conversational, informal writing or speech Term concomitant Definition existing or occurring with something else, accompanying; Term constituents Definition Serving as part of a whole; a constituent part Term cosmopolitan Definition free from local, provincial, or national ideas, belongs to all the world Term craven Definition cowardly; contemptibly timid; Term de facto Definition replacable with, in fact blah blah blah Term demure Definition characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved. Term diabolical Definition having the qualities of a devil; Term didactic Definition educational; instructive: didactic poetry. Term disparity Definition inequality; difference Term doyen Definition the eldest or senior member of a group. Term effulgent Definition shining forth brilliantly; radiant. Term endemic Definition native; indigenous Term envisage Definition to contemplate; visualize: Term erstwhile Definition former; of times past: Term expatiate Definition to enlarge in discourse or writing; basically to repeat over and over and be clear Term extirpate Definition to remove or destroy totally I WILL EXTIRPATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Term febrile Definition pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish. Term flotsam Definition stuff found floating on the water Term fracas Definition a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl Term fruition Definition attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: ....basically, ME Term glutton Definition KARA FEIGER a person who eats and drinks excessively Term gratis Definition free Term haughty Definition snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious Term hirsute Definition hairy; shaggy. anthony