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Cards Term addendum Definition an addition Term abeyance Definition a temporary period of inactivity Term affectation Definition an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession Term amenities Definition The quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness Term annihilate Definition destroy utterly Term aperture Definition an opening, as a hole, slit, Term arduous Definition requiring great exertion; Term atavistic Definition reverting to or suggesting the characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type. Term badinage Definition light, playful banter or raillery. Term belligerent Definition warlike Term bilious Definition pertaining to bile Term bucolic Definition . of or pertaining to shepherds; Term carte blanche Definition unconditional authority; full discretionary power Term cataclysm Definition any violent upheaval Term chimerical Definition unreal; imaginary; visionary Term commensurate Definition having the same measure Term congenial Definition agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character Term conundrum Definition a riddle Term consummate Definition to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill Term crucible Definition a severe, searching test or trial. Term deciduous Definition shedding the leaves annually, Term deify Definition to make a god of; Term dialectic Definition of, pertaining to, or of the nature of logical argumentation. Term diffident Definition lacking confidence in one's own ability, Term disheveled Definition hanging loosely or in disorder; Term duplicity Definition a twofold or double state or quality. Term ecclesiastical Definition pertaining to the church or the clergy Term enervate Definition weaken Term enigma Definition inexplicable occurrence Term eschew Definition to abstain or keep away from Term excoriate Definition to denounce Term expiate Definition to atone for; Term fatuous Definition foolish or inane Term foment Definition to instigate Term fraternal Definition brotherly Term fraught Definition full of; accompanied by; involving Term gibbet Definition gallows with a projecting arm at the top Term guttural Definition 1. of or pertaining to the throat. Term hale Definition free from disease or infirmity Term heresy Definition opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, Term imminent Definition likely to occur at any moment; impending