lt word catcher Flashcards

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confound

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to confuse someone

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fetlock

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back of a horse leg

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3
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upscale

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more appealing to affluent consumers

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4
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studded

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a group of animals and especially horses kept primarily for breeding

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5
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drachmas

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coin

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6
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accosted

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to approach or talk to someone in an aggressive way

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7
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Revved

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start (start an engine)

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8
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Bray

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to utter the characteristic loud harsh cry of a donkey

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9
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Glumly

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broodingly morose

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10
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Marval

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one that causes wonder or astonishment

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11
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Chasm

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a marked division, separation, or difference

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12
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hither

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payment for the temporary use of something

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13
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oblige

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to constrain by physical, moral, or legal force or by the exigencies of circumstance

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14
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vagrance

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someone who wonders place to place.

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15
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scorn

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look down upon it

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16
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dayois

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a raised platform

17
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Pavillion

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bell of a wind instrument

18
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Elysium

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he abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology

19
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asphodel

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any of various Old World herbs (especially genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline) of the lily family with flowers in usually long erect racemes

20
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parapets

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a low wall or railing to protect the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge
called also parapet wall

21
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bobsled

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short sled usually used as one of a pair joined by a coupling

22
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veered

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to shift in a clockwise direction

23
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sprawl

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to creep or clamber awkwardly