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Terms
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copy deck
- jape
- to jest
- biddable
- easily led or commanded
- cloy
- to weary or become distasteful through excess
- amanuensis
- one employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts
- shibboleth
- something (a word, saying, etc) that distinguishes one group from another
- maudlin
- excessively sentimental
- Panglossian
- excessively naive or optimistic
- supervene
- to take place as something additional or unexpected
- complement
- something that completes something else`
- hagiography
- biography of saints
- SALUBRIOUS
- HEALTHFUL
- FIAT
- AN ARBITRARY ORDER
- GELID
- EXTREME COLD
- BILLET
- TO LODGE, TO QUARTER
- FEY
- POSSESSING AN OTHERWORLDLY QUALITY
- AMBUSCADE
- TO AMBUSH
- LACHRYMOSE
- GIVEN TO CAUSING TEARS
- POTBOILER
- AN INFERIOR LITERARY WORK
- PARSE
- TO ANALYZE
- NIMIETY
- EXCESS
- QUOTIDIAN
- OCCURING DAILY
- FUGACIOUS
- LASTING BUT A SHORT TIME
- POSTPRANDIAL
- HAPPENING DURING OR AFTER A MEAL
- PECUNIARY
- RELATED TO MONEY
- FURBELOW
- SHOWY
- STYGIAN
- DARK AND GLOOMY
- LUMPEN
- CUT OFF FROM YOUR SOCIAL CLASS
- ALIMENT
- SUSTENANCE
- TEMPORIZE
- STALLING