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16 Cards in this Set
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abrogate
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verb - to cancel (a law, agreement, etc) formally or officially
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arcane
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adj - mysterious, secret or obscure; understood only by a few; difficult to understand
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bowdlerize
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verb - to remove passages or words from (a book or play, etc), especially on moral and social rather than aesthetic grounds; to expurgate, especially in an unnecessary or distorting way
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conciliatory
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adj - intended to placate or win over someone
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cosset
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verb - to treat too kindly; to pamper
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draconian
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adj - said of a law, etc: harsh; severe
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echelon
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noun - a level or rank in an organization, etc
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enjoin
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verb - to order or command someone to do something
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ersatz
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adj - substitute; imitation
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foment
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verb - to encourage or foster (ill-feeling, etc).
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importune
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verb - 1 to make persistent and usually annoying requests of someone. 2 to solicit for immoral purposes, eg prostitution
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inchoate
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adj - 1 at the earliest stage of development; just beginning. 2 not fully developed; unfinished; rudimentary
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jurisprudence
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noun - knowledge of or skill in law
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salient
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adj - striking; outstanding or prominent
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spurious
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adj - false, counterfeit or untrue, especially when superficially seeming to be genuine
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vitiate
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verb - 1 to impair the quality or effectiveness of (eg an argument); to make something faulty or defective. 2 to make (eg a legal contract) ineffectual or invalid
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