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15 Cards in this Set
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bombast
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impressive but meaningless language
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orthography
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correct spelling
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paleontology
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a science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils
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recoil
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to retreat; to draw back
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panache
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self-confidence
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saturnine
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gloomy; sluggish
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endemic
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confined to a particular country or area
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mendacious
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lying; false; decetiful
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obviate
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to prevent; to get around
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paroxysm
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a sudden outburst; a fit
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aggrandize
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to increase the range of; to expand
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deign
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to lower oneself before an inferior
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flaunt
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to show off
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shibboleth
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a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as of a particular group
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elicit
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to draw forth; to call forth
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