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21 Cards in this Set
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alien
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person born in and owning allegiance to a country other than the one in which he or she lives.
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allegory
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a representation of an abstract meaning through concrete or material forms
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alias
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false or assumed name, espectially as used by a criminal
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alienate
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to make indifferent or hostile
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altruism
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unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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altercation
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heated or angry dispute
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inalienable
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not transferable to another
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allograft
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tissue grafted or translpanted to another member of the same species
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allogamy
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cross fertilization in plants
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alter ego
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another self
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per annum
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by the year;yearly
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annual
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of for or pertaining to a year
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biennial
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happening every two years
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triennial
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occurring every three years
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decennieal
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pertaining to or in honor of a two hundreth anniversary
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cognizant
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aware
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incognito
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with ones identity concealed as under an assumed name
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prognosticate
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forecast from present indications
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diagnostician
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expert in determining the nature of diseases
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cognoscenti
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well informed persons especiallly in partricular tield as in the arts
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gnostic
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pertaining to knowledge especially to teh esoteric knowledge taught by an early christian mystical seet
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