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15 Cards in this Set
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PLASMA
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fluid part of blood, lymph or mils; a gas composed of ionized particles
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UNCTUOUS
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fatty: oily; insincerely smooth in speech and manner
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POLYMER
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a chemical compo9und formed by union of small molecules and usually consisting of repeating structural units.
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USURP
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to seize and hold by force or without right
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PRECIPITOUS
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having the character of a precipice; very steep; "a precipitous slope"; also: containing precipices.
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VACUOUS
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Empty, vacant, blank, dull, stupid, inane
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QUASAR
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any of a class of extremely distant starlike celestial objects
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VEHEMENT
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marked by great force or energy; marked by strong feeling or expressions; passionate; fervid
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QUOTIDIAN
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daily; commonplace; ordinary
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VORTEX
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whirlpool, also, something resembling a whirlpool
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RECAPITULATE
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to restate briefly; summarize
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WINNOW
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to remove (as chaff) by a current of air; also: to free (as grain) from waste in this manner; to sort or separate as if by winnowing
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RECIPROCAL
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inversely related; mutual; shared; serving to reciprocate; mutually corresponding: one of a pair of numbers (as 2/3, 3/2) whose product is one
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WROUGHT
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fashioned formed "carefully wrought essays"; ornamented; beaten into shape by tools: hammered "wrought metals"; deeply stirred: excited
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REPARATION
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the act of making amends for a wrong; amends made for a wrong, es: money paid by a defeated nation in compensation for damages caused during hostilities
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