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54 Cards in this Set
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misapprehension
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A wrong idea about something or someone that you believe to be true when it's not.
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misconception
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a belief or idea they is not based on correct information.
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misconstrue
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to understand someone's words or actions wrongly.
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plausible
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reasonable and likely true
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feasible
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that is possible and likely to be achieved
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practical
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able to be done likely to be successful
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prospect
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the possibility that something will happen
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ostensible
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stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
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preclude
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to prevent something from happening or someone from doing something; make something impossible
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dichotomy
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to put something together especially in a way that shows contrast
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discrepancies
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differences between two or more things that should be the same
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discrimination
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able to judge the good things in somebody; prejudice
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deviate
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to be different from something that is usually the same
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divergent
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to separate and go in different directions
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juxtapose
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to put things together especially in a way that shows contrast
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mutually exclusive
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related in such a way that one thing makes the other one impossible
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tantamount
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having the same negative effects.
to most girls having their boyfriends text other girls too much is tantamount to cheating. |
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commensurate
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matching something in size, ability, or quality.
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correlate, correlation
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facts are closely related or depend on each other
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camarederi
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a feeling of friendship or trust among people who work or spend a lot of time together
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pathology
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an aspect of someone's behavior that is extream or unreasonable and they cannot control
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anomaly
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something not normal
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aberrant, aberration
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not usual or socially acceptable
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deviant
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departing from the usual or accepted standards especially in social or sexual behavior
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variegated
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consisting of different types of people or things
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multifarious
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having great variety
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multifaceted
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having many different aspects to be considered
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eclectic
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not following one style or set of ideas but choosing a variety
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catholic
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including many or most things
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schism
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strong disagreement between people in an organization that cause it to split into groups
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polarize
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to separate or to make people separate into two groups with completely opposite ideas
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discrete
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independent of other similar things
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partisan
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showing too much support to one person group or idea especially without considering it carefully
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sacterian
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rigidly following the doctrine of a sect
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stratify
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to divide something into layers
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disparities
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differences especially connected with unfair treatment
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winnow
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to remove people from a group to assure only the best ones are left
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coalesce
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combine
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almagamate
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to put things together so they form one
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conflate
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put two or more things together to form one new thing
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cohere
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to have a logical connection so that they can create a whole
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conglomeration
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mass of materials sticking together
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conglomerate
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a large corporation formed by the merging of separate and diverse firms
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pique
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annoyed or bitter feeling you have, usually because your pride has been hurt
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peevish
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easily annoyed by unimportant things
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insufferable
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agreeably annoying, unpleasant or difficult to bear
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querulous
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complaining; showing that you are annoyed
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Miff
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to make somebody slightly angry
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irk, irksome
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to annoy or irritate me
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chafe
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to feel annoyed and impatient about something, especially when it limits what they do
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goad
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to keep annoying or irritating somebody or something until they react
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badger
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to hereto annoying or irritating someone by repeatedly asking questions or asking them to do something
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bait
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to harass and try to make someone angry
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choleric
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easily made angry
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