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50 Cards in this Set
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gynecology
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science of women's diseases
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gyrate
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revolve about a point, whirl
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gyroscope
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rotating wheel apparatus that maintains direction regardless of position or surrounding parts
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gyve
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shackle
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habiliments
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clothes
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habitable
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capable of being inhabited or dwelt in, capable of sustaining human beings
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haft
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handle
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haggard
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gaunt, careworn; wasted by hunger, pain or terror
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haggis
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Scottish dish made of heart, liver, brains of sheep, suet, and oatmeal cooked in stomach
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halberd
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long ax-like 15-th century weapon
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halcyon
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calm, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, happy
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hallucination
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apparent perceiving of things not present
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haphazard
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random
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harass
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annoy with repeated attacks
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harbinger
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something that precedes and forecasts
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harp
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perpetually dwell on a particular subject
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harridan
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shrewish old woman
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hassock
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cushion used as stool
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hauteur
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haughty manner
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hawser
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a large rope used for towing light objects
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haycock
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small conical pile of hay
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hectare
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metric equivalent to 2.471 acres
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hectograph
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gelatin process for making duplicate copies
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hegemony
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predominance
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heinous
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hateful, atrocious
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helix
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spiral line, coil of wire
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henequen
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fiber used in making rope
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heptagon
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seven-sided polygon
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herbivorous
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feeding on plants
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heretic
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one who believes contrary to his church
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hermaphordite
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having both male and female organs
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hermitage
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place where a hermit lives
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heterodox
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not orthodox; not conforming, especially in religious belief
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heterogenous
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composed of unlike elements
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hexapod
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having sixe feet
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hidalgo
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Spanish nobleman
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hieratic
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priestly
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hinder
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retard, slow down, prevent from moving forward by any means
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hirsute
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hairy
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histology
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science of organic tissue
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histrionic
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pertaining to acting, overly theatrical, affectedly melodramatic
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hoary
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white with great age
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holocaust
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a great destruction of living beings by fire
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holograph
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personally handwritten document
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homage
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respect, a feudal acknowledgment of underling to lord
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homburg
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man's felt hat with curled brim
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homeopathy
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method of treating disease with small quantities of drugs
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homiletics
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art of preaching
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homily
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discourse on a moral problem, sermon
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homogenous
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derived from the same source
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