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60 Cards in this Set
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cognation
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the mental process of knowing
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cognizant
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fully informed, aware
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connoisseur
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a knowledgeable person who appreciates high quality
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conscientious
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careful, thorough
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diagnosis
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the identification of a disease or condition
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incognito
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disguised
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notoriety
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fame for something negative
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omniscient
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all knowing
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prognosis
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a prediction
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unconscionable
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immoral; unprincipled
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affection
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a false act done to impress
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beneficiary
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a person or an institution that is helped
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de facto
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in reality; actual
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efficacy
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effectiveness
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faction
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a unified group within a larger group
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factoid
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a piece of false information accepted as true
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factotum
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an employee with many duties
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maufacture
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to make, usually in an industrial setting
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officiate
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to referee
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prolific
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productive;fruitful
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cosmopolitan
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sophisticated; worldly
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geopolitics
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study of geography, politics, economics, and population
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impolitic
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imprudent; unwise
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interurban
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connecting or joining cities
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megalopolis
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region made up of several cities and surroundingtowns
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metropolitan
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related to a major city
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politico
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a politican
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polity
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a form of government
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urbane
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refined; polite
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urbanite
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a city dweller
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insoluble
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not solvable
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intricate
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having a complicated structure
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quandary
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a state of uncertainty
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tactic
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a strategy or maneuver
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ambiguoug
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having several possible interpretations
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baffle
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to confuse
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cogitate
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to ponder
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convoluted
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twisted
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enigma
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a mystery
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infirmity
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a physical disability
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malady
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a disease
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pallor
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extreme paleness
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susceptible
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easily infected; easily infulenced
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virulent
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harmful or poisonous
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capillary
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a tiny blood vessel
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convalescene
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a gradual return to health after an illness
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enervate
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to make weak
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epidemiology
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the study of diseases in populations
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epidermis
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the outer skin of vertebrates
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gloat
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to show self-satisfaction of one's success or another's misfortune
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humility
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humbleness
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modest
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not vain; humble
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pompous
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pretentious
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swagger
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to strut
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arrogant
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thinking oneself to be superior
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diffident
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shy and timid
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egocentric
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selfish; self-centered
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esteem
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respect
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flaunt
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to show off
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labyrinth
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a maze
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