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36 Cards in this Set
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equanimity
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calmness
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adjudge
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to decide
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remonstrate
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disprove of
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philologist
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studier of languages
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cognition
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thought processes
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scribe
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one who copies manuscripts (writer)
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annuity
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money paid in yearly installments
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obsequious
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servile
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presage
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to fortell or predict
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monograph
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paper on one topic
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percept
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rule
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decimate
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annihilate
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judicious
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wise
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querulous
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fault-finding (captious)
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dictum
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statement made by an authority
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edict
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public proclamation
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post-mortem
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autopsy
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adumbrate
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to indicate vaguely
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diffident
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lacking in self-confidence
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dissonant
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not harmonious
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exorbitant
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excessive
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diaphanous
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able to see through
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ambivalent
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undecided; uncertain
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internecine
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conflict within a group
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novitiate
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novice
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complicity
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involement in something
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adjunct
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unessential part joined to another
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substantiate
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support
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innate
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inborn
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ignominous
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shameful
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sedulous
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industrious
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assiduous
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persistent
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dissimulate
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pretend
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plethora
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superabundance
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ascribe
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assign
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adjudicate
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to pass judgement on
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