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20 Cards in this Set
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Abdicate
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resign, retire
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Bandy
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v. pass or discuss the idea or rumor in a casual way
adj. (of a persons legs) curved up so as to be wide apart at the knees |
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bête noire
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a person or thing that one particularly dislikes
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cavalcade
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a formal procession of people walking. on horseback or riding in vehicles
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dalliance
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a casual romantic or sexual relationship
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enervate
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exhaust, tire fatigue
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funereal
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somber, gloomy, melancholy
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fratricide
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the killing of ones brother/sister
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hegemony
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leadership or dominance
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lacivious
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lewd, lustful naughty
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malady
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a disease of ailment
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misogyny
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the hatred of women by men
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opine
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hold and state one's opinon
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pandemic
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(of a disease) prevelant over a whole country or the world
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potenate
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a monarch or ruler
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Salient
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most noticeable or important
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symbiotic
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interraction between 2 different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both
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tractable
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easy to control or influnce
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virile
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manly, masculine and strong sex drive
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misogamy
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the hatred of marriage
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