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100 Cards in this Set
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Ambivalent
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Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
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Beneficent
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Doing or producing good; generous in assistance to the poor
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Betrothed
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Pledged to be married; the person to whom you are engaged
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Congenital
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Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
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Consensus
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Agreement in the judgement or opinion reached by a group as a whole
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Interminable
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Tiresomely long; seeming without end
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Intrepid
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Invulnerable to fear or intimidation
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Repugnant
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Offensive to the mind
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Sallow
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Unhealthy looking; any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal; cause to become sallow
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Sortie
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An operational flight by a single aircraft; a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
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Adament
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Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
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Antagonize
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Provoke the hostility of; act in opposition to
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Archives
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Collection of records especially about an institution
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Autocrat
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A cruel and oppressive dictator
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Factious
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Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
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Frustrate
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Treat cruelly; hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
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Peremptory
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Putting an end to all debate or action; not allowing contradiction or refusal; offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarrented power
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Procrastinate
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Postpone doing what one should be doing; postpone or delay needlessly
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Resilient
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Recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like; elastic; rebounds readily
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Supplication
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A humble request for help from someone in authority; the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
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Exonerate
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Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
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Expedite
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Process fast and efficiently; speed up the progress of; facilitate
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Forgo
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Refrain from consuming; lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime; do without or cease to hold or adhere to; be earlier in time; go back further
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Incoherent
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Unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; without logical or meaningful connection
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Incredulous
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Not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
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Plebeian
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Of the common people of ancient Rome; of or associated with the great masses of people; one of the common people
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Provocation
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Needed encouragement; unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
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Query
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An instance of questioning; pose a question
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Secular
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Converning those not members of the clergy; someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
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Shibboleth
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A manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people; a favorite saying of a sect or political group
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Blithe
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Carefree and happy and lighthearted; lacking or showing a lack of due concern
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CEde
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Relinquish possession or control over; give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
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Chagrin
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Strong feelings of embarrassment; cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
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Debonair
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Having a sophisticated charm; having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
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Filial
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Relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
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Interpose
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Introduce; be or come between; to insert between other elements; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
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Intrinsic
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Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; belonging to a thing by its very nature
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Precipitate
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Done with very great haste and without due deliberation; a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering; separate as a fine suspension of solid particles; hurl or throw violently; bring about abruptly; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; fall from clouds
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Proficient
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Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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Remission
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The act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court); an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance; a payment of money sent to a person in another place
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Acquiesce
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To agree or express agreement
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Altercation
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Noisy quarrel
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Assail
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Attack someone physically or emotionally; attack in speech or writing; launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
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Beleaguer
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Surround so as to force to give up; annoy persistently
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Brunt
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Main force of a blow
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Deprecate
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Belittle; express strong disapproval of; deplore
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Palliate
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Provide physical relief, as from pain; lessen or try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
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Phalanx
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Any of the bones of the fingers or toes; a body of troops in close array; any closely ranked crowd of people
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Predecessor
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One who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
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Redress
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Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil; a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury; make reparations or amends for
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Bulwark
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A fencelike structure around a deck; a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away; an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; defend with a bulwark
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Carnage
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The savage and excessive killing of many people
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Coalition
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The state of being combined into one body; the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts; an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
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Exodus
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A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile envirnoment; the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of the Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus
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Heinous
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Shockingly brutal or cruel
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Holocaust
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An act of great destruction and loss of life; the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler; to destroy by fire
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Insidious
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Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; intended to entrap; beguiling but harmful
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Martyr
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One who suffers for the sake of principle; one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion; torture and torment like a martyer; kill as a martyr
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Waive
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Do without or cease to hold or adhere to; lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
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Invidious
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Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
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Affinity
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A natural attraction or feeling of kinship
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Array
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An arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics; especially fine or decorative clothing; an impressive display; an orderly arrangement; align oneself with a group or a way of thinking; lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
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Audacious
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Disposed to venture or take risks; unrestrained by convention or propriety; invulnerable to fear or intimidation
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Convivial
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Occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
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Deign
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Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity; condescendingly grant
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Derogatory
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Expressive of low opinion
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Epicure
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A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
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Fastidious
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Giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial clutures
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Ingratiate
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Gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
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Oscillate
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Move or swing from side to side regularly; be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
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Bandy
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Have legs that curve outward at the knees; discuss lightly; exchange blows; toss or strike a ball back and forth
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Degenerate
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Unrestrained by convention or morality; a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior; grow worse
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Efficacious
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Marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect; producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
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Equestrian
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Of or relating to or featuring horseback riding; of or relating to or composed of knights; a man skilled in equitation
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Felony
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A serious crime (such as murder or arson)
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Flay
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Strip the skin off; severely criticizing
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Imperious
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Able to deal authoritatively with affairs
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Malevolent
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Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense will will or hatred; having or exerting a malignant influence
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Rationalize
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Remove irrational quantities from; think rationally; employ logic or reason; structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; defend, expalin, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
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Relent
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Give in, as to influence or pressure
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Abash
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Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
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Auspicious
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Auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
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Deference
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A courteous expression of esteem or regard; courteous regard for people's feelings; a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
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Demeanor
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The way a person behaves toward other people
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Guise
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An artful or simulated semblance
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Immemorial
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Extending back beyond memory, record, or knowledge
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Occult
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Hidden and difficult to see; having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; supernatural practices and techniques; supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; hide from view; become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; cause an eclipse of (a celstial body) by intervention
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Purport
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The pervading meaning or tenor; the intended meaning of a communication; have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; propose or intend
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Sartorial
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Of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
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Syndicate
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A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities; a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs, etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication; an association of companies for some definite purpose; sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations; organize into or form a syndicate; join together into a syndicate
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Arbitrary
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Based on or subject to individual descretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
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Browbeat
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Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate; be bossy towards
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Bureucracy
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Any organization in which action is obstructed in insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape; a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials; nonelective government officials
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Contraband
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Distributed or sold illicitly; goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
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Inane
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Devoid of intelligence
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Politic
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Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; prude
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Premeditated
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Characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning
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Proxy
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A power of attorney document given by shareholders or a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting; a person authorized to act for another
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Scapegoat
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Someone punished for the errors of others
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Transient
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Of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind; lastin ga very short time; a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load; one who stays for only a short time
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