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12 Cards in this Set
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Abyance
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Temporary suppression or suspension
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Circumspection
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Cautious,wary
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Dross
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Waste produced during metal smelting; garbage
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Euthanasia
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Mercy-killing;intentional,easy and painless death
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Ilk
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Type or kind
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Malaproism
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humorous missuse of a word
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Mendicant
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Beggar
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Nomenclature
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Term used in a particular science or discipline
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Presentiment
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Premonition, sense of foreboding
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Symbiosis
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Cooperation,mutual helpfulness
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Travesty
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Parody,exaggerated imitation, caricature
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Verismilitude
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Quality of appearing true or real
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