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20 Cards in this Set
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Pertinent
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relevant, having logical precise relevance to the matter at hand.
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Urban
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of, relating to, or located in a city
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Implication
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an indirect suggestion, an inference
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endogenous
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produced or growing from within
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suppressing
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to put end to forcibly, subdue, curtail, prohibit the activity
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enshrine
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to close in or as if in a shrine, cherished as sacred
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debacle
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a sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, defeat, a total ludicrous failure
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onslaught
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a violent attack
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superficial
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of, affecting, or being on or near the surface, concerned or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious
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ignoble
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not noble in quality, character or purpose, base or mean, common
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manifest
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clearly apparent to the sight or understanding , obvious
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impassivity
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devoid of or not subject to emotion, expessionless
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niches
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a recess in a wall, as for holding a statue, a cranny, hollow, crevice, as in a rock
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hierarchy
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a body of persons having authority
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derogatory
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disparaging, belittling
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posthypnotic
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following the hypnotic state
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espoused
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to take in marriage, marry
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radical
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arising from or going to a root or source, basic, departing from the usual, extreme
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endowed
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to provide with property income, or a source of income
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stoicism
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indifference to pleasure or pain, impassiveness
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