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19 Cards in this Set
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Perplexed
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bewildered, puzzled
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retarted
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To be delayed
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motivation
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the state or condition of being motivated
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authority
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the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
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conscious
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aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
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marooned
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To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon.
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plateau
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a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
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degenerate
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to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities;
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hostility
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the state of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an enemy
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interim
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an intervening time; interval; meantime
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regression
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the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
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opportunist
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he policy or practice, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs, of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to expediency or effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles.
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feeble-minded
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lacking the normal mental powers.
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fluttering
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To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
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whimper
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to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
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meta-cognition
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awareness and understanding one's thinking and cognitive processes; thinking about thinking
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Rorschach test
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a test for revealing the underlying personality structure of an individual by the use of a standard series of 10 inkblot designs to which the subject responds by telling what image or emotion each design evokes.
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I.Q.
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a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age
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dissociation
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the state of being severed or separated from oneself
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