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37 Cards in this Set
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allege
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to assert without proof or before proving
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attribution
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the act of establishing a particular person as the creator of a work of art or criticism
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banal
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drearily commonplace and often predictable
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boilerplate
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formulaic, or stereotypical language
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Busman's holiday
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spending one’s day off doing the same thing he or she does for a living
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chasm
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a deep, steep-sided opening in the earth’s surface; an abyss or gorge
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coagulate
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to gather together or form into a mass
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collaborate
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to work together, especially in an intellectual effort
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dapper
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neatly dressed; stylish
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decry
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to condemn openly
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dollop
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an indefinite quantity, especially of something liquid
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enshrine
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to preserve or cherish as sacred
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exposé
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a disclosure of something discreditable
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extremist
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one who argues for or engages in measures beyond what is normally accepted
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falsetto
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an artificially high voice
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gamut
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a complete range or series
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genealogy
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the study of ancestry and family histories
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grotesque
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departing significantly from the natural, the expected, or the typical
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harrowing
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extremely upsetting; agonizing
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interval
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the amount of time between two specified events
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memoir
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an account of the personal experiences of an author
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meticulous
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extremely careful and precise
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monopoly
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exclusive control of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service
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mordent
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in music, a melodic ornament in which a principal tone is rapidly alternated with the tone a half or full step below
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narcissism
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excessive love or admiration of oneself
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neurology
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the medical science that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it
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paraphrase
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to restate a text or passage in another form or other words
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peritonitis
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inflammation of the lining of the abdomen
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plagiarize
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to steal and pass off another person’s ideas or words as one’s own
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saccharine
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excessively sentimental
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sanctity
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the quality or state of being holy or sacred
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savvy
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well informed and perceptive; shrewd
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sonata
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a musical composition for one or more solo instruments usually consisting of three or four independent movements varying in key, mood, and tempo
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taper
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a small or very slender candle
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tatters
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torn into shreds; ragged
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verbatim
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using exactly the same words
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vigilant
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alertly watchful, especially to avoid danger
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