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192 Cards in this Set
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2 x 4
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8
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2 x 6
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12
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2 x 7
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14
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2 x 8
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16
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3 x 2
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6
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3 x 4
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12
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3 x 3
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6
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3 x 6
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18
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3 x 7
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21
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3 x 8
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24
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3 x 9
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27
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3 x 12
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36
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4 x 2
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8
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4 x 3
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12
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4 x 4
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16
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4 x 6
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24
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4 x 7
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28
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4 x 8
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32
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4 x 12
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48
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6 x 2
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12
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6 x 3
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18
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6 x 4
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24
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6 x 6
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36
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6 x 7
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42
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6 x 8
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48
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6 x 12
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72
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7 x 2
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14
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7 x 3
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21
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7 x 4
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28
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7 x 6
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42
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7 x 7
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49
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7 x 8
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56
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7 x 12
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84
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8 x 2
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16
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8 x 3
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24
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8 x 4
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32
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8 x 6
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48
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8 x 7
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56
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8 x 8
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64
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8 x 12
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96
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9 x 12
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108
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10 x 12
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120
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10 x 11
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110
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11 x 10
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110
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11 x 11
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121
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11 x 12
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132
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12 x 2
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24
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12 x 3
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36
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12 x 4
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48
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12 x 5
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60
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12 x 6
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72
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12 x 7
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84
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12 x 8
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96
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12 x 9
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108
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12 x 10
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120
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12 x 11
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132
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12 x 12
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144
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alacry
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n - eager & enthusiastic willingness
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approbation
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n - expression of approval, praise
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assuage
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v - to ease or lessen, appease or pacify
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audacious
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adj - daring & fearless, recklessly bold
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austere
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adj - without adornment, bare, severely simple. ascetic
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axiomatic
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adj - taken as a given, possessing self evident truth
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canonical
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adj - following with accepted traditional standards
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capricious
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adj - inclined to change one's mind. implusive, erratic, unpredictable
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censure
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v - criticize severely, officially rebuke
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chicanery
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n - trickery, subterfuge
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disabuse
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v - to set right
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disparate
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adj - fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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effrontery
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n - extreme boldness, presumptiousness
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enervate
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v - to weaken, reduce in vitality
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ennui
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n - dissatisfaction & restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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equivocate
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v - to use ambiguous language with deceptive intent
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erudite
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adj - learned, scolarly
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exculpate
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v - exonerate, clear of blame
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exigent
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adj - urgent, pressing, requiring immediate action or attention
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extemporaneous
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adj - improvised, done without preparation
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filibuster
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n - intentional obstruction
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fulminate
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v - loudly attack or denounce
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ingenuous
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adj - artless, frank & candid, lacking sophistication
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inured
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adj - accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible
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adj - easily angered prone to temperamental outbursts
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laud
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v - to praise highly
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lucid
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adj - clear; easily understood
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magnanimity
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n - quality of being generously noble in mind & heart, especially in forgiving
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martial
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adj - associated with war & armed forces
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nascent
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adj - coming into being, in early developmental stages
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nebulous
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adj - vague, cloudy, lacking a clearly defined form
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neologism
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n - a new word, expression or usage. the creation of new words or senses
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obviate
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v - to anticipate & make unnecessary
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onerous
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adj - troubling; burdensome
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paean
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n - song or hymn of praise & thanksgiving
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perennial
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adj - recurrent throughout the year or in many years; happening repeatedly
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perfidy
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n - intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perfunctory
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adj - cursory; done without care or interest
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perspicacious
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adj - acutely perceptive; having keen discernments
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precipitate
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adj - acting with excessive haste or impulse
v - to cause or happen before anticipated or required |
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predilection
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n - a disposition in favor of something; preference
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prescience
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n - a foreknowledge of events
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prevaricate
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v - to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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qualms
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n - misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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refute
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v - to disprove; successfully argue against
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relegate
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v - to forcibly assign esp to a lower place or position
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reticent
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adj - quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts or feelings
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solicitous
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adj - concerned & attentive; eager
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sordid
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adj - characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul
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stupefy
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v - to stun, baffle, or amaze
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stymie
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v - to block, thwart
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synthesis
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n - combination of parts to make a whole
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torque
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n - forces that causes rotation
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tortuous
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adj - winding, twisting, excessively complicated
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truculent
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adj - fierce & cruel; eager to fight
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veracity
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n - truthfulness, honesty
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virulent
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adj - extremely harmful or poisionous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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integers
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whole numbers, positive and negative including zero. no decimals or fractions
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zero - even or odd?
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even
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digits
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numbers 0 - 9 inclusive
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fractions - even or odd?
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neither even nor odd
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absolute value
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distance a number is away from zero. It's always positive.
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prime numbers up to 30
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2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29
2 is the only even one 0 is not one 1 is not one they are all always positive integers they cannot be fractions or decimals |
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abate
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v to lessen in intensity/degree
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accolate
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n an expression of praise
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adulation
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n excessive praise; intense adoration
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aesthetic
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adj dealing with art or the beautiful
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ameliorate
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v to make better or more tolerable
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ascetic
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n one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
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avarice
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n greed, especially for wealth
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axiom
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n a universally recognised principle
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burgeon
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v to grow rapidly / flourish
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bucolic
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adj rustic & pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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cacophony
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n harsh, jaring discordant sound; dissonance
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canon
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n an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
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castigation
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n severe criticism or punishment
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catalyst
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n a substance that accelerates rate of a chemical reation without changing itself. a person or thing that causes change
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caustic
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adj burning/stinging; causing corrosion
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chary
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adj wary; cautious; sparing
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cogent
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adj appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
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contrite
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adj regretful; pentient; seeking forgiveness
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culpable
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adj deserving blame
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dearth
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n smallness of a quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
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demur
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v to question or oppose
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didactic
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adj intended to teach or instruct
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discretion
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n cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
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disinterested
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adj free of bias or self-interest; impartial
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dogmatic
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adj expressing a rigid opinion based on unproven or improvable principles (noun - dogma)
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dogma
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n - the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization, thought to be authoritative and not to be disputed
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ebullience
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n - quality of lively or enthuastic expression of thoughts & feelings
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emollient
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adj/n - soothing especially to the skin, making less harsh; mollifying
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empirical
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adj - based on observation or experiment
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enigmatic
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adj - mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (noun - enigma)
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ephermeral
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adj - brief; fleeting
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esoteric
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adj - intended for or understoof by a small specific group
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eulogy
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n - speech honoring the dead
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exonerate
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v - to remove blame
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facetious
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adj - playful; humorous
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fallacy
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n - an invalid / incorrect notion; mistaken belief
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furtive
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adj - marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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gregarious
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adj - sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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barangue
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v/n - to deliver a pompous speech or tirade
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heretical
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adj - violating accepted dogma or convention
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hyperbole
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n - an exaggerated statement. often used as a figure of speech
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impecunious
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adj - lacking funds; without money
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incipient
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adj - beginning to come into being or to become apparant
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inert
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adj - unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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innocuous
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adj - harmless; causing no damage
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intransigent
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adj - refusing to compromise (n - intransigence)
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inveigle
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v - to obtain by deception or flattery
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morose
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adj - sad; sullen; melancholy
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odious
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adj - evoking intense aversion or dislike
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opaque
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adj - impentrable by light; not reflecting light
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penurious
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adj - penny-pinching; excessibely thrifty; ungenerous
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peruse
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v - to examine with great care (n - perusal)
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prodigiousa
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adj - abundant in size, force or extent; extraordinary
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prolific
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adj - producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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quiescence
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n - stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest (adj - quiescent)
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redoubtable
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adj - awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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sanction
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n/v - authoritative permission or approval. a penality intended to enforce compliance. to give permission or authority to
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vice
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a practice or habit that is considered immoral, depraved, and/or degrading in the associated society. fault, depravity, sin, iniquity, wickedness and corruption
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stoic
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adj - indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
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supplant
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v - to take the place of; supersede
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torpid
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adj - lethargic; sluggish; dormant
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ubiquitious
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adj - existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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urbane
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adj - sophisticated; refined; elegant
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vilify
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v - to defame; to criticise harshly
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viscous
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adj - thick; sticky (n - viscosity)
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least common denominator
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least common denominator is the smallest number divisible by all the denominators.
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additive inverse
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opposite, so opposite of 1 is -1
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15% into decimal
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.15
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25% into decimal
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.25
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100% into decimal
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1.00
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writing percent into decimal
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put decimal point 2 place to the left
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finding percent of a number
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translate percent into decimal (decimal point 2 places to the left)
then multiply decimal and the number you're trying to find percent of... |
