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50 Cards in this Set
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misconduct
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immoral behavior; bad management; V.
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mandate
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order; charge; authoritative command; power to govern another country; power to given to a government; region under administration; V: give a mandate to; place under a mandate; Ex. mandated territory
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hubris
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arrogance; excessive self-conceit
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averse
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reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work
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regatta
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boat or yacht race
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materialism
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preoccupation with physical comforts and things; excessive regard for worldly concerns (rather than spiritual matters)
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clip
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cut off with shears; fasten; N: something clipped off (as a short extract from film); clasp or fastener
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debris
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rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed
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opportune
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timely; well-chosen
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conscript
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draftee; person forced into military service; V.
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rehabilitate
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restore to proper condition (health or useful life); restore the former rank of
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ramification
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branching out; subdivision; one branch of a system; one of the results following from an action or decision; Ex. ramifications of a business/the decision
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usury
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lending money at illegal high rates of interest
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preen
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make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune
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mural
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wall painting
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knead
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mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); Ex. knead dough
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curator
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superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library)
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retract
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withdraw; take back; draw back; Ex. retract a statement/an offer/claws; N. retraction; CF. retractile
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irate
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angry; CF. ire: anger; wrath
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halting
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hesitant; faltering; not fluent; Ex. halting steps/voice; V. halt: proceed or act with uncertainty; falter; hesitate; waver; stop
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prehensile
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capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around); Ex. prehensile tails
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introvert
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one who is introspective or inclined to think more about oneself; ADJ. introverted
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surrogate
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substitute; person or thing used in place of another; Ex. surrogate mother; ADJ.
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brawn
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human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness
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propound
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put forth for consideration or analysis; set forth; Ex. propound a problem/theory
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gratuity
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n. money given to sb who has done one a service; tip ;
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brevity
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conciseness; shortness of duration
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embezzlement
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taking for one's own use in violation of trust; stealing (of money placed in one's care)
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symmetry
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arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity; ADJ. symmetrical
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fiasco
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total failure; CF. bottle
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sleigh
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large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice
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deplete
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reduce; exhaust
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compilation
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listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling
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leave-taking
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farewell or departure
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perpetuate
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make perpetual; make something last for a long time; preserve from extinction; N. perpetuity
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grandiloquent
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(of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic
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discombobulated
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discomposed; confused
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factious
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inclined to form factions; causing dissension
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scad
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a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes
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subsidiary
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serving to assist; subordinate; secondary; of a subsidy; N.
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nostalgia
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homesickness; longing for the past; Ex. nostalgia for the clothes of 1920s; ADJ. nostalgic
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patrician
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noble; aristocratic; N: person of high rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the governing classes in ancient Rome; CF. plebian
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atavism
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resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic
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stoop
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bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying
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monotheism
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belief in one God
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impertinent
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insolent; rude; not pertinent; N. impertinence
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effeminate
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having womanly traits
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broach
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introduce as a subject; moot; open up
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litter
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waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily); V: cover untidily with scattered litter
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rout
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put to rout; stampede; drive out; N: complete defeat and disorderly retreat
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