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30 Cards in this Set
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Chronology
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An order of events from earliest to latest
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economical
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frugal; thrifty
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conjoin
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to join or act together
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panegyric
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lofty praise
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pedagogue
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a strict, overly academic teacher
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reprobate
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a wicked, sinful, depraved person
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untoward
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unfavourable or unfortunate; improper
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welter
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a confused mass, a commotion or turmoil
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inchoate
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just beginning; not organized or orderly
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problematic
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doubtful or questionable
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timbre
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the quality of a sound independent of pitch and loudness
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disavow
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to deny
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gerrymander
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to divide a state or county into election sidtricts to gain political success
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repugnant
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distasteful or offensive
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taut
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tightly drawn, as a rope, emotionally tense
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cajole
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to deceptively persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want to do
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discomfit
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to confuse, deject, frustrate, deceive
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accrete
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to increase by growth or addition
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contumacious
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stubbornly rebellious or disobediant
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fulsome
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disgusting or repulsive
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homeostasis
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the tendency of an organic system to maintain internal stability
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hone
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to sharpen
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insolvent
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unable to pay one's bills
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ligneous
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woodlike
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motility
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spontaneous movement
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munificent
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very generous; lavish
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neophyte
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a beginner
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rivet
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to fix one's attention on
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saturnine
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a sluggish, gloomy temperament
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viscous
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thick and sticky
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