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60 Cards in this Set
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aberrant
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Markedly different from an accepted norm.
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aberration
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Deviation from a right,customary, or prescribed course.
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abet
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To aid,promote,or encourge the commission of (an offense).
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abeyance
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A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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abjure
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To recant,renounce,repudiate under oath.
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ablution
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A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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abrogate
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To abolish,repeal.
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abscond
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To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
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abstemious
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Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink,food.
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Clinical applications of
Bethanechol |
Bethanechol - Postoperative and neurogenic ileus and urinary
retention Neostigmine is also used for this. |
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abut
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To touch at the end or boundary line.
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accede
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To agree
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acquiesce
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To comply; submit
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acrid
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Harshly pungent or bitter.
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acumen
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Quickness or intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
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adage
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An old saying
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adamant
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Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
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admonition
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Gentle reproof
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adumbrate
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To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem
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affable
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Easy to approach.
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aggrandize
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To cause to appear greatly .
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aggravate
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To make hevier, worse, or more burdensome.
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agile
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Able to move or act quickly, physicaly or mentaly.
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agog
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In eager desire.
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alacrity
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Cheerful willingness.
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alcove
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A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
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alleviate
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To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
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aloof
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Not in sympathy with desiring to associate with others.
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amalgamate
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To mix or blend together in homogeneous body.
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ambidextrous
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Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
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ambiguous
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Having a double meaning.
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ameliorate
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To relive, as from pain or hardship.
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anathema
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Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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animadversion
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The utterane of critisism or censure.
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animosity
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Hatred
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antediluvian
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Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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antidote
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Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, dsiease or the like.
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aplomb
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Confidence; coolness
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apocryphal
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Of doubtful authority or authenticity.
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apogee
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The Climax
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apogee
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The Climax
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apostate
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False
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apotheosis
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Defication
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apparition
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Ghost
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appease
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To soothe by quieting anger or indignation
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apposite
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Appropriate
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apprise
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To give notice, to inform
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approbation
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Sanction
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arboreal
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Of or pretaining to a tree or trees
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ardor
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Intensity of passion or affection
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argot
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A specilaized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group.
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arrant
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Notoriously bad.
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ascetic
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Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
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ascribe
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To assign as a quality or attribute .
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asperity
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Harshness or roughness of temper.
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assiduius
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Unceasing; presistant
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assuage
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To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitment, appetite, pain, or disease
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astringent:
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Harsh in disposition or character.
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astute
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keen in discernment
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atonement
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amends,reparation, or expiation made form wrong or injury.
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