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20 Cards in this Set
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AGGRESSION
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n) an unprovoked attack or warlike act
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BIENNIAL
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a) happening every two years
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CONCLUDE
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v) to end; finish;decide; deduce; determine
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DEDICATE
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v) to set apart for a deity or special purpose; consecrate; devote
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EXCEPTION
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n) person or thing different from others of its class; case in which the rule does not apply
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FACTOR
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n) one who does business for another; agent; any of the conditions that bring about a result
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INJURY
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n) physical or legal damage to a person or property
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INVOLUTE
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a) intricate; involved; rolled up or curled up in a spiral; rolled inward at the edges
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MALNUTRITION
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n) undernourishment from insufficient food or improper diet
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MANUSCRIPT
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n) original, first copy (written by hand)
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MILLIPEDE
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n) wormlike arthropod with two pairs of legs on each of most of its segments
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NECESSARY
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a) essential; required; indispensable; inevitable
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PEDICURE
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n) a trimming, cleaning, etc. of the toenails
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RECEPTION
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n) social function for receiving guests; reproductive quality of incoming signals
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RESIDUE
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n) remainder; what is left after part is removed
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SECANT
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n) any straight line intersecting a curve at two or more points
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SEDUCE
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v) lure; lead astray; persuade to do something disloyal or disobedient
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TENACITY
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a) perseverance; firmness of hold; persistence
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TRAJECTORY
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n) the curved path of something hurtling through space
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UNANIMOUS
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a) agreeing completely; united in opinion
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