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20 Cards in this Set
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ABJURE
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v) to give up rights on oath; renounce; recant
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ABSTAIN
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v) to keep oneself back;refrain; voluntarily do without
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ANIMOSITY
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n) strong hatred; ill will; open or active hostility; enmity
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ANNUAL
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a) yearly; comes once a year; alive for only one year or season
n) yearbook |
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CONCEIVE
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v) to become pregnant with; imagine; apprehend; understand; think of
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CONGRESS
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n) a coming together; an assembly or conference; a legislature
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DICTATOR
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n) one who rules with power & authority; one who speaks words for others to write
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DISCLOSE
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v) to reveal; make known; uncover; bring out
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FACTUAL
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a) real; actual; of or containing real things
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INCESSANT
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a) continual; not stopping; never ceasing; constant
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JETTY
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n) wall built into the water to restrain currents to protect a harbor, pier, etc.
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MALICE
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n) spite, active ill will; desire to harm others
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NONDESCRIPT
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a) lacking in distinctive features or qualities; hard to classify
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OBVOLUTE
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a) having overlapping margins (said of leaves or petals)
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PEDESTAL
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n) the foot or bottom of a column, pillar, vase, lamp, etc.
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PROCTOR
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n) agent; one who manages affairs for others; official who supervises an examination
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PRODUCE
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v) to bring forth; yield; bring to view
n) farm products |
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RECEPTACLE
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n) container; vessel; used to hold something else
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RESIDENT
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n) one who lives in a place (not a visitor)
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SEGMENT
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n) section; division;part; any part which is separable from the others
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