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54 Cards in this Set
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gratis
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wihtout charge or payment; free
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gratuity
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tip
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moribund
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dying; near death
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mortality
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deathrate
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rigor mortis
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stiffness of the body that sets in several hours after death
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corporal
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bodily as in corporal punishment
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corpus
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general collection of writings, laws, ect.
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corpuscle
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blood cell
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corpus delicti
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facts that a crime has been committed; body of victim
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habeas corpus
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order requiring detained person to be brought to court to investigate legality of the detention
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duct
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tube or channel
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ductile
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able to be hammered thin; docile
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traduce
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malign; slander; vilify; calumniate
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viaduct
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bridge for conducting a road over a valley/river
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cursory
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running over hastily; superficially done; as a cursory glance
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discursive
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wandering from one topic to another; rambling; disgressive
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incur
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meet with something undesirable
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precursor
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predecessor
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egress
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means of going out; exit
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gradation
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a change by steps or stages; act of grading
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gradient
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the slope
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transgress
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step beyond the limits; go beyond; break a law
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expedite
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facilitate; speed up
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velocipede
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child's tricycle
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contiguous
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touching; physical contact
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contingent
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dependent on something else
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tact
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consideration in dealing with others and not giving offence
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tangential
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merely touching
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apprehensive
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quick to understand; fearful of what may come
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reprehend
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find fault with
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abject
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sunk into low condition
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conjecture
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a guess
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subject
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force someone to undergo something unpleasant
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extrovert
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a person interested in matters outside the self than in their thoughts and feelings
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incontrovertible
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not able to be disputed
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obverse
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side turned toward observer
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perverse
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turned away from what is right
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vertigo
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dizziness
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demise
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death
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emissary
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person sent on a mission
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intermittent
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coming and going in intervals
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missive
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a letter
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remiss
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neglect; careless; lax
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remit
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send money due
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colloquy
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conversation
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elocution
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art of speaking effectively in public
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grandiloquent
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using pompous words; bombastic
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interlocutor
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questioner
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loquacious
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talkitive
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obloquy
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speaking against
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auriferous
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bearing gold
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proliferous
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producing new growth
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somniferous
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bearing sleep
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vociferous
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producing a loud outcry
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