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34 Cards in this Set
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encyclical
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general
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nostalgia
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pain for home
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antibiotic
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something that destroys or weakens germs
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astronaut
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star sailor
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prosody
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study of poetic meters and versification
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homogamy
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interbreeding
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pedagogue
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teacher
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neurosis
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nerve disorder
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apocryphal
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fictitious
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empryrean
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heavens
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dynamic
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forceful
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autobiography
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self-narrated life story
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polygamous
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someone that has many wives
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biography
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life story narrated by a different person
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cryptic
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puzzling, hidden
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analgesic
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remedy that relieves or allays pain
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pedantic
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someone who is constantly showing of their knowledge
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comedy
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humourous genre in drama, ending happily or cheerfully
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automation
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something that acts bt itself, without the continuous input of an operator
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encyclopedia
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a book that covers all the branches of knowledge
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neuralgia
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sharp pain along the course of a nerve
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biology
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the study of life
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crpytogenic
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of unknown origin
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autograph
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person's own signature
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podalgia
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pain in the foot
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unicycle
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vehicle that sits on one wheel
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monogamy
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somoene who has one wife
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neural
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something that pretains to the neural system
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pediatrics
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branch of medicine concerned with babies and children
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automatic
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having the ability of acting and moving on its own
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dynamite
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a stick of highly explosive material, used for blasting things
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nautical
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pretaing to the sea and sailors
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melody
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musical sounds in a pleasent arrangement or succesion
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pyre
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pile of combustable material
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