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15 Cards in this Set
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to free from restraint or influence
-to free a slave from bondage |
emancipate
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-a device for confining the hands; handcuffs
-anything that constrains -to restrain as with manacles |
manacle
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a formal order from a higher court; an authoritative command, order, or injunction
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mandate
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clearly apparent to sight or understadning; obvious
-to show plainly; to reveal -to prove -list of cargo or passengers |
manifest
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to use or handle skillfully
-to manange with devious skill, or to adjust to suit one's purpose |
manipulate
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skill in the use of the hands or body; adroitness
-mental skill or adroitness; cleverness |
dexterity
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able to use either hand equally well
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ambidextrous
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relating to a finger or to a unit of measure the breadth of a finger
-referring to a numerical system for encoding data |
digital
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-to turn aside
-to swerve or turn aside |
deflect
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to bend the knee in a kneeling or half-kneeling to express reverence or respect
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genuflect
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an alteration of pitch or tone of the voice
-in grammar, an alteration of the form of a word to show different grammatical or sytactical relationships |
inflection
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the act or condition of being thrown back
-something thrown back, as light, heat, sound, or an image -discredi; indirect reprouch -deep though |
reflection
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excessively grasing or greedy
-given to seizing fo plunder or as prey |
rapacious
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giving ones complete attention
-overcome with emotion; completely filled with joy |
rapt
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done secretly, wtihout approva
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surreptitious
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