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12 Cards in this Set
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acumen
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sharp insight or keenness of mind
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analogy
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a similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise unlike
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benedict
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recently married man who was thought to be a confirmed bachelor
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culture
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training and refinement of man's mind, emotions, manners, and tastes
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dissident
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someone who is in opposition
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ebullient
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effervescent; having personality that bubbles over
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empirical
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experimental method based solely on observation or on the experience of the senses
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erudite
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learned
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harbinger
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forerunner; something that announces ahead of time
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hieroglyphics
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ancient Egyptian inscriptions
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quintessence
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purest or most concentrated form
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vacillate
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irresolute and indecisive; unsteady movement or a fluctuation as well as a state of mind
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