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38 Cards in this Set

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animal
mammal; living thing other than human
capital
government seat; wealth
grandiose
important; impressive; pompous
congregate
come together; assemble in large numbers
jury
people sworn to determine a verdict
collect
gather together
mutant
result of change or alteration
pedal
foot-operated lever to power mechanisms
purge
rid; cleanse; purify
assent
agree; concur; give in; yield; concede
extenuating
make a fault; appear less serious; make thin or emaciated
via
route that passes through; by way of
aggrandizement
exaggeration
devious
tricky; off the beaten path (indirect)
recapitulate
summarize
gregarious
social (crowd; herd)
purgatory
place for purification
impediment
hindrance (obstruction; obstacle)
abjure
deny under oath
mutable
changeable
tenuous
thin; unsubstantial
presentiment
premonition
animosity
hostility
eligible
qualified to be chosen
viaduct
to lead to a road
equanimity
calmness
jurisdiction
power or authority to enforce law
sacrilege
violation of anything held sacred
grandiloquence
speech lofty in tone
dissension
disagreement; quarrel; discord
pedestrian
traveler on foot; walker; lacking vitality and imagination; dull
mutation
change or alteration; change in a gene
election
selection of a person by vote
pusillanimous
lacking courage; cowardly
segregation
segregating; separating
decapitation
cut off the head; behead
Satine caloris tibi est
"Hot enough for you?"
Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
"It's not the heat; it's the humidity!"