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