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30 Cards in this Set
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Capitalist
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a person who has invested personal wealth into business
a very wealthy person |
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Capitulation
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to surrender
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Decapitate
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to cut off the head of someone
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Precipice
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a very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock
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Precipitate
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to throw down from a great height
to make happen suddenly or quickly |
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Recapitulation
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the restatement of a main idea
a summary or concise review |
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Cerebral
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pertaining to the brain
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Cerebration
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the action of thinking or thought
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Deface
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to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of something
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Efface
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to wipe out or make less clear
to make oneself inconspicuous |
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Facade
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a face of a building
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Facet
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one of many sides or one aspect of a situation
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Affront
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to insult, offend or embarrass intentionally
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Confront
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to stand or come directly in front of; esp. in defiance or hostility
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Effrontery
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flippant or insulting boldness; audacity
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Supercilious
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disdainful; showing superiority towards others (lifted eyebrow)
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Inexorable
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relentless or unyielding; unable to be stopped
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Oracle
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a shrine to a God or a prophecy made at a shrine
a person who transmits prophecy from a deity a person or thing regarded as giving wise council |
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Oration
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an address or formal speech
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Orifice
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a mouth or vent; an opening
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Osculate
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to kiss
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Indentation
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a cut or notch
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Indenture
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a written contract between two parties
to bind by written contract |
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Trident
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a long three-pronged fork or weapon
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Orthodontist
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a specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth
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Gorge
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a deep, narrow passage with rocky sides enclosed my mountains
gluttonous eating or to fill full; to stuff a feeling of nausea |
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Disgorge
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to expel from the throat or stomach
to discharge violently |
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Gargantuan
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or immense size; gigantic
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Gargoyle
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a grotesque carved human or animal figure; esp. one used as a rainspout
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Regurgitate
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to cause to pour back out or cast up food; to vomit
to rush or surge back |
