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15 Cards in this Set
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a personwho has invested personal wealth in buisness
-a very wealthy person |
capitalist
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surrender;ending resistance
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capitulation
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to cut off the head of; to behead
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decapitate
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a very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock
-the edge of a dangerous situation |
precipice
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to throw down from a great height
-to make happen suddenly or quickly -speeding along heedlessly; headstrong |
precipitate
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the restatement of a main idea
-a summary or concise review |
recapitulation
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pertaining to the brain
-intellectual |
cerebral
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the action of thinking; thought
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cerebration
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to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of something
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deface
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to wipe out; to bliterate. also, to make less clear, as if rubbing out
-to make oneself inconspicuous |
efface
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a face of a building
-the face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front |
facade
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one of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel
-one aspect of a situation, or of a tooth |
facet
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to insult intentionally; to offend or embarrass
-an insult or offensive act |
affront
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to stand or come directly in front of
-to face with defiance or hostility |
confront
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flippant or insulting boldness; audacity
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effrontery
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