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41 Cards in this Set
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Simulate |
To model / replicate |
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Arbiter |
A person appointed or chosen by parties to determine a controversy between them |
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Arbitrator |
A person appointed or chose by parties to determine a controversy between them |
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Officiate |
To serve as umpire |
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Commemorate |
To honour the memory of something or someone |
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Deference |
Great respect |
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Exalt |
Upgrade in rank, status, etc |
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Hallow |
To make holy |
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Revere |
Respect |
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Venerate |
To treat with respect |
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Aver |
To assert the truth, to prove / justify |
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Avow |
To own / acknowledge |
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Contend |
To contest |
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Testimony |
Witness |
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Abdicate |
To reject / abandon |
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Abjure |
To give up / surrender |
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Abnegate |
To deny |
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Forgo |
To abandon |
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Forsake |
To abandon |
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Forswear |
To deny something especially under oath |
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Relinquish |
Abandon |
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Renounce |
Surrender / resign |
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Lascivious |
Lustful |
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Leer |
A lecherous look |
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Lewd |
Uneducated / rude |
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Lurid |
Shocking / horrifying |
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Seamy |
Corrupt |
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Sordid |
Morally degrading |
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Cogitate |
To ponder |
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Contemplate |
To consider as a possibility |
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Mull |
To think deeply |
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Muse |
A source of inspiration |
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Pensive |
Deep thinking |
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Ruminate |
To mediate / reflect |
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Susceptible |
Easily influenced / tricked |
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Impervious |
Unaffected |
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Remiss |
At fault |
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Slipshod |
Done poorly |
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Impinge |
To interfere with |
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Obtrude |
To cut in |
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Infringe |
Break or violate something |
