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24 Cards in this Set
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maudlin
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effusively sentimental (while drunk or something)
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dint
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means, effort
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patent
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obvious, open for public to read
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barefaced
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bold, unconcealed
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gerrymander
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to divide (a territorial unit) into electorial districts so that one political party gets majority votes in larger number of discricts, unlike other party whose elective districts are less in number
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ethnology
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study of mankind
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indemnify
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to make up for loss, to compensate
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ramify
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to branch out
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matrix
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the origin of something, an arrangement of numbers
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homage
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honor
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disaffected
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disloyal
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geniality
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cheerfulness, friendliness, gracious
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lout
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clumsy person
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artifice
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deception, cunning
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crypt
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secret vault or recess for burial
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vixen
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female fox, artful woman
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presentiment
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feeling that something will or is about to happen, premonition,foreboding
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secession
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withdrawal
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dote
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excessively fond of
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genuflect
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bend knees as in worship
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rail(v)
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rant, scold
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synchronous
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similarly timed
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miscreant
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wretch, wrong doer
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undergird
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strengthen from base
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