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159 Cards in this Set
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Abdicate
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To formally give up control
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Absolve
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To clear of guilt or blame, relieve of obligation
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Catharsis
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A purifying or refreshing release of emotional tension
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Countermand
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To cancel or reverse and order or a policy
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Impunity
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Exemption from punishment or injury
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Recant
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To formally take back or reject a statement or belief
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Recoup
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To regain; to make up for
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Renounce
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To give up, especially by formal announcement
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Rescind
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To take back; to make void; to repeal
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Waive
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To give up voluntarily; to relinquish
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Arbitration
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The process in which parties involved in a dispute allow and impartial party to settle differences
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Attaché
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A person assigned to serve in a diplomatic mission
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Consul
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A diplomatic official who represents his or her own government
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Covenant
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A binding agreement; legal contract
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Discretion
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Use of good judgment and self- restraint
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Entente
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An understanding agreement between two or more political powers
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Insular
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Suggestive of the isolated life on the island
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Machiavellian
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deceitful, cunning, aiming to maintain power by whatever means necessary
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Protocol
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A code of correct conducts
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Status quo
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The existing condition or state of affairs
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Culminate
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To reach the highest point or degree
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Eclipse
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To exceed or go beyond, to diminish
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Epitome
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An example, a perfect representative of a type
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Impeccable
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Having no flaws; imperfect; incapable of wrongdoing
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Inimitable
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Impossible to imitate or copy; unique
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Optimum
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Most favorable or advantageous; best
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Peerless
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Having no match; incomparable
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Quintessence
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The purest essence of something, most typical example
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Sublime
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Impressive, awe inspiring
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Zenith
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The Peak
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Affront
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To insult intentionally and openly
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Altercation
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A noisy or an intense quarrel
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Bellicose
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Warlike in manner or temperament; eager to fight; aggressive
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Breach
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A break in friendly relationships, a violation of law
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Contentious
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Given to quarelling
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Decimate
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To detroy or kill a large part of the group
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Dissension
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Difference of opinion; disagreement; discord
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Rancor
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Bitter, long lasting resentment; deep seated ill-will
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Retribution
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Something justly deserved
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Schism
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A separation or division into opposing groups or fractions
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Apocryphal
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Doubtful; of questionable origin, authorship, or authenticity
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Bona fide
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Authentic; genuine, not counterfeit or copied
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Candor
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Honesty, frankness, or sincerity of expression
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Cant
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Hypocritically moralistic language
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Charlatan
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A person who falsely claims to have a special knowledge or ability
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Chicanery
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A deception by trickery, a trick
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Feign
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To pretend or represent falsely
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Insidious
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Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy way
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Rectitude
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Moral uprightness; righteousness
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Veritable
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Real or genuine; actual
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Accrue
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To increase, or come about as a result of growth
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Arbiter
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A person chosen to judge or decide a disputed issue
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Audit
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To examine verify, correct the financial accounts of
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Cartel
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A group of independent business formed to control a problem
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Collateral
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Property that is pledged as security for a loan if the loan is not repaid
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Commodity
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An item of trade of commerce, especially and agricultural of a mining product
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Conglomerate
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A cooperation made up of a number of companies that operate in different fields
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Liquidate
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To settle a debt, claim, or other obligation by selling property
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Lucrative
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Producing wealth, profitable
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Security
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A document showing ownership or something owed
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Adulterate
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To make impure by adding improper inferior, or unnecessary ingredients
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Bane
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A cause of great harm ruin or death
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Boon
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A benefit or a blessing, especially one that is timeless
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Inimical
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Harmful, injurious
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Malevolent
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Having ill will, wishing harm on others, malicious
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Panacea
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A remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties
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Pernicious
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Tending to cause death or great harm
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Salutary
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Helpful or designed to be helpful, favorable to health
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Toxic
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Poisonous, capable of causing injury or death by chemical means
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Vitiate
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To reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness
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Auspices
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Sponsorship, support, or protection
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Auspicious
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Favorable; promising success
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Circumspect
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Cautious, prudent, mindful of circumstances and potential consequences
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Despicable
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Deserving of scorn, contempt, or a low opinion
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Introspective
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Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings; self-examining
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Perspicuous
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Clearly expressed; easily understood
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Specious
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Seemingly true, but actually false
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Spectacle
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An impressive public performance or display
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Specter
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A ghost or spirit
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Spectrum
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A band showing different wavelength of colors or sound in arranged order
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Complicity
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Involvement as an accomplice ina crime
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Deploy
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To position troops or people strategically
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Explicate
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To explain to make clear
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Explicit
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Fully and clearly expressed; leaving nothing implied
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Implicate
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To involve or connect intimately
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Implicit
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Implied or understood through not directly expressed
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Inexplicable
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Difficult or impossible to explain or account for
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Supple
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Easily bent, limber, pliant
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Supplicant
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A person who asks, prays or begs humbly and earnestly
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Adjudicate
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To hear and settle a case through a judicial procedure
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Affidavit
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A written statement made under oath before an official
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Confidant
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A person trusted with secrets or private matters
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Conjure
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To produce or summon as if by magic
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Fealty
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Faithfulness; allegiance
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Fiancé
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A man whom a woman is engaged to
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Fidelity
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Faithfulness to obligations duties or vows
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Infidel
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A person who does not accept a particular faith or religion
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Jurisprudence
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The philosophy and science of law or division of law
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Perjure
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To deliberate lie or testify falsely
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Ambivalence
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The presence of conflicting or opposing ideas or feelings
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Avail
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To be of use or advantage to; to help
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Countervailing
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Acting against something so as to cancel its effect
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Evaluate
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To judge or determine the value of
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Evince
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To show or demonstrate clearly
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Invaluable
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Priceless; having a value to be measured
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Prevail
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To be grater in strength or influence
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Valedictorian
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The student who has the highest academic rank
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Valliant
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Brave possessing courage and boldness
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Vanquish
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To defeat; to overcome, conquer, subdue
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Abrogate
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To abolish, do away with, repeal or cancel
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Conquistador
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A conqueror, especially a solider from Spain
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Inquisitive
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Eager for knowledge; inclined to investigate
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Interrogate
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To question formally and officially
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Perquisite
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A benefit of employment besides one’s salary
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Presage
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An indication of a warning or future event
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Quest
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A search of pursuit; the act or seeking something
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Requisite
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Require, essential, something essential or indispensible
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Sagacity
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Wisdom sound judgment
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Surrogate
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One who takes the place of another, a substitute
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Adhere
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To stick tightly to surface
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Aggregate
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Total; amounting to a whole
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Cohere
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To stick together in a mass the resists separation
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Dissimulate
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To disguise, under a fake appearance
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Egregious
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Conspicuously bad or offensive
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Ensemble
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A whole unit or group composed of complimentary parts
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Facsimile
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An exact copy or reproduction
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Gregarious
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Sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others
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Inherent
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Inborn; naturally a part of something
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Semblance
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An outward or a token appearance, a very small amount
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Alchemy
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The ancient and medieval chemical art, a seemingly magical power
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Amulet
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An object worn, usually around the neck
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Carpicous
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Unpredictable, impulsive subject to whim
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Fatalism
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The belief that all events are determined to advance by fate or destiny
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Propitious
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Presenting favorable circumstances; advantageous
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Providential
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Happening favorable, as if through divine intervention
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Quirk
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An odd or peculiar behavior of movements
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Serendipity
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The occurrence of lucky, accidental events
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Vagary
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An unexpected impulse, whim or fancy
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Vicissitude
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A change or variation
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A capella
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Without instrumental accompaniment
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Aria
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A solo vocal piece with instrumental accompany
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Cacophony
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A harsh unpleasment, or jarring mixture of sounds
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Cadence
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The balance or rhythmic flow of music, speech, poetry or movement
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Crescendo
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A gradual increasing in volume or intensity of sound
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Dissonance
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A harsh disagreeable combination of sounds
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Libretto
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The text of a dramatic musical work
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Motif
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A recurrent thematic element in art or literature
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Sonata
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A composition of three of four independent movement
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Staccato
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Having short sharp sounds, abrupt
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Arboreal
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Relating or resembling a tree, living in trees
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Burgeon
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To put forth new buds or leaves
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Deciduous
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Shedding or loosing leaves at a particular season or stage of growth
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Fauna
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Animals considered as a group, particularly those part of a region
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Flora
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Plants considered as a group
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Germination
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The process by which a plant begins to grow up and develop
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Horticultural
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Relating to and tending or growing plants
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Lichen
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A type of vegetation made of fungus and algae
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Sylvan
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Relating to trees or forests, woodland
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Verdant
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Green with vegetation or plants
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