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63 Cards in this Set
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Abjure |
To solemnly renounce |
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Abrogate |
Repeal or do away with |
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Abstemious |
Not self-indulgent, especially while eating and drinking |
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Acumen |
The ability to make good judgements and quick decisions |
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Anarchy |
A state of disorder due to absence or noncognition of authority |
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Antebellum |
A period before a war |
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Auspucious |
Conductive to success; favorable |
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Belie |
(Of an appearence) fail to give a true notion or impression of something; disguise or contradict |
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Bellicose |
Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight |
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Bowdlerize |
Remove material that is considered improper or offensive from a text or account |
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Chicanery |
The use of trickery to achieve political, financial, or legal purpose |
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Chromosome |
Thread structure that carries DNA |
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Churlish |
Rude |
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Circumlocution |
The use of many words where fewer would do to sound vague or evasive |
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Circumnavigate |
Sail all the around something |
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Communism |
An economic ideology in where everyone is considered equal, socially, politically, and economically |
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Conservatism |
To believe in the old ways of something |
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Deciduous |
A tree or shrub |
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Deleterious |
Causing harm or damage |
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Despotism |
The exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel in oppressive manner |
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Diffident |
Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence |
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Enervate |
Cause someone to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken |
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Enfranchise |
Give the right to vote to |
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Epiphany |
An experience of sudden and striking realization |
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Equinox |
When the plane of Earth's equator passes the center of the sun |
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Euro |
European currency |
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Evanescent |
Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence |
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Expurgate |
Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from a book or account |
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Facetious |
Treating serious issues with deliberately innapropriate humor |
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Fascism |
An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization |
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Fatuous |
Silly and pointless |
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Feckless |
Lacking initiative or strength of character, irresponsible |
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Fiduciary |
Involving trust, especially with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary |
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Filibuster |
An action where such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly |
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Gamete |
A mature male or female germ cell |
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Gauche |
Lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated or socially akward |
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Gerrymander |
To redraw district lines in support of the delegate's constituency |
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Hegemony |
Leadership or dominance, epically be a large group |
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Hemoglobin |
A protein molecule in red blood cells which carries oxygen |
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Homogenous |
Substances and mixtures which are in a single phase |
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Hubris |
Excessive pride |
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Hypotenuse |
The longest side of a right-angle triangle |
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Impeach |
Call into question the integrity or validity of a practice |
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Incognito |
Disguise |
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Incontrovertible |
Not able to be denied or disputed |
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Inculate |
Anal sex |
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Infastructure |
The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities |
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Interpolate |
Insert something between fixed points |
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Irony |
A humorous opposite of a certain situation or expression |
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Jejune |
Naive; simplistic |
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Kinetic |
Of, or relating to, or resulting from motion |
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Kowtow |
Act in an excessively subservient manner |
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Laissez-faire |
A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course without interfering |
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Lexicon |
The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge |
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Loquacious |
Tending to talk a great deal; talkative |
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Lugubrious |
Looking or sounding sad and dismal |
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Marxism |
A method of socio-economic analysis that analyzes class relations and social conflict that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development and a dialectical view of social transformation |
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Mendacious |
Not telling the truth; lying |
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Metamorphosis |
A biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in an animal's body structure cell growth and differentiation |
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Mitosis |
A part of the cell cycle in which chromosomes in a nucleus are separated into two identical sets of chromosomes each in its own nucleus |
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Morety |
Each of 2 parts,into which a thing is or can be divided |
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Nanotechnology |
A branch of technology that deals with dimensions and tolerances if less than 100 nanometers |
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Nihilism |
The rejection of all religious and moral principles, often the belief that life is meaningless |
