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16 Cards in this Set
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1. here/hes (L) |
to stick (adhesive)
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2. ject (L) |
to throw (eject; reject; dejected)
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4. jur/jus (L) |
law (just; jury)
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1. incoherent (adj) |
not logically connected; inconsistent; unintelligible (used for speech or writing to indicate that it can't be understood)
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2. inherent (adj) |
innate; basic; inborn; existinig as a natural and inseparable part
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3. adherence (n) |
devotion and support (to a couse, group, idea, etc.)
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4. adherent (n) |
a supporter or follower (of a person, cause, group, idea, etc.)
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5. interject (v) |
interrupt with; insert (interject a comment)
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6. jettison (v) |
to throw (goods) overboard; to abandon as useless or burdensome
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7. trajectory (n) |
the curved path of something hurtling through space
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8. abject (adj) |
miserable; wwretched (abject poverty)
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9. judicious |
wise; prudent; rational; showing good judgment in making decisions
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10. jurisdiction (n) |
authority or legal power to hear and decide cases (a judge has jurisdiction in a certain area or over certain types of cases)
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11. justification (n) |
a fact or argument that shows why an action was right thing to do; a good excuse (jusification for an action)
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12. justify (v) |
to show to be just or reasonable; to give a good excuse for (justify certain behavior by arguing that...)
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