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16 Cards in this Set
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1. audi (L) |
to hear (audience)
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2. auto (L) |
self (autobiography, autograph)
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3. belli (L) |
war (antebellum)
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4. brev (L) |
short (brief)
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1. audible (adj) |
capable of being heard
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2. audit (v) |
to attend a course without expecting credit
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3. auditor (n) |
one who examines financial records to check their accuracy
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4. audition (n) |
a trial performance to evaluate an entertainer's merits
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5. autocrat (n) |
person ruling with unlimited authority
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6. automaton (n) |
a robot-like machine; a person acting mechanically
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7. autonomous (adj) |
self-governing; free; independendent
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8. autonomy (n) |
the right of self-government; independence
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9. autopsy (n) |
medical examination of a corpse to determine the cause of death
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10. bellicose (adj) |
inclined to start quarrels; warlike
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11. belligerence (n) |
an agressive, hostle, or combative attitude
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12. rebellion (n) |
open opposition, sometimes armed, to a person or thing in authority
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