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10 Cards in this Set
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Prefix ab or abs
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meaning away from, off
abduct abscond abstract |
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Root ced
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latin root meaning go or yeild
ceed concede secede exceed recede proceed |
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Root dic dict
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latin verb dicere
to say dicare to indicate dictare to declare or order contradict valedictorion indcit interdict |
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Limerick
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Comes from Limerick Ireland
a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet |
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Mecca
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Mecca Saudi Arabia
A place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest/ Muslim place |
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Cologne
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Cologne Germany
a mildly perfumed toilet water |
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Hackneyed
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Hackney Stepney London
made commonplace or trite Overfamiliar through overuse |
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Bedlam
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St. Mary of Bethlehem in London, which served as a lunatic asylum
scene or state of wild uproar and confusion chaos |
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Blarney
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Ireland
flattering or wheedling talk |
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Sardonic
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cynically mocking somine
Sardinia Italy |