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18 Cards in this Set
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AMBIVALENT
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simultaneously attracted toward and repulsed from something or someone
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EQUIVOCAL
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(adj.)1: having two or more possible meanings:AMBIGUOUS 2: DOUBTFUL, UNCERTAIN 3: QUESTIONABLE, SUSPICIOUS
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PRESCIENT
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having foreknowledge of events:a: omniscience with regard to the future b: FORESIGHT
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BULWARK
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(n)1a:a solid wall built for defense b:BREAKWATER,SEAWALL 2:a strong support or protection 3:the side of a ship above the upper deck (adj.)4:PROTECT
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ENDEMIC
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(adj.)1:restricted or peculiar to a locality or region 2:(n) NATIVE
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DE FACTO
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(adj./adv.)1:ACTUAL 2:actually exercising power
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DE JURE
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(adj./adv.)existing or exercising power by legal right
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CHIMERIC
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(adj.)1:existing only in the imagination 2:inclined to fantastic ideas or schemes
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FLOUT
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(vb)1:to treat with contemtuous disregard:SCORN 2:to indulge in scornful behavior
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QUIXOTIC
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(adj):idealistic to an impractical degree; esp:marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action
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DEMAGOGUE
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(n):a person who appeals to the emotions and prejudices of people in order to arouse discontent and advance personal political ends
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UBIQUITOUS
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(adj.):existing or being everywhere at the same time: widely or generally present
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PRODIGAL
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(adj.)1:recklessly extravagant 2:wastefully lavish (n)3:a person who spends prodigally:SPENDTHRIFT
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PRAGMATISM
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(n.)1:a practical approach to problems and affairs 2:philosophical doctrine holding that the meaning of an idea is to be sought in its practical bearings, that the function of thought is to guide action, and that truth is to be tested by the practical consequences of belief
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ALACRITY
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(n.):promptness in response:a cheerful readiness to do something
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BROOK
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to put up with:BEAR, TOLERATE
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PARADIGM
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(n)1:MODEL, PATTERN 2:an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms
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ITERATION
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(n)REPETITION;esp:a computational process in which a series of operations is repeated a number of times
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