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24 Cards in this Set
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Alias
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(n.)
a false name used to conceal one's identity |
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Pseudonym
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(n.)
a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name |
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Sedition
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(n.)
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government |
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Refute
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(v.)
disprove |
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Litigate
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(v.)
to make the subject of a lawsuit |
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Moratorium
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(n.)
a suspension of activity |
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Validate
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(v.)
to prove true |
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Incontrovertible
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(adj.)
not open to question or dispute |
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Unflappable
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(adj.)
not easily upset |
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Unwarranted
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(adj.)
not justifiable |
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Unscathed
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(adj.)
not harmed |
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Unprecedented
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(adj.)
without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled |
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Unassuming
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(adj.)
modest |
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Untenable
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(adj.)
cannot be defended |
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Acrid
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(adj.)
sharp or biting to the taste or smell |
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Acute
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(adj.)
sharp or severe in effect, intense |
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Exacerbate
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(v.)
to increase the severity, bitterness or violence of |
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Acumen
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(adj.)
keen insight, shrewdness |
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Acuity
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(n.)
sharpness, acuteness, keenness |
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Ameliorate
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(v.)
to free from blame |
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Amalgam
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(n.)
a combination |
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Dwindle
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(v.)
to become smaller and smaller |
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Debilitate
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(v.)
to make weak or feeble |
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Desseminate
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(v.)
to scatter |
