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30 Cards in this Set
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Filch
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to steal
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Decant
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to pour off (a liquid)
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antithesis
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an exact opposite
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heretical
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rejection of a religious belief, opinion, contrary to popular belief
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gauche
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awkward/tactless/clumsy
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redundant
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repetitious, unnecessary, superfluous
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atrophy
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to waste away, become useless
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diatribe
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bitter crticism, tirade
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analogy
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similarity or comparison
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facetious
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joking, sarcastic
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truncate
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to shorten, cut off
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oscillate
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to swim, or move back and forth like a pendilum, to vibrate
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inoculate
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to implant(a diseas) through a puncture; to infect
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perusal
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to read carefully
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querulous
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complaining, fretting
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autonomy
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self rule
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machinations
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evil design, plot
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schism
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a split or break
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pusillanimous
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cowardly, fearful
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terminology
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system of terms belonging to a science art or subject
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stipend
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salary
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litigation
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lawsuit
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fiasco
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total disaster
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vagary
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an odd notion, unpredictable action
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graphic
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clear effective picture
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mountebank
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phony or fraud charlatan
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tortorous
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twisty, windy
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fulminating
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exploding, thundering, denouncing
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circumvent
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sound or aruond or bypass
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cartel
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association of buisness firms
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