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64 Cards in this Set
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abjure
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to renounce; to repudiate
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abrogate
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to abolish; to annul
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acumen
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quickness/ keanness of judgement
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antebellum
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a period "before the war"
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auspicious
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attend by favorable circumstances; propitious (to your advantage)
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belie
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to give false representation; misrepresent
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bellicose
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beligerant; aggressive
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chicanery
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deception by trickery/ sophistry
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churlish
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rude, clumsy, vulgar (boorish)
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deleterious
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having a harmful effect or negative impact
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diffident
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marked by a lack of self confidence
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epiphany
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revalatory manifestation; sudden understanding of the meaning of an idea (aha!)
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evanescent
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vanishing or likely to disappear or vanish
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facetious
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playful; jocular
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fatuous
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foolish; silly
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feckless
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lacking purpose or vitality
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fiduciary
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of or relating to holding something in trust of another
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gauche
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lacking social polish grace
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hegemony
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the predominant influence of a state, region, or group over others
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hubris
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overbearing pride or presumnption
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ingognito
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to be in a situation where one's identity is disguised or concealed
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incontrovertible
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impossible to dispute; unquestionable
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inculcate
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to impress an idea upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; to instill
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infrastructure
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the basic facilities, services, and installations needed for a functioning community
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INTERPOLATE
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to insert or introduce something between other elements or parts
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jejune
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not interesting, dull, boring
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kowtow
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express deep respect, worship
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lugubrious
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
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moiety
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a half; part, portion, or share
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nihilism
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philosophy that holds that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated (extreme pessimism that condemns existance)
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nomenclature
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a system or procedure of assigning names in art or science
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nonsectarian
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not limited to or associated with a particular religion
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notarize
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to certify or attest to (notary republic)
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obsequious
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fawning; attending to the needs of others like a slave
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omnipotent
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having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful
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orthography
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the art or study of correct spelling according to established usage
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paradigm
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a pattern or model; a set of concepts, assumptions, values or practices that give the standard for viewing reality
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parameter
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a factor that determines a range of variation
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pecuniary
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of relating to money
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plagiarize
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to use and pass off the ideas or writings of another as one's own
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precipitous
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extremely steep
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quotidian
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commonplace or ordinary
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recapitulate
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to repeat in a concise form
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reciprocal
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existing, done, or experienced on both sides
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reparation
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the act or process of making amends for a wrong; compensation; atonement
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sanguine
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cheerfully confident; optimistic or having a ruddy red complexion
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soliloquy
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a dramatic or literary form of speech in which a character talks to himself to reveal thoughts
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subjugate
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to bring under control; to conquer
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suffragist
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an advocate for the extension of political voting rights; especially to women
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supercilious
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feeling or showing haughty disdain
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toutology
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the needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
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taxonomy
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the classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships; the division of ordered groups
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tectonic
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of or relating to the forces involved with forming geological features
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tempestuous
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of or relating to a violent windstorm usually accompanied by rain, hail, snow; a situation of violent emotions; tumultuous
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totalitarian
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relating to a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and central control over all aspects of life
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unctuous
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showing exaggerated or insincere emotion; like an oil or ointment
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usurp
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to seize and hold by force and without legal authority; to take over
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usury
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the practice of lending money and charging interest (usually at a very high or illegal rate)
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vacuous
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lacking intelligence; stupid; with no substance or meaning; insane
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vehement
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forceful or intense in expression; fervid
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winnow
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to examine closely in order to separate the good from the bad; sift; sort
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xenophobe
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afraid of foreign people
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yeoman
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an assistant or subordinate; a dependable worker
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ziggerat
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a temple tower
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