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25 Cards in this Set
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colloquy
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conversation
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viable
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able to live
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synopsis
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summary
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terra firma
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solid ground
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sanction
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authorize
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Russophobe
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one who fears Russia
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prognosis
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medical forecast
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polychrome
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many-colored
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philanthropy
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love of mankind (charity)
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perspicacity
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insight
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mobocracy
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mob rule
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gerontocracy
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government of the old (been around for a long time)
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magniloquence
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great eloquence
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kleptomaniac
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pathological theif
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joi de vivre
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joy of living
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in loco parentis
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in place of parents
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mundane
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worldly, normal, routine
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synthesis
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combination
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unequivocal
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direct
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nihilism
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belief in nothering
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audiophile
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stereo buff
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entomology
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insect zoology
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omnifarious
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of all kinds
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invidious
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causing envy
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dudection
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reasoning down from principles
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