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27 Cards in this Set
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akimbo
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hands on hips and elbows bent outward
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eccentriicties
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oddities;unconventionalities
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elucidate
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explain
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subpoena
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a written legal order directinga personto appear in court to give testimony
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acrimonious
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sarcastic, bitter,nasty
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corroborating evidence
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evidnce which helps to streghtne a postion
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dictum
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a offical pronouncement
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quelling
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quieting, claming
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volition
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will
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ex cathdra remarks
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remarksmad with authorigty that comes from ones' official postion
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arididty
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dryness
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cynical confidence
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not behaving out of sincerity
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apolpectic
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to behave as if on the verge of having a stroke
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calomel
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a laxative
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degradation
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a state of low honor or moral character
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palliation
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to lessen fear and anxiety
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passe
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old-fashioned
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asafoetida
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a strong smelling substance mad from a parsley-like plant "often used in folk medicine to repel illness
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austere
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stern and severe
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acquiescence
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agreement without protest
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linotype
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a typesetting machine used in publishing
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myopic
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nearsightes
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rotogravure print
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a type of intaglio printing process
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aggreggration
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group, gathering
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begrudge
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to feel resentment or dissaproval about the fact thatt they have something
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ecclesiastical
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churh-like
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habiliments
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clothes or clothing
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