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22 Cards in this Set
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flout |
to mock to treat with contempt |
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caveat |
A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior |
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blazoned |
to adorn or embellish to display conspicuously to publish or proclaim widely |
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Filch |
to steal especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts |
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fractious |
tending to be troublesome unruly quarrelsome contrary unpredictable |
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equitable |
fair just embodying principles of justice |
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autonomy |
self government political control |
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Addendum |
in addition or supplement designed to increase Correctness completeness or currency |
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amnesty |
A general pardon for an offense against a government in general any act of forgiveness |
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axiomatic |
self evident expressing a universally excepted principle or rule |
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extricate |
to free from entanglements or difficulties remove with effort |
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sopoforic |
tending to cause sleep sleepiness or lethargy something that induces sleep |
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scathing |
bitterly severe withering causing great harm |
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unwieldy |
not easily carried handled or bandage because of size or complexity |
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vapid |
dull uninteresting tiresome lacking in sharpness flavor liveliness or force |
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prognosticate |
to predict especially on a basis of present indicates or signs for token |
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sepulchral |
funereal typical of the tomb extremely gloomy or dismal |
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salutary |
beneficial helpful healthy wholesome |
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Straitlaced |
extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct prudish puritanical |
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scourge |
to whip punish severely a cause of the affliction or suffering a source of severe punishment or criticism |
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precept |
A rule of conduct or action |
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transient |
lasting only a short time fleeting one who stays only a short time |
