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39 Cards in this Set
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a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution
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amnesty
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self-government, political control
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autonomy
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home rule
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autonomy
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self-eveident, expressing a universallly accepted principle or rule
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axiomatic
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taken for granted
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axiomatic
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to adorn or embillish; to display conspiculously; to publiish or proclaim widely
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blazon
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broadcast, trumpet
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blazon
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a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior
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caveat
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admonition, word to the wise
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caveat
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fair, just, embodyiing principles of justice
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equitable
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rihgt, reasonable, evenhanded
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equitable
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to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort
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exricate
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disentangle, extract, disengage
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extricate
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to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amouns
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filch
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pilfer, purloin, swipe
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filch
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to mock, treat with contempt
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flout
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scoff at, sneer at, scorn
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flout
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tending to be troublesome, unruly, quarrelsome, contrary, unpredictable
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fractious
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refractory, recalcitrant, peevish
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fractious
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a rule of conduct or action
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precept
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prinicple, maxim
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precept
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beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome
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salutary
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salubrious, curative
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slautary
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bitterly severe, withering, causing great harm
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scathing
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searing, harch, ferocious, savage
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scathing
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to whip, punish severly, a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism
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scourge
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flog, beat, bane, plague, pestilence
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scourge
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funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
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sepulchral
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dolefule, lugubrious, mortuary
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sepulchral
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tending to casue sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy, something that induces sleep
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soporific
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narcotic, anesthetic
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soporific
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extremely strict in reagrd to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical
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straitlaced
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highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy
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straitlaced
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lasting only a short time, fleeting; one who stays only a short time
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transient
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impermanentm ephemeral, evanescent
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transient
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no easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity
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unwieldy
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cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical
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unwieldy
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dull, uminteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
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vapid
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insipid, lifeless, colorless
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vapid
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