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20 Cards in this Set
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Abject
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degraded, base, contemptible, cringing
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agnostic
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one who believes that nothing can be known about God, a skeptic
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complicity
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involvment in wrongdoing
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derelict
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someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
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diatribe
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a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
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effigy
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a crude image of a despised person
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Equity
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the state of being hust, fair or impartial
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inane
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silly, empty of meaning or value
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indictment
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the act of accusing
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indubitable
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certain
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intermittent
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stopping and beginning, sporadic
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moot
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adj: open to discussion. v: to bring up for discussion n: a hypothetical law case argued by students
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motif
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a principle idea, theme or element
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neophyte
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a new convert, beginner
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perspicacity
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keenness in observing and understanding
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plenary
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complete in all aspects or essentials
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surveillance
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a careful and close observation
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sylvan
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pertaining to or characteristic of forests
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testy
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easily irritated
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travesty
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n: a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation, v: to ridicule in a broad or bulesque fasion.
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