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11 Cards in this Set
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Ad Hoc
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for this specific purpose; improvised; with respect to this(adv)
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Depredation
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the act of preying upon or plundering
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Harbinger
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a forerunner, herald; (v)to herald the approach of
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De Facto
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actually existing or in effect, although not legally required or sanctioned; (adv) in reality, actually
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Aberration
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a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal; a lapse from a sound mental state
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Bathos
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the intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentality; the lowest phase, nadir; an anticlimax, comedown
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Bane
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the source or cause of of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself; poison
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Casuistry
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the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles; species argument
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Nepotism
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undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one's relatives
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remand
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to send or order back; in law to send back to jail or to a lower court
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Mellifluous
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flowing sweetly or smoothly
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