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19 Cards in this Set
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CAPUT
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(L) head
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capitalist
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n. #1. a person who has invested personal wealth in a business
#2. a very wealthy person |
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capitulation
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n, surrender; ending resistance
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decapitate
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v. to cut the head off; to behead
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precipice
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n. #1. a very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock
#2. the edge of a dangerous situation |
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precipitate
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v. #1. to throw down from a great hight
#2. to make happen suddenly or quickly adj. (pri-sip-uh-tut) speeding along heedlessly; headstrong |
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recapitulation
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n. #1. the restatement of a main idea
#2. a summary or concise review |
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CEREBRUM
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(L) brain
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cerebral
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adj. #1. pertaining to the brain
#2. intellectual |
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cerebration
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n. the action of thinking; thought
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FACIES
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(L) face, form, shape
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deface
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v. to mar or spoil the appearance of something
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efface
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v. #1. to wipe out; to obliterate. Also, to make less clear, as if rubbing out.
#2. to make oneself inconspicuous |
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facade
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n. #1. a face of a building
#2. the face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front |
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facet
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n. #1. one of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel
#2. one aspect of a situation, or of a tooth |
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FRONS
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(L) front, forehead, face
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affront
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n. to insult intentionally, to offend or embarrass
n. an insult or offensive act |
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confront
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v. #1. to stand or come directly in front of
#2. to face with defiance or hostility |
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effrontery
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n. flippant or insulting boldness; audacity
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