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24 Cards in this Set
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ACER
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(L) sharp
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ACERBO
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(L) to make sour
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ACERBUS
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(L) bitter, sour, harsh
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acerbic
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adj. 1. sour or bitter in taste
2. harsh or sharp in speech, manner, or temper |
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acrid
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adj. bitterly pungent or harsh in taste or smell; sharply stinging
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exacerbate
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v. to increase the severity of something; to intensify irratation or violence
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acrimony
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n. bitter, sharp animosity, especially in behavior or speech
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ACUO
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(L) to sharpen
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ACUS
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(L) needle
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acumen
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n. keenness of insight and discernment; sagacity
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acute
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adj. 1. very discerning; quickly alert to impressions
2. severe; intense |
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EMO
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(L) to buy
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peremptory
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adj. 1. urgently commanding; officious or arrogantly dictatorial
2. not allowing contradiction or further agreement |
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preempt
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v. to take precedence over someone or something already arranged in a place; to seize priority
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redemption
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n. 1. deliverance from sin; atonemet for guilt
2. retrieval; reclamation; reformation |
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KRATOS
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(G) stregnth, power
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technocracy
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n. government or social systems that put technological theories into practice
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plutocrat
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n. a member of a governing wealthy class or a person whose wealth grants political influeence
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PECUNIA
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(L) money, wealth
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pecuniary
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adj. relating to money or necessary payment of it
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impecunious
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adj. lacking money; penniless
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PORTO
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(L) to carry
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comportment
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n. behavior; demeanor; mode of bearing or movement
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purport
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v. to claim; to profess (without giving proof); to appear to be
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