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19 Cards in this Set
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autonomy
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self-government; polictical control
-homerule |
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axiomatic
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self evident, expressing a universal excepted rule
-taken for granted |
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blazon
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to adorn or embellish to display conspicuously, to publish or proclaim m widely
-broadcast, trumpet |
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caveat
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(N) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior
-admonition, word to the wise |
let the buyer be ware
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equitable
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fare, just inboding pricipals of justice
-right, reasonable, even haned |
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extricate
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free form entanglements and difficulties
remove with effort -disentangle, extract |
cats
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filch
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(V) to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in pretty amounts
-pilfer, purloin, swipe |
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vapid
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(adj) dull, unintreating, tiresome, lacking in sharpness, flavor, livliness or force
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unwieldy
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(adj) not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity
-cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical |
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transient
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(adj) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (N) one who stays only a short time
-impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent |
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strait laced
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(adj) extremly strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical
-higly coventional, overlay, strict, stuffy |
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sepulchral
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(ADJ) funeral, typical of the tomb; extemley gloomy o dismal
-syn:doleful, lugubrious, motuary |
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scourge
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(V) to whip, punish severley; (N) a cause of severe punishment to or criticism
-flog, beat; (N) bane, plague, prestilence |
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scathing
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(ADJ) bitterley severe, withering; causing great harm
-searing, harsh, ferocious, savgae |
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salutary
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(ADJ) beneficial, helpful; helathful, wholesome
-salubrious, curative |
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precept
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(N) a rule of conduct or action
-principle, maxim |
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fractious
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(ADJ) tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary, unpredictable
-refractory, recalcitrant, peevish |
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flout
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(V) to mock, treat with contempt
-scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn |
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soporific
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(ADJ) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or leathergy; (N) something that induces sleep
-narcotic, anesthetic |
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