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36 Cards in this Set
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impugn
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V- to challenge as false
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repugnant
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Adj- repulsive
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pungent
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N- sharply, painful sensation of the sense of smell or taste
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lectern
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N- reading desk
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stimulant
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N- a substance that which temporarily produces an increased vital reaction
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litigous
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Adj- having the habit of filing law suits
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litigate
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V- to sue
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dilegent
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Adj- hardworking
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instinct
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N- natural born impulse
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circumscribe
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V- to encircle
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distinction
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N- differentiation
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stringent
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Adj- strict
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ligation
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N- act of binding (esp. in surgery)
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allege
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V- to claim without proof
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alliteration
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N- repitition of the same sound in different words
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transcript
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N- official written record
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literacy
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N- ability to read and write
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constrict
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V- to squeeze
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expunge
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V- to blot out
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astringent
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N- a supstnce that shrinks tissue and checks blood pressure by contracting blood vessels
P-a- from, away R- string- bind S- ent- person who, thing which |
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punctuate
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V- to mark with points
R- punct- point, prick S- ate- do, make, cause |
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delegate
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V- to appoint a representative
P-de- down, away, from, very R- leg- law S- ate- do, make, cause |
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predilection
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N- a preference
P- di- in different directions, apart, not, very R- lect- choose gather S- ion- condition, quality, act |
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pugnacious
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Adj- in the habit of fighting
R- pugn- fist, fight S- acious- having quality of |
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leg, lig, lect
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choose, gather
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lig
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bind
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litig
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dispute, quarrel, sue
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leg, lect
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read
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stimul
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goad, rouse
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leg
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law
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Script, Scrib
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write
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Stringu, Stinct
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pick, pick out, quench
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Pung, Punct
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point, prick
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String, Strict,(Strain, Staint)
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bind
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Pugn, Pug
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fist, fight
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Liter
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letter
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