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30 Cards in this Set
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auspice
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patronage; sponsership
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auspicious
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promising, favorable
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capacious
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able to contain a large amount; roomy
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captious
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inclined to petty criticism; faultfinding
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captivate
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to charm or fascinate
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cater
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to supply service, or anything needed or wanted
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circumspect
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cautious
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concept
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a general idea or notion
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despicable
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worthy of hatred
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inception
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the start or beginning of something
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introspect
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to look into oneself; to consider one's own thoughts
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perceptible
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capable of being recognized
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perspicuity
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clearness of expression
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precept
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a basic rule or principle that guides an action
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prospective
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likely or expected
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receptacle
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a container for receiving and storing something
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recipient
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one who receives something
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specious
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apparently true but actually worthless
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specter
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a ghost or apparition
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spectrum
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a range of various but related subjects
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pedo, paedo, ped
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child - pediatrician
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pan, panto, pant
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all, every - pangia
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patho, path, pathia, pathic
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suffering - empathy
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peri
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around - perimeter
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petro, petr, peter
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stone - petrified
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phago, phag
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eating - phagocytosis
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philo, phil, phile, philia
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loving - bibliophile
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phobia, phobias, phob
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fear/dislike - agoraphobia
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phono, phon, phone
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sound/speech - phonograph
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photo, phot
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light - photosynthesis
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