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60 Cards in this Set
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Invincible
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Adj.- Unable to be conquered
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Conducive
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Adj.- Supportive, encouraging, helping to bring about
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Protracted
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Adj.- Entended in time; prolonged
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Petulant
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Adj- Irritable or short-tempered
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Infraction
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N.- Minor violation of a rule or law
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Excise
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V.- To cut out of; remove
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Tome
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N.- A long and serious book
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Compunction
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N.- Feeling of regret or remorse
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Compel
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V.- To force or strongly persuade; coerce
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Conjecture
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N.- A guess often based on inadequate or faulty evidence
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Emissary
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N.- An agent sent on a mission
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Motive
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N.- Cause for action
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Viaduct
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N.- A bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley
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Defer
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V.- To put aside for later
V.- To yield respectively |
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Inference
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N.- A conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from fact at hand
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Comportment
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N.- Manner in which one acts/behaves
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Envisage
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V.- To imagine; to concieve of
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Apparation
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N.- An unreal figure; ghost
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Retrospective
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Adj.- looking backward over a period of time
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Phenomenon
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N.- A fact or event which can be observed and/or documented
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Adherent
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N.- A follower of a person or idea
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Diffuse
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V.- To spread out or distribute
Adj.- Not concentrated or focused; wordy |
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Resolute
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Adj.- Determined; steadfast
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Diligent
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Adj.- handworking and careful
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Proficient
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Adj.- Skilled at; highly knowlegeable of
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Expound
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V.- To explain or discuss in detail
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Infrastructure
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N.- Basic framework of a building or system
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Destitute
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Adj.- having little or no money
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Complacent
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Adj.- Satified with a situation that should be changed or fixed
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Gratuitous
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Adj.- Unnesessary or unwanted
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Docile
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Adj.- easily taught
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Temper
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V.- To decrease strength of
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Tortuous
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Adj.- Not direct or straightforward
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Convoluted
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Adj.- Having too many twists or turns; overly complicated
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Inflexible
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Adj.- not unchangeable in character or purpose
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Adverse
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Adj.- not helpful; harmful
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Decriminalize
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V.- to do away with legal penalties for
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Culpable
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Adj.- Deserving blame
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Onus
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N.- burden or obligation
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Approbation
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N.- Praise or approval
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Diffident
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Adj- Shy; not assertive
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Fallacy
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N.- A misleading or mistaken idea
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Credible
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Adj.- Able to be trusted in or believed
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Dubious
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Adj.- Uncertain, doubtful
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Ultimate
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Adj.- Surpassing all others
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Infinite
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Adj.- Without beginning or end
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Novel
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Adj.- New and different
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Primal
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adj.- original; dating from the beginning or time
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Erroneous
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Adj.- Wrong or innacurate
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Degrade
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V.- To lower dignity or esteem; insult
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Convene
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V.- To call together; to assemble
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Cursory
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Adj.- hasty and superficial
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Vitue
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N.- Right action; moral goodness
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Demographic
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Adj.- having certian characteristics in common such as gender race and age
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Cosmopolitan
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Adj.- Worldy and sophisticated
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Civility
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N.- politeness; couteousness
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Dictate
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V.- To give an order
V.- To speak aloud so your voise can be recorded or copied |
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Eloquent
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Adj.- powerful and expressive
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Evocative
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Adj.- Calling forth a vivid image or impression
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Exclamatory
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Adj.- having an emotional, forceful, and excited tone
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