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50 Cards in this Set
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linguistics
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the study of human speech
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neologism
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newly made-up word
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capricious
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subject to sudden, unprdictable changes
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appelation
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name or title
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providential
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fortunate
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serendipity
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luck
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vagary
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unpredictable notion
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continuity
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unending
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crux
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the basic or essential feature of something
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tangential
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only superficially relevant
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complicity
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involvement in a crime
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explicate
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to explain
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implicit
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to involve incriminatingly
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replicate
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to duplicate
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deprecate
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to belittle
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ostracize
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to banish
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vitriolic
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bitterly severe
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aquiesce
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accept
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camaraderie
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mutual trust
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propitiate
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soothe
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volition
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choosing
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auspicious
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protection or support
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circumspect
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headful of circumstances
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despicable
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deserving of scorn
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introspective
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self-examining
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cosummate
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accomplished or skilled
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facile
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easily done
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inept
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awkward or clumsy
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beseech
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beg for
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cajole
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to coax gently
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imperious
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arrogantly domineering
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ambivalence
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existence of conflicting ideas or thoughts
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avail
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use
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evince
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to show as an emotion
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abound
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to be great in number
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commensurate
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of the same size, extent, or duration
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infinitesimal
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immeasurably tiny
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prodigious
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great in size
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abdicate
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to relinquish formally
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catharsis
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purifying cleaning
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rescind
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annul
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aggregate
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gathered together in a mass
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egregious
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outstandingly bad
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gregarious
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enjoying the company of others
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affront
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insult intentionally
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bellicose
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warlike
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rancor
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bitter
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covenant
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binding agreement
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entente
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an agreement between two or more governments
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Machiavellian
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amoral, political doctrine
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