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134 Cards in this Set
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ABRUPT (adj)
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1. Broken off, lacking in continuity, step
2. Sudden quick and unexpected, |
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CORRUPT (adj)
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Changed ('broken to pieces') from good to bad; vicious
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CORRUPT (v)
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Change ('broken to pieces') from good to bad; debase, pervert, falsify
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DISRUPT (v)
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break apart, cause disorder
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ERRUPT (v)
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burst or break out
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INCORRUPTIBLE (adj)
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Inflexibly honest, incapable of being corrupted or bribed
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INTERRUPT (v)
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break into or betwee; hinder; stop
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RUPTURE (n)
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1. break; breaking
2. hostility |
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BACTERICIDE (n)
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substance that kills bacteria
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BIOCIDE (n)
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substance that destroys many different organisms
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FRACTRICIDE (n)
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act of killing (or killer of) one's brother
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FUNGICIDE (n)
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substance that kills fungi or inhibits their growth
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GENOCIDE (n)
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deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group
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GERMICIDE (n)
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substance that kills germs
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HERBICIDE (n)
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substance that kills plants
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HOMICIDE (v)
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killing of one human by another
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INFANTICIDE (n)
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act of killing (or killer of) an infant
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INSECTICIDE (n)
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substances that kills insects
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MATRICIDE (n)
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act of killing (or killer of) one's mother
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PATRICIDE (n)
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act of killing (or killer of) one's father
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PESTICIDE (n)
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substance that kills rats, insects, bacteria, etc.
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REGICIDE (n)
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act of killing (or killer of)a king
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SORORICIDE (n)
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act of killing (or killer of) one's sister
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SUICIDE (n)
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act of killing (or killer of) one's self
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TYRANNICIDE (N)
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act of killing (or killer of) a tyrant
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ASTRINGENT (adj)
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1. the drawing (the tissues) tightly together (ex: to check bleeding)
2. stern, austere |
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ASTRINGENT (n)
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substance that shrinks the tissues and checks flow of blood
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BOA CONSTRICTOR (n)
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snake that 'constricts' or rushes its prey in its coils
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CONSTRICT (v)
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draw together; render narrower; shrink
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RESTRICT (v)
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keep within limits (literally 'keep back'), confine
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STRICTURE (n)
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1. adverse criticism (literally, 'tightening'); censure
2. restriction |
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STRINGENT (adj)
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strict (literally, 'binding tight'; severe
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UNRESTRCTED (adj)
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1. not confined within bounds; free
2. open to all |
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CARNIVORE (n)
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flesh-eating animal
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CARNIVOROUS (adj)
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flesh-eating
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DEVOUR (v)
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1. eat greedily or ravenously
2. seize upon or destroy |
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FRUGIVOROUS (adj)
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feeding on fruit
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HERIVORE (n)
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plant-eating animal
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HERVIROUS (adj)
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dependent on (literally 'eating') plants as food
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INSECTIVOROUS (adj)
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dependent on (literally 'eating') insects as food
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OMNIVORE (n)
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person or animal that eats everything (both flesh and plants)
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OMNIVOROUS (adj)
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1. eating everything, both plant and animal substances
2. avidly taking in everything, as an omnivorous reader |
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VORACIOUS (adj)
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1. greedy in eating
2. insatiable, as a voracious appetite |
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CONVIVIAL (adj)
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fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable; jovial; hospitable
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REVIVE (v)
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bring back to life; restore
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SURVIVE (v)
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outlive; remain alive after
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VIVACIOUS (adj)
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lively in temper or conduct
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VIVACITY (n)
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liveliness of spirit
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VIVID (adj)
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1. (used with things) having the vigor and spirit of life
2. sharp and clear; graphic |
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VIVISECTION (adj)
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operation on a living animal for scientific investigation
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CONTORTIONIST (n)
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person who can twist his or her body into odd postures
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DISTORT (v)
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1. twist out of shape; contort
2. twist of the true meaning; misrepresent; pervert; falsify |
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EXTORT (v)
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wrest (money, promises, etc) from a person by force (literally 'twist out')
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RETORT (n)
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reply quickly or sharply ('twist back')
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TORSION (n)
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act of twisting; stress due to twisiting forces exerted on a body
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TORTUOUS (adj)
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1. full of twists or curves, winding; as a tortuous road
2. tricky; crooked; circuitous |
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TORTURE (v)
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1. wrench; twist
2. inflict severe pain upon |
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TORTURE (n)
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anguish of body or mind; agony
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CONVICT (v)
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prove guilty, show conclusively to be guilty
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CONVICT (n)
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person serving a prison sentence
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CONVICTION (n)
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1. state of having been judged guilty of an offense
2. strong belief |
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CONVINCE (v)
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persuade or show conclusively by argument or proof
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EVICT (v)
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1. expel by legal process, as to evict a tenant
2. oust |
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EVINCE (v)
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show clearly; disclose; reveal
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INVINCIBLE (adj)
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incapable of being conquered
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VANQUISH (v)
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overcome in battle; conquer; defeat
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VICTOR (n)
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winner, conqueror
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FRACTION (n)
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one of more of the equal parts of a whole; fragment
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FRACTIOUS (adj)
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apt to break out into a passion; cross; irritable
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FRACTURE (v)
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1. break or crack
2. breaking of a bone |
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FRAGILE (adj)
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part broken off
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INFRACTION (n)
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act of breaking; breach; violation, as an infraction of a law
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REFRACT (v)
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bend (literally 'break back') from a straight path (as when light rays having traveled through air; change direction when entering water, or as when sunlight - having traveled through a prism - breaks up into the colors of the rainbow)
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REFRACTORY (adj)
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resisting; intractable; hard to manage; as a refractory mule
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OMNIBUS (adj)
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covering many things at once, such as an omnibus bill
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OMNIBUS (n)
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1. bus
2. book containing a variety of works by one author as a Hemingway omnibus |
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OMNIFARIOUS (adj)
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of all varieties, forms or kinds
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OMNIFIC (adj)
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all-creating
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OMNIPOTENT (adj)
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unlimited in power; almighty
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OMNIPRESENT (adj)
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present everywhere at the same time; ubiquitous
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OMNISCIENT (adj)
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knowing everything
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OMNIVOROUS (adj)
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1. eating everything, both plant and animal substances
2. avidly taking in everything, as an omnivorous reader |
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DEFLECT (v)
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turn ('bend') aside
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FLEX (v)
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bend, as to flex a limb
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FLEXIBLE (adj)
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pliable ('capable of being bent') not rigid, tractable
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FLEXOR (n)
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muscle tht serves to bend a limb
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GENUFLECT (v)
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bend the knee; touch the right knee to the ground, as in worship
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INFLECTION (v)
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change ('bend') in the pitch or tones of a person's voice
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REFLECT (v)
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1. throw ('bend') back light rays, as from a mirror (but not from a prism, which refracts rays)
2. think |
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REFLECX (n)
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involuntary response ('bending back') to a stimulus; for example; sneezing is a reflex
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DETENTION (n)
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act of keeping back or detaining
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IMPERTINENT (adj)
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1. irrelevant, not pertinent; inappropriate
2. rude |
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PERTINACIOUS (adj)
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adhering ('holding') firmly to a purpose or opinion, very persistent
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RETENTIVE (adj)
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tenacious, able to retain or remember
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RETINUE (n)
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group of follwers or assistants attending a distinguished person
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TENACITY (n)
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firmness in holding fast; persistence
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TENANCY (n)
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period of a tenant's temporary holding of real estate
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TENET (n)
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principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
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TENURE (n)
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1. period for which an office or position is held, as 'US Supreme Court justices enjoy life tenure'
2. status assuring an employee a permanent position |
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UNTENABLE (adj)
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incapable of being held or defended
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ADMONISH (v)
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warn of a fault, reprove, rebuke
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ADMONITION (n)
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gentle reproof ('warning) counseling against a fault or error
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ADMONITORY (adj)
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conveying a gentle reproof
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MONITOR (n)
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person or device that keeps track of, checks, or warns
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MONITOR (v)
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keeps track of, regulate, or control the operation of a machine or process
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MONUMENT (n)
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means or reminding us of person or event (ex: status or tomb)
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PREMONITION (n)
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forewarning; intuitive anticipation of a coming event
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PREMONITORY (adj)
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conveying a forewarning
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COUNTERMAND (v)
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issue a contray order
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MANDATE (n)
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1. authoritative command
2. territory administered by a trustee (supervisory nation) |
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MANDATORY (adj)
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obligatory; required by a command
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REMAND (v)
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send ('order') back, recommit, as to a prison
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WRIT OF MANDAMUS (n)
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written order form a court to enforce the performance of some public duty
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ACCREDITED (adj)
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officially authorized or recognized; provided with credentials
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CREDENCE (n)
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belief as to the truth of something
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CREDENTIALS (n)
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documents, letter, reference, etc. that inspire belief or trust
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CREDIBLE (adj)
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believable
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CREDIT (n)
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belief, faith, trust
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CREDULOUS (adj)
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too ready to believe, easily deceived
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CREED (n) or CREDO (n)
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summary of principles believed in or adhered to
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DISCREDIT (v)
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1. cast doubt on, refuse to believe
2. take trust or credit away from, disgrace |
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INCREDIBLE (adj)
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not believable
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INCREDULITY (n)
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disbelief
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AFFIDAVIT (n)
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sworn written statement made before an authorized official
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BONA FIDE (adj)
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made or carried out in good faith; genuine
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CONFIDANT (n)
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one to whom secrets are entrusted (confidante - if a woman)
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CONFIDENT (adj)
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having faith in oneself, self-reliant, sure
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CONFIDENTIAL (adj)
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communicated in trust, secret, private
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DIFFIDENT (adj)
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lacking self-confidence (faith in oneself) unduly, timid, shy
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FIDELITY (n)
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1. faithfulness to trust or vow
2. accuracy, faithfulness of sound reproduction |
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FIDUCIARY (adj)
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1. held in trust (fiduciary property)
2. confidential (fiduciary duties of a trustee) |
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INFIDEL (n)
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one who not accept a particular faith, unbeliever
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PERFIDIOUS (adj)
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false to a trust, faithless, treacherous
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PERFIDY (n)
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violation of a trust, treachery, faithfulness, disloyality
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