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12 Cards in this Set
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Elide
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To Annul, to do away with
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Gerrymander
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Redrawing political boundries to give a certain canidate more power
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Parlance
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A way of speaking or using words, especially one common to a paticualr social or professional group
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Fallancy
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A false notion
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Avance
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Greed for money or abnormal hatred of parting with it.
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Obtuse
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An angle greater than 90 degrees, not keenly perceptive or sensitive.
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Irreverent
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lacking respect
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Capricious
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Subject to whims, unpredictable
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Inveign
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To give vent to angry disapproval, to protest vehemently
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Supernuke
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A technical advisor in a nuclear energy plant.
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Supercilious
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Showing patronizing disdain
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Lurid
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Fascinatingly repulsive (i.e. tabloids)
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