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34 Cards in this Set
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aberration
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a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal
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abeyance
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a state of being temporarily inactive
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accolade
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praise or approval
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accouterments
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accesory items of clothing or equipment
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ad hoc
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for a specific purpose
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adjudicate
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to act as a judge in the matter
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow; to give an outline
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aegis
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protection, patronage, sponsorship
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ambivalent
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to have conflicting feelings about something
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anachronism
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an error in chronology; especially a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs
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apotheosis
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an elevation to divine status
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apprise
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to inform of, to make notice
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ascetic
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to practice strict self discipline; to be especially austere in manner
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attrition
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the act of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment
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bathos
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the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style
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bilk
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to evade, to cheat out of
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browbeat
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to intimidate by a strong or overbearing manner
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casuistry
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the determination of right or wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles
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circumlocution
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the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
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complement
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something that fills up, completes , or makes perfect
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contumelious
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very abusive and humiliating
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insouciant
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care-free, happy-go-lucky
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contumelious
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insolent, extremely rude
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depredation
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the act of praying upon or plundering
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dichotomy
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a division into 2 different parts
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effete
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lacking in energy
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eleemosynary
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charitable; dependent upon charity
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emolument
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profit; a fee or salary
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excreable
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VERY bad, hateful, very inferior
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fulminate
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to denounce or condemn strongly
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fulsome
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really insincere, offensive; disgusting
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harbinger
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a front-runner
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immure
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to enclose or confine witinin walls; to imprison, to seclude
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inchoate
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just beginning; not fully shaped or formed yet
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