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76 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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depart secretly and hide, especially to avoid prosecution
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alias
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assumed name
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anonymous
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supplied or written by one whose name is not known or is witheld
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cache
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safe place for hiding and storing treasures, supplies
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canard
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false, deliberately made-up report
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collusion
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secret agreement for a deceitful purpose; conspiracy
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con
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trick, coax
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connive
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conspire
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covert
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covered over, secret
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cryptic
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having or appearing to have a hidden meaning
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duplicity
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double-dealing
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facade
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false front; artificial appearance
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feign
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make a false show of, pretend, counterfeit
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insidious
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lying in wait to entrap, crafty
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latent
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potential
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malinger
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pretend to be ill
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seclusion
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solitude
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suborn
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induce someone to testify falsely
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subterfuge
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trick or plan to conceal one's true objective
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bronchitis
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inflammation of lining of the bronchial tubes
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bursitis
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inflammation of a sac, especially of the shoulder or elbow
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carditis
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inflammation of the heart
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colitis
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inflammation of colon
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cystitis
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inflammation of the urinary bladder
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encephalitis
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inflammation of the brain
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gastritis
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inflammation of the stomach
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nephritis
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kidneys
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otitis
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ear
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peritonitis
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peritoneum, membrane lining the abdominal cavity
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phlebitis
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veins
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antepenultimate
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coming immediately before the next to the last
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coup de grace
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finishing blow
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inchoate
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just begun; only partly in existence
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initiative
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ability to begin and follow through without being urged
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lapse
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come to an end, become void
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maiden
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first; earliest
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penultimate
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next to the last
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preamble
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introduction
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rudiment
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first principle that must be learned, fundamental
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terminal
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coming to the end, ending in death
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ultimate
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last in a progression, highest possible
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ultimatum
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final, uncompromising or offer
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intra
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within
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inter
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between or among
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extra
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outside or beyond
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extralegal
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beyond the jurisdiction of the law; not regulated by law
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extramarital
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involving a sexual relationship outside one's marriage
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extramural
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outside the walls of school
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extraneous
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coming from the outside; not an essential part; irrevelant
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extrasensory
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outside the ordinary senses
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interdenominational
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between, or among by different denominations
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interdependent
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dependent on one another
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interlinear
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inserted between lines already written or printed
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interurban
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between cities or towns
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intracity
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within a city
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intravenous
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within or entering by way of veins
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ad hominem
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appealing to a listener's or reader's prejudice, rather than to reason (Latin)
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ad infinitum
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Latin
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Alfresco
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in the open air, Italian
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arrivederci
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Italian goodbye
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brouhaha
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noisy stir, uproar, French
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chutzpah
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supreme self-confidence, nerve, Hebrew
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de rigueur
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required or custom, etiquette French
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entre nous
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between us French
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ersatz
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artificial, synthetic German
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faux pas
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error. social blunder French
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hoi polloi
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common people, the masses Greek
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honcho
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Japanese
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in medias res
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in the middle of things Latin
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kudos
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non compos mentis
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not of sound mind, mentally unable to handle one's affairs Latin
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non sequitur
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conclusion that does not logically follow what has just been said Latin
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persona non grata
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Latin
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postmortem
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detailed evaluation of some event just passed Latin
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salaam
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bow very low Arabic
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shalom
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Hebrew
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