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15 Cards in this Set
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Abstracted
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lost in one's own mind.
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Aesthetic
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a sense of beauty or art
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bestial
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brutal without reason
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blanch
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to make white, pale
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cacophonous
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harsh sounding
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censorious
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critical
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centrifuge
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used for separating materials
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certitudes
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things that are inevitable certain
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contempt
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extreme dislike or dismain
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desolate
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deserted, without inhabitants
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dictum
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an authoritative statement
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didactic
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means "teaching".
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euphemsim
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"good speech". More agreeable or less offensive substitule for generally unpleasant words or concepts.
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genre
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Major category into which a literary work fits.
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homily
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"sermon", but in can include any sort of talk, speech or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice.
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