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20 Cards in this Set
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adulation
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excessive praise of flattery
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Anomaly
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an abnormal irregular fact or occurrence
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Apocalypse
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a vision of the future well- being, revelation
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hypothesis
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theory, unproven explanation
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imprecation
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a curse
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incidence
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occurring, happening
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Initiative
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talking the first step, enterprise
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invective
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strong verbal attack, abusive or violent language used to attack, blame or denouce
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Legerdemain
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slight of hand, magic, deceit
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Minority
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smaller group, less than half
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Perquisite
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an extra privilege or benefit
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Sophistry
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clever but misleading argument
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Complement
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to round out to make complete
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Consummate
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to bring to fullfilment or completion
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Debilitate
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- to weaken, enervate, make feeble
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Desiccate
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make or become dry
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Incarcerate
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to imprison, confine, put in jail
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negate
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to declare nonexistent, deny
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Propagate
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to reproduce, spread abroad
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Vouchsafe
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to grant graciously, to condescend
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