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23 Cards in this Set
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Acerbic |
Sharp |
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Arcane |
Understood by a few people |
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Bifurcate |
To decide into two parts |
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Capricious |
Whimsical |
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Caveat |
A warning or caution |
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Dilatory |
Inclined to put off what needs to be done at once |
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Egalitarian |
Favoring social equality |
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Halcyon |
Peaceful |
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Logomachy |
Argument over the definition of words |
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Milieu |
Environment |
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Enervate |
Weaken mentally or morally |
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Enervate |
Weaken mentally or morally |
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Homogeneous |
All of the same or similar kind of nature |
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Enervate |
Weaken mentally or morally |
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Homogeneous |
All of the same or similar kind of nature |
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Incognit |
With out revealing ones identity |
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Irony |
Incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs |
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Irony |
Incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs |
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Lexicon |
A reference book containing an alphabetical list of works |
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Mitosis |
The process by which a cell decides into two similar cells |
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Taxonomy |
Study of general principals of scientific classification |
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Wroughy |
To pass |
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Filibuster |
A tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches |
