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114 Cards in this Set
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Tessar/Tetr
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"Four"
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Tetracycline
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A prescription drug/molecule
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Tetralogy
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A series of four dramatic pieces(as novels or operas)
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Tetrahedron
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A shape with four faces, three meet at each corner. Six edges, and four verticies
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Tetrapod
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First four limbed vertebrate(frog)
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Capit
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"head"
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Capitalism
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Econ/Political system where country's trade by private owners for profit
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Capitulate
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Surrender
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Decapitate
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To cut off a head
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Recapitulate
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To repeat/summarize
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Anthrop
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"human being"
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Anthropoid
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Resembling a human being in form
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Anthropology
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Study of humans, past and present
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Misanthropic
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Avoiding human society
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Philanthropy
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Love of humanity
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Cumb/cub
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"to lie down" or "to lie"
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Incumbent
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Required, necessary for someone as a responsibility
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Incubate
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Sitting on eggs in order to keep them warm so that they hatch
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Recumbent
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Laying down
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Succumb
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Fail to resist(to cave in)
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Dynam
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"to be able" or "to have power"
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Dynamic
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Constant change, activity, or progress
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Dynamo
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A generator(extremely energetic person)
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Dynasty
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A line of hereditary rulers of a country
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Hydrodynamic
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Physics, motion of fluids
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Grad
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"Step" or "degree"
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Degrade
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Treat someone with disrespect
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Gradation
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Successive changes
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Graduate
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To successfully complete a course
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Retrograde
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Backward
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Lat
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to "carry or bear"
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Collate
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Collect or combine in proper order
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Prelate
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A bishop or other high ecclesiastical dignitary
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Relativity
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Gives you everything you need to manage the discovery process
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Correlate
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Have a mutual relationship or connection
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Crit
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"to judge" or "to decide"
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Criterion
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Something that is used as a reason for making a judgment or decision
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Hypercritical
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Excessively and unreasonably critical
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Critique
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A detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory.
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Hematocrit
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Blood test that decides the percentage of volume of whole or blood that's made up of red blood cells.
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Jur
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"to swear or take an oath"
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Abjure
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to renounce
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Perjury
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The offense of willfully telling an untruth in court after have taken an oath
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Jurisprudence
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The theory or philosophy of law
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Objurgate
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Rebuke severely; scold
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Pent
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"five"
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Pentathlon
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An athletic event comprising five different events for each competitor
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Pentateuch
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First five books of the old testament
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Pentameter
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Five metrical feet
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Pentagram
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Five pointed, star-shaped figure
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Quint
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"five"
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Quincentennial
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Marking 500 years
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Quintessential
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Pure and essential essence of something; perfect
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Quintet
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Any set/group of five people or things
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Quintile
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Statistics...Five equal groups can be divided according to distribution of values. Astrology... One fifth of a circle(72 degrees" |
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Bio
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"life"
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Biodegradable
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Capable of being decomposed by bacteria or another living organism
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Bionic
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Artificial body parts, human powers
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Biposy
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Examination of tissue removed from living body to determine extent of a disease
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Symbiosis
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Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association
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Gen
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"come into being" or "be born"
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Carcinogenic
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Having potential to cause cancer
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Congenial
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(Agreeable, friendly) Pleasant because of personality, qualities, or same interests
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Indigenous
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Occurring naturally in a particular place; native
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Generic
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Relating to a class/group of things; not specific or consumer produce having no brand name
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Fung/funct
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"to perform, carry out, or undergo"
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Malfunction
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To crash, failure to function in satisfactory manor
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Functionary
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Person who has to preform official duties; official
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Fungible
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Interchangable; able to replace or be replaced by another identical item
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Perfunctory
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Minimum effort; quick; careless
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Mut
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"to change"
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Communication
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Commuting a judicial sentence or commutating an electric current
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Immutable
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Unable to be changed(unchanging overtime)
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Permutation
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In order, order counts
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Transmute
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Change in form, nature or substance
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Frag/fract
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"to break or shatter"
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Fractious
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Irritable, grumpy, difficult to control; bad-tempered
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Fragmentary
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Small parts that are disconnected or incomplete
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Infraction
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A violation or infringement of law, agreement, or set of rules
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Refraction
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Bending of a wave when it enters a medium where its speed is different
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Tele
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"distant" or "at a distance"
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Telegenic
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Having an appearance or manner that's appealing on tv
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Teleological
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Exhibiting or relating to design or purpose especially in nature
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Telemetry
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Highly automated communications process by which measurements and data are collected
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Telepathic
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Capable of transmitting thoughts to other people and of knowing their thoughts; physcic
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Phil
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"love"
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Oenophile
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A connoisseur of wines
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Philatelist
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Person who collects or studies stamps
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Philology
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Study of language in written history
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Philter
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A potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person to fall in love
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Nom
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"name" or "named"
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Ignominious
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Disgrace or shame(humiliating, embarrassing)
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Misnomer
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Wrong/inaccurate name or designation
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Nomenclature
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The body or system of names in a particular field
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Nominal
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Existing in name only(very small; under-valued)
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Pater/patr
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"father"
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Expatriate
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Foreign (to settle abroad)
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Paternalistic
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Behavior that limits someone's liberty for that persons own good
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Patrician
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An aristocrat or nobleman
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Patrimony
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Property inherited from one's father or male ancestor
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Lega
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"to appoint" or "to send as a deputy"
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Delegation
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A body of delegates or representatives (mission)
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Legacy
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An amount of money or property left to someone in a will
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Legate
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Representing the pope; a general/governer of an ancient roman province
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Relegate
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To downgrade/lower
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Greg
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"herd" or "flock"
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Aggregate
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Collection/mass; combined several elements
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Congregation
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Group of people assembled for religious worship
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Egregious
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Outstandingly bad; shocking
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Flu/fluct
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"to flow"
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Affluence
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Having a great deal of money; wealth
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Effluent
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Liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or sea
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Fluctuation
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Irregular rising and falling in number or amount; a variation
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Mellifluous
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(of a voice/words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear
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