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15 Cards in this Set
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Obeisant
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respect, reverence, deference, homage
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afflatus
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a creative impulse, inspiration.
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Immure
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to imprison. To confine within walls
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Fugacious
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passing away quickly,evanescent
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Solipsism
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theory that the self is the only thing that can be known or verified; self is the only reality
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Bruit
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-(broot)-to spread news of, repeat
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Sycophant
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onewho attempts to win favoror advance himself by flattering persons of influence yes men
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Palindrome
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means same backwards and forward
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Diatropic
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tendency of certain plants or their parts to arrange themselves at right angles to a stimulus
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Dialectic
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the art of arriving at the truth by disclosing the contradictions in an opponent’s argument and overcoming them
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Machinate(machination)-
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mackinate-to devise, to plot
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Copacetic
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excellent, first rate
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Imprecate
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to invoke(evil or curse) upon
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Captious
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- A disposition to find fault and make petty criticisms; carping . Intended to entrap or confuse. Deceptive
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Rhetorical question
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a question to which no answer is expected or to which only one answer may be made
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