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30 Cards in this Set
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PHENOMENON
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extraordinary person or thing
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CRYPTOGRAM
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something written in secret code
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ASTRONOMICAL
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extremely large
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COLLABORATOR
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one who works with another or others, especially as coauthor
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SYNCHRONIZE
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-to go on move etc. at the same rate or exactly together
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CHRONOLOGICAL
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arranged in order of time
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BENEFACTOR
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---a person who makes a bequest to an ir.stitution; an endowment
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PYROMANIA
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-insane impulse to start a fire
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SIMULATE
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-imitate
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SUPERIMPOSE
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-put on top of or over
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TRANSLUCENT
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---letting light through
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KLEPTOMANIA
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-insane impulse to steal
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FLUCTUATE
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-be unsteady
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MAGNANIMOUS
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-generous
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PREMEDITATED
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-considered beforehand
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CONGENITAL
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-existing at birth
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DISCREPANCY
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---disagreement; difference in
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DEPRECIATE
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-go down in value
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CONSTITUENT
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---COMpOnent; one who authorizes anothe:- to act for him
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INCARCERATED
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-jailed
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anagram
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a word or phrase made by transposing the letters of another word or phrase
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coherent
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logically or aesthetically ordered or integrated
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goad
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something that urges or stimulates into action
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noncommittal
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giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
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quixotic
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foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals
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assertion
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the act of asserting
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fulminate
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to utter or send out with denunciation
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inexplicable
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incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
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proboscis
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the trunk of an elephant; also : any long flexible snout b : the human nose especially when prominent
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surmise
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a thought or idea based on scanty evidence
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