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26 Cards in this Set
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abasement
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lowered in rank or office
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bifucate
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to divite into two parts or branches
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corascate
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to glitter or gleam; to sparkle or flash
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dogmatic
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when people are not willing to change their opinions because they are stubborn
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expedient
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when a person takes the easy way out or does the practical or convienent thing
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felicity
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great happieness
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geriatrics
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the branch of medicine that invloves the care of elderly people
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heresy
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the beliefs of someone who has gone against the religion of her people
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ingratiate
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to try hard to please someone or to to try to bring yourself inot favor with a person
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juxtapose
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TO place side by side
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kleptomaniac
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an uncontrollable urge to steal. Especially to steal things one can afford.
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laxity
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when people are careless and forgetful
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misdemeanor
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a lawless act
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nostrum
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a cure that does not really work
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ostracize
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to deliberately leave out or exclude from a group.
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paradox
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something that seems impossible at first but then turns out to be true
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quixotic
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when a person dreams an impossible dream, a dream that cannot come true, because its not possible or practical
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raucous
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loud noisy and harsh sounding
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scintillate
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to sparkle or twinkle or give off light.
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truculent
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fierce or cruel or savage
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ubiquitous
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when a person happens to be everywhere at once
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vacillate
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to waver from side to side
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winsome
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charming, attractive, cheerful, bright
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xenephobia
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hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers
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yammer
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loud, nonstop talking, ceaseless complaining and chattering
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zealot
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whenever a person believes that his product or idea is the best in the world
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