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163 Cards in this Set
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Martinet
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Demand conformity to rules, unquestioning obedience
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Sycophant
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Hypocrite, have selfish desires to get ahead
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Dilettante
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Engage in fine arts to pass time
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Virago
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Loud-mouthed, shrewish, aggressive woman
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Chauvinist
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Deeply devoted to own affiliations, have no problem advertising such prejudice
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Monomaniac
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One-track mind, absurd obsession (when you ride a hobby, you ride it hard)
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Iconoclast
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Violently against established beliefs, don't believe in conforming
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Atheist
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Don't believe in God or a higher power at all
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Lecher
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Male who attempts satisfy sexual desires with any woman who is around
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Hypochondriac
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Belief there is something medically wrong with you when there is nothing wrong
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Sykon
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Fig
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Archein
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To rule
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-cide
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Killing
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Mater, matris
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Mother
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Alma
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Soul
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Sui
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Of oneself
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Frater, fratris
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Brother
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Soror
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Sister
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Homo
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Person, human
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Rex, regis
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King
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Uxor
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Wife
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Phanein
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To show
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Maritus
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Husband
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Infans, infantis
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Baby
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Genos
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Race, kind
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Dia-
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Through
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Vir
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Man (male)
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Pater, patris
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Father
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Syn-
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With, together
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Onyma
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Name
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Anti
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Against
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Homos
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The same
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Phone
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Sound
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Sycophancy
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Toadying
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Dilettantism
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Dabbling
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Infanticide
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Killing of one's child
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Genocide
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Killing of whole groups of people
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Matrimony
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Marriage
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Matriarch
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Mother-ruler
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Maternity
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Motherhood
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Matron
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Older woman
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Alma mater
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One's school or college
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Paternity
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Fatherhood
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Patriarch
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Old man in governing position
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Chauvinism
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Excessive patriotism
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Patrimony
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Inheritance from one's father
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Patricide
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Murder of one's father
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Matricide
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Murder of one's mother
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Fratricide
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Murder of one's brother
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Sororicide
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Murder of one's sister
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Homicide
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Murder of a person
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Regicide
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Murder of one's ruler
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Uxoricide
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Killing of one's wife
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Parricide
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Killing of either or both parents
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Antonyms
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Words of opposite meaning
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Homonyms
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Words that sound alike but spelled differently and have unrelated meanings
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Paternalism
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System in which those in power have a father-child relationship with subordinates
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Suicide
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Self-killing
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Mariticide
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Husband-killing
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Martinetish
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Strict disciplinarian
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Dilettantish
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Referring to those who "play at" an art
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Paternal
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Fatherly
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Matronly
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Referring to an older woman
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Harridan
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Virago
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Patronymic
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Name from father
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Homophones
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Words that sound the same
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Maternal
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Motherly
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Matrimonial
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Referring to marriage
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Synonymous
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Similar in meaning
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Antonymous
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Opposite in meaning
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Homonymous
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Same in sound but not in spelling or meaning
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Patriarchal
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Referring to system in which older men are in power
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Harridan
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Virago (shrewish woman)
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Homicidal
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Likely to kill
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Chauvinistic
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Blatantly overpatriotic
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Sycophantic
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Catering to people of power
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Diaphanous
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Filmy, gauzy
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Dilettanti
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Dabblers
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Tyro
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Beginner
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Virtuoso
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Accomplished musician
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Termagant
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Loud-mouthed woman
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Synonyms
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Words of similar meaning
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Mania
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Madness
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Nymphe
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Bride
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Claustrum
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Enclosed place
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Agora
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Market place
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Akros
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Highest
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Phobia
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Morbid dread
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Pre-
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Before
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Extra-
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Outside
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Monos
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One
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-ac
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One who
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Dipsa
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Thirst
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Klepte
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Thief
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Pyros
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Fire
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Incendo, incensus
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To set fire
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Ardo, arsus
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To burn
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Mega
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Great, large, big
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Satyros
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Satyr
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Fraternize
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Socialize
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Monomania
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Obsession in one area
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Dipsomania
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Obsession for alcohol
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Kleptomania
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Obsession for thievery
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Pyromania
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Obsession for setting fires
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Fraternal
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Brotherly
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Sorority
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Sisterhood
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Uxorious
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Doting on one's wife
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Uxorial
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Pertaining to a wife
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Marital
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Referring to marriage
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Extramarital
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Outside the marriage
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Premarital
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Before marriage
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Regal
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Kingly, royal
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Regalia
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Badges, rank
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Incendiarism
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Malicious setting of fires for revenge
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Megalomaniac
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One who has delusions of greatness or power
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Nymphomaniac
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Woman with compulsive, incessant sexual desire
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Satyriasis
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Male compulsion for sexual intercourse
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Claustrophobe
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One who fears shut-in or crowded places
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Agoraphobe
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One who fears large or open spaces
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Acrophobe
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One who fears heights
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Arson
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Felony of setting fire for economic gain
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Meglomania
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Delusions of grandeur
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Nymphomania
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Compulsive sexual needs on part of a female
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Satyromania
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Compulsive sexual needs of a male
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Claustrophobia
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Morbid dread of enclosed places
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Agoraphobia
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Morbid dread of open spaces
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Acrophobia
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Morbid dread of heights
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Incendiary
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One who sets fires out of malice
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Arsonist
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One who sets fire for economic and illegal profit
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Eikon
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Religious image
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Prurio
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To long for
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Hypos
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Under
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Hyper
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Over
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Monomaniacal
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Fixate obsessively on one thing
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Pyromaniacal
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Tending to set fires
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Megalomaniacal
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Tending to delusions of grandeur
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Dipsomaniacal
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Alcoholic
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Kleptomania
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Obsessive thievery
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Libidinous
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Lewd
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Agnosticism
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Skepticism about God
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Klaein
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To break
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Polytheism
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Belief in many gods
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Monotheism
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Belief in one God
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Theology
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Study of religion
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Pantheism
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Belief that God is nature
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Hypotension
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Abnormally low blood pressure
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Lascivious
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Sexually immoral
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Hypertension
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High blood pressure
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Agnostic
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One who claims that ultimate reality is unknowable
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Prognosticate
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To forecast (probable developments)
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Diagnosis
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A determination through testing
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Theos
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God
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Prognosis
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Foretelling of probable developments
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Prurience
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Sexual longing or curiosity
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Theologian
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Student of religion
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Lubricious
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Sexually immoral, lewd
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Gnostos
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Known
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Gnosis
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Knowledge
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Pro-
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Before
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-ician
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One who, expert
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Polys
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Many
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Pan
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All
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Logos
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Science, study
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