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75 Cards in this Set
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public or institutional records
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archives
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item of property that can be moved
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chattel
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roomy, plenty of space
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commodious
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large disasterous fire
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conflagration
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neglect, oblivion, transition
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limbo
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line of descent:ancestry
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lineage
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indifferent, spiritless, no interest
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listless
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important city
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metropolis
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done in routine
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perfunctory
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like new
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pristine
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loosley made, ready to collapse
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ramshackle
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to set apart
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sequester
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planning to undermine or overthrow
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subversive
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final destination
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terminus
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deadly, poisinous, harmful
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virulent
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exercising sole or complete control
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autocratic
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destroying chemical tissue, sarcastic sharp
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caustic
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impair strength
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debilitate
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marked by deception
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duplicitous
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representative sent on a special errand
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emissary
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happyness and good fortune
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felicitous
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direct, frank
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forthright
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being habitually without money, poor
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impecunious
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unhealthy yellow appearance
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jaundiced
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serving merely for money, greedy
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mercenary
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well known for particular trait
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notorious
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eject from position, drive out
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oust
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excessively sparing or frugal, penurious
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parsimonious
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negative, unpleasant associations, belittling
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pejorative
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general principle
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precept
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lacking what is wanted/needed
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bereft
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standared rule which something is criticized
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criterion
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to ridicule
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deride
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offensive boldness, audacity
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effrontery
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to advocate or embrace an idea
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espouse
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falsness, believing false values
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hypocrisy
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about to occur
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impending
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enraged, filled with wrath
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incensed
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relevant
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pertinent
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to proclaim or make known
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promulgate
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to forbid/prohibit
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proscribe
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to correct a wrong
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redress
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form of rule or government
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regime
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recompense, payment/punishment for wrong doing
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retribution
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to veryify or confirm evidence
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substantiate
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protection/sponsorship
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aegis
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showy, trinket
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bauble
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agreeable/willing to please
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complaisant
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to join together to unite
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consolidate
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act of plundering or destroying
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depredation
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sudden understanding
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epiphany
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waiting period or temporary ban
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moatorium
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hanging loosely
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pendulous
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to be a sign of future events
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portend
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considared with practical solutions
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pragmatic
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delay punishment
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reprieve
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extremely loud
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stentorian
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condition of holding property
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tenure
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carried out by one or two parties rather than in concert with others
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unilateral
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capable of living
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viable
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able to use both hands
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ambidextrous
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dislike
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antipathy
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hartful, injurious
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deleterious
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criticize severly barate
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excoriate
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to estimate or infer by projecting from or expanding upon known information
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extrapolate
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grim and ghastly
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grisly
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peculiar characteristic, habit or manner
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idiosyncrasy
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to assign blame or credit
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impute
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lacking judgment or skill
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maladroit
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to deny or refute the existence or truth of
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negate
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no longer in fashion
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passe
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teacher of youth
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pedagogue
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the greater part, superiority in size
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preponderance
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to put forward for consideration to propose
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propound
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the way a person stands
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stance
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