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33 Cards in this Set
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adjure
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v- solemnly command
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concatenation
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n- chain of events
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descry
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v- catch sight of
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factious
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adj- caused by a group of quarrelsome dissenters
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imbibe
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v- drink; absorb
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isthmus
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n- narrow strip of land connecting two large landmasses
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kinetic
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adj- of motion
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litigation
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n- legal action
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natation
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swimming
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orotund
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adj- resonant; pompous
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perspicuous
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adj- easily understood
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pristine
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adj- unspoiled
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regime
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n- system of government
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subversive
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adj- tending to undermine or destroy
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ubiquitous
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present everywhere
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vernal
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adj- spring
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abrade
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v- scrape away
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appendage
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n- attachment
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beget
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v- become the father of
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calcify/calcified
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v- become hard and stony; adj- inflexible
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coagulate
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v- clot
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coup
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n- highly successful stroke or stratagem
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expatriate
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n- person who chooses to live in exile
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genocide
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systematically killing of an entire race
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incubate
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v- protect until ready for hatchng
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liaison;
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intercommunication b/ween units; n- illicit love affair
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obloquy
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n- condemnatory statements; disgrace
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philander
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love lightly and insincerely
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quarantine
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an imposed isolation
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resuscitate
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v- revive from near death
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strictures
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n- narrow restraints
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tenable
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adj- that can be maintained
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truncated
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adj- shortened
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