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33 Cards in this Set
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abase
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verb: humble, bring down
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anathema
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noun or adj: a person cast out and detested & curses (formal church ban)
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brindled
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adj: tawny in color with dark streaks
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cite
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verb: quote from (cited= picked or called out)
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citation
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noun: summons (to appear in court), ticket, cited 4 something illegal
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cited
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verb: mentioned honorably (cited 4 something good)
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debacle
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total collapse, complete mess
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deleterious
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adj: harmful
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diva
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noun: female opera star
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estranged
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verb: no longer on friendly terms (separated, no longer speaking/ no longer on good terms)
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idyllic
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adj: wonderfully pleasant
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lambent
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softly radiant (literally), light and brilliant (personality or wit, metaphorically)
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moiety
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half, portion, share
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reactionary
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adj, noun: faving outmoded policies, reacting a/g change, extreme conservative to go back to old ways.
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tenure
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the right to hold a position; ownership
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tenure
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term of office, fegal time frame or limit
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tutelage
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instruction
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apprise
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verb: inform
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checkered
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(metaphorically, not literal) marked by changes of fortune (w/ shady side)
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deviltry
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wicked or mischievous acts
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egregious
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flagrantly bad
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emetic
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substance that induces vomiting
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entente
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understanding, agreement
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execrable
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detestable, really bad
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fauna
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animals, having to do w/ animal life
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immanent
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present within
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insensate
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lacking awareness of sensation
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lachrymose
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tearful (overally)
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neophyte
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beginner, new comer (freshman)
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paradigm
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pattern, overall pattern (often a way of looking @ the world)
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penumbra
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(literal) partial shadow surrounding (of the moon- when an eclipse ocurrs). (metaphoricaly)= undefined, not quite dark/ not quite light)
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quondam
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adj: former
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tenet
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principle, creed, doctrine
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