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56 Cards in this Set
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showing resistance to authority
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contumacious
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an increase in volume or intensity
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crescendo
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of the flesh; sensual
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carnal
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a narrow strip of land connecting two large landmasses
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isthmus
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to penetrate of spread throughout
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permeate
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the external boundry of edge of something
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periphery
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a mouthlike opening
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orifice
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a needless repetion of words or ideas
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tautology
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causing or produced by strife
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factious
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a connected series, as of events
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concatenation
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a high dignitary of the church
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prelate
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a political or other ruling system or group
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regime
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a speech of praise
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eulogy
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the engaging in a lawsuit; legal action
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litigation
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to command solemnly
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adjure
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favoritism to relatives in securing a job
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nepotism
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not needed; unnecessary
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redundant
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dry food for livestock
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provender
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of or like an ape or monkey
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simian
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cheerful; optimistic
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sanguine
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going back to a worse state
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retrograde
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of the earliest times; unspoiled
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pristine
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dulled by surfeit or excess
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jaded
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to take in; to drink
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imbibe
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of or resulting from motion
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kinetic
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resonant and full-voiced
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orotund
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to bring into being
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engender
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easily understood; clear
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perspicuous
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the pictorial use of light and shade
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chiaroscuro
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the art of action or swimming
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natation
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unrelieved; absolute
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unmitigated
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to seek or find favor
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ingratiate
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a learned person; a scholar
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savant
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to toughen by heating and slowly cooling
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anneal
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to beg humbly
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supplicate
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selecting or selected form various sources
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eclectic
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a flat-bottomed fishing boat with high sides
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dory
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easily irritated; quick to anger
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splenetic
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to impose, as a tax or fine
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levy
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to catch sight of; to notice
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descry
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present everywhere
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ubiquitous
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to execute or murder by strangling
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garrote
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offensive because excessive or insincere
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fulsome
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the rejection of all established beliefs
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nihilism
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an unscrupulous cheat; a charlatan
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mountebank
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to sing the praises of; to extol
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laud
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the lowest point
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nadir
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tending to undermine or destroy
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subversive
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an idenfinatly long period of time
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aeon
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logical debate or argument
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dialectic
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making a false show of concern
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unctuous
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piglike; of or suggesting swine
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porcine
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to attribute accusingly
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impute
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restricted or native to a particular area
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endemic
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of or occurring in the spring
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vernal
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a group of political plotters
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junto
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