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34 Cards in this Set
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voluptuous
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voluptuous- full of delight or pleasure to the senses
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inherent
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inherent- involved in the constitution or essential character of something
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devoid
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devoid- being without a usual, typical or expected attribute or accompainiment
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ample
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ample- generious or more than adequate in size, scope or capacity
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enviable
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enviable- highly desirable
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indigence
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indigence- a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivaation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
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obviated
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obviated- to anticipate and prevent or make unnecessary
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mitigated
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mitigated- to cause to become less harsh or hostile
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noxious
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noxious- physically harmful or destructive to living beings
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vicissitudes
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vicissitudes- a difficulty or hardship attendant on a way of life
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virtue
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virtue- conformity to a standard of right, a particular moral excellence
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abnegate
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abnegate-deny, renounce
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borne
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borne-transmitted
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Objective
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objective- relating to or existing as an object of thought without consideration of independent existence
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Subjective
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13.subjective-characteristic of or belonging to reality as perceived rather than as independent of mind
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Empirical
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empirical- originating in or based on observation or experience
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Ambiguity
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ambiguity- doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
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Denote
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denote- to serve as an indication
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Connote
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connote- to convey in addition to exact explicit meaning
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Discrepant
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Discrepant- not being in agreement
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Stringent
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Stringent- not allowing for any exceptions
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Speculate
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Speculate- to form an opinion from little or no evidence
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Covert
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Covert-hidden from view
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Overt
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Overt- not hidden
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Intrinsic
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Intrinsic- belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing
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Meticulous
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Meticulous- Marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details
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Probe
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Probe- To search into and explore very thoroughly
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Superfluous
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Superfluous- Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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Dogma
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Dogma- Something held as an established opinion
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Credence
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Credence- mental acceptance as true
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Sobriquets
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a descriptive name or epithet
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aureole
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a radiant light around the ehad or body of a representation of a sacred personage
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charlatan
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one making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability
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Auto-de-fe
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referring to public penance to heretics during the Spanish and Portuguese inquisition
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