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24 Cards in this Set
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Notarize |
To have a document legalized by a notary. (Verb) |
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Obsequious |
Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. (Adjective) |
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Oligarchy |
Small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. (Noun) |
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Omnipotent |
To have unlimited power |
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Abjure |
To solemnly renounce a belief, cause, or claim. (Verb) |
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Abrogate |
To repeal or do away with a law, a right, or an agreement. (Verb) |
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Abstemious |
Not self indulgent, especially when eating or drinking. (Adj) |
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Acumen |
The ability to make good judgements. (Noun) |
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Antebellum |
Occurring or existing before a particular war. Especially the American Civil War. (Adj) |
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Deciduous |
A tree or shrub that sheds leaves annually. (Adj) |
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Enfranchise |
To give right to vote in elections. Ex: women's rights. (Verb) |
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Deleterious |
Causing of harm or damage. (Adj) |
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Diffident |
Modest or shy, because of a lack of self confidence. (Adj) |
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Enervate |
Causing someone to feel drained of energy or vitality. (Verb) |
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Inculcate |
To teach attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction. (Verb) |
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Infrastructure |
The basic physical and organizational structures, and the facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. (Noun) |
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Interpolate |
To insert something between fixed points. As in words in a book. (Verb) |
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Irony |
The expression of ones meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite for humorous effect. (Noun) |
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Jejune |
Naive, simplistic, and superficial. (Adj) |
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Soliloquy |
An act of speaking ones thoughts aloud when by ones self, and regardless of any heaters. Especially by a character in a play. (Noun) |
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Subjugate |
To bring under domination or control, especially be conquest. (Verb) |
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Suffragist |
A person advocating the extension of suffrage, especially to women. (Noun) |
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Supersilious |
Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others. (Adj) |
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Tautology |
The saying of something twice in different words. (Noun) |
