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56 Cards in this Set
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abrogate
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to abolish annul or do away with
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adulterate
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to cheapen or debase with inferior or harmful ingredients
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alleviate
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to lessen lighten relieve
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amalgamate
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to combine unite or fuse
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integration
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merging, or unifications of seperate plans, races, or processes
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interfusion
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process of mixing such ingredientsa as cultures races or ideas
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consolidations
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is the process of combing material assets or gains
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coalescence
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combining by the gradual process of merging or growing together
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coalition
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temporary union of political forces when one cannot obtain majority by itself
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merger
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combination of two business firms
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amortize
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to write off a debt by regular payments
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connive
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to approve of or secretly aid the wrongdoing of another
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condone
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to approve it by seeming to overlook it
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collude
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to conspire for fraudulent purposes
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conspire
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to devise a plot or plan against someone
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effect
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to bring about, accomplish
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eventuality
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ultimate outcome
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executions
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of a command or a commision is the performance of it
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effetuations
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of a plan is its accomplishments
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hibernate
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to spen the winter in a resting state
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aestivate
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to spend the summer
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hibernian
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is a native of ireland
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pacify
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to make calm, appease
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stultify
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to render absurd or useless
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farce
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is a form of absurdity to which a court trial may be reduced by frivolous evidence
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laudicrousnesss
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is much more laughable than is stulficiation
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preposterousness
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is startling or shocking absurdity
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clement
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mild, merciful
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lenient
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merciful, mild
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indigenous
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native, characteristic of a specific region
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aboriginal
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oldest earliest known specices of plants
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aborigines
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earliest native inhabitant of a land
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endemic
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plant or desease prevalent in one region
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indigent
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needy, poor
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impoverished
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one who formerly had wealth
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impecunious
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person with not much money because of bad management
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destitute
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exteremely poor person lacking money for food
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mundane
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earthly commonplace
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secular
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worldly, nonreligious
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secularish
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preoccupation with worldly concerns
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secretarianism
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excessive devotion to one sect or its beliefs
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obsolete
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outmoded, out of use
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antique
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usually less than three hundred years old
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ancient
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usually more than a thousand years old
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archaic
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words or objects usually obsolete
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decadent
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customs or practices on the decline
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onerous
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burdensome, oppressive
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reputable
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well thought of , respected
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ribald
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coarsely mocking, scurrilous
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indelicate
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mockingly abusive
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vulgur
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crude, coarse, unrefined
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traumatic
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painful, resulting from violent physical injury or emotional shock
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voluptuous
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giving delight to the sense
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hedonistic
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existance that assumes that pleasure is the highest good
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epicurean
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delights that are sensuous
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sybarite
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person fond of luxury and pleasure
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