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31 Cards in this Set
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aggregate.
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total amount.
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clement.
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1)mild.
[weather] 2)mercy. [plead for] |
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congeal.
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1)thicken.
[in cold weather] 2)become solid. [quickly] |
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defect.
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1)fault.
[serious] 2)switch. [to the enemy] |
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disseminate.
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spread.
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enrapture.
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delight.
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hedonism.
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belief that pleasure is the greatest good.
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febrile.
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feverish.
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incarnate.
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in bodily form.
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intone.
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say in a monotone.
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necromancy.
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the foretelling of the future by communication with the dead.
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paraplegia.
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paralysis of the lower part of the body.
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polemic.
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disputes.
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ramifications.
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far-reaching consequences.
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sophistry.
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clever but misleading.
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amity.
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friendship.
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cohort.
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company of soldiers.
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contingent.
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1)group comprising part of a larger group.
[large] 2)conditional. [upon] 3)possibility. [any] |
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desecrate.
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violate the sacredness.
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distrait.
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inattentive.
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epicure.
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person with highly-cultivated tastes.
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friable.
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easily-crumbled.
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hibernate.
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sleep during the winter.
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ingot.
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bar.
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laudatory.
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expressing praise.
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mobilize.
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prepare for a state of war.
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obliquity.
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1)departure from what is right.
[to cover up one's] 2)confusing statements. [a series of] |
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patrician.
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aristocratic.
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rabid.
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1)dangerously diseased.
[dog] 2)fanatical. [follower] 3)extremely violent. [she became] |
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rapport.
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a sympathetic relationship with others.
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supposition.
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assumption that something is true.
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