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20 Cards in this Set
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ADVOCATE
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to speak in favor of; to support by argument
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ESPOUSE
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embrace as cause; to marry
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HONE
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improve; perfect; make better
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LAX
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not strict or precise
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OBVIATE
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to prevent by effective measures
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TORPID
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inactive or sluggish
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AESTHETIC
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having a sense of beauty; purely emotionally as opposed to intellectual
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BULWARK
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wall of earth built for defense; rampart
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DEFUNCT
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no longer in use; extinct
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ETYMOLOGY
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study of word origins
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HYPERBOLE
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exaggrerated figure of speech
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ODIOUS
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causing hatred
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POSTERITY
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future generations
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TOPOR
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sluggish inactivity
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AFFABLE
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friendly; easy to approach
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BUREAUCRACY
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government with too much "red tape" and departments with same powers
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DEGRADE/DEGRADATION
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to put down; to lower in quality
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EULOGY
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speech in honor of a dead person
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HYPOCHONDRIAC
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excessive preoccupation with one's health
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RIGOR
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strictness, severity,or harshness in dealing with people or in living conditions
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