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50 Cards in this Set
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abjure
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to recant; renounce; foreswear
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abrogate
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to abolish
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abstemious
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eating or drinking in moderation
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acumen
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quickness of judgement or insight
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antebellum
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belonging to period before Civil War
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auspicious
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favorable circumstances; prosperous
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belie
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misrepresent; contradict
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bellicose
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warlike in manner or temperament
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bowdlerize
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to remove material that is considered offensive from
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chicanery
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deception by trickery
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chromosome
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threadlike strand of DNA and associated proteins in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells that carries the genes and transmits hereditary information
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churlish
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vulgar; having a bad disposition
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circumlocution
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use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language; roundabout expression
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circumnavigate
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to proceed completely around
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deciduous
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losing foliage at the end of the growing season; not lasting
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deleterious
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having a harmful effect
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diffident
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lacking self-confidence
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enervate
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to weaken the strength of
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enfranchise
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to endow with the rights of citizenship; to free from slavery
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epiphany
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Christian feast celebrating manifestation of Jesus; sudden manifestation of the meaning of something
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equinox
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either of the two times during a year when the sun crosses the celestial equator and when the length of the day and night are approximately the same
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Euro
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basic unit of currency among members of the European Monetary Union
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evanescent
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vanishing
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expurgate
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to remove vulgar or obscene material from
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facetious
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playfully jocular; humorous
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fatuous
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foolish or silly
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feckless
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lacking purpose; careless and irresponsible
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fiduciary
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relating to a holding of something in trust for another
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filibuster
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use of obstructionist tactics; adventurer who engages in a private military action in a foreign country
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gamete
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reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes
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gauche
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lacking grace or social polish; awkward
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gerrymander
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to divide into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections
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hegemony
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predominant influence of a state, region, or group
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hemoglobin
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iron-containing pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates that carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues of the body and carries carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs
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homogeneous
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uniform in structure; similar in nature or kind
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hubris
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overbearing pride; arrogance
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hypotenuse
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side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
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impeach
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to make an accusation against; challenge the validity of
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incognito
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with one's identity disguised or concealed
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incontrovertible
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impossible to dispute; unquestionable
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inculcate
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instill; to teach by frequent repetition
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infrastructure
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basic system or underlying structure of an organization
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interpolate
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insert or introduce between other elements; to make additions
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irony
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use of words to express something different from and and often opposite to their literal meaning
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jejune
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not interesting; childish; lacking in nutrition
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kinetic
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relating to motion
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kowtow
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kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of respect
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laissez faire
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economic doctrine that opposes governmental regulation of commerce beyond the minimum necessary for a free-enterprise system to operate according to its own economic laws
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Lexicon
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dictionary
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loquacious
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very talkative
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