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32 Cards in this Set
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audit
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to hear
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avi
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bird
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bell(i)
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war
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ben(e)
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good, well
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antebellum
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before the war, especially the civil war; typical of how things were before any war
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audit
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to attend a class only as a listener, not for credit; to check or examine a company's financial records; the process of making such an examination or so attending a class
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auditorry
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related to the sense of hearing
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avian
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characteristics of or pertaining to birds
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aviary
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an elaborate structure for housing birds
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avionics
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the technology of using electronic equipment in aviation, missilery, and space flight
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bellicose
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eager to fight or quarrel, hostile
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belligerency
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the condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action
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benefactor
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a person who gives another financial help; a patron
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beneficiary
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one who receives a benefit of payment, as from an insurance policy
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benign
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not malignant, gracious and kindly; good-natured
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bon, boun
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good
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capit, capt
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head chief, leader
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carn(i)
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flesh, meat
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ced(e)
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ceed, cess: to go, to yield
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accession
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the attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined
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bonafide
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in good faith; genuine
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bonanza
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a sudden and unexpected source of money or riches; a windfall
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bounteous
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inclined to be generous; plentiful and abundant
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intercede
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to act on another's behalf; to mediate
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precedent
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a previous act or decision taken as a valid model
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capitulation
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a surrenduring, usually aupn prearranged terms or conditions; a final fiving up
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carnage
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a great slaughter, as in battle
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carnivorous
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flesh-eating, as an animal
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incarnate
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literally, in the flesh; in bodily form; personified; flesh-colored
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recapitulation
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a brief repetition; a summary, as of what has already been said
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reincarnation
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rebirth of the soul in another body, perhaps in a different bodily form
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inaudible
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unable to be heard
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