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50 Cards in this Set
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Albeit
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Although
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Arbitrary
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random in an unreasonable or unfair way; undetermined
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Coalesced
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to grow together; to unite
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Commonsensical
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having good sense or judgment
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Conscientious
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guided by one’s own sense of right and wrong; diligent
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Concordance
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in agreement with; harmony
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Consolidation
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the unification of something
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Contemporary
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from the same time period
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Contour
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shape
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Construed
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to explain meaning; interpret
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Crude
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something not refined – still in its basic natural state
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Denote
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to be a sign of; to indicate
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Despotic
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autocratic; tyrannical one person rule
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Determinism
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a doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural law
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Dichotomy
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division into two parts
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Discrete
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Separate;distinct
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Discern
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perceive; figure out; identify
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Exempt
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Free from obligation
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Heuristic
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serving to indicate or point out; stimulating further investigation
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Insidious
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-appealing, but harmful
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Impediment
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an obstacle (something that hinders progress)
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Intrinsic
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belonging to; coming from
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Isthmus
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strip of land connecting two larger strips
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Juxtaposition
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to be close together or side by side
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Languor
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Lack of strength and energy
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Methodological
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using an organized system or method
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Misapprehensions
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not understanding or being able to relate to something
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Misconception
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when something is taken the wrong way
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Monotonous
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boring; repetitive
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Myopia
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near-sighted, suggesting a limited view of an issue
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Obsolete
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No longer used
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Paradigm
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a model
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Pedagogical
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pertaining to teaching
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Pernicious
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causing harm;hurtful
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Perpetuate
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to cause to continue or be remembered
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Phenomena
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amazing occurrence
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Pigeon holing
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to force into a certain category
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Positing
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to assume the existence of
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Prominent
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Very noticeable
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Proponent
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someone who supports an idea or theory
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Primacy
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the fact of being primary or important
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Rigor
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severity; hardship
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Subsume
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To bring under another
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Succinctly
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Short and clearly
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Sundered
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Broken apart; separated
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Stupefaction
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To make groggy or dull
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Tenuously
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Very weak or slight
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Topography
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the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area: the topography of the island.
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Trivial
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unimportant
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Ubiquity
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the ability to be everywhere at once
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