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32 Cards in this Set
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detention
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act of keeping back
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impertinent
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rude
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pertinacious
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very persistent
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pertinent
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having to do with the matter at hand
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retentive
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able to remember
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retinue
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group of followers accompanying a distinguished person
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tenacity
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persistence
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tenancy
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period of a tenant's temporary holding of real estate
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tenet
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principle generally held to be true
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tenure
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status assuring an emplyee of permanence in his or her position
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untenable
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incapable of being defended
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admonish
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warn of a fault
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admonition
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gentle reproof
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admonitory
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conveying a gently reproof
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monitor
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one who admonishes
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monument
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a means of reminding us of a person or event
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premonition
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forewarning
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premonitory
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conveying a forewarning
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countermand
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issue a contrary order
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mandate
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territory administered by a trustee
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remand
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send back
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writ of madamus
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written order from a court to enforce the performance of some public duty
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accredit
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accept as worthy of belief
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credence
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belief
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credentials
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documents that inspire belief or trust
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credible
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believable
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credit
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belief
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credulous
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too ready to believe
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creed
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summary of principles blieved in
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discredit
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refuse to believe
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incredible
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not believable
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incredulity
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disbelief
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