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30 Cards in this Set
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Acerbic
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sour/bitter in taste
acerbity-n |
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Acrid-adj
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bitter or harsh in taste or smell, sharply stinging
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exacerbate-v
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to inc in severity, intensify irration or violence
exacerbation-n |
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Acrimony-n
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bitter,sharp animosity, especially in behaviour or speech
acrimonious-adj |
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Acumen-n
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keeness of insight and discernment;sagacity
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acute-adj
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quick to alert to impressions
severe;intense acuity-n |
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Peremptory-adj
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urgently commanding; arrogantly dictatorial; officious
not allowing contradiction or further arguement |
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Preempt-v
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to prioritize
take precedence over someone or something already in place |
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Redemption-n
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deliverance from sin; atonement for guilt
redeem-v; redeemer-n; redemptory-adj |
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Technocracy-n
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gov/social sys that puts tech theories in practice.
technocrat-n; technocratic-adj |
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Plutocrat-n
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member of wealthy class or a person whose wealth grants political influence
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Percuniary-adj
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relating to money or necessary payment of it
pecuniosity-n; pecunious-adj |
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Impecunious-adj
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lacking money; penniless
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Comportment-n
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behaviour or demeanor, mode of bearing or movement
comport-v |
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Purport-v
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to claim; to profess w/o giving proof
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Acquisitive-adj
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eagerly seeking to obtain things wealth, or info
acquire-v; acquisitio-n; acquisitiveness-n |
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Inquisition-n
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a prolonged inquiry, harash investigationon religious or political issues
inquisitive-adj; inquisitor-n; inquisitorial-adj |
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Querulous-adj
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complaining; irritable
querulousness-n |
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dynamo-n
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an electric generator
extremely forceful, energetic, hardworking person |
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dynasty-n
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sucession of rulers form the same family group or line
sucession of influetial people linked by familial/political/cultural sucession dynastic-adj; dynastical-adj |
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Demise-n
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death, end of existence or operation of something
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Emissary-n
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person sent on a special mission
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Premise-n
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a propositonal offered as a basis for arguement
in logic, each of the first two propositon in syllogism |
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Meretricious-adj
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attention getting in a vulgar way, tacky
insincere, based on pretension or deception |
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Meritorious-adj
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praiseworthy, deserving award or esteem
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Importune-v
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to make repeated and insistent demands or requests
importunate-adj; importunity-n |
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Opportunist-n
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a person taking advantage of any chane to achieve an end in a forceful or self serving way
opportunistic-adj; opportunistically-adv; opportunism-n |
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Persumption
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arrogance; unbecoming boldness; excessive self-assurance
grounds for belief; assumption or supposition persume-v; presumptive-adj; presumptuous-adj; presumptuousness-n; |
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Subsume-v
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to place in a larger category or under a general heading or priniciple
subsumption-n |
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Sumptuary-adj
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regulating expenditure, often for religious or moral reasons, relating to clothes or food
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