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50 Cards in this Set
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(adj.) disposed to be silent or to speak freely; restrained
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reticent
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(adj.) having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest will to fulfill religious obligations
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pious
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(n.) a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
(adj.) having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc. |
myriad
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(n.) a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect
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foibles
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(n.) the entire scale or range; the whole series of recognized musical notes
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gamut
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(n.) a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion
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catatonia
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(adj.) taking or showing extreme care about minute details; finicky
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meticulous
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(adj.) firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc.
(v.) to stop a flow |
staunch
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(adj.) to be thinking about or meditating in silence; lost in thought
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mused
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(n.) skill, dexterity; an artifice, trick
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sleight
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(adj.) in a position of strength; established firmly or solidly
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entrenched
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(n.) characterized by or causing cohesion; of or pertaining to the molecular force within a body or substance acting to unite its parts
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cohesiveness
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(adj.) incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged; not open to denial or disproof
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invulnerable
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(adj.) to be completely destroyed, in ruins
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obliterated
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(n.) the existing state of affairs or condition; present customs, practices, and power relations
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status quo
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(adj.) of or pertaining to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order. Also: having the quality or nature of a parent
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patriarchal
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(n.) a person who hates, dislikes, mistrusts, or mistreats women
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misogynists
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(n.) the process of making or turning into a demon; subjecting to the influence of demons
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demonization
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(adj.) of or pertaining to rabbis or their learning, writings, etc.
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rabbinical
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(n.) a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault
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culprit
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(adj.) feeling characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base
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indignant
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(v.) to make furious, enrage
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infuriate
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(v.) to cause to continue or prevail
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perpetuate
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(adj.) preceding; antecedent
(n.) a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authorative rule or pattern in future similar or analagous cases |
precedent
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(adj.) not reparable; incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good.
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irreparable
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(adj.) disposed to be silent or to speak freely; restrained
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reticent
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(adj.) having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest will to fulfill religious obligations
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pious
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(n.) a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
(adj.) having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc. |
myriad
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(n.) a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect
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foibles
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(n.) the entire scale or range; the whole series of recognized musical notes
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gamut
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(n.) a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion
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catatonia
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(adj.) taking or showing extreme care about minute details; finicky
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meticulous
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(adj.) firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc.
(v.) to stop a flow |
staunch
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(adj.) to be thinking about or meditating in silence; lost in thought
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mused
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(n.) skill, dexterity; an artifice, trick
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sleight
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(adj.) disposed to be silent or to speak freely; restrained
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reticent
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(adj.) having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest will to fulfill religious obligations
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pious
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(n.) a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
(adj.) having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc. |
myriad
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(n.) a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect
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foibles
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(n.) the entire scale or range; the whole series of recognized musical notes
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gamut
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(n.) a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion
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catatonia
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(adj.) taking or showing extreme care about minute details; finicky
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meticulous
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(adj.) firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc.
(v.) to stop a flow |
staunch
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(adj.) to be thinking about or meditating in silence; lost in thought
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mused
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(n.) skill, dexterity; an artifice, trick
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sleight
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(n.) the front of a building, especially an imposing or a decorative one; a superficial appearance or illusion of something
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facades
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(adj.) of or pertaining to the church or the clergy
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ecclesiastical
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(n.) an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop
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diocese
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(n.) a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin
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penance
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(n.) a work especially of a painful or laborious nature
(v.) to labor hard |
travails
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