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15 Cards in this Set
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Abbotoir |
A place where animals are slaughtered. |
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Aborigines |
The original inhabitants of a country. |
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Ablution |
Ritual of washing a body. |
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Abridge |
To condense. |
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Abstruse |
Something which is hard to understand. |
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Abbot |
A man who is the head of a monastery or an abbey. |
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Abdication |
To formally give up. |
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Accentuate |
Give more importance to something. |
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Affluent |
Having abundance of money, wealth. |
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Agnosticism |
Belief in the existence of God. |
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Allegory |
Story in which ideas are symbolized as people. |
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Alliteration |
Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter. Example: She sells sea shells by the Sea Shore. |
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Agrophobia |
Unreasonable fear of open spaces. |
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Analgesia |
Loss of ability to feel pain while still conscious. |
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Annular |
Ring Shaped. |
