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22 Cards in this Set
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com'plicity
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involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice (n.)
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in'ane
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silly, empty of meaning or value (adj.)
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ag'nostic
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one who believes that nothing is known about God; a skeptic; (n.) without faith, skeptical (adj.)
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in'dictment
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the act of accusing; a formal accusation (n.)
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'equity
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the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim (n.)
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'abject
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degraded, wrteched; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved (adj.)
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'diatribe
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a beitter and prolonged verbal attack (n.)
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inter'mittent
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stopping and beginning again, sporadic (adj.)
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'derelict
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someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (n.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty (adj.)
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'effigy
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a crude image of a despised person (n.)
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in'dubitable
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certain, not to be doubted or denied (adj.)
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'travesty
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a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disgise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (n.) to ridcule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion (v.)
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sur'veillance
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a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation (n.)
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mere'tricious
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superficially attractive in a showy, cheap, or vulgar way; lacking in sincerity; sham, spurious (adj.)
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'neophyte
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a new convert, beginner, novice (n.)
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'sylvan
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pertaining to or characterisitc of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody (adj.)
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moot
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open to discussion and debate; unresolved; (adj.) to bring up for discussion (v.) a hypothetical law case argued by students (n.)
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perspi'cacity
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keenness in observing and understanding (n.)
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'testy
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easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation (adj.)
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'plenary
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complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualitfied members (adj.)
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mo'tif
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a principal idea or feature; a repeated or dominant figure in a design (n.)
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pre'stigious
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having a highly favorable reputation, of high standing, commanding respect (adj.)
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