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116 Cards in this Set
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CAPITALIST
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A person who has invested personal wealth in a business.
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CAPITULATION
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Surrender; ending resistance.
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DECAPITATE
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To cut off the head of; to behead
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PRECIPICE
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A very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock.
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PRECIPITATE
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1) To throw down from a great height. 2) To make happen suddenly or quickly.
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RECAPITULATION
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The restatement of a main idea.
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CEREBRAL
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Pertaining to the brain.
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CEREBRATION
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The action of thinking; thought.
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DEFACE
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To mar or soil the appearance or surface of something.
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EFFACE
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1) To wipe out, make less clear. 2) To make oneself inconspicuous.
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FACADE
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1) A face of a building 2) The face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front.
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FACET
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1) One of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel. 2) One aspect of a situation or of a tooth.
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AFFRONT
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To insult intentionally; to offend or embarrass.
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CONFRONT
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To stand or come directly in front of.
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SUPERCILIOUS
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Disdainful; haughty and aloof.
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INEXORABLE
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Relentless; unyielding.
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ORACLE
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1) A shrine where the ancinet Greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy. 2) A prophecy made at such a shrine 3) A person who transmits prophecy from a deity.
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ORATION
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An address or formal speech given on a special occasion.
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ORIFICE
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A mouth or vent; an opening.
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OSCULATE
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To kiss. (Playfully)
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INDENTATION
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A cut or notch
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INDENTURE
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1) A written contract between two parties. 2) An agreement binding an apprentic to work for a master.
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TRIDENT
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A long three-pronged fork.
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ORTHODONTIST
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A specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth.
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GORGE
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1) A deep, narrow passage with rocky sides, enclosed between mountains. 2) Gluttonous eating. 3) A feeling of nausea.
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DISGORGE
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To vomit or discharge violently.
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GARGANTUAN
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Of immense size; gigantic.
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GARGOYLE
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A grotesque carved human or animal figure.
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REGURGIATATE
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To vomit.
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CARNAGE
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The killing of many people.
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CARRION
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Dead and decaying flesh.
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INCARNATE
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Embodied in human form.
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ACCOLADE
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1) Any honor, award, or expression of approval. 2) A dub with the flatside of a sword.
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DECOLLETAGE
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A low neckline on a garmet.
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CORPORAL
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Relating to or having an effect on the human body.
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CORPOREAL
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Characteristic of or resembling the physical body.
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CORPS
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1)A military organization of officers and/or enlistees. 2)An army unit. 3)A group of people having purpose in common.
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CORPULENT
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Excessively bulky; fat.
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CORPUS
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A body or collection of writings.
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ACCORD
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Harmony; agreement.
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CORDIAL
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Hearty; warm; sincere.
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CONDORDANCE
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A state of agreement; harmony.
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OSSIFY
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1)To turn into bone. 2)To turn rigid.
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DERMATOLOGY
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The scientific study of the skin.
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EPIDERMIS
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The outer protective layer of the skin.
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DORSAL
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Pertaining to the back.
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DOSSIER
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A set of documents containing information about a person or event.
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ENDORSE
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To sign or acknowledge.
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GASTRIC
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Pertaining to the stomach.
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GASTRONOME
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A person who is knowledgeable about good food and drink.
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ENERVATE
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To deprive of strength; to weaken.
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SANGUINE
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Cheerful; hopeful.
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CONSANGUINITY
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Blood relationship.
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ASSIDUOUS
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Unceasingly attentive; devoted.
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DISSIDENT
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Differing; diagreeing; dissenting.
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SEANCE
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A meeting at which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the dead.
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SEDENTARY
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Characterized by much sitting.
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SUPERSEDE
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To take the place of; to replace.
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EMANCIPATE
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To free from restraint or influence.
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MANACLE
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Handcuffs or anything that constrains.
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MANDATE
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A formal order given from a higher court.
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MANIFEST
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1)Clearly apparent to sight or understanding; obvious. 2)To prove or reveal.
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MANIPULATE
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To use or handle skillfully.
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DEXTIRITY
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Skill in the use of the hands or body.
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AMBIDEXTROUS
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Able to use either hand equally well.
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DIGITAL
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1)Relating to a finger or to a unit of measure. 2)Referring to a numerical system for encoding data.
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DEFLECT
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To turn aside.
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GENUFLECT
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To bend the knee in a kneeling or half-kneeling position to express respect.
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INFLECTION
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An alteration of pitch or tone of the voice.
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REFLECTION
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The act or condition of being thrown back
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RAPACIOUS
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Excessively grasping or greedy.
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RAPT
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Giving one's complete attention.
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SURREPTITIOUS
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Done secretly, without approval.
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COMPLICITY
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Participation with another in an act that is or seems to deceitful.
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DUPLICITY
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Decietfulness in speech or conduct.
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EXPLICATE
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To make clear.
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EXPLICIT
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Definite.
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EXPLOIT
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1)A notable or heroic deed. 2)To make use of selfishly or unethically. 3)To publicize.
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IMPLY
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1)To indicate indirectly; to hint. 2)To require as a necessary condition.
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PLOY
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A strategy to gain an advantage over an opponent.
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PLY
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1)To use a tool or weapon vigorously. 2)The thickness of cloth, yarn, or rope. 3)Wood layered with crosslike grain.
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SUPPLICATE
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To ask humbly or earnestly for.
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APPREHEND
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To arrest.
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COMPRISE
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To consist of; to contain.
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ENTREPRENEUR
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A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for business ventures.
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IMPREGNABLE
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Strong enough to resist attack of capture, as a fortress.
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REPREHEND
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To reprimand, reprove, or express disapproval.
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REPRISAL
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An action or act of retaliation against someone for injuries recieved.
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EXPEDIENT
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1)Appropriate to a purpose or useful in achieving a goal. 2)A means to an end.
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EXPEDITE
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To help or hurry the progress of something.
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IMPEDE
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To hinder; to block the way of.
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PEDIGREE
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A line or list of ancestors.
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PEDOMETER
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A device that calculates distance traveled by counting the number of steps taken.
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ANITPODES
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Something that is the exact opposite of or contrary to something else.
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PODIATRY
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The study and treatment of foot ailments.
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PODIUM
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An elevated platform for a lecturer or orchestra conductor.
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AGGRESSION
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1)The act or habit of launching attacks; invasion. 2)Hostile action or behavior.
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DEGRATION
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1)Reduction in rank or status. 2)Lowering of moral or intellectual character.
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DIGRESS
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To stray from the main topic in writing or speaking; to turn aside.
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GRADUATION
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A systematic progression through a series of stages.
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GRADIENT
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An incline or slope; the rate of incline.
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REGRESS
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To go back; to return to a former or less developed condition.
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AMBULATORY
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1)Able to walk about. 2)Pertaining to walking.
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PREAMBLE
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A preliminary statement in speech or writing; an inroductory part.
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RECALCITRANT
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Stubbornly resistant to authority or guidance.
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CONSTITUENT
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1)Serving as a necessary part of a whole. 2)A voter of a district represented by an elected official.
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DESIST
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To cease doing something; to forbear; to abstain.
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DESTITUTE
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1)Altogether lacking. 2)Poverty stricken.
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INTERSTICE
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Intervening space; a chink; a crevice.
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OBSTINATE
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1)Very stubborn; inflexible. 2)Difficult to control or subdue.
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OUST
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To force out of a position or place.
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RESTITIUTION
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1)Restoration of a thing to its proper owner or its original state. 2)Repayment or repair for injury or damage.
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RESTIVE
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Uneasy, restless.
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STANCE
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1)The position of the body and feet while standing. 2)An emotional or mental attitude.
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STATIC
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1)At rest; unmoving. 2)Pertaining to electric charges.
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SUBSIST
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To exsist; to be
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