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141-160 Flashcards

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Onerous

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Burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship

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Discretion

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-noun- Cautious reserve in speech

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Burgeon

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-verb- To grow rapidly or flourish

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Axiom

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-noun- A universally recognized principle

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Ubiquitous

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-adjective- Existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; wide-spread

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Disabuse

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-verb- To indeceive; to set right

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Heretical

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-adjective- Violating accepted dogma or convention

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Heresy

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-verb- To deframe; to characterize harshly

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Dogmatic

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-adjective-Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles

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Perennial

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-adjective- recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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Fallacy

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An erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention

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