29 Flashcards

1
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Colloquy

A

Conversation

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2
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Viable

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Able to live

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3
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Synopsis

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Summary

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4
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Terra Firma

A

solid ground

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5
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Sanction

A

Authorize

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6
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Russophobe

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One who fears Russia

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7
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Prognosis

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Medical forecast

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8
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Polychrome

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Many colored

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9
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Philanthropy

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Love of mankind

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10
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Perspicacity

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Insight

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11
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Mobocracy

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Mob rule

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12
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Gerontocracy

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Government of the old

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13
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Magniloquence

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Great eloquence

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14
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Kleptomaniac

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Pathological thief

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15
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Joie de vivre

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Joy of living

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16
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in loco parentis

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In place of parents

17
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Mundane

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Worldly

18
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Synthesis

A

Combination

19
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Unequivocal

A

Direct

20
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Nihilism

A

Belief in nothing

21
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Audiophile

A

Stereo buff

22
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Entomology

A

Insect zoology

23
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Omnifarious

A

Of all finds

24
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Invidious

A

causing envy

25
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Deduction

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Reasoning down from principles