29 Flashcards by Ryleigh Stephens | Brainscape

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Colloquy

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Conversation

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Viable

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Able to live

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Synopsis

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Summary

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Terra Firma

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solid ground

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Sanction

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Authorize

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Russophobe

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One who fears Russia

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Prognosis

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Medical forecast

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Polychrome

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Many colored

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Philanthropy

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Love of mankind

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Perspicacity

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Insight

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Mobocracy

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Mob rule

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Gerontocracy

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Government of the old

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Magniloquence

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Great eloquence

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Kleptomaniac

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Pathological thief

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Joie de vivre

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Joy of living

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in loco parentis

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In place of parents

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Mundane

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Worldly

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Synthesis

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Combination

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Unequivocal

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Direct

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Nihilism

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Belief in nothing

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Audiophile

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Stereo buff

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Entomology

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Insect zoology

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Omnifarious

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Of all finds

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Invidious

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causing envy

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Deduction

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Reasoning down from principles