Deck 37 Flashcards by Jason Feldman | Brainscape

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Elocution

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Clear way of speaking

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Colloquial

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Familiar conversation

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Malady

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Disorder/disease of the body

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Preeminent

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Superior above all others

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Miscegenation

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Interbreeding of races

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Anthropomorphism

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Attribution of human traits to animals, objects, etc…

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Cognate

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Related by blood

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Omnibus

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Anthology of works of an author

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Parity

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Equally

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Apartheid

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System that separates people by race

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Pauper

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Person without personal means of support

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Antipodes

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Diametrically opposed on a globe

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Pertinacious

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Resolute

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Philatelist

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Person who loves stamps

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Expound

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Set forth in detail

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Deportment

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Conduct, behavior

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Precept

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Commandment given as a rule

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Execrable

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Abominable

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Sacrilege

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Violation of anything sacred

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Sequester

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Remove/withdraw into solitude or retirement