Group 10 Flashcards by Gail I | Brainscape

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Preeminence

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Fame; top position

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Factions

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Sides in a dispute; groups with common interest

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Unequivocal

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Clear; obvious

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Clairvoyant

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Psychic; mystic

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Fostered

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Encouraged

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Retrenchment

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Reducing staff or forces; conserving resources

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Anomalies

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Oddities; things that don’t fit the pattern

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Cornucopia

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Symbol(horn filled with fruit) denoting natural abundance

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Lament

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Express regret over something

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Skewed

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Distorted; bent

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Antipodes

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Places on opposite sides of the globe

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Deterrent

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Something that puts one off; a preventive

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Misnomer

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Wrong name for something

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Tenuous

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Flimsy, not solid

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Banal

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Common; dull

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Dichotomies

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Divisions into two parts

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Precursor

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Fore- runner; earlier version

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Torrid

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Hot and steamy

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Bellicose

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War-like; aggressive

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Digression

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Going off the point