List 29 - Stem to Definition Flashcards by Atchayaa Sri | Brainscape

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colloquy

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conversation

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synopsis

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summary

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sanction

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authorize

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prognosis

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medical forecast

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philanthropy

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love of mankind

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mobocracy

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mob rule

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magniloquence

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great eloquence

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joie de vivre

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joy of living

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mundane

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worldly

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unequivocal

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direct

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audophile

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sterobuff

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omnifarious

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of all kinds

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deduction

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reasoning down from principles

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viable

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able to live

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terra firma

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solid ground

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Russophobe

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one who fears Russia

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polychrome

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many-colored

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perspicacity

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insight

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gerontocracy

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government of the old

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kleptomaniac

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pathological thief

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in loco parentis

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in place of parents

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sysnthesis

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combination

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nihilism

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belief in nothing

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entomology

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insect zoology

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invidious

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causing envy