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Rapport

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D: a close and harmonious relationship in which people understand each other’s feelings or ideas and communicate well.
S: bond, empathy, understanding, affinity.
The teacher was trying to establish a close rapport with her students.

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Falx

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D: Shaped like a sickle, a gold of dura mater separating the two cerebralhemispheres

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Amoral

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D: Neither moral not immoral, having no relation to morality.

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Abhor

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D: to hate or detest

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Abstruse

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Hard to understand, secret, hidden.

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Acerbic

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Sour or astringent in taste, harsh in temper.

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Acrimonious

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Caustic, stinging, bitter in nature.

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Acumen

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Mental sharpness, quick of wit

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Exacerbate

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To Increase bitterness or violence; aggravate

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Prodigal

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Waste fully or recklessly extravagant

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Accede

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Yield to a demand

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Allegory

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The figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another

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Altruist

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A person who is selflessly concerned for the welfare of others

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Amorous

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Inclined to love especially sexual love

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Ambulatory

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Of, pertaining to, or capable of walking.

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Equanimity

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Mental or emotional stability, especially under tension.

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Magnanimous

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Generous in forgiving an insult or injury

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Annuity

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A specified income payable at stated intervals

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Antebellum

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Before the war, especially American civil war.

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Antedate

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Precede in time

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Androgen

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Any substance that promotes masculine characteristics

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Anthropocentric

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Regarding humanity as the central fact of the universe

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Misanthrope

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One who hates humans or humanity

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Philanderer

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One who carries on flirtations

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Antipodal

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On the opposite side of the globe

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Apocryphal

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Of doubtful authorship or authenticity

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Apogee

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The highest or most distant point

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Apostasy

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A total desertion of ones religion, principles. Party, cause, etc.

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Subaqueous

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Underwater

30
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Oligarchy

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A state or society ruled by a select group

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Ardor

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Flame, passion

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Autocrat

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An absolute ruler

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Belie

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To misinterpret, to contradict.

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Bemoan

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To moan for, to lament

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Belligerent

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Warlike, given to waging war

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Benign

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Having a kindly disposition

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Biennial

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Happening every two years

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Bipartisan

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Representing two parties

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Bountiful

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Generous

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Brevet

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An honorary promotion with no additional pay

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Breviloquent

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Laconic, concise in ones speech

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Bursar

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Treasurer

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