Unit 4 - (Affinity - Volte-Face) Flashcards

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Bilious

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Peevish, or Irritable, Sickeningly Unpleasant

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Affinity

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Natural Attraction to a Person, Thing, Activity, etc.

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Cognate

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Closely Related in Origin.

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Corollary

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Proposition.

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Cul-De-Sac

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Dead-End Street

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Derring-Do

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Valor or Heroism.

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Divination

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Prediction, or Discovering Hidden Knowledge.

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Elixir

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Cure.

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Folderol

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Foolish Talk

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Gamut

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An Entire Range or Series.

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Hoi Polloi

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The Common People, the Masses.

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Ineffable

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No Words Uttered.

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Lucubration

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Study or Thought

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Mnemonic

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To Aid the Memory

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Obloquy

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Disapproval

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Parameter

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A Limit, Boundary

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Pundit

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One Who Gives Authoritative Opinions.

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Risible

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Laughter.

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Symptomatic

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Symptom or Disease.

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Volte-Face

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About-Face, A Complete Reversal.