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Cigavic

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Abeyance   Suspension; a condition of being temporarily set aside.  
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Acquiesce   To agree or accept passively or without protest.  
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Acuity   Sharpness of vision or perception.  
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Acumen   Quickness and Keenness with certainty, especially through examination or experimentation.  
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Affidavit   A written statement made under oath before an official.  
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Ambivalence   The presence of conflicting or opposing ideas or feelings.  
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Arbitration   The process in which parties involved in a dispute allow an impartial party to settle their differences.  
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Ascertain   To discover or determine with certainty, especially through examination or experimentation.  
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Aspersion   Attacks on a person's character or honesty; damaging or unfavorable remarks.  
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Augment   To add to; to increase the size, extent or quantity of.  
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Beseech   To request earnestly; to implore or beg.  
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Bona fide   Authentic; genuine; not counterfeit or copied.  
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Candor   Honesty  
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Catharsis   A purifying or refreshing release of emotional tension, especially as an effect of tragic drama.  
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Collateral   Property that is pledged as security for a loan, so that if the loan is not repaid, the property is taken in it's place.  
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Compunction   A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt; a sting of conscience or pang of guilt.  
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Contingent   Conditional; dependent on other things.  
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Contentious   Given to quarreling; argumentative.  
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Crux   The main, central or critical point or feature.  
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Culminate   To reach the highest point or degree; climax.  
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Derision   Hateful or mocking laughter; ridicule.  
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Elicit   To bring out or call forth.  
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Fatalism   The belief that all events are determined in advance by fate or destiny.  
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Flora   Plants considered as a group, particularly those of one region or period.  
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Horticultural   Relating to tending or growing plants.  
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Impeccable   Having no flaws; perfect; incapable of sin or wrongdoing.  
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Implicate   To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly.  
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Implicit   Implied or understood though not directly expressed.  
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Ingenuous   Unable to deceive; openly straightforward.  
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Injunction   A command, a directive or an order.  
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Liquidate   To settle a debt, claim or other obligation by selling property or goods.  
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Motif   A short rhythm or melody repeated or evoked many times in a work of music.  
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Ostracize   To banish or exclude from a group; to shun.  
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Panacea   A remedy for all diseases, evils or difficulties; a cure-all.  
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Perjure   Lie under oath.  
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Providential   Happening favorably; divine intervention.  
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Quota   Amount  
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Security   Document showing ownership.  
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Status Quo   The existing condition or state of affairs.  
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Tangential   Slightly Relevant.  
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Tenet   A principle or belief held by a person or an organization.  
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Theoretical   Restricted to ideas; abstract or unproven.  
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Vulgar   Language of the common people.  
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Volatile   Tending to vary often or widely, as in price.  
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