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18 Cards in this Set
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Woebegone
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adj. beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance.
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Sinuous
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adj. having many curves, bends, or turns; winding
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Languid
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adj. lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow
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Scant
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adj. barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate
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Brooding
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adj. preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts
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Sanctity
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n. holiness, saintliness, or godliness
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Sullen
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adj. showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve
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Perfunctory
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adj. performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial
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Forlorn
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adj. desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance
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Subdued
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adj. quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled
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Recrimination
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n. countercharging (a charge by an accused person against the accuser.)
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Adrift
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adj. floating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored
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Burqas
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n. a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
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Sharia
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literally means "the path to the watering" hole; Muslim law
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Madrasses
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n. Islamic schools
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Taliban
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n. a Muslim fundamentalist group in Afghanistan.
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Mujahid
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n. a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad
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Jihad
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n. a holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by Muslims, struggle
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