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34 Cards in this Set
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Capitulation
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the act of surrenduring or giving up
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Echelon
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A formation of troops in which each unit is positioned successively to the left or right of the rear unit to form an oblique or step like line
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Respite
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a usually short interval of rest or relief
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Saturnine
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Having or marked by a tendency to be bitter
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Solicitous
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Anxious or concerned
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Retroactive
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Influencing or applying to a period prior to enanctment
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Tier
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A rank or class
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decedent
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a deceased person
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Dour
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marked by sterness or harshness
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Pugnacious
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Combative in natire; belligerent
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Precocious
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ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematuraly ripe or develoved.
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Assimilate
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To make similar; cause to resemble
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Moratorium
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an authorization to a debtor, such as a bank or nation, permitting temporary suspensions of payments.
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Reprisal
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retaliation for an injury with the intent of inflicting at least as mush injury in return.
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Gregarious
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Seeking and enjoying the company of others
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Noxious
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Harmful to living things ; injurious to health
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Idyllic
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Simple and carefree
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Irascible
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Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.
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Exhilarate
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to cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic
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Miasma
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a noxious atmosphere or influence
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Imperative
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Expressing a command or plea; peremptory
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Immutable
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not capable or susceptible of change
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Catalyst
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something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"
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Implacable
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impossible to placate or appease
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Fastidious
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possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail
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Maelstrom
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a violent or turbulent situation
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Incongruous
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lacking harmony; incompatible
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Redundant
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exceeding what is necessary or natural
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Volatile
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Tending to violence; explosive
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To deter
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to prevent or discourage from acting , as by means of fear or doubt
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Capricious
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characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable
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Alleviate
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to make (pain for example) more bearable
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To Retaliate
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to return like for like , especially evil for evil.
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Chivalrous
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having qualities of gallantry an honor attributed to an ideal knight
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