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76 Cards in this Set
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to settle securely or comfortably
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ensconced
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charitable good nature
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benevolent
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one who believes all people are motivated by selfishness
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cynical
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requiring much hard or tedious work
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laborious
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a government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power
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tyranny
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to project forward
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dissentients
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superior to all others
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preeminent
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full of animation and spirit
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vivacious
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difficult to manage, control, or subdue
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obstinate
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having an ambiguous or hidden meaning
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cryptic
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tireless
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indefatigable
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a concise formulation of a fundamental principle or rule of conduct
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maxim
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the process of propelling; a driving force
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propulsion
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easily controlled or governed
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tractable
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impossible to hold back or to restrain
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irrepressible
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marked by or characterized by shame or disgrace
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ignominious
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occuring or continuing after ones death
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posthumously
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a motive assumed in order to conceal the real purpose
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pretext
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to scrutinize
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canvassing
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filthy; foul
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sordid
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fit for cultivation
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arable
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a mediator; go between
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intermediary
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a right angle
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perpendicularity
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intense ill will or hatred
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malignity
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to surrender under stated conditions
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capitulated
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doing something without qualification
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categorically
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revenge
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retribution
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imminent; about to happen
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impending
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an artful or secret plan or scheme especially on of evil intent
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machinations
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a condemming as wrong; strongly disapproved of
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censured
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tending to conciliate or reconcile
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conciliatory
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too old or worn for futher work, service, etc.
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superannuated
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lying, resting, or pressing its weight on something else
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incumbent
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a formal permission t do something
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licence
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an apt, clever, or witty remark
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bon mot
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Marxism (Lenin)
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Old Major
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Czar Nicholas II
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Jones
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Organized Religion (Russian Orthodox Church)
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Moses
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Russian Revolution of 1717
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Animal Rebellion
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Stalin
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Napoleon
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Trotsky
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Snowball
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Pravda
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Squealer
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Secret Police
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Napoleon's dogs
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England (Churchill)
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Foxwood Farm (Pilkington)
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Germany (Hitler)
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Pinchfield Farm (Frederick)
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Anti-Revolutionary Invasion of Russia
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Battle of the Cowshed
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Battle of Stalingrad (German Invasion of Russia during World War II)
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Battle of the Windmill
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Teheran Conference
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Final scene (meeting of men and pigs)
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the proletariat
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Animals other than pigs and dogs
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five-year plan
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Building of the windmill
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Lenin's body
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Old Major's skull
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disposal of Czar and family
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Chasing away Jones
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Russia/ USSR
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Animal Farm
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blood purges of 1936-38
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Confessions and executions
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Nazi-Soviet pact
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Selling of the wood
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Communist Internationale (newspaper)
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Pigeons sent to incite other rebellions
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White Russians
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Four porkers reject Napoleon's ideas
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the bourgeoisie
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Mollie the cart horse
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foreign agents of the Comintern
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Mr. Whymper (broker)
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Stalin becomes a dictator
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Napoleon takes over the farm
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hammer and sickle (common man and workers)
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hoof and horn on flag
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do something everyone else is doing
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bandwagon
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used when an important person endorses a product or idea
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testimonial
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uses symbols that pack a punch with their message; transfer feelings for the symbol to the person or product
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transfer
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if you repeat something over and over, people will believe it
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repetition
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uses ordinary people to gain confidence and trust
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plain folk
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opposite of bandwagon; not everyone is doing this so, you are special
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otherness
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smaller groups of people within a main culture
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mass marketing a subculture
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memories shared by large numbers of people-intent is to stir emotions and sometimes our fears
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collective memories
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simplify products
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humanizing technology
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today images of beautiful women are strong and athletic; represents beauty and power
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strong women
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use of words to soften the true meaning
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euphemism
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simplification covers the true meaning
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oversimplification
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one part of the statement contradicts another part
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internal contradiction
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no logical cause is given or known for the effect
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faulty cause-and-effect reasoning
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avoid answering the questionby skirting the issue
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begging the question
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