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40 Cards in this Set
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Treason; the incitement of public disorder or rebellion
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Sedition
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Someone with a superficial knowledge of the arts
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Dilettante
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The art of formal speaking or writing; inflated discourse
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rhetoric
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Stronghold; fortress; forified place
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Bastion
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Thrifty management of resources; livestock farming
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Husbandry
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To praise highly; to brag publicly about
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Tout
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To agree
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Concur
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To cause to happen abruptly
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Precipitate
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To swell; to extend a great deal
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Distend
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To throw someone out of his or her native land; to move away from one's native land; to emigrate
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Expatriate
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Lacking a sense of right or wrong; without moral feelings
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Amoral
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At home in many places/situations; sophisticated
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Cosmopolitan
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Loud; noise
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Vociferous
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Dependent; possible
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Contingent
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Impossible to see though-or understand
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Opaque
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Healthful; remedial; curative
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Salutary
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Yearning; sadly longing
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Wistful
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Dying
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Moribund
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Brilliant; giving off heat or light
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Incandescent
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Having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns
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Secular
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Something handed down from the past; bequest
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Legacy
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A rich, powerful, or very successful business person
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Magnate
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Golden age; prime
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Heyday
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Sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together
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Aggregate
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One who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes humans are motivated only by selfishness
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Cynic
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To enlighten; to instuct, especially in religious or moral matters
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Edify
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To help settle differences
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Mediate
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To set or keep apart
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Sequester
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To criticize mildly
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Reprove
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To have insight; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate
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Discern
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Very, very, very small; infinitely small
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Infinitesimal
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Awesome; extremely exalted; lofty; majestic
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Sublime
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Negative; despairing
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Pejorative
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Immature; naive; inexperienced
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Callow
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Capable of living; workable
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Viable
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Extremely demanding; diffuclt; requiring great skill or care
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Exacting
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Extravagantly wasteful and, usually, wildly immoral
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Profligate
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Forgiving; unresentful; noble in spirit; generous
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Magnanimous
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Haughty; partonizing
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Supercilious
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Given freely; unjustified; unprovoked; uncalled for
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Gratuitous
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