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20 Cards in this Set
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having the quality or characteristics of oil or ointment, slippery
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unctuous
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lacking intelligence, stupid- devoid of matter, empty
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vacuous
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to separate, to blow off or away, fan
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winnow
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a person who is afraid of that which is foreign
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xenophobe
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farmer, low official,
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Yeoman
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think AP hisotry
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to abolish, do away with, or annul
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abrogate
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warlike in manner or temperament
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bellicose
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vulgar, bad disposition
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churlish
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having a harmful effect, injurious
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deleterious
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to endow witht he rights of citizenship ((right to vote))
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enfranchise
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vacuously, smugly, and unconciously foolish, unreal
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fatuous
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to divide (a geographic area) into voting districts
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gerrymander
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Of the same or similar nature or kind
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homogeneous
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disguised, identity is concealed
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incognito
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to keel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of deep respect, worship, or submission (formerly done in China)
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kowtow
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a dictionary (style, or vocabulary)
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lexicon
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a part, portion, or share, a half
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moiety
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a system of names used in art or science
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nomenclature
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government by a few (by a small fraction of persons or families)
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oligarchy
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a factor that resists what is possible or what results
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parameter
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