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21 Cards in this Set
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Strategy
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A plan of action or plan with an aim to achieve a goal or get something
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Conquer
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To overcome and take control over something using military force
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Assimilated
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To absorb and take in ideas and people and combine them with a larger group/society and gather them together
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Annihilate
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To completely destroy
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Plunder
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To disorderly steal and take goods from one
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Hegemony
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Dominance of one society, group or country over another
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Subjugate
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To bring under domination and control
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Slaughter
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To brutally kill and massacre
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Dynasty
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A line of hereditary rulers
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Sustainable
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To be able to sustain and maintain, to continue into the future successfully
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Exploitation
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To use and treat one unfairly in order for self-benefit
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Ethical
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Relating to moral principles and to do morally right things
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Siege
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A military operation in which one surrounds a country or area, with the aim of forcing a surrender
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Voracious
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Wanting or devouring great quantities of food
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Myriad
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Countless or a extremely great number
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Nadir
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The lowest point
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Hierarchy
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A system in which one is ranked above the other based on their status and authority
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Enigma
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A person/thing that is mysterious and hard to understand
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Serendipity
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When you find something by luck that turns out to be great
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Conundrum
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Confusing or difficult problem.
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Formidable
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Something that is hard to beat and win against. "He was a formidable opponent on the soccer field" "The test was formidable, it tested everything that he had learned over the past two years." Inspire fear and respect. Formidable is a positive word. The Hajj is a formidable pilgrimage. Formidable is an adjective. A formidable opponent.
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