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21 Cards in this Set
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Strategy
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A plan of action that is used in military operations or planning in strategy.
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Assimilated
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To absorb another cultural group or ethnic group into your culture.
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Hegemony
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Dominance of one ethnic group or social group over all of the others.
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Annihilate
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To complete destroy or obliterate.
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Plunder
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To steal or take away luxury or private goods during war time.
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Dynasty
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A line of rulers from one family.
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Sustainable
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able to maintain to the future successfully.
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Slaughter
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To kill brutally and in an unfair fashion
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Conquer
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To take control of a piece of land through military force.
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Subjugate
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To take control someone in a negative way.
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Exploitation
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Benefit from someone elses weakness.
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Ethical
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Is it morally correct with dealling with problems.
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Siege
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A military operation in which an army surrounds a town or a city.
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Hierarchy
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An organization that ranks people according
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Myriad
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A lot of. A countless number. Extremely large numbers.
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Voracious
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Wanting to devour great quantities of food.
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Enigma
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A person or thing that is difficult to understand, mysterious and puzzling.
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Nadir
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The lowest point of a day/fortune/organization.
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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 and difficult problem or question.
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Formidable
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Hard to beat. Hard to win against. Strong, powerful.
Fear inspiring. Respect through being impressively large, powerful. This is a positive. Is an adjective. E.g. It was a FORMIDABLE test. A formidable opponent. Comes from French and Latin. |
