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42 Cards in this Set
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Advocate
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To speak for, push for a cause
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Tyrants
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One who has unlimited power
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Marginalized
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To be excluded from the group
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Turbu;ent
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Stormy, bumpy
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Insolent
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Arrogant, rude
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Elite
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The best
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Rabble
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A mob, the lowest class
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Pluralism
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When people of differences are present and tolerated within a society
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Indispensable
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Absolutely necessary
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Impetus
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An impulse, an impelling force
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Intact
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To remain whole
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Compulsory
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Required
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Despotism
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Absolute power or authority
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Beacon
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A signaling or guiding devise
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Disparagingly
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To speak in a disrespectful way
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Proliferation
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Widespread
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Mandate
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A command
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Diffusion
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Spread out
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Inherent
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A permanent quality
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Bolster
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Make stronger
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Infamous
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Having an extremely bad reputation
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Embodied
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To provide a concrete form
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Ascendancy
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Domination
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Infringe
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To exceed the limits of, violate
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Strenuous
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Requiring great effort
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Grievances
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A happening that is basis for complaint
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Culmination
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Climax, ending
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Forfeit
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Give up
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Reintegrated
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Reintroduced
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Tract
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Area
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appropriate
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Suitable, to set apart for specific use
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Juxtaposed
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To place side by side
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Barbarous
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Primitive, uncivilized
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Espouse
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Marry
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Innate
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Inherent
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Eradicate
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To destroy
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Affront
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To insult intentionally, offend
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Shrewd
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Sharp intelligence
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Superseded
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Replace
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Forthrightness
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Straightforward
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Rhetoric
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The art of public speaking
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Arduous
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Difficult
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