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21 Cards in this Set
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coven
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a group of witches so called because they had made a covenant with the devil
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witch hunt
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organized persecution religious, political, social raesons usually in times of stress or danger.
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scapegoat
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one who take the blame for troubles that beset a community especially unexplainable troubles.
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goody
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abbreviation for goodwife. used as we use the term Mrs.
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blacklist
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list of suspected communists in the entertainment and academic professions. those couldnt get work during the McCarthy era.
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subversive
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spy who operates from within to overthrow the system
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fanaticism
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obsessive devotion to one's system of beliefs
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purjury
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lying under oath
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theocracy
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government in which there is no seperation of church and civil authority.
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crucible
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container for refining precious metals in a furnice. The heat burns up the impurities. came to mean severe test or trial.
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conjure
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to summon spirits or cast spells (practice withccraft)
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exorcism
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religious right for casting out demons from a bewitched person.
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blasphemy
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irreverence or disrespect for religion (cursing)
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providence
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fate
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faction
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a group that breaks off from the main group.
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dissembling
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pretending, hiding ones true feelings or motivation.
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abomination
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something sinful or unclean, obsene practices
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calumny
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slander (talking trash)
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prodigious
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grand, huge in scope
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theology
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study of God and religion
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traffik
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having dealings with (did you traffik with the devil)
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