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25 Cards in this Set
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to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine.
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Ascertain
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gross injustice or wickedness.
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Iniquity
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a small group ruling a country, esp. immediately after a coup d'état and before a legally constituted government has been instituted.
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Junta
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to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.
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Arbitrate
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any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
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Creed
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anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred.
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Abominations
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existing in one from birth; inborn; native
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Innate
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to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others, esp. by deliberate effort (usually fol. by with
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Ingratiate
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joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid.
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Compact
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a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like
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Faction
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to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal.
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Abrogate
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joined by treaty, agreement, or common cause
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Allied
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a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
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Citadel
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to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
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Corroborate
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to give, grant, or allow
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Begrudge
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a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
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Clamored
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an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
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Covenant
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to call upon a devil or spirit by innvocation or spell
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Conjure
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the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
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Ideology
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having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance
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Inert
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causing fear, apprehension, or dread
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Formidable
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justify
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Grounded
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government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.
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Autocracy
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a storage place for weapons and other war equipment.
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Armory
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to command; order; direct
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Bidden
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