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30 Cards in this Set
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berserk
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violently enraged
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jubilee
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an occasion or joyous festivity
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juggernaut
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an overwhelming force
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kowtow
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1. to show extreme or excessive deference (to know your place)
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maelstrom
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an exceptionally powerful whirlpool
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mecca
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any place that many people visit or want to visit
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nabob
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rich or powerful person
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saga
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any long detailed narrative
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shibboleth
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a slogan, phrase, or belief that charcterizes or is held devotedly by a group
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trek
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to travel slowly
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complicity
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participation in wrongdoing
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deploy
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to position in a way as to be effective
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explicate
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to make clear or explain completely
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implicate
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to prove involvement in a situation
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implicit
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implied rather than directly stated
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inexplicable
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unable to be explained
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plight
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a state or situation; predicament
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replica
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an exact reproduction
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replicate
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to duplicate
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supple
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1. easily curved or bent ; flexible
2. plastic |
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hetero, heter
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different; other
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hippo, hipp
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horse
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homo; hom
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same; similar; mankind
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hydro, hydra, hydr
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water
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hyper, hyp
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overexcessive
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hypo, hyp
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under
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icono, icon
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image; likeness
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itis
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inflammation; burning sensation
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kilo, kil
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one thousand
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kine, kin, kino, kinesio
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motion; movement
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