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31 Cards in this Set
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Autocratic
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the rule of one; overbearing
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Canted
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slanted at an angle (as in a window that opens on an angle)
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Incandescence
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shining or glowing brightly
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Sanctioned
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approved
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Perused
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(archaic -- to read carefully) currently, to look over more casually
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Tremulous
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trembling
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Simp
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also archaic, a not very intelligent person, short for simpleton
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Finite
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bounded by limits
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Mullioned
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the crisscross pattern of wood strips that hold windowpanes in place
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Portentous
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ominous, conveying the sense of impending, grave events
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Dissembled
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past tense of to deceive -- deceived
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Cynical
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completely distrusting and suspicious of most people & social institutions
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disillusionment
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an emotionally wrenching loss of some belief or false notion
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beatniks
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a counter-cultural group of the American 50s, epitomized by writers like Jack Kerouac (On the Road) & Allen Ginsberg (poet)
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cudgel
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to beat
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sedately
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serenely, calmly
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credulity
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naivete, too ready to believe or trust
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dissemble
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to disguise
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banality
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common, ordinary, and therefore dull
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exotic
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unusual, mysteriously attractive
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talismanic
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having a magical effect, as if from some charmed object, a talisman
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sachet
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a small bag or pouch filled with sweet smelling substances (like perfume)
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runnels
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streams
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remonstrations
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protests, rebukes
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lewd
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adjective, of a sexual nature
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sadism
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the act of taking pleasure in brutality toward another
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gesticulated
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to gesture very demonstratively
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orthodox
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the established beliefs, in this context referring to a more conservative Judaism
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supplant
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to take the place of something else
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insatiable
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adjective, impossible to satisfy
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pogrom
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a government-sponsored, official program of discrimination, even violence, against Jews
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