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25 Cards in this Set
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elude
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to escape or get away from
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bride price
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a payment given from the grooms family
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dowries
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the money a bride brings in the a marriage
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maelstrom
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a confused or violent condition
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tailsman
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something that holds magic power or brings good luck
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inexorable
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that cannot be stopped or changed
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fatalism
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belief that a power settles ahead of time
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culpablity
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guilt
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wrest
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to take by force
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flay
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to strip of the skin
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self immolation
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a willing sacrifice of oneself
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transmigration
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moving from one place to another
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emigrant
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one who leaves a country
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immigrant
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one who comes from another country to settle in a new one
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unmodulated
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not adjusted or regulated properly
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sojourner
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visitor
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frivolous
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not serious; silly
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prodigal
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spending carelessly
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commensal
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relating to a state in which one organish benefits from another without hurting or helping it
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tractable
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easy to control
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proxy
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someone who is given the power to act in place of another
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efface
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to wipe out
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miens
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appearance way of carrying one self
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atavism
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when an organish inherits characteristics more similar to its parents
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hex
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jinv; bring bad luck
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