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106 Cards in this Set
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to pronounce fear of guilt; to relieve of a requirenment
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absolve
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not concrete; theoretical
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abstract
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easily approachable
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accessible
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hold comfortably; provide for
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accomodate
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to admit the existence; express thanks
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acknowledge
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bitter animosity
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acrimony
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acting to oppose; antagonistic
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adverse
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concerned for beauty
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aesthetic
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easy to speak to
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affable
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a natural attraction
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affinity
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plentiful supply
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affluence
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to make something more bearable
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alleviate
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showing unselfish concern for others
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altruistic
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open to more than one interpretation
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ambiguous
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uncertainty
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ambivalence
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responsive to advice
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amenable
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large size
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ample
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hostility that results in resistance
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antagonism
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to old to be fashionable
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antiquated
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lack of interest
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apathy
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fearful anticipation
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apprehension
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1 who is learning a trade
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apprenticeship
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suitable for a subject
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appropriate
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heredity nobility
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aristocracy
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overbearing pride
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arrogance
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to have great ambition
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aspire
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to express poitively
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assert
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act of takin upon oneself
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assumption
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to gain,
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attain
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claimed and verifiable origin
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authentic
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no controlled by others
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autonomous
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fixed intense dislike
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aversion
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producing a favorable result
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beneficial
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chracterized by doing good
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benevolent
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of a kind nature
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benign
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to be false to
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betray
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likely to brake
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brittle
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remains afloat
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bouyant
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sincerity of expression
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candor
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to attract and hole attention byu charm
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captivate
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a distorted representation
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caricature
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to remove objectionable content
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censor
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person who make fraudulent claims by skill
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charlatan
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extended account of historical events
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chronicle
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aware of sircumstances
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circumspect
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to quote as an authority
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cite
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an obvious remark
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cliche
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to grow together
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coalesce
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act of agreeing to a wish
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compliance
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part of a system
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component
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a settlement of differences
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compromise
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to excuse, overlook
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condone
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to support, verify
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confirm
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similiarity if form
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conformity
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pleasant disposition
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congenial
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agreement among parts; reliability
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consistency
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re relive sorrow of; central control panel
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console
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act of uniting in to 1 system
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consolidation
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give into an argument likely to cause controversy
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contentious
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formal meeting
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convention
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act of destroying a metal graduallyq
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corrosion
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to cut short
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curtail
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negative and pessimistic
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cynical
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to walk aimlessly
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dawdle
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act of damaging reputation
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defamation
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act of vbold resistance
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defiance
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having declined from original state
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degenerate
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to debase
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demean
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to condemn openly
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denounce
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to present in art
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depict
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to decrease of fullness
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deplete
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to condemn
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deplore
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jeering laughter
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derision
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resulting from previous work
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derivative
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separated
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detached
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tending to prevent
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deterrent
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intending to be morally instructive
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didactic
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act of going astray
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digression
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perceptible by vision
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disernable
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rejection of validity
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disclaimer
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civil war
my bondage my freedom |
douglass
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romantic
concord hymm nature |
emerson
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civil war
civial war diary |
chestnut
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romantic
i, too |
hughes
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post-civil war
to build a fire |
london
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romantic
the learnd astronomer i hear america singing |
whitman
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revolutionary
the crisis |
paine
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revolution
the declaration of independence |
jefferson
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revolution
VA convention speech |
henry
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post-civil war
the story of an hour |
chopin
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civil war
letters to his son |
lee
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revolution
the interesting life of a ... |
equiano
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romantic
fall of the house of usher |
poe
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romantic
because i could not stop for death my closed 2x before my eyes certain slant of light |
dickinson
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post-civil war
the outcasts of poker flat |
harte
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post-civil
occurence at owl creek bridge |
bierce
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civil war
we wear the mask |
dunbar
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post-civil war
the notorious jumping frog of cavaleras county |
twain
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revolution
devil and tom walker |
irving
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romantic
covil disobediance |
thoreau
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romantic
a psalm of life |
longfellow
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civil war
gettysburg address |
lincoln
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Revolutionary Story of teh Times
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*enlighteners - valued reason over faith
*revolotionary war *independence |
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Romantic Story of the times
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*nation expanded
*political advances *new inventions |
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Civil War Story of the Times
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*civil war
*end of slavery |
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Post-Civil War story of the times
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*immigration
*moved out west *diversity |
