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18 Cards in this Set
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all powerful or having unlimited power/influence
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omnipotent
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arbitrary
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1. dictorial or characterized by absolute power/authority. refers to people, decisions, govts., etc...
2. selected @ random; or based on ones wims or notions rather tahn on rule or law. |
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vanquish
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to conquer, overpower, or to defeat completely or to gain mastry or control over.
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overide
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to dominate, suppress, or prevail over or to disregard or annul.
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constrain
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to force or compell; or to restrain confine or stifle- imprision or restrict movement, or to force in an unnatural way.
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provocation
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something that irritates, insites, angers, or excites.
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militate
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to have wight or effect or to operate against or infavor of something
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embroil
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to involve in a quarrel, conflict, or problem, or to throw into confusion
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contrive
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scheme or plan, to invent or design, to manage to do or to brign about.
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conduce
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to contribute toward further or promote, or to lead toward- a desirable result.
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ingratiate
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to bring one self into another's good graces, or favor- followed by WITH
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incantation
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use of magical words to cast a spell or magic or sorcery
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conciliate
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to pacify, playcate, or sue the anger of; or to win good will by friendly acts. implies- persuasion to win someone over or settle a dispute.
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mollify
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to sooth, pacify, soften or reduce in intensity
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assuage
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to pacify; calm or satisfy or make less intense.
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sufferance
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toleration or permission implied by failure to interfere.
patient endurance or ability to bear or endure pain, distress etc. |
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succumb
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to yield or give way to superior force or to die. followed by TO
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susceptible
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easily influenced or impressionable, or subject to, prone to, or sensed to... followed by to or of
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