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20 Cards in this Set
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apostate
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(n.) one who forsakes his or her own religion, party, or cause
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bravado
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(n.) a display of false or assumed courage
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consensus
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(n.) a colleactive or general agreement of opinion, feeling, or thinking
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constrict
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(v.) to make smaller or narrower, draw together, squeeze, to stop or cause to falter
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dichotomy
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(n.) a division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts; a branching or forking in an ancestral line
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effusive
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(adj.) highly demonstrative; unrestrained
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euphoria
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(n.) a feeling of great happiness or well-being, often with no objective basis
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gothic
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(adj.) characterized by or emphasizing a gloomy setting and grotesque or violent events; such a literary or artistic style; a type of medieval architecture
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impasse
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(n.) a dead end; a position from which there is no escape; a problem to which there is no soultion
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lugubrious
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(adj.) sad, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
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metamorphosis
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(n.) a complete transformation, as if by magic
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mystique
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(n.) an aura or attitude of mystery or veneration surrounding something or soemone
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non sequitur
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(n.) an interference or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts or premises
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parlous
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(adj.) full of danger, risk, perilous
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punctilio
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(n.) a minute detail of conduct or procedure
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quagmire
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(n.) soft, soggy mud or slush; a difficult or entrapping situation
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quixotic
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(adj.) extravagantly or romantically idealistic; visionary without regard to practical considerations
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raconteur
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(n.) a person who tells stories and anecdotes with great skill
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sine qua non
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(n.) an essential or indispensable element or condition
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vendetta
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(n.) a prolonged feud, often between two families, characterized by retaliatory acts of revenge; any act motivated by vengeance
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