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33 Cards in this Set
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Accumulate |
Verb: pile up, collect, or gather together especially over a period of time. |
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Afflicted |
Verb: Suffering or sickened. |
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Assumption |
Noun: Something that is taken for granted. |
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Atonement |
Noun: Act of making up for a wrongdoing or an injury. |
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Belief |
Noun: Trust in the truth of a statement or idea. |
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Circumstances |
Noun: A situation or event. |
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Confines |
Noun: Boundaries or bounded region; border; limit. |
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Context |
Noun: The circumstances that surround an event or idea that give it meaning. |
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Convince |
Verb: Make someone believe in the truth of an idea or statement. |
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Credible |
Adjective: Believable. |
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Desolate |
Adjective: Forlorn; wretched. |
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Distort |
Verb: To change in a way that gives a false meaning. |
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Evidence |
Noun: Proof |
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Explicit |
Adjective: Clearly stated. |
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Forebears |
Noun: Ancestors |
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Immaculate |
Adjective: Perfectly correct; without a flaw, or error. |
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Implication |
Noun: Indirect result |
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Manipulate |
Verb: To influence a person or situation in a way that is intended to mislead. |
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Obstinacy |
Noun: Stubbornness |
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Percieve |
Verb: To understand or become aware of. |
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Perspective |
Noun: Point of view. |
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Poignant |
Adjective: Emotionally touching. |
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Pious |
Adjective: Having or showing religious devotion. |
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Preclude |
Verb: Prevent |
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Rancor |
Noun: Bitter hate. |
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Recoil |
Verb: Stagger back |
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Retribution |
Noun: Payback; punishment for a misdeed. |
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Skeptics |
Noun: Doubters or disbelievers. |
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Speculate |
Verb: Make a guess about something unknown. |
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Subside |
Verb: Settle down; become less active or intense. |
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Truth |
Noun: A fact or idea that agrees with reality. |
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Tumultuos |
Adjective: Greatly disturbed; in an uproar. |
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Verify |
Verb: Confirm or prove that something is true. |
