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87 Cards in this Set
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affirmation
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the assertion that something exists or is true
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agitation
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to move or force into violent, irregular action
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Alaiyo
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Asagais nickname for Beneatha
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anguish
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excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain
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assimilation
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to take in and incorporate as one's own
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beseech
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to beg urgently
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bourgeois
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a member of the middle class
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Buckingham Palace
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a residence of the British sovereigns since 1837, in London, England
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buckskin
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skin of deer or buck
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cashmere
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the fine, downy wool at the roots of the hair of the Kashmir goat
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chauffeur
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a person employed to drive a private automobile or limousine for the owner
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Clybourne Park Improvement Association
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welcoming committee from the new neighborhood
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Colonialism
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the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people
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conspicious
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easily seen or noticed
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coquette
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a woman who flirts lightheartedly with men to win their admiration and affection
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"cracker"
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white people
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deliberate
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carefully weighed or considered
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despair
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loss of hope
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disheveled
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to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing
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doggedly
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persistent in effort
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dusky
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somewhat dark
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eccentricity
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an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct
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Eggleston
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Mama's maiden name
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elaborate
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worked out with great care and nicety of detail
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epitaph
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a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site
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exasperation
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an act of irritating or provoking to a high degree
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exuberant
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effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic
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facetious
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not meant to be taken seriously or literally
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feverish
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pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling fever
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Flaming Spear
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African Warrior Name Walter gives himself
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flippancy
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frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness
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forlorn
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desolate or dreary
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fraternity
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a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters
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futile
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incapable of producing any result
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gait
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a manner of walking, stepping, or running
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gall
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impudence
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gourd
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the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants
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homey
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someone who lives in your neighborhood
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hysteria
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an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
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incredulity
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the quality or state of being incredulous
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indignant
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feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base
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Jefferson
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Walter's imaginary gardener
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jubilance
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feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base
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ludicrous
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causing laughter because of absurdity
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malicious
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full of, characterized by, or showing malice
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monologue
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a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker
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mope
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to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy
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"nigger"
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a black person
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NAACP
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National Assosciation for Advancement of colored
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negotiate
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to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
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ofay kids
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rich white kids
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ominous
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portending evil or harm
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peaked
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having a peak
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penicillin
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any of several antibiotics of low toxicity, produced naturally by molds of the genus Penicillium and also semisynthetically, having a bactericidal action on many susceptible Gram-positive or Gram-negative cocci and bacilli, some also being effective against certain spirochetes
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prejudice
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an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason
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profound
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penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge
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Prometheus
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a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules
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puny
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of less than normal size and strength
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raucous
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harsh
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quizzical
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odd, queer, or comical
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ofay kids
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rich white kids
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ominous
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portending evil or harm
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peaked
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having a peak
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penicillin
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any of several antibiotics of low toxicity, produced naturally by molds of the genus Penicillium and also semisynthetically, having a bactericidal action on many susceptible Gram-positive or Gram-negative cocci and bacilli, some also being effective against certain spirochetes
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prejudice
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an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason
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profound
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penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge
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Prometheus
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a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules
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puny
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of less than normal size and strength
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raucous
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harsh
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quizzical
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odd, queer, or comical
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refrain
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to abstain from an impulse to say or do something
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replenish
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to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc
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revelation
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the act of revealing or disclosing
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rigidity
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stiff or unyielding
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Rufus
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Kid who has sledding accident
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saucy
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impertinent
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Scarlett O'Hara
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Gone with the Wind heroine
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scrutinize
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to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
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sobriety
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the state or quality of being sober
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Songhay
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An ancient empire of western Africa in present-day Mali
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Thirty Pieces
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important blood money, pay to betray your best friend
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tweed
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a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere
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tyranny
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arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power
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vengeance
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infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person
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vicious
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addicted to or characterized by vice
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wrought
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exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something
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Yoruba
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a member of a numerous West African coastal people
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