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20 Cards in this Set
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inert
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motionless
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villainous
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someone who behaves like a villain (wicked, criminal behavior)
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persecute
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subject someone to hostility and ill-treatment
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conceive
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to bring forth into creation
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sect
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a sub-group of a larger group
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parochial
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small-minded (small town, everyone knows everyone)
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heathen
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a non-believer
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innate
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comes naturally, hereditary
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defile
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to corrupt or cause one to lose one's innocence, violate the chastity of a woman
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ingratiate
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to get in good with someone, get on someone's good side, bring oneself into favor by flattering or trying to please them
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ideology
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a particular way of thinking of a particular group
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perpetuate
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to continue indefinitely
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insoluble
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not able to be solved, impossible
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paradox
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something that appears to be contradictory (but may not be)
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theocracy
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government ruled by religion
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exclusion
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process of excluding (leaving out) someone or something
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prohibit
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not allow, forbid
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perverse
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to be contrary or difficult (behavior)
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manifestation
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the idea of making something tangible, giving something physical representation, event/actoin/object that clearly embodies something
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repression
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to hold something back, restrain or prevent, suppress
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