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20 Cards in this Set
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based on or consisting of documents
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documentary
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a temporary relief
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reprieve
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to rise and fall or move back and forth
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fluctuate
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a window that opens on hinges along its side
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casement
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marked by great emotion, force, or conviction
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vehement
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to present for the first time
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debuted
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sad or depressed
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ancholy
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music or a mass for the dead
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requiem
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hypothetical
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theoretical
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to sit on something with a leg on each side, to straddle
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bestriding
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to regard with mean or greedy pleasure
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gloat
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something inherited or handed down
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legacy
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a continuous clanging
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clangor
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to influence or persuade by using flattery or soothing words
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wheedled
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a government document giving a person the right to profit from an invention
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patent
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to charge with an offense or a crime
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indict
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a founder and leader of a tribe or family
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patriarch
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to humiliate
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mortified
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to command, especially in law
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enjoin
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discolored by a bruise
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livid
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