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24 Cards in this Set
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Languish
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to lose strength or energy, weaken
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Ingenuity
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the quality or an instance of being ingenious; cleverness; creativity
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Frivolousness
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unworthy or serious consideration or merit; trivial or silly
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Prejudice
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an opinion, judgment, preference, or consideration or formed without knowing or examining the facts
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Slavery
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the ownership of one or more persons by another or others; bondage
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Brutality
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Brutal or very cruel practice or treatment
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Rebirth
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a major recurrence, as of a phenomenon or treatment
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Haughty
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proud in a manner that shows disdain for others; arrogant
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Literal
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in accordance with the ordinary, exact, or primary meaning of a word or words; not figurative or metaphorical
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Resolution
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mental firmness, determination, or resolve
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Civilize
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to bring to an educated or refined condition; cause impulsive or destructive behavior to be voluntarily restrained
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Vernacular
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spoken by the native or common people of a region or country
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Contrite
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feeling deep guilt for one's wrongdoing or shortcoming, and desire to make amends for it; remorseful; repentant
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Superstition
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a belief that has no basis in fact
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Abolitionist
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advocacy of or legal movement toward abolition, esp. of slavery in the US
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Muddle
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to cause confusion or disorder in; mix up or jumble
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Calamity
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an event causing extreme harm, suffering, or destruction; disaster
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Absurdity
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the condition or quality of being absurd
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Dissipation
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to cause to disappear by, or as though by, dispersing or dissolving
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Shrewdness
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displaying good judgement and foresight; cunning; asute
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Humanity
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the race of human beings; mankind
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Brazen
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to face or endure in a bold or defiant way (often followed by out or through)
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Imaginative
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having or showing an active or creative imagination
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Soliloquy
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an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone
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