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30 Cards in this Set
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soveriegn
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supreme, permently, authoriative
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effrontery
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brazen, boldness, presumptuousness
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imbecility
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stupid or foolish
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perfunctory
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with little interest or care, great stupidity
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agnostic
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a person who is doubtful, skeptic about God
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prolific
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producing abundantly; fertile
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meditative
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characterized by or prone to compleplation
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melange
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a mixture; an assortment of things
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precedent
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a judicial decision that may be a standard in similar decisions
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reconvene
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to summon or appear before tribunal again
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exultant
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marked by great joy or jubilation; triumphant
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paradox
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a seemingly contradictory statement that may be nonetheless be true
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converging
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to tend toward or approach on intersecting point
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obscure
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not really noticed or seen; inconspicous
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assails
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to attack with or as if violent blows
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preposterous
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contrary to nature, reason or common sense
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impassive
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devoid of or not subject to emotion
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extradite
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to give up or deliver
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patriarch
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a man who rules a family, clan, or tribe
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indict
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to bring a crime against
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atheist
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one who denies the existence of God or gods
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cynic
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one who believes all are motivated by sin
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eloquent
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having persuasive power
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Fundamentalist
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Late 1800s- early 1900s- religous movement encouraging scripture
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heretic
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one with controversial opinion
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hypocrite
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a person who professes beliefs but does not act on them
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ridicule
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to make fun of a person or things
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scruples
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uneasy feelings caused by conscience
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zeal
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enthusiastic, devotion, passion for a cause
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rationality
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the exercise of reason
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