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94 Cards in this Set
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antebellum
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exsiting before a war
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bellicase
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warlike,aggressive,quarrelsome
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belligerent
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hot-headed,ready to fight,warlike
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pacifist
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opposed to war of violence refuses to fight on moral or religious grounds
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pact
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an agreement b/w 2 or more ppl, treaty to deal with problem or solve dispute
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appease
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to make peaceful & quite to calm
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hospice
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a place or program to care for the terminally ill
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hostel
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an inexpensive, supervised place for young travelers to stay overnight
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inhospitable
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1.not welcoming or generous unfriendly 2.providing no shelter or food
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amicable
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friendly peaceful
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inimical
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hostile,unfriendly,harmful
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paramour
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a lover, often secret no allowed by law or custom
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bell
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war
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pace/peas
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agree or peace
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hosp/host
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host guest shelter
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am/im
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to love
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allay
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to reduce the intensity of, relieve, to calm or pacify;get rest
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assimilate
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to take up, as knowledge or beliefs
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capitulate
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to surrender under specified conditions
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debase
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to lower in character, quality or value
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emulate
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to strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation
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exacerbate
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to increase the severity, wiolence or bitterness of
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extol
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to praise highly
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efface
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to rub or wipe out
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fetter
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to chain or shackle from the ankles or feet
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glut
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to fill beyond capacity
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guild
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an association of personds of the same trade or sursuits
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implore
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to appeal in supplication; to beg for urgently
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disparage
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to speak of in a slighting way
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crim
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fault,crime or accusation
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grave
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heavy, weighty or serious
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prob/prov
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prove, proof or honesty
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lev
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light to raise or lighten
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decriminalize
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to remove or reduce the criminal status of
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incriminate
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to show evidence of involvement in a crime or falut
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recrimination
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an accusation relation for an accusation made against oneself; the mkaing of such an accusation
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approbation
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a formal or offical act of approving praise, usually given w/ pleasure or enthusiasm
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probity
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absolute honesty and uprightness
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reprobate
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a person of throughly bad character
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gravid
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pregnant or enlarge w/ something
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gravitas
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great or very dignifed seriousness
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gravitate
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to move or be drawn toward something,especially by natural tendency or as if by an invisible force
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alleviate
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to lighten,lessen or relieve
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leavening
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something that lightnes and raises;something that modifies,eases or animates
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levity
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frivolity,lack of appropriate seriousness
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allegory
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the use of characters or events to represent ideas or principles in a story,play or picture
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avarice
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immoderate desire for wealth
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cacophony
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jarring,discordant sound
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catharsis
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a purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions
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charlatan
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person who makes elaborate fraudent and often voluble claims to skill or konwledge
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dogma
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a doctrine or system relating to matters such as morality and faith set forth authoritative by a church
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edifice
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building of imposing appearance or size
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enigma
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one that is puzzling or inexplicable
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epitome
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rep or example of class or type
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frivolity
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the quailty or condition of being trivial
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hiatus
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a gap or interruption in space
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homage
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special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly
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innuendo
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an indirect or subtle usually derogatory implaction in expression
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gravitas
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great or very dignifed seriousness
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gravitate
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to move or be drawn toward something,especially by natural tendency or as if by an invisible force
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alleviate
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to lighten,lessen or relieve
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leavening
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something that lightnes and raises;something that modifies,eases or animates
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levity
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frivolity,lack of appropriate seriousness
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agitate
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to move soemthing w/ an irregular rapid voilent action
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prodigal
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recklessly or wastefully extravegant
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synagogue
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the center of worship and communal life for Jewish congergation
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advent
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a coming or arrival
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provenance
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origin or source
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ventursome
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inclined to seek out risk or danger
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incipient
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starting to come into being or become evident
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perceptible
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noticeable or able to be felt by the senses
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susceptible
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1.open to some influence,responsive affinity,sympathy 2.realtionship
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definitive
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1.authoritative and final 2.specifying perfectly
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finite
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having definite limits
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do go lead drive
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cap/cep/cip
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take seize or capture
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ven/vent
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to come,come between or forward
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fin
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end or boundary
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jac/ject
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throw or hurl
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duc
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to lead
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tract
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drag or draw
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sec/sequ
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to follow
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asjacent
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near,neighboring 2.sharing common boundary
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conjecture
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to guess
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dejected
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downcast,depressed
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detract
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to decrease the importance, vaule, or effectiveness of
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retraction
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a taking back or withdraw; a denial of what one has previously said
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intractable
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not easily handled,led,taught,controlled
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conductive
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tending to promote,encourage or assist
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deduction
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subtraction 2.the reaching of a conclusion by reasoning
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induce
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persuade,influence 2.brign about
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consequential
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resluting 2.important
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execute
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to carry out or perform 2.to put to death llegally or formally
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obsequious
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excessivley submissive,obedient or flattering
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