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28 Cards in this Set
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petition
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redress
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reparation for wrong, readjust, set straight again
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puissant
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powerful
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fawning
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behave servilely, cringe and grovel, flatter
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spurn
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strike out, kick
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cur
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worthless, low-bred dog, surly, ill-bred, cowardly fellow
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enfranchisement
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admit a person to electoral franchise, i.e. right to vote and be a citizen
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apprehensive/apprehend
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1. able to perceive through the senses or intellect
2. uneasy in mind, fearful |
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unassailable
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unable to be attacked or overwhelmed, immune to attack or change, that which cannot be attacked or questioned
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confounded
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perplexed, mixed up, confused, defeated (as a plan)
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prostrate
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lying with face to ground, especially as token of submission or humility
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vouchsafe
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to allow
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misgiving
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feeling of mistrust or apprehension
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spoils
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plunder (of war)
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rank
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1. corrupt
2. "grown too large" (social status) |
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bayed
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corned, as in an animal by hunters
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hart
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stag, male deer
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Lethe
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river of oblivion in Hades
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carrion
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dead putrefying flesh
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censure
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judge (with connotation of blame, disapproval, adverse judgment)
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extenuated
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minimized (excused, as in "extenuating circumstances")
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commonwealth
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independent state or community
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interred
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buried, as in a corpse in the earth
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reverence
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deep respect for something sacred or exalted
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bequeathing
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leave personal estate by will
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legacy
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sum of money or immaterial things handed down by predecessor
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inflame
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catch fire, become passionately excited
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rent
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rip, hole
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