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50 Cards in this Set
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Ambivalent
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Having mixed, conflicting, or changing emotions or thoughts toward a person or thing
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Beneficent
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Kind; charitable;doing good
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Sortie
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A sudden attack by troops from a defensive position
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Congenital
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Present at birth
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Interminable
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Endless
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Repugnant
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Conflicting; objectionable; unhappy
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Sallow
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Sick looking
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Intrepid
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Fearless;courageous
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Consensus
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Majority of opinion
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Betrothed
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Married
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adamant
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stoic attitude;strong substance
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antagonize
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hostile;unfriendly;make enemy
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archives
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where the records or documents stored
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autocrat
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ruler with unlimited power
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factious
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make complex;qurellsom
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supplication
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humble prayer; entreaty; petition
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frustrate
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preventing; discouragement
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peremptory
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sudden; leaving no opportunity for denial
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procrastinate
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delay without good reason
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resilient
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coming back quickly; flexable
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exonerate
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Fire;clear out of a charge
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expedite
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make easier
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incoherent
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hard to understand
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plebeian
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normal;citizen-like
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forgo
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go without
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incredulous
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showing disbelief
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provocation
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something that stirs up anger
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query
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question
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secular
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worldly rather than religious
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shibboleth
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use of language to classify a class;password
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blithe
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Happy;joyful;carefree
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filial
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what is expected from sons and daughters
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interpose
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insert between
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intrinsic
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belonging to a thing by its essential nature
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cede
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give up to
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chagrin
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disappointment; distress; embaressed
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debonair
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graceful; charming;smooth;carefree
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precipitate
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to cause something to happen quickly
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proficient
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advancement in a area; skilled
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remission
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comic relief; lessing from seriousness
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acquiesce
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to give into without protest
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altercation
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an argument
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phalanx
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close gathered group
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beleagure
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surrounded by troops
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assail
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to attack
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brunt
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the main force
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deprecate
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to go against
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palliate
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to ease
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predecessory
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a person who precedes another in an office, position
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redress
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a correction
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