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14 Cards in this Set
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mollify
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to soothe in temper or disposition
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fervor
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a great intensty of feeling or emotion
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digestion
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the ability to digest food
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belligerent
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inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness
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emollient
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a softening dr smoothing agent
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recompense
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an equivilant or return for something done, suffered, or given
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matriarchy
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a system of social organization in which discent and inheritance are traced through the female line
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compendium
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a brief summary of a larger work or of a feild of knowledge
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patrilineal
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relating to, based on or tracing descent through the male line
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maternal
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of pertaining to having the qualities beffiting a mother
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paternity
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the state of being a father, fatherhood
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homocide
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a killing of one human being by another
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patron
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one that uses wealth or influence to help an indevidual institution or cause
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aggravate
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to rouse or displeasure or anger by usually persistant and often pretty goading
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