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20 Cards in this Set
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asset
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an item of value that is owned
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flotilla
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a fleet of boats or small ships
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jurisdiction
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the area or territory over which legal power extends
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land grant
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a parcel of land given to a settler in exchange for his agreement to live there
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null and void
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having not legal force
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palisade
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a fence of tall, pointed stakes
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quarantine
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to isolate in order to stop the spread of an infectious disease
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slave
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a person who is bound to a life of service to others and who has few rights
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station
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a group of homes on the frontier that also usually included a fort
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stench
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an offensive smell or odor
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weary
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physically or mentally exhausted
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refusal
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to decline something that is offered
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refuse
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something that is discarded as worthless or useles
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incomprehensible
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impossible to understand
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insoluble
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incapable of being solved
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stenographer
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a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand; either on a special machine or by hand
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herald
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to announce
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delusion
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a type of mental turmoil; a false belief
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Lumbago
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a chronic or recurring pain in the lower back region
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blight
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a disease in plants that causes them to stop growing and wither
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