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34 Cards in this Set
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credence
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belief
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credulity
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gullibility
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creed
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a formal statement of religious belief
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credulous
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gullible
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incredulous
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disbelieving
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miscreant
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criminal or unbeliever
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concur
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to run together; agree
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concurrent
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running together
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cursory
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hasty; quick and careless
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discourse
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to run about; to speak at lengths
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precursor
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forerunner
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recourse
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turning back to someone for help
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demagoguery
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methods of rallying up people
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demographic
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writing about people; study of human populations
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recurrent
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returning repeatedly
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endemic
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native to a particular people or country
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epidemic
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a disease or abnormal condition spreading among people
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pandemic
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widespread; among ALL the people
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abdicate
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to renounce formally a throne or high office
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diction
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choice of words
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edict
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a speaking out
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disarray
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a state of confusion and disorder
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disburse
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to take away from a purse
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discomfit
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to undo; make difficult
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disconcert
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to frustrate
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disconsolate
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hopelessly sad
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discordant
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disagreeable to the ear
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dismantle
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to take apart
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disparate
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not equal
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disparity
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difference
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disseminate
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to spread out
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dissent
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to differ in opinion
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dissident
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one who disagrees
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dissuade
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to turn a person away by persuasion
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