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60 Cards in this Set
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Suffrage
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the right to vote
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Bauble
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cheap ornament or trinket
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Enumerate
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to name one by one in a list
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Arcade
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a series of arches with shops on the side
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Acquisitive
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tending to acquire or own
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Clandestine
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to do in secrecy, concealment
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Shibboleth
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a way to characterize a group by their customs
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Deign
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to stoop below ones dignity
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Discrepancy
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lack of similarities between two or more things
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Vogue
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fashion at a specific time
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denunciation
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rudeness
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embroil
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to complicate
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depose
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to remove from office
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cordially
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sincere; heartfelt
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conspicuous
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clear obvious, without question
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contumely
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a humiliating insult
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alienate
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to remove from society
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precocity
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the state of being advanced beyond ones age
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stark
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severe bland utter
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compunction
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uneasiness about the rightness of something
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regimen
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a strict schedule for health
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toil
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hard laborious work
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supine
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laying on its back facing upward
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quell
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vanquish suppress subdue
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prelude
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preliminary to an event, show, or text
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tumult
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noisy commotion
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impasse
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a catch 22, a situation where there is no escape, deadlock
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jingoism
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extreme patriotism
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improvise
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the think of on the spot without previous planning
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conversant
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familiar by use
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explication
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an explanation or interpretation
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wizened
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withered, shriveled
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puritanical
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strict in moral and religious matters
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appalling
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causing dismay or horror
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dismay
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a sudden or complete loss of courage
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extant
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not lost or destroyed
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resurrection
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the act of rising from the dead
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benediction
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an utterance of good wishes
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induce
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to cause or bring upon
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rife
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commonly occurring, prevalent
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antipodal
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on opposite sides of earth
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partition
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a structure that separates a space into sections or parts
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parallel
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having the same path, or course
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implication
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the conclusion that can be drawn from something
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subside
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to reduce to a lower level, or
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resplendent
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shining brilliantly
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inimical
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unfavorable
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abrogate
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to abolish by formal means
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degrade
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to reduce another's dignity
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litany
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a long list or a petition for prayer or church services
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slake
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to refresh or cool
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drollery
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something whimsically or amusingly funny
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antedate
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precede in time
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exodus
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a mass departure
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impassioned
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filled with emotion
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insouciance
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lack of care
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distinct
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set apart from another
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redeeming
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counter balancing a fault
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cohort
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a group or company
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forthright
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to be frank, straight to the point
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