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25 Cards in this Set
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Progression
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to advance
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Disintegrate
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To dissolve or disappear
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Vicious
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carried out with intense violence and an apparent desire to inflict serious harm
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Vengeance
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punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense
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Shudder
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to shake or tremble uncontrollably from a reaction such as cold, fear, or disgust
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protruding
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sticking out
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Sensitive
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tactful and sympathetic in relation to the feelings of others
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persuading
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to move by argument
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Rescind
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to make void (as an act) by action
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Psychoanalysis
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a method of analyzing psychic phenomena and treating emotional disorders
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Vivisection
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cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
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Conscript
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to enroll into service by compulsion
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Ambiguous
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doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
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Mirth
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Amusement or laughter
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Submerge
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To be covered or lost from sight
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Lurched
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An abrupt rolling or pitching
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Honor
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strong moral character or strength
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Disorientation
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cause somebody to feel lost or confused, especially with regard to direction or position
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Separatism
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somebody who breaks away from or who is in favor of breaking away from a group, organization, or country
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Queue
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a list of computer data constructed and maintained on a first in, first out basis; a line of people
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Incredulous
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unable or unwilling to believe something or completely unconvinced by it
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malleable
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able to be shaped and bent; easily influenced
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Opaque
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If something is opaque, it does not let light through. It is the opposite of translucent.
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Salaam
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A sacred word of friendship (peace be to you).
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Obscurity
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the condition of being unknown
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