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31 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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looking backward
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retrospective
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a chamber for burial
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sepulcher
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1) appropriate social behavior 2) stiff formality
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decorum
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sacredness
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sanctity
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perpetual
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perennial
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cheerful; carefree
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blithe
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conceit; self-importance
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egotism
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inspiration; guiding spirit
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muse
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someone or some institution that is entrusted with responsibility or safekeeping, but not ownership, of another’s property
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trustee
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native; from earliest times
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aboriginal
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capable of being estimated or calculated
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calculable
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disrespect; undutifulness; lack of reverence
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impiety
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disbelief in the existence of God
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atheism
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to perceive clearly
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discern
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effort to promote human welfare
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philanthropy
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cleverness; resourcefulness
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ingenuity
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apparently contradictory or absurd
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paradox
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uselessness
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futility
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to replace as an improvement
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supersede
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to counteract; make an enemy of
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antagonize
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shameful
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ignonimous
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immense
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stupendous
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fundamental
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elemental
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to cause to break down
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decompose
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to cancel
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annul
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capable of being counted
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enumerable
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belonging to a particular sect
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sectarian
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ambition
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aspiration
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to deprive of some possession
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dispossess
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to tease by keeping something out of reach
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tantalize
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a spiral or circular motion
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gyre
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