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40 Cards in this Set
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Altruism
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Willingness to sacrifice self for others: good will
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Arbitrary
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Based on prejudice or whim, rather than on established principles
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Beckon
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to appear inviting: to attract
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Coalesce
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to grow on or come together into one
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Debilitating
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incapacitating, impairing, making likely to cease proper function
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Disingenuous
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insincere, not open
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doctrine
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principles of a religion, political party, etc
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finite
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limited, having parameters, bounded
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hackneyed
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used to the point of excess
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incisive
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keen, showing insight; smart
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Nonsensical
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unintelligible, absurd
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Opulence
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wealth, affluence
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Orthodox
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traditional or common belief or practice
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Periphery
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the surrounding region, area, or country
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Quiescence
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state of repose or inaction
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Rudimentary
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basic, primary, lowest
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Stagnated
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become dull or inactive; not flowing or moving
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Synthesists
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those who assemble part into whole
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Unfettered
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free, without hindrance
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Hieroglyphics
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a writing system, an alphabet
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Adjacent
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near or next to; adjoining
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Advocates
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person who speaks or writes in favor of
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Affable
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pleasant or friendly
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Cosmopolitan
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Sophisticated, knowledgeable about other cultures
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Compulsory
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required
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Entrenched
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ingrained; included for long as to become a part of
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Eustress
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good stress
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explicitly
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openly; overtly
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generic
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of a whole genus, kind, class, etc; general, inclusive
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homogeneity
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uniformity; sameness
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Illusory
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seeming unreal; producing an illusion
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infallible
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always correct; unable to make error
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paucity
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smallness of number; fewness; rarity
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permeable
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ale to be passed through
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reverberates
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to cause sound to echo
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rife
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swarming; alive with; thick
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subsidy
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a grant of money, as from a government to private enterprise
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tedium
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lack of variety, monotony
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unprecedented
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not done or known before
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waned
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diminished; to grow gradually smaller or weaker
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