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40 Cards in this Set
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Pacifist |
One who is in opposition of war or violence |
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Bequest |
something left to someone in a will |
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Manifest |
clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious |
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Rote |
A memorizing process using routine or repetition, often without comprehension |
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Morass |
anything that hinders, traps or over whelms; low-lying, soggy ground |
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Reign |
the exercise or possession of supreme power |
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Brouhaha |
An uproar; hubbub |
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Wrath |
Extreme or violent rage |
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Zenith |
the peak; the highest point |
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Slake |
to quench; to satisfy a craving |
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Belam |
a place or scene of noisy uproar and confusion |
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Prehensile |
adapted for grasping or holding |
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Dour |
severe; gloomy; stern |
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Taut |
stretched tight; tidy |
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Rife |
abundant; great in number or amount |
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Requisite |
essential; necessary |
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Indolence |
inclination to laziness |
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Incontrovertible |
not able to be "turned against" or disputed; certain; indisputable |
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Benighted |
being in a state of intellectual darkness; ignorant; unenlightened |
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Personify |
to think of or represent as having human qualities; to typify |
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Shunt |
to move or turn aside; to evade by putting aside or ignoring |
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Respite |
delay; postpone; a brief interval of rest |
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Forte |
something in which a person excels |
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Enmity |
hostility; deep-seated hatred |
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Crony |
a close friend or companion |
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Bevy |
a group of animals; an assemblage |
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Battery |
the unlawful beating of a person; act of beating or pounding; any large group of related things |
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Chastise |
to discipline; to criticize severely |
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Acme |
the highest point |
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Psyche |
the human soul; the mind |
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Bandy |
to trade; to give back and forth; to bat to and fro |
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Synchronize |
to occur at the same time; simultaneous |
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Surmise |
to guess; to infer (something) without sufficient evidence |
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Demise |
death; the end |
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Polarize |
to break up into opposing factions or groups |
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Tantalize |
to excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach |
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Hiatus |
a gap or an interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break |
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Evince |
to show or demonstrate clearly |
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Apex |
the highest point; peak |
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Crux |
main point; the heart of the matter |
