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56 Cards in this Set
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megalomania
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abnormal desire for wealth and power
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strife
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discord, disagreement
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legion
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a large number
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coup
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revolution
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amnesty
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a general pardon
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expatriate
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an exile = Enforced removal from one's native country
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exonerate
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to free from guilt
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flat
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an official order, a decree
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mendacious
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lying, untrue
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parsimonious
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miserly
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pecuniary
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financial
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dismantle
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to strip of covering, take apart
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sumptuous
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lavish
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underwrite
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agree to finance
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restrictive
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harsh, confirming
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balk
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to refuse to move
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blunt
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paint spoken
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rife
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widespread
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reviled
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scolded
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derogatory
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belitting, disparaging
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indict
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accuse
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nebulous
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unclear, vague
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pesky
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annoying
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redolent
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fragrant = having a pleasant odor
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repose
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state of rest
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omnivorous
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eating any kind of food
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abstemious
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moderate in eating or drinking
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extant
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still existing
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vicisstudes
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difficulites
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edifice
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a building
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sultry
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extremely hot and moist, torrid
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trenchant
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keen, incisive
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puissant
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powerful
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unabated
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without subsiding
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levity
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lightness of disposition
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lugubrious
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very sad
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scion
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child, descendant
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indoctrinate
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to teach certain principles
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opulence
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wealth, riches
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obsequious
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seeking favor, fawning
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fulsome
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insincere, excessive
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lush
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luxurious, elaborate
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destitution
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extreme poverty
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ponder
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to consider carefully
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supplication
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earnest prayer
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decadence
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decay
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penance
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atonement for sin
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ascetic
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one who practices self-denial and devotion
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desultory
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occuring by chance, disconnected
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discipe
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follower
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metamorphosis
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change
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bona fide
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genuine
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salvation
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deliverance from ruin
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materialism
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to attention to worldly things and neglect of spiritual needs
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nurture
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to nourish, to support
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nirvana
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freedom from care and pain, Buddhist heaven
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