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25 Cards in this Set
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Adjudicate
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Settle a dispute in the court of law
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Agrarian
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Pertaining to farming or agriculture
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Allay
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To reduce in intensity
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Anticlimactic
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Less important that expected
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Bedevil
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To cause distress or utterly onfused
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Cession
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To give in to someone, to yield to someone
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De facto
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In reality, in fact; exist without legal authority
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Deterrent
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Serves to discourage
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Doldrums
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In a period of inactiveness, stagnant, slump
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Egalitarianism
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Belief in human equality
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Exigency
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Urgency
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Flagrant
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Outrageously noticeable and offensive
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Foment
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To promote the growth or development of something
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Inculcate
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To teach by frequent repitition
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Manifesto
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Written statement that declares someones intentions
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Mollify
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To reduce in intensity or to soothe
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Munificent
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Very generous
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Nefarious
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Evil; wicked
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Polity
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Political organization or form of government
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Precocious
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To exhibit exceptional abilities at an early age
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Prerogative
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A privilege
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Secession
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To withdraw oneself from a group
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Subsidy
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A grant or gift of money to assist someone
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Treatise
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Written argument
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Vex
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To puzzle; to baffle; to distress
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