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49 Cards in this Set
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plethora
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n. overabundance of; excess
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facilitated
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v. to make easier
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notorious
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adj. famous for being bad
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spiritual
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adj. having to do with the spirit or soul
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esteemed
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adj. held in high regard or respect
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conservationists
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n. one who’s fighting to preserve nature
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shrewdness
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n. cleverness
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upheaval
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n. violent change or disruption
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discord
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n. lack of agreement
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peripheral
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adj. on the side; not the main point
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deleterious
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adj. harmful to the health
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despoiled
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adj. to ruin the purity of
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wretched
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adj. pitiful
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exultant
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adj. highly jubilant / happy
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archaic
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adj. very ancient
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ruinous
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adj. creating ruin or damage
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render
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v. to make something have an a certain affect
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ubiquitous
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adj. everywhere; commonplace
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overt
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adj. obvious
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aesthetic
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adj. related to how something looks
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innate
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adj. instinctive
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counterpart
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n. one who holds the same position in a rival organization
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substantiated
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adj. backed with evidence
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perpetuated
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v. to continue
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articulated
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v. to express clearly
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shrouded
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adj. clouded; covered
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supplanted
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adj. replaced
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chronicling
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v. to write about the events that happen
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upbraiding
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v. to scold
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disconcerting
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v. to create a disturbing feeling
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reprehensible
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adj. that which should be condemned
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pugnacious
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adj. inclined to fight
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innovative
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adj. inventive
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compelling
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adj. moving; motivating
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exemplary
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adj. a model example
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prodigious
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adj. enormous
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fastidious
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adj. very particular and demanding
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fractious
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adj. that which causes division
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indolent
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adj. lazy
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litigation
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n. a lawsuit
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inferred
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v. to imply with directly stating
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abstruse
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adj. hard to understand
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unfathomable
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adj. cannot be understood
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alienation
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n. feeling of being apart from everyone; isolated
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inscrutableness
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n. having the characteristic of not being readily understood
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symposiums
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n. lectures
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diatribe
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n. a bitter denuciation
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proximity
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n. how close something is
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patrons
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n. customers
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