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28 Cards in this Set
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ABROGATE
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Annul stop or abolish
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ADAMANT
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to be strongly for or against something firm
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ALLEGORY
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A story in which characters are symbols expressing truths about human life
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ANARCHY
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state of lawlessness confusion or disorder
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BLASPHEMY
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great disrespect shown to god or holy objects bad words said about god
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CONJURE
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to call up the spirits of the dead to summon the devil
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CONTENTION
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strife disagreement dipute contreversy
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CRUCIBLE
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a severe test
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DEFAME
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to destroy the good name of. slander
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DEFERENTAIL
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to show special regard or better treatment to someone usually to misleading or deceiving false belief
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DEPOSITION
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A statement made under oath
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DIABOLISM
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of the devil dealings with the devil
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ENTHRALLED
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To fascinate or hold spellbound
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FACTION
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a small group or element
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HERETIC
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A person who holds beleifs opposite to society's or the accepted ones
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HYSTERIA
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Unmanageable fear or emotional excess panic
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INFALLIABLE
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Unable to be wrong incapable of error
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INIQUITY
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sin or wrongdoing wickedness
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LAXITY
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relaxed not rigid at ease
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LICENTIOUS
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loose lewd unrestrained or immoral behavior
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PARABLE
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A story that illustrated a moral behavior
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PARADOX
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A statement that seems to contradict common sense yet perhaps is true
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PRODIGIOUS
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extraordinary in quantity or degree a great amount
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Reprimand
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ro chastise scold or punish
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RESURGENCE
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to reemerge or recur a comeback
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THEOCRACY
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government by god through guided officails
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TREPIDATION
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A state of alarm or fear dread apprehension
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WITCHHUNT
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harassment of those with different views search for a scapegoat
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