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40 Cards in this Set
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Benediction
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Blessing or end of the service
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Benefactor
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Someone who helps another, usually financially
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Beneficiary
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Party who is being helped
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Benevolence
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Kindness, generosity
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Amicable
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Friendly
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Enamored
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Deeply in love or captivated with
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Amorous
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Showing strong feelings of attraction
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Paramour
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A lover, often secret
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Antebellum
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Existing before a war
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Bellicose
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Warlike, aggressive
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Belligerence
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Aggressiveness, combativeness
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Rebellion
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Resistance, defiance
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Pacify
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Soothe anger or agitation
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Pacifist
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One who opposes war
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Pact
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an agreement between two or more people
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Pace
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Contrary to the opinion of
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Criminology
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Study of crime
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Decriminalize
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Decrease the criminal status of
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Incriminate
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To show evidence showing guilt of a crime
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Recrimination
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An accusation in answer to an accusation made against oneself
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Approbation
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A formal act of approval
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Probate
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The process of proving in court that the will of a dead person is valid
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Probity
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Absolute honesty
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Reprobate
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A person of thoroughly bad character.
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Grave
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Requiring serious concern
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Gravitas
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Great or very signified seriousness
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Gravitate
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Drawn towards
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Aggravate
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To make something more serious
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Alleviate
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to lighten, lessen
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Elevation
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height of a place
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Cantilever
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A long piece of wood, metal that sticks out of a wall to support something
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Levity
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Lack of appropriate seriousness
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Cicerone
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A tour guide
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Hector
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To bully or harass
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Hedonism
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Way of life with happiness as the main goal
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Nestor
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Senior figure in a field
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Spartan
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Marked by simplicity, avoidance of luxury
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Stentorian
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Extremely loud
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Stoic
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Seeming indifferent to pleasure or pain
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sybaritic
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Marked by a luxurious or sensual way of life
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