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63 Cards in this Set
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unit 7
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appease
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to soothe
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avuncular
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uncle like
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bureaucracy
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inflexible administration
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castigate
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to chastise
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conjure
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to summon
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culpable
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guilty
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doctrinaire
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committed to doctrine
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exasperate
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to annoy thoroughly
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genteel
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refined,polite
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ideology
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system of social ideas
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impeccable
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flawless
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increment
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an increase
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intrinsic
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part of the essential nature
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nepotism
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favoritism
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opaque
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can't see through
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periphery
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outside edge of
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precipitate
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to cause to happen
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repuisite
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necessary
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specious
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deceptively plausible
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substantive
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substantial
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unit 8
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abstinent
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abstaining, to voluntarily avoiding
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accolade
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award
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anachronism
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incongruity
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audacity
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boldness
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belie
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to give a false impression
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chasm
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gaping hole
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cognizant
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dealing with how we know our environment
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congenial
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pleasant
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degenerate
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to deteriorate
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extraneous
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unnecessary
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inept
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incompetent
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mendacious
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dishonest
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miniscule
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very tiny
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pouis
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reverent, sometimes to the point of hypocritical
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polarize
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to break up into opposing factions
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prepossess
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to bias
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reiterate
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repeat
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Rogue
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scoundrel
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Sedition
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treason
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Steadfast
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firmly committed
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unit 9
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Altruism
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generosity
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Ameliorate
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to make better
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arduous
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difficult
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cadence
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rhythm
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catholic
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universal
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conciliatory
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making peace
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daunt
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make fearful
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diffident
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timid
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elliptical
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obscure
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esoteric
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peculiar
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fervor
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passion
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malignant
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harmful
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maverick
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rebel
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novel
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original
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obsequious
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fawning
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paradox
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contradictory truth
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Partisan
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supporter of a cause
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Predilection
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natural preference
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Recrimination
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bitter counter accusation
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Scintillate
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to sparkle
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