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20 Cards in this Set
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Apostate
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Abandoning a religion belief or principle
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Bravado
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A bold manner intended to impress or intimidate
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Consensus
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Agreeement
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Constrict
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To make narrow
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Dichotomy
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A difference between two things
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Effusive
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Expressing feelings of gratitude
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Euphoria
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A feeling of intensive happiness or excitement
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Gothic
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Relating to the middle ages
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Impasse
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No progress is possible
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Lugubrious
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Lacking spirit or liveliness
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Mystique
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A fascinating aura of mystery
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Metamorphosis
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A change of form or nature
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Non Sequitur
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A conclusion or statement that doesn't logically follow from the previous argument
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Parlous
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full of danger or risk
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Punctilio
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A fine or petty point to conduct a procedure
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Quagmire
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Soft boggy area or land; swamp, marsh
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Quixotic
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Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic
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Raconteur
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Narrator or story teller
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Sine Qua Non
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An essential condition.
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Vendetta
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Feud or vengeance
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