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20 Cards in this Set
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Exposition
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a detailed presentation of subject matter, a commentary or interpretation
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Inert
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inactive, lacking power to move
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Ethereal
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extremely delicate, heavenly, airy
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Indulgent
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humoring, yielding, lenient
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Levee
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earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
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Impeding
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to block, to hinder
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Permeated
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to spread throughly through, prevade
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Audacity
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daring, boldness, impertinence
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Partisan
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one-sided, prejudiced, committed to a party
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Discourse
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formal discussion, conversation
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Consensus
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general agreement
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Paradox
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something apparently contradictory in nature, statement that looks false but is actually correct
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Genial
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cheerful, kind
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Sagacious
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perceptive, shrewd, having insight
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Abstinent
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voluntarily not doing something, restraining from eating or drinking
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Pervaded
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to spread through every part of
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Inherent
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established by nature or habit
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Indignant
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righteously angry
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Sanctions
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to approve a law, coercive measures adopted, usually by several nations at the same time, to force a nation that is violating international law to desist or yield to adjudication
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Cynic
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sneering, faultfinding person; one who believed that all men are motivated by selfishness.
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