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26 Cards in this Set
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Feckless
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Lacking purpose
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Cabal
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a group of plotters
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Filibuster
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the purposful delaying of a vote
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Gauche
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lacking social polish
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gerrymander
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to divide a voting district to unfair areas
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hegemony
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influence of a state over another of others
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heterogeneous
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consisting of different parts
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hubris
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excessive pride
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impeach
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to make an accusation against
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incognito
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one whose identity is disguides or concealed
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incontrovertible
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unquestionable
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inculcate
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to remember through repetition
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infastructure
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a foundation for an organizartion
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interpolate
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to insert
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intestate
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one who dies without a legal will
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jejune
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not interesting
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kinetic
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relating to motion
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kowtow
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to kneel and touch the forhead to the ground in worship
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laissez faire
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noninterference with the affairs of others
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lexicon
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a dictionary
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loquacious
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very talkative
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lugubrious
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mournful
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mettle
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courageadj
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moiety
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a half
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nihilism
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form of skeptisism that denies all existince
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palaver
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idle chatter
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