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25 Cards in this Set
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deploy
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to send troops into action
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detente
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a relaxing b/w rivals
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totalitarian
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government where leader has control over all aspects of life
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unctious
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insecere
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usurp
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to seize office by force
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vacuous
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empty, stupid
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vehement
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intense
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vortex
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a place where lots of action occurs
a twister nouun |
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widdow
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to blow away, to seperate
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wrought
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to create
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xenophobia
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fear of foreigners
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cicatrix
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scar left by injury
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formidable
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inspiring awe and dread
difficult to defeat adj |
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gargoyle
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a person of grotesque apparence
a statue noun |
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guerilla
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a member of an irregular band of soldiers who partakes in raids
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guru
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a mentor
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quandary
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a state of perplexity
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solstice
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highest point of culmination
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tumult
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a riot
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undulate
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to move in a wavelike motion
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virtuoso
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a person with expert skill in the arts
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voracious
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ravenous
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diaspora
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a diversion of people from their origional homeland
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exponent
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one who advocates
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effigy
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a crude dummy representing a hated group
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