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27 Cards in this Set
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Egalitarianism
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Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social and civil rights for all people.
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Prescience
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Knowledge of actions or events before the occur, foresight
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Unilateral
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Performed or undertaken by only one side
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Beneficent
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Characterized by performing acts of kindness or charity
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Svelte
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Slender or graceful in figure or outline;slim
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Incarnation
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A bodily manifestation of a supernatural being
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Peremptory
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Putting an end to all debate or action
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Valorous
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Marked by or possessing great personal bravery; valiant
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Eclat
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Great brilliance, as of performance or achievement
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Garrulous
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Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative
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hubris
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overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance
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assuage
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to pacify or calm
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implacable
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impossible to appease
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rancor
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bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will
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Maelstrom
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A violent or turbulent situation
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supplication
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To ask for humbly or ernestly
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Preposterous
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Contrary to nature, reason or common sense; absurd
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indict
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to accuse of wrongdoing;charge
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jeremiads
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Literary works or speeches expressing a bitter lament or a righteous prophecy of doom.
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Perspicacious
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Having or showing penetrating metnal discernment;clear-sighted
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Pundits
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Used as a title of repect for a learned man in India
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Zeitgeist
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The spirit of the time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation
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Craven
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A coward
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Untrammeled
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Not confined or limited
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Restitution
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The act of making good or compensating loss, damage or injury;indemnification
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contentious
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given to contention;quarrelsome
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colloquy
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a conversation, especiall a formal one;a written dialogue
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