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20 Cards in this Set
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apocalypse
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noun: a prophetic revlation, disclosure, or discovery
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inimical
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adjective: unfriendly, hostile, harmful in effect
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vagary
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noun: purposeless, unpredictable, capricious
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austere
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adjective: solemn, stern, forbidding in manner or in appearance
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parochial
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adjective: confined or restricted within the border of a parish; narrow, restricted in scope.
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demagogue
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noun: popular prejudices and false claims and promises to further their own goal, which is to retain power.
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truckle
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verb: to submit , to act in a subservient manner
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torpor
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noun: lacking in energy, or sluggish in functioning.
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licentious
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adjective: freedom relative to moral discipline, sexual restraint, or behaving in a manner inconsistent
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charisma
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noun: influence or authority over large numbers of people.
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vestige
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noun: a trace or visible sign left by something vanished lost.
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peremptory
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adjective: absolute, final, haughty, dicatorial
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audacious
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adjective: bold, adventurous, intrepid
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monolithic
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adjective: anything that is one massive whole, exhibiting solid conformity and one harmonious pattern throughout.
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obelisk
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noun: a four-sided monolithic pillar, tapering as it rises and terminating in a pyramid
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akimbo
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adjective/adverb: the expression arms akimbo means a person's hands are placed on the hips with elbows extended outward.
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cursory
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adjective: superficially done; done hastily without taking note of details
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eponym
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noun: derivation of a name of a city, country, era, institution, or other place or thing from the name of a person
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penchant
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noun: strong taste or liking for something.
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asinine
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adjective: silly, stupid, unintelligent
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