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Susan B. Anthony
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Women's Rights leader in the 19th and early 20th century who fought for women's suffrage; one of the leading American Feminists
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Bipolar Disorder
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Psychiatric disorder characterized by extreme mood swings, i.e. depression to euphoria
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Chicanery
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Deception or trickery, especially by manipulating language
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Donner Pass
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Pass in the Sierra Nevada in Northeast California named for the Donner Party of migrants who resorted cannibalism after being trapped in the mountains
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Deleterious
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Having a harmful effect on someone or something
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Fauvism
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Pre 20th century art movement in painting, marked by bold distorted forms and vivid colors
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hegira
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Mass departure or emigration; Flight of Muhammed to Medina from Mecca
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Incontrovertible
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Certain, undeniable, and not open to question
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Joie de Vivre
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Energy and love of life
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Keystone State
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Pennsylvania, because it was the central state of the Union
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Laissez faire
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The capitalists principle that the economy works best with no government interference or regulation
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lugubrious
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Extremely morunful, sad, or gloomy especially to an exaggerated degree
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miasma
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Harmful or poisonous fumes caused by burning or decaying matter
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okra
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A green seed pod cooked and eaten as a vegetable
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pecuniary
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Of money or relating money; requiring payment of money
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quince
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An apple shaped yellow fruit only edible when cooked
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quinsy
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Severe inflammation of the threat near the tonsils
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spigot
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indoor faucet
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xenophobe
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Person who is afraid of foreigners or foreign customs
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zeugma
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Construction in which a word is applied to two different situations that are not the same
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aperture
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An adjustible opening in a camera that allows light to pass through a lens
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bocce/bocci/boccie
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Italian game similar to lawn bowling
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Demosthenes
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Greek orator whose reputation is based on Phillipes, a series of orations exhorting Athens against Phillip of Macedon
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Elysium
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In Green mythology, the home of the blessed after death
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Gibraltar
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British dependency south of Spain, which occuppies the strategic position at the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea
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iridescent
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Having rainbow colors that appear to move as the angle changes
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jodhpurs
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Riding breeches that are wide at the hips and narrow at the calves with reinforced patches at the knee and thigh
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menorah
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Ceremonial candleholder consisting of a central stem surrounded by eight curved branches, used in the Jewish temple and as the emblem of Judaism
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Joyce Carol Oates
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American writer whose works deail with love and violence in American society
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passion play
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Play that details the suffering and crucifixtion of Jesus Christ
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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British Pirate executed by James I who made the last smoke famous; he also helped colonize Virginia and introduce tobacco to Europe
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saffron
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Deep orange colored stigmas of a type of crocus sometimes ground powder
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spoonerism
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Accidental transposition of initial consonant sounds or parts of words
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tangerine
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Citrus fruit with easily peeled orange skin and a sweet taste
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vehement
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Expressed or showing conviction or intense feelings
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War of Jenkins' Ear
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Struggle between Spain and England resulting in involvement in the of the Austrian War of Succession
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Xanthippe
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Wife of Socrates
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Yggdrasil
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In Norse mythology; Great Ash tree that overshadows the world linking Heaven, Earth, and Hell together
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"You're pulling my leg"
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Play a joke or tease
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zob
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Game played by British Naval officers to determine who bought drinks
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arras
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A tapestry used as a hanging screen
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beignet
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Small pice of seafood covered in batter and deep fried
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Caliban
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The slave in the Tempest
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dingo
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Australian wild dog with a reddish brown coat
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Flying Dutchman
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Spectral ship that appears in storms off of the Cape of Good Hope
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hardtack
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Hard unsalted bread or biscuit formerly eaten aboard ships as a military ration
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jonquil
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Variety of Narcissus
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Kow tow
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To kneel and touch forehead to the ground as a sign of deep respect
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macadam
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Smooth hard road surface made from small pieces of crushed stone
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otorhinolaryngologist
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ear, nose, and throat doctor
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plankton
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Mass of tiny animals and plants floating in the sea eaten by fish
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quintessence
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The purest most perfect example of something
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reggae
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Popular music originally from Jamaca
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salmonellosis
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Food poisoning caused by infection with salmonella
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thersitical
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Book that lists words, synonyms and antonyms
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virago
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Offensive term implying that a woman is violent in her temperment and behavior
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wall-eyed
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One or both eyes has an unusually large white part
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xyst
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Long walkway with a roof supported by pillars
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Yersinia pestis
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a bacteria that causes the Black Plague
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zyzzyva
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Any various of tropical American weavils of the genes zyzzyva
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