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64 Cards in this Set
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aardvark
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Marsupial that eats ants
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acculturation
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Become accustomed to a new culture
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Achilles
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Immortal Greek Warrior during the Trojan War
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Acquiescence
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Consent or agreement silently
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albatross
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a web footed sea bird
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Andersonville
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Confederate Prison in Andersonville, Georgia
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apophyge
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outward curve where the top and bottom meet the column
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astraphobia
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Fear of lightning
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avuncular
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Like a benevolent uncle
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Beelzebub
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Hebrew for Satan
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beguile
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Delude with guile; deceive
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Big Ben
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Clock tower in London
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Big Bertha
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Giant artillery cannon used by the Germans during WWI
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Big Brother
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Opressive government in George Orwell's 1984
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Blarney
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Wheedling talk; cajolery
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Blarney Stone
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Stone that if kissed makes one an expert in the use of blarney
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Bohemian
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Pertaining to Bohemians
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Bonsai
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Art of growing dwarfed trees
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burgeon
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Sprout buds
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carmine
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Purplish red color
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chortle
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Gleeful chuckle
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Confucianism
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Pertaining to the teachings of Confucius i.e self control, adherence to social heierarchy, fiel piety
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Darwinism
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Belief in Darwin's theory of natural selection and survival of the fittest
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decumbent
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PLants that lie along the ground but have a tip growing upward
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disrepute
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Loss of reputation; of low character
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Dunkirk
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Site of the great British evacuation for Northern France during WWII
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elephantitis
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disease that causes enlargement of body parts
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Eteocles
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Son Oedipus
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Excalibur
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King Arthur's sword that was pulled from a stone
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Fetid
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Having an offensive stench
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Fungo
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Act of hitting a fly ball to the outfielder for practice
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Grapnel
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A hook with several prongs
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grimace
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A twisting of the face toe xpress pain, disgust, etc
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gruel
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Thin porridge
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harakirir
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Form of suicide by ripping open your abdomen
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hurlburly
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Tumultuous; confusing
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imbrication
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Overlapping of like tiles
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Isis
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Wife of Osiris
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Islam
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Mohammedean religion and its followers
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Janus
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Two faced Roman God
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Kibbutz
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Communally owned, operated, organized collective farm
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Koala
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Small Australian marsupial that resembles a bear
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Indignnation
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Anger aroused by an injustice
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Kitty Hawk
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Site of the launch of the first airplane by the Wright Brothers
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Knickerbocker
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Descendent of Dutch settlers in New York
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krypton
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inert gaseous element, no. 36
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kyphosis
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abnormal curvature of the spine
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lachrymose
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Tending to shed or induce tears
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leptosome
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Slender or frail body
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Lethe
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River of forgetfullness
River of dead souls River of woe |
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Logos
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Cosmic reason according to ancient Greeks
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lyonnaise
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of potatoes cooked with butter, parseley, and onions
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macerate
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Soften by soaking in a liquid
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maleficience
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Evil affect or intent
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matzo
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Bread with no yeast in it
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misoneism
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Hatred of novelty or innovation
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mordacious
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Violent in action; caustic/biting
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mystique
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Semimystical beliefs surrounding a person, endowing him with a special aura/significance
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nonfeasance
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Failure to do something that shave been done
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octennial
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Every 8 years
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Oculist
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A doctor who specializes in treatment of the eyes
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orology
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study of mountains
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oxymoron
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Two contradictory words placed right next to each other
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Ozymandius
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King of Kings
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