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10 Cards in this Set
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Coalition (16)
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An alliance (esp. between nations):
The coalition of Germany and Spain was bad for France because now it was surrounded by allies on all sides. |
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Insidious (16)
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Sly, Treacherous
The cat was very insidious as it lurked in the shadows, silently waiting to pounce on the unsuspecting mouse |
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Repression
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Billy tried to repress the memory of the time he fell off the tire swing, but everytime he went to the playground he was haunted by the terrible ordeal.
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peripheral
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Though my cookies tase bad because they are a little burnt, that is only a peripheral problem compared to the fact that I added a cup of salt instead of sugar.
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Martyr
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Religious leaders sometimes martyrs because martyrs when they are sentanced to death after refusing to renounce their beliefs
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Bulwark
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Sally named John her official bulwark after he protected her from a basketball that was thrown at her head.
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Exodus
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The warning of sharks in the water caused a great exodus from the beach; people ran as far as they could to get away from the infested water
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Waive
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When he was forced to step down as king, his rights to eat free at McDonalds were also waived.
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Heinous
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The henious crime was so vile that it shocked all of the other crimminals in the county jail.
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Invidious
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The riches of the movie star were invidious to all of the regular people he knew that they stopped being friends with him.
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