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17 Cards in this Set
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Galvanize |
To cause people to become so excited or concerned about an issue or idea |
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Subjugate |
To defeat and gain control of someone or something by use of force |
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Contingent |
Depending On Something Else THAT Might OR Might Not Happen |
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Truncated |
Lacking expected or normal element of the beginning or end |
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Visceral |
Coming from strong emotions and not from logic or reason |
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Eccentric |
Trending to act in a strange or unusual way |
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Holocaust |
The killing of millions of jews |
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Warranted |
Being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong |
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Totalitarianism |
Centralized control by an autocratic authority |
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Propagate |
To make something known to many people |
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Disconcerting |
Causing one to feel unsettled |
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Ascertain |
To learn or find out the truth |
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Bourgeois |
Relating to or belonging to the middle class of society |
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Euphemism |
A mild or pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive |
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Communism |
A way of organizing a society in which the government owns businesses |
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Fascism |
A way of organizing a society I n which a government is led by a dictator |
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Self-deprecating |
belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest |
