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41 Cards in this Set
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demagogue
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n. a manipulative leader who obtains power by appealing to emotions or prejudices
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amulet
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n. object worn to ward off evil
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bane
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n. a curse; something that destroys or ruins
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beneficent
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adj. kind; doing good
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cauldron
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n. large kettle or pot
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candor
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n. frankness; straightforwardness
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conflagration
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n. a raging fire
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deprecate
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v. to express disapproval; to belittle
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obfuscate
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v. to confuse; to darken
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exemplary
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adj. worth imitating, commendable
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proffer
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v. to offer for acceptance; to tender
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patois
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n. a regional dialect especially one without a literary tradition
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rout (v)
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v. to put to disorderly flight; to defeat overwhelmingly
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rout (n)
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n. a disorderly retreat; an overwhelming defeat; a fashionable gathering; public disturbance
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paucity
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n. smallness of number or quantity; scarcity, dearth
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élan
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n. a distinctive style or flair
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weal
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n. well-being; prosperity; the general good
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verisimilitude
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n. the appearance of being true or real
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matriculate
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v. to enter college or university
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bagatelle
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n. an insignificant thing; a short piece of verse or music
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daunt
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v. to intimidate, to discourage
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nexus
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n. a connection, link, or tie
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mendicancy
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n. beggary; extreme poverty
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recondite
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adj. hard to understand; unclear, hidden
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mendacity
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n. untruthfulness
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ecumenical
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adj. universal; concerned with establishing or promoting unity of churches or religions
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ferret
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v. to search
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denizen
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n. inhabitant
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prosaic
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adj. dull, ordinary, lacking distincition and originality
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portentous
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adj. ominous; signifying bad things to come
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lugubrious
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adj. mournful or gloomy to an exaggerated degree
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disconsolate
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adj. inconsolable, cheerless
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bliss
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n. perfect happiness
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lackey
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n. slavish follower
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sanguine
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adj. cheerful, optimistic, hopeful
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melancholy
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adj. sad, gloomy
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gala
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adj. marked by festivity
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antithesis
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n. the direct opposite
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malodorous
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adj. stinking, ill-smelling
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harlequin
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n. buffoon, clown
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malevolent
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adj. evil
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