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120 Cards in this Set
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Complete; perfect
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Accomplice
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Confederate; one who aids in wrongdoing
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Acknowledge
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Confess; avow.
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Acoustics
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Science of sound
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Acrimony
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Bitterness of word, manner, or feeling
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Affluent
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Wealthy
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Agile
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Nimble; able to move easily; spry
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Amateur
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Nonprofessional; isn't paid to play
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Ameliorate
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Make better, improve
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Apprehend
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Arrest; capture
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Ardent
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Enthusiastic; zealous; passionate
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Assailant
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One who attacks
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Astute
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Clever
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Authorize
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To give control or power
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Avarice
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Greed
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Axiom
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Truism; self–evident truth
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Ballistics
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Science of firing bullets and missiles.
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Belligerent
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One who is probe to fighting or arguing
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Benevolence
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Goodwill; kindness
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Biased
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Partial
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Bonanza
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A source of great and sudden wealth
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Calisthenics
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Exercises to keep the body trim.
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Candor
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Frankness
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Caustic
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Corrosive; sharp; biting
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Compassion
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Warmhearted; kindness
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Comprehensible
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Taking in a great deal; encompassing
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Conflagration
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A huge destructive fire; holocaust
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Congest
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Overcrowd; clog
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Conscientious
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Morally right; honorable
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Convalescence
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Gradual recovery of strength
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Copious
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Abundant; ample
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Corrupt
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Easily bribed.
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Docile
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Easily taught
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Dominate
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Control; rule by superior power; govern
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Drudge
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One who does hard, boring work
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Dynamo
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Forceful, energetic, hardworking person
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Dynamics
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Science that predicts the motion of two bodies
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Elucidate
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To clarify; explain
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Enterprise
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Readiness to undertake new projects
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Entrepreneur
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One who organizes and manages businesses
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Equivocate
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Use double–sided language to deceive
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Ethical
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Concerned with what is morally right
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Ethics
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Set of moral principles
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Exclusive
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Keeping others from a part or share
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Exhaustible
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Able to be used up
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Facile
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Easily done
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Facilitate
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Make easier
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Fervor
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Enthusiasm; zeal
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Filial
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Befitting of a son or daughter
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Fraternal
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Characteristics of a brother
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Fugitive
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One who flees from justice.
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Glaring
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Noticeable; perceptible
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Gluttony
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The habit of eating too much
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Gullible
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Easily deceived
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Histrionics
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The study if acting
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Humiliate
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Make fun of; mock
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Hysterics
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Fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping
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Imperturbable
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Not easily exited; calm; cool
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Implacable
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Unforgiving
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Incapacitate
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Having no concern for what is moral
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Indispensable
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Necessary; essential
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Inordinate
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Beyond reasonable limits
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Insatiable
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Satisfy to excess
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Intellect
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Great mental power
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Interminable
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Ceaseless; unending
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Intimidate
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To scare or frighten
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Intrepid
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Having no fear; brave
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Invigorate
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Strengthen
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Invincible
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Unable to be seen
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Kindling
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Dry bits of wood used for burning
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Lavish
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Extravagant
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Malice
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Deep–seated meanness
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Marine
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Having to do with the sea
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Maternal
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Characteristics of a mother
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Mercantile
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Having to do with trade
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Mercenary
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Soldier serving for pay in foreign country
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Meticulous
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Painstaking; fussy
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Omniscient
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Knowing all things
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Orthopedics
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Deals with spines, bones and joints
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Pediatrics
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Science dealing with the illness of children
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Perjury
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The act of lying while under oath
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Perpetuate
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To immortalize; make last in memory
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Pervade
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To extend throughout
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Potent
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Powerful; effective
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Prophet
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One who predicts the future
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Prodigy
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Marvel; wonder; one of great talent
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Pugilist
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Boxer
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Pyromaniac
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One with insane impulse to set fires
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Redundant
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Wordy; verbose
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Replete
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Well–filled; stocked
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Reprehensible
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Blameworthy
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Revoke
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Cancel; take back
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Ridicule
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To make fun of; mock
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Sagacity
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Shrewdness; wise judgement; insightful
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Satiate
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Gorge; satisfy to excess
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Scapegoat
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One who is always blamed.
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Sedentary
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Having to do with sitting
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Shirk
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To get out if one's duty or responsibility
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Society
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Mankind; humanity
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Sovereign
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Free; self–governing; independent
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Sponsor
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One who supports; backer
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Stamina
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The power to endure; withstand fatigue
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Strife
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Discord, unrest, bitter conflict
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Supersede
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Take the place of; succeed
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Tactile
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Able to be touched
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Tenable
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Justifiable, maintained, defendable
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The Establishment
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Controlling group
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Totalitarian
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A party that has complete control
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Translucent
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Letting light through but not seen clearly
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Trepidation
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Fear; apprehension
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Uniform
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All alike
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Unintelligible
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Unable to be understood.
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Universally
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Common; widespread
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Unscrupulous
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Having no concern for what is moral
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Unviable
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Impossible; unworkable
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Usurper
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One who wrongfully takes one's place
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Vandal
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One who destroys private property
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Vanquish
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Destroy; conquer
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Versatile
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Able to do more than one thing
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Volatile
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Evaporating quickly |
