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44 Cards in this Set
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coalition
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combination or alliance
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covenant
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solemn agreement or compact
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compact / pact
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solemn agreement with less personal or religious flavor than a covenant
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contract
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legal agreement
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fetish
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something worshiped for its magical power
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talisman
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a ring, stone, or other object carved with runes
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amulet
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charm worn to ward off evil
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diabolism
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devil worship
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necromancy
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divination, ie. foretelling the future by communicating with the dead
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exorcism
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process of driving away evil spirits
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incentive
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stimulus, that which stirs one to do or be
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motives
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...arise from within a person (compared to incentive)
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incubus
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nightmare, depressing burden
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insurrection
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armed uprising or rebellion
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insurgent
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rebel who opposes his own political party
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boycott
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peaceful revolt in which one refuses the goods or services of the object of the revolt
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riot
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small, violent, unorganized revolt
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uprising
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outbreak against the gov. More deliberate and less spontaneous than a riot
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mutiny
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revolt, especially by a ship's crew or a military unit
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revolution
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may be violent or peaceful, bigger than others...
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paradox
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self-contradictory statement or condition. ie. the time paradox of going back in time
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paragon
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perfect model or patern
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plagiarism
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the stealing of ideas, the stolen ideas
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solstice
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time when the sun is farthest from the equator
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aesthetic
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responsive to beauty, artistic
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aesthete
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one who knows and cultivates one or more of the fine arts
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dilettante
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a mere dabbler in the fine arts, often pretending what he does not know or feel
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chimerical
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the nature of fantasy, imaginary
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quixotic
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a person who is a visionary or deluded. Think Don Quixote
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hydra
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nine headed snake
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exotic
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strange, foreign
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forensic
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pertaining to public debate, oratorical
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ineffable
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unutterable, inexpressible
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maudlin
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weakly emotional, foolishly sentimental
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occult
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of a magical nature, mysterious
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recondite
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profound, abstruse
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esoteric
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known only to the initiated
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portentous
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foreshadowing evil, awe-inspiring
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relevant
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pertinent, bearing on the topic
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apropos
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to the point and relevant
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apposite
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something apt or suitable (eg. a comment)
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pertinent
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directly related to the topic
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germane
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closely related and highly appropriate
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sadistic
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cruel, fond of cruelty
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