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18 Cards in this Set
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Total absence of government
n. |
anarchy
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Lack of order; total confusion
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anarchy
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To seize; to arrest
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apprehend
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To bring before a court to face charges
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arraign
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To absorb into a population
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assimilate
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to take in a part and absorb into the whole
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assimilate
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strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar
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bizarre
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An event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster.
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calamity
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disastrous
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calamitous
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to plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal
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conspire
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a difference of opinion; dissagreemnt
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dissention
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to pass or slip by (used with time)
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elapse
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about to happen; likely to occur in the very near future
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imminent
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to ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal manner
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interrogate
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to treat as a celebrity
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lionize
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Extremely careful; attentive to small details
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meticulous
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something that prevents free action
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shackle
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to suffer from or to be overcome by great heat
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swelter
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