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28 Cards in this Set
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sycophancy
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toadying
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dilettantism
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dabbling
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chauvinism
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excessive patriotism
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patrimony
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inheritance from ones father
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patricide
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murder of ones father
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matricide
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murder of ones mother
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fratricide
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murder of ones brother
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sororicide
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murder of ones sister
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homicide
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murder of a person
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regicide
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murder of ones ruler
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uxoricide
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killing of ones wife
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infanticide
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killing of ones child
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genocide
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killing of whole group of people
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matrimony
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marriage
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matriarch
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mother-ruler
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maternity
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motherhood
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matron
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older women
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alma mater
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ones school or college
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paternity
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fatherhood
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patriarch
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old man with government
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parricide
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killing of either of both parents
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chauvinistic
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blatantly over protected
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patronymic
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name from father
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diaphanous
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filmy, gauzy
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dilettanti
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dabble
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tyro
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a beginner
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virtuoso
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an accomplished musician
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termagant
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loud mouthed women
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