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50 Cards in this Set
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Decisive |
Final, conclusive |
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Faltered |
Stumbled, hesitated |
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Interminable |
Never ending, ceaseless |
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Meagerness |
Thinness |
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Nebulous |
Vague, unclear |
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Orthodoxy |
Those who follow the traditional or usual way of doing things |
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Sanguine |
Ruddy, reddish |
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Simultaneously |
At the same time |
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Tableaux |
A series of staged scenes |
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Entail |
Include |
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Obscure |
Difficult to understand |
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Uniformity |
Sameness, a state in which everything is exactly the same |
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Annihilate |
Destroy completely |
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Furtive |
Sneakily, sly |
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Genially |
Kindly |
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Inscrutable |
Mysterious |
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Reproach |
Disapproval |
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Repudiate |
Refuse to acknowledge or accept |
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Tube |
Subway |
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Gesticulating |
Gesturing with one’s hands and arms, as when talking |
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Multitude |
Many; a great number |
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Proletarian |
A member of the working class; Industrial worker |
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Rectify |
Correct, fix |
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Superseded |
Replaced |
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Pedant |
A person who boasts of his level of knowledge |
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Saboteurs |
Those who deliberately destroy things belonging to their enemies, or otherwise hinder their enemies' progress |
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Strident |
Grating, nerve wracking |
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Vapid |
Dull, lacking in zest |
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Impregnable |
Not capable of being captured |
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Tacitly |
Implicitly; not physically expressed, but implied |
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Axiom |
A true statement |
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Clamored |
Shouted loudly and continuously |
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Defection |
To leave one cause or belief to take upon another |
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Dinginess |
Dullness, shabbiness |
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Falsification |
Misrepresentation; Lie |
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Heresy |
The act of going against popular or dominant opinion |
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Ideology |
A group of ideas and beliefs |
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Indoctrinate |
To teach the beliefs that are held by a political or social group |
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Relics |
Souvenirs; Items used to remember the past |
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Amulets |
Charms worn to protect the wearer from evil |
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Benevolent |
Kind |
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Conspicuous |
Noticeable |
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Cumbersome |
Awkward and hard to handle |
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Incongruous |
Inconsistent with the surroundings |
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Innumerable |
Incapable of being counted; limitless |
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Nostalgia |
A warm emotional feeling for a time that has passed |
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Palpable |
Able to be touched; tangible |
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Pugnaciously |
In a combative manner |
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Shirking |
Avoiding work |
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Tentatively |
Hesitantly; Without much confidence |
