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20 Cards in this Set
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Front (Term) To ease without curing; to alleviate; to make (a crime or offense) appear less serious; to lessen the intensity of something |
Palliate |
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To attack violently; to assault; to attack with arguments, words, or questions |
Assailed |
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An angry argument |
Altercation |
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A formation of massed soldiers; a closely united group |
Phalanx |
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A person who precedes another in an office or position |
Predecessors |
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To give in to or consent without protest and without enthusiasm |
Acquiesce |
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To express strong disapproval of something; to plead against; to belittle |
Deprecated |
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To besiege or surround with troops; to beset; to harrass |
Beleaguered |
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The main shock or force of a blow or attack; the heaviest part of an accusation or attack |
Brunt |
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A correction; a reparation; a relief; to set something right; to remedy |
Redress |
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An alliance, usually of nations, political parties, or factions, a temporary union |
Coalition |
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Sly; treacherous; working in a hidden but dangerous way |
Insidious |
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The holding back or subduing; suppression; pushing painful ideas or memories into the subconscious (in psychiatry) |
Repression |
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Away from the central part; on the edge; only slightly concerned with the important part; unessential |
Peripheral |
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One who is persecuted, tortured, or killed for refusing to renounce religious principles; one who sacrifices for the sake of a belief or cause; to torture or put to death for refusing to deny a belief or faith |
Martyrs |
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A wall of earth used for defense; a person or thing that gives support or protection |
Bulwark |
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A departure, usually of a great number of people |
Exodus |
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Likely to cause ill worry or envy; hateful |
Invidious |
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To relinquish, usually a claim, right, or privilege, to defer or delay |
Waive |
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Abominable; grossly wicked and hateful; vile |
Heinous |
