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31 Cards in this Set
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Abyss
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Bottomless Hole
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Anarchist
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Participant in Anarchism- the theory that all forms of government should be abolished
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Appreciate
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To raise in value
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Articulate
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To speak distinctly, clearly
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Atheist
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one who does not believe in God or Gods
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Authority
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a source from which something is drawn
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Blasphemy
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showing lack of respect for God
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Brittleness
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easily damaged, fragile
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Buttress
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Supports or strengthens
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Censor
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One who regulates
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Champion
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To defend or to support
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Cloister
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to shut away, seclusion, to seclude or confine
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Coagulate
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to conjeil, to become jelly-like
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Compatriot
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A fellow countryman, countryperson
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Conceit
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high opinion of ones self
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Consecrate
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To declare sacred
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Conspicuous
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easy to notice, obvious
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Contempt
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scorn, despised, the state of being despised
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Converge
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to move together/come together
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Cynical
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Critical, no faith in mankind
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Depriciate
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To lessen the price/value of something
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Disputations
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debating, inclined to fight, argue
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Eddy
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a current of air going the opposite direction of the mainstream
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Edifying
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To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement
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Epithet
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a term or phrase describing or characterizing
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Exhaust
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to wear out, use up, drain
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Feint
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Fake attack
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Felicitous
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Happy, delighted
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Fiasco
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Complete failure, mess
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Furrow
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to make wrinkles/grooves; shallow trench
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Gaunt
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thin, angular
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