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(53 cards)

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Threshold

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The place or point of beginning something

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Ultimatum

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A final condition or demand for something

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Neutrality

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Not taking a side

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Nationalism

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The feeling that one’s country is the best and more deserving than any other country

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Patronism

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A feeling of love and devotion for one’s country

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Confer

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To consult; to talk in order to figure something out

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Indifferent

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Not caring; not having a strong opinion about something

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Unendurable

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Too painful or difficult to accept or to experience

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Coerce

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To force or threaten

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Decorum

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Polite behavior

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Superficial

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Affecting or using only the surface level; not deep

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Abyss

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Bottomless pit or great depth

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Ostracized

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To exclude from a group

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Melancholy

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Deep sadness

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Embittered

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Angry resentful

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Punctual

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On time

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Brazen

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Bold, without shame

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Concede

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To admit something is true after denying it

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Credibility

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Ability to be believed

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Dismissive

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Trading something as unworthy of attention

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Embedded

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Built into something instead of being separated

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Immersion

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Being completely surrounded by something (e.g, water)

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Integrity

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The following of a strict moral code

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Integration

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Combining different groups into one group

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Languish
To become weak and depressed or neglected
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Prominent
Easily noticeable
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Reforms
Attempts to correct what is wrong
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Segregation
The separation of some groups from other groups
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Shrewd
Very sharp or clever
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Squeamish
Easily Nauseated or disgusted
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Sustain
To keep up or keep going
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Unflappable
Self controlled, not easily upset
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Veneer
A surface level
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Contagious
Easily spread from person to person
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Bewitched
Acting as if under a magic spell
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Chide
To scold (to express unhappiness with someone’s behavior)
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Dissent
to have or express a different opinion
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Destiny
The future events that are meant to happen to a person
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Devise
to plan or create something
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Disdain
Dislike or disrespect for something or someone
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Dote (on)
To give a huge amount of attention and affection to
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Enthralled
Giving one’s full attention as if spellbound
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Entice
To tempt or lure
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Filch
To steal secretly or casually
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Guise
In a manner that hides one’s true identity
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Marvel
To be filled with amazement
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Perjure
To lie under oath
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Universal
Happening or felt everywhere
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Vex
To trouble or irritate
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Virtuous
Shop g high moral values
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Woo
To try to get someone to date or fall in love with you
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Yield
To give up possession of something
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Yield
To produce (maple trees yield sap)