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Fighting Words Flashcards

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Abet

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Assist or help in wrongdoing

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Animus

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Hostility

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Armada

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Floating or fighting force; squadron

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Conscript

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Recruit

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Factious

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Conflicting or warning

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Feint

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Pretense

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Forswear

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Abandon, disavow

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Gambit

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Plan, plot

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Marshal

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Guide, organize

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Martial

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Associated with armed forces and war

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Martinet

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Disciplinarian

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Quisling

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Traitor, apostate, turncoat

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Sentinel

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Watcher

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Spartan

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Economical, austere

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Instigate

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  • initiate an action or event

- incite someone to do something bad

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Partisan

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  • a strong supporter of a party/cause

- a member of an armed group to fight secretly against a force

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Artifice

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Clever/cunning devices used to trick/deceive others

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Coalition

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An alliance for combined action

19
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Autonomous

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Acting independently or having the freedom to do so

20
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Strife

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Conflict or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues

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