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A brilliant and sudden act and usually successful is a
coup
rebellion
laughing
misery
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What is backsliding?
to forget what you believe
to move backwards
to predict with assurance as if by divine inspiration
to lapse morally or in the practice of religion
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Immoral people can be likeable.
False
True
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What is prophesied?
to predict with assurance as if by divine inspiration
to guess what is going to happen
being unsure about the future
to predict what is going to happen
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What is satiric?
to predict with assuance as if by divine inspiration
a strong feeling of dislike
a quick shuffling pace
relating to satire
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What does infantry mean?
a native of California of mixed ancestry
old
an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune
soldiers trained to fight on foot
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What is a mystic?
a person who isn't sure God exsists
an ordinary person
an angel
a person who claims knowledge beyond ordinary human knowledge
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What is antipathy?
a quick shuffling pace
to predict with assuance as if by divine inspiration
a strong feeling of dislike
relating to satire
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A mule skinner
a man who skinned mules and sold their hides
a butter duck
a man who drove a team of mules
a cross between a horse and a donkey
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The opposite of despondency is
misery
laughing
depression
joy
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What is scuttling?
dragging one's feet when walking
a slow pace
how a crab walks
a quick shuffling pace
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If someone says something in a jocularly manner they are
telling a joke
laughing
being serious
doing something athletic
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What does viejo mean?
a native of California of mixed ancestry
an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune
soldiers trained to fight on foot
old
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What is carnal?
relating to or given to boldily pleasures; marked by sexuality
relating to abstinence
relating to the practice of religion
relating to the supernatural
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If someone is being impious they are
backsliding from their religious practice
being respectful to God
lacking in reverance or respect for God
laughing
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Who is pictured?
Ernest Hemingway
Harper Lee
John Steinbeck
Mark Twain
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What is a talisman?
old
a native of California of mixed ancestry
an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune
soldiers trained to fight on foot
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What is a Paisano?
soldiers trained to fight on foot
a native of California of mixed ancestry
old
an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune
