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The Tricky Thinker

This is a matching game with 30 words and their definitions. Twenty-nine of the thirty words come from Sophie's World, a book about philosophy. That other one is from a class packet about the death penalty. Enjoy!

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rarefiedTo make or become less dense
perceptualOf or involving perception
abidingEnduring; steadfast
satietyThe state of being satiated
doublyTo a double measure or degree
infinitesimalImmeasurably or exceedingly small
impermeableNot permeable or passable
fissureA narrow opening, division, or groove
innateExisting in one from birth
enigmaticPuzzeling or inexplicable
sensoryOf the senses or sensation
pedagogicOf or pertaining to a pedagogue or pedagogy
temperanceModeration or self-restraint
auxiliariesAdditional; supplementary
perceptionsAct or faculty of perceiving
flotsamWreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water
frugalityNot wasteful; economical
averredTo assert with confidence; declare
permeateTo penetrate through the pores of
SemiticA branch of the Afroasiatic language family that includes Hebrew and Arabic
assimilatedTo take in and incorporate as one's own
transmigrationTo be reborn after death in another body
epicureanFit for an epicure
asceticA person who practices self-denial, esp. for religious reasons
creedAn authoritative statement of the cheif articles of Christian belief
redemptionThe act of redeeming or state of being redeemed
atonedTo make amends, as for an offense or sin
epistlesA letter
idolatryThe religious worship of idols
deterrenceThe act of deterring


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