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50 Cards in this Set
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to humiliate; degrade
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abase
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to lessen; diminish; decrease
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abate
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to aid; encourage
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abet
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hold back; suspened action
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abeyance
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to hate
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abhor
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miserable
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abject
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to reject; recant solemnly; repudiate; renounce
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abjure
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cleansing
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ablution
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to deny
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abnegate
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to abhor
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abominate
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abolish or annul by authority; put down
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abrogate
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to flee secretly
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abscond
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to forgive or pardon
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absolve
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hard to understand; recondite; difficult to ecomprehend; obscure
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abtruse
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extreme low; like an abyss
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abysmal
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effete; no longer fertile; worn out
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acarpus
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express approval
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acced
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to approach
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accost
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growth in size
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accretion
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growth; increase by successive addition; building up
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accretion
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accrue
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to accumulate
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acerbic
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bitter
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acerbity
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bitterness; severity
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acme
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highest point
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acquiesce
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to agree
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acquittal
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to release
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acrid
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harsh
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acrimony
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acerbity; bitterness
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acute
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sharp
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adamant
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immovable; unyielding; hard and inflexible
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adjudicate
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to decide (a case)
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acuity
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sharpness
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acumen
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insight
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adjunct
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assistant
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admonish
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to warn; to caution
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adulation
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praise
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adverse
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unfavorable
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asthetic
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pertaining to beauty
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anable
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friendly; courteous
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adroit
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skillful
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adumbrate
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to outline
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advocate
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to recommend
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affected
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pretentiou
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affinity
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attraction; fondness
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affluence
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wealth
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affluent
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rich
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affront
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insult
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aggrandize
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to enlarge
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aggregate
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collective mass
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aggrieve
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to distress
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