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54 Cards in this Set
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abase
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lower; humiliate
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abash
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to embarrass
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abate
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to lessen
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abominate
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to loathe; hate
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abstruse
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profound; difficult to understand
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accentuate
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to stress; emphasize
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acclivity
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sharp incline of a hill
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accolade
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award; honor
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accost
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to approach and speak to
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adroit
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skilled
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adulate
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to flatter and praise so much that it's sickening
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adulterate
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to make impure
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow by disclosing only partially
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adverse
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hostile; opposed; unfavorable
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advocate
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to urge; recommend
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aesthetic
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artistic; pertaining to a sense of what it beautiful
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affected
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fake
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affinity
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attraction
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affluent
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rich
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affray
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public brawl
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agape
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open-mouthed
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aghast
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horrified
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agile
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able to move ina quick and easy fashion
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness
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alias
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a false name
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alimentary
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supplying nourishment
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allay/alleviate/appease/assuage
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to soothe; to make more bearable; to placate; to ease; to pacify
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alleged
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stated without proof
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allude
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to refer indirectly
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allusion
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a reference to something
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altercation
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a violent dispute
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amass
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to collect; to get a bunch of
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ambulatory
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able to walk
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ameliorate
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to improve a bad situation
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amity
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peaceful relations; friendship
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amorphous
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shapeless
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amok
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freaked out and violently pissed off
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amnesia
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loss of memory
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anthropoid
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humanlike
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antipathy
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hatred; aversion; dislike
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apathetic/apathy
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indifferent;showing lack of interest/inddiference; lack of interest
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apex
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tip; peak; summit
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arbitrary
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chosen at random or without apparent reason
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ardor
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heat; passion; zeal
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askew
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crooked; off to one side
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astute
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shrewd; wise; observing
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attribute
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a characterstic, usually a good one
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atypical
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not typical
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audacity
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boldness
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august
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majestic; awe-inspiring
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austerity
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severity; strictness
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averse
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opposed; unwilling
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avuncular
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like an uncle
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awry
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twisted; crooked; out of whack; askew; wrong
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