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31 Cards in this Set
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acute
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shrewd |
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adage
|
old saying |
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adamant |
completely inflexible |
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address |
to speak to |
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adherent |
believer |
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admonish |
to warn |
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adroit
|
socially at ease |
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adulation |
excessive flattery |
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adulterate |
make impure |
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adverse |
antagonistic |
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aesthetic |
having to do with artistic beauty; artistic |
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affable
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friendly |
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affectation |
unnatural or artificial behaviour |
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affinity |
attraction |
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affluent |
prosperous |
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agenda |
things to be done |
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agrarian
|
related to land especially farming |
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aggregate
|
sum total |
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agnostic |
one who believes that the existence of god can neither be proven nor unproven |
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atheist |
who does not believe in god |
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alacrity
|
cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond |
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allege |
to assert without proof |
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alleviate |
to reduce |
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allocate |
to assign; to allot |
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alloy
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combination of two or more things usually metals |
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allusion |
indirect reference usually to literary figure; a hint |
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aloof
|
keeping ones distance |
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altruism
|
act of helping others |
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ambience |
mood; feeling |
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ambiguous |
confusing and can have multiple meanings |
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ambivalent |
undecided; |