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31 Cards in this Set

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acute


sharp;


shrewd

adage

old saying

adamant


stubborn;


completely inflexible


address


to direct ones attention to;


to speak to




adherent


follower;


believer


admonish


to scold gently;


to warn

adroit


skilful;


socially at ease


adulation

excessive flattery

adulterate


to contaminate;


make impure


adverse


unfavourable;


antagonistic


aesthetic

having to do with artistic beauty;


artistic

affable


easy to talk to;


friendly


affectation

unnatural or artificial behaviour

affinity


sympathy;


attraction


affluent


rich;


prosperous


agenda


program;


things to be done

agrarian

related to land especially farming
aggregate

sum total

agnostic

one who believes that the existence of god can neither be proven nor unproven

atheist

who does not believe in god
alacrity

cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

allege

to assert without proof

alleviate


to lessen;


to reduce


allocate

to assign;


to allot

alloy

combination of two or more things usually metals

allusion

indirect reference usually to literary figure;


a hint

aloof


uninvolved;


keeping ones distance

altruism

act of helping others

ambience


atmosphere;


mood;


feeling


ambiguous

confusing and can have multiple meanings

ambivalent


wishy-washy;


undecided;