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30 Cards in this Set
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agitate
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1) to stir up or shake up
2) to excite or disturb |
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agile
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1) quick and easy movement
2) deft 3) active |
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agnostic
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contesting or combative
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agrarian
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relating to ownership of land
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agrestic
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rural or rustic
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alacrity
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cheerfulness, a readiness or promptness to act or serve
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alienate
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to estrange
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alleviate
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1) to mitigate
2) to lessen |
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alloy
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1) to reduce the purity of a metal by mixing with one less valuable
2) to debase by mixing with something inferior |
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allude
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to refer to something in a casual or indirect way
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allure
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1) to tempt with something desireable
2) attract |
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aloof
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1) reserved
2) apart 3) distant in sympathy or interest |
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alms
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money, food, or clothes given to poor people
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amalgamate
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to mix, blend, to unite, to alloy with mercury
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ambivalent
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having simultaneous conflicting feelings toward a person or thing
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ameliorate
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to improve or make better
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amenable
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1) responsible or anwerable
2) able to be controlled or influenced |
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amends
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something done or given to make up for injury or loss
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amoral
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incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong
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amorphous
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1) having no shape or form
2) vague or unorganized |
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amortize
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1) to put money aside in intervals
2) to write off |
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anachronistic
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1) erroneous in date, characterized by being out of its historical time
2) antediluvian |
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anagram
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a word or phrase made from another by rearranging its letters
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anathema
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a ban or curse, a person accursed, damned, or detested
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anhydrous
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without water, specifically, water of crystallization
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animate
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1) to give life
2) to bring to life 3) to make happy or energetic |
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animus
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1) an animating force or underlying reason
2) hate or ill-will |
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anneal
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1) to heat and then cool slowly to prevent brittleness
2) to strengthen 3) to toughen |
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annex
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1) to add on or attach
2) take or appropriate without permission |
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annotate
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to provide critical or explanatory notes for literary work
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