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15 Cards in this Set
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Favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous
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Auspicious (adj)
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A spacious room is favorable for successful, propersous people
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Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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Austere (adj)
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A stare is simple
Austere is bare |
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Greed, especially for wealth
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Avarice (n)
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Greed for ava's rice.
Ava had a greed for wealthy rice |
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To state as a fact; to confirm or support
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Aver (v)
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To verify as a fact.
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A universally recognized principle; a generally accepted common saying.
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Axiom (n)
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Axe 'em is a common saying
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Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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Axiomatic (adj)
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An act of defamation (false accusation) or maligning (evil in nature)
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Aspersion (n)
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An ass person is mean
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Diligent, hard-working
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Assiduous (adj)
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To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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Assuage (v)
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As you age you tend to appease others and lessen the effects of the age
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
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Astringent (adj)
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A string of preparation H will tighten your thighs
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To rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen
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Attenuate (v)
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At ten you ate in order to lessen the amount you eat later. This will make one thinner.
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Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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Audacious (adj)
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Omen, portent, the reading of omens
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Augury (n)
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A guru may read an omen
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Majestic, venerable (command respect)
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August (adj)
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August Ceasar was majestic
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Protection or support, patronage
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Auspice (n)
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Old Spice protects or supports the face after shaving
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