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45 Cards in this Set
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abbess n
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The lady superior of a nunnery.
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abdicate v.
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To give up (royal power or the like).
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aberration n
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Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
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abet v.
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To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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abject adj
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Sunk to a low condition.
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abjure v
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To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
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ablution n
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A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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aboriginal adj
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Primitive; unsophisticated.
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aborigines n.
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The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
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aboveboard adv. & adj
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Without concealment, fraud, or trickery
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abrade v
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To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
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abrasion n.
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That which is rubbed off.
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abrogate v
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To abolish, repeal.
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abscess n.
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A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
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abscission n.
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The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
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abscond v
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To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
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absolution n
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Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
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abstruse adj
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Dealing with matters difficult to be understood
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abut v
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To touch at the end or boundary line.
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accede v
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To agree.
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accession n
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Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
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accessory n
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A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
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accost v.
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To speak to.
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accouter v
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To dress.
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acetate n
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A salt of acetic acid.
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acetic adj.
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Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
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Achillean adj
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Invulnerable.
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achromatic adj
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Colorless,
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acme n.
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The highest point, or summit.
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acrid adj
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Harshly pungent or bitter.
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acrimonious adj
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Full of bitterness.
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acrimony n
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Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
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actuary n
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An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
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actuate v
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To move or incite to action
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acumen n
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Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
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adamant n
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Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability
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addendum n
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Something added, or to be added.
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addle v.
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To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
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adduce v
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To bring forward or name for consideration.
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adherence n
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Attachment.
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adherent adj.
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Clinging or sticking fast
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adjudge v
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To award or bestow by formal decision
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adjuration n.
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A vehement appeal.
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adjutant adj
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Auxiliary.
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admonish v.
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To warn of a fault
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