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100 Cards in this Set
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abridged
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shortened, condensed
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abstruse
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obscure, profound; difficult to understand
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accessible
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easy to approach
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accolade
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award of merit
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adulation
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flattery; admiration
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adversary
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opponent
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adversity
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unfavorable fortune; hardship
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advocate
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urge; plead for
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aesthetic
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artistic; beautiful
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aggregate
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gather; accumulate
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agnostic
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one who is skeptical of the existence of god
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alias
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an assumed name
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alimony
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payments made to an ex-spouse after a divorce
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allege
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state without proof
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alloy
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mixture; mixture of metals
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amalgamate
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combine; unite in one body
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ambulatory
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able to walk; not beridden
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amiss
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wrong; faulty
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amity
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friendship
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amoral
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not moral
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amorous
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moved by sexual love; loving
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anachronistic
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having an error involving time in a story
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anarchist
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person who seeks to overturn the established government
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anathema
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solemn curse, someone or something regarded as a curse
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animus
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hostile feeling or intent
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annals
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records; history
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anoint
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consecrate
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anomalous
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abnormal
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apocryphal
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untrue; made up
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apparatus
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equipment
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apparition
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ghost; phantom
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appellation
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name; title
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apposite
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appropriate; fitting
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ascendancy
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controlling influence; domination
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atrophy
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waste away
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attribute
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ascribe; explain
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audacious
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daring; bold
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augment
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increase; add to
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austere
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forbiddingly stern
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aversion
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firm dislike
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balk
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foil or thwart; stop short
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bandy
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discuss lightly
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avocation
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secondary or minor occupation
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aver
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assert confidently
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bard
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poet
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baroque
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highly ornate
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barrage
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barrier laid down by artillery line
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bedraggle
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wet thoroughly; stain with mud
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beguile
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mislead or delude
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benediction
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blessing
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bent
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determined; natural talent or inclination
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bequeath
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leave to someone by a will; hand down
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bereavement
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state of being deprived of something valuable
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besmirch
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soil, defile
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betoken
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signify; indicate
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betroth
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become engaged to marry
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bevy
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large group
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blighted
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suffering from a disease; destroyed
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candor
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frankness; open honesty
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carping
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finding fault
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censorious
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critical
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certitude
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certainty
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circumlocution
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indirect or roundabout expression
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coalesce
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combine, fuse
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coercion
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force
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concede
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admit; yield
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condone
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overlook; forgive
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confluence
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flowing together; crowd
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contend
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struggle; compete; assert earnestly
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contract
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catch a disease
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corroborate
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confirm; support
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corrugated
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wrinkled; ridged
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cozen
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cheat
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culpable
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deserving blame
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denigrate
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blacken
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denizen
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inhabitant or resident
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denotation
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meaning; distinguishing by name
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denouement
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outcome; final development of the plot
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deplore
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regret; disapprove of
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depose
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dethrone; remove from office
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disinclination
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unwillingness
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diffidence
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shyness
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dilatory
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delaying
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discourse
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formal discussion
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disquiet
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to make uneasy or anxious
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distend
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expand; swell out
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disparage
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belittle
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disparity
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difference
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disputatious
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argumentative; fond of arguing
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effervescence
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inner excitement
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elusive
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baffling; hard to grasp
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emulate
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imitate; rival
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enamored
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in love
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encomium
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high praise; eulogy
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euphemism
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mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
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edify
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correct morally; instruct
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effervescence
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inner excitement or exuberance; bubbling
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elicit
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draw out by discussion
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emend
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correct (by a critic)
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excoriate
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scold with biting harshness
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