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91 Cards in this Set
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Startling |
Surprising, astonisging |
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Jettison |
Throw or drop something |
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Abeyance |
Suspended action |
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Abrasive |
Tending to grind down Rubbing away |
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Academic |
Not practicaly or directly useful |
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Advent |
Arrival |
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Affliction |
A state of distress, Cause of suffering |
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Affluence |
Abundance |
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Agenda |
Items of business at a meeting |
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Agility |
Nimblelness |
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Alloy |
Make less pure or moderate Mix |
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Allusion |
Indirect reference |
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Ambulatory |
Able to walk |
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Amorous |
Moved by sexual love |
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Amputate |
Cut off part of body |
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Prune |
To cut off a part Unpleasant or diagreeable person |
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Anchor |
Secure or fasten firmly in place |
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Ancillary |
Serving as an aid or auxillary |
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Annex |
Attach, take possessiion of |
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Annotate |
Comment Make explanatory notes |
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Anonymity |
State of being nameless |
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Anonymous |
Unnamed Unremarkable |
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Impersonal |
Unnamed Unbiased Aloof |
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Anthology |
Book of literary selections by various authors |
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Anticlimax |
Letdown in thought or emotion |
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Apolitical |
Having an aversion or disintereest towards politics affairs |
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Append |
Attach |
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Application |
Diligent attention |
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Appraise |
Estimate value of |
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Apprehend |
Arrest a criminal, Dread |
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Apropos |
To the point and timely |
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Apropos |
With reference to Regarding to |
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Array |
Marshal, draw up in order |
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Astringent |
Binding Causing contraction Harsh or severe |
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Astronomical |
Enormously large or extensive |
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Atrophy |
Wasting away |
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Attrition |
Gradual decrease in numbers Reduction in work force without firing employees Wearing away of oppostion by means of harassment |
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Atypical |
Not normal |
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Balk |
To foil |
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Balmy |
Mild, fragrant |
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Bandy |
Discuss lightly or gilbly Heatd argument |
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Barterer |
Trader |
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Beatify |
Bless or sanctify |
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Beeline |
Direct, quick route |
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Beget |
Father, produce, give rise to |
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Belabor |
Explain or go over excessively Assail verbaly |
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Bestow |
Confer or present |
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Blare |
Loud harsh, screech Dazzling blaze of light |
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Blase |
Bored with pleasures or dissipation |
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Bleak |
Cheerless Unlikely to be favorable |
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Bluff |
Rough but good natured |
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Bluff |
Pretense of strength Deception High cliff |
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Blurt |
Utter impulsivly |
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Bourgeosis |
Middle class, selfishly materialistic Dully conventional |
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Braggadocio |
Boasting |
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Brawn |
Muscular strength |
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Broach |
Introduce, open up |
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Brook |
Tolerate endure |
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Browse |
Grazing Skim or glance at casually |
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Brunt |
Main impact or shock |
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Bungle |
Mismanage, blunder |
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Burlesque |
Give an imitation that ridicules |
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Burnish |
Make shiny by rubbing |
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Buxom |
Fully blossomed Plump, jolly |
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Cadge |
Beg Mooch Panhandle |
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Canon |
Collection of authorotative list of books |
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Canvass |
Determine or seek opinions, votes |
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Carnal |
Fleshly |
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Catechism |
Book for religious instruction Instruction by question and answer |
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Cauterize |
Burn with hot iron or caustic |
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Celestial |
Heavenly |
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Celibate |
Abstaining from sexual intercourse, unmarried |
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Cerebration |
Thought |
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Certitude |
Certainity |
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Cession |
Yielding to another, ceding |
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Chaste |
Pure, virginal, modest |
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Cherubic |
Angelic, innocent looking |
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Cipher |
Non entity, worthless person or thing Secret code |
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Clamber |
Climb by crawling |
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Clientele |
Body of customers |
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Clime |
Region Climate |
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Cognate |
Related linguistically Similar in nature Related by blood |
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Cognizance |
Knowledge |
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Colander |
Strainer |
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Colloquial |
Pertaining to conversational or common speech |
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Comeuppance |
Rebuke, deserts |
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Comity |
Courtesy, civility |
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Commandeer |
To draft for military purposew To take for public use |
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Compact |
Agreement, contract |
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Compute |
Reckon, calculate |
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Congeal |
Freeze, coagulate |