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50 Cards in this Set

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abdicate
renounce; give up
aberration
deviation from the expected or normal; mental irregularity or disorder
abeyance
suspended action
abject
hopeless and crushed; servile and spiritless; wretched
abrade
wear away by friction; scrape; erode
absolve
pardon; free from blame
abstruse
obscure; profound; difficult to understand
adjudicate
pass legal judgment on; sit in judgement
adulation
flattery; admiration
adulterate
make impure by adding impure or tainted substances
aggregate
gather; accumulate
alacrity
cheerful promptness
alloy
mix; lessen of moderate; make less pure
allude; allusion
refer indirectly; indirect reference
aloof
apart; reserved; standoffish; snobbish
altercation
noisy quarrel
ameliorate
improve; make more satisfactory
amorous
moved by sexual love; loving
amorphous
lacking shape or definition; formless
anachronism
something regarded as outmoded or in the wrong place at the wrong time
ancillary
serving as an aid or accessory
animosity
active enemy
anomaly
irregularity; something out of place or abnormal
ex: bird that cannot fly
antecedents
preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
anticlimax
letdown in thought or emotion
aplomb
poise; assurance
apocryphal
untrue; made up
apostate
one who abandons his religious or political beliefs
arable
fit for growing crops
arbiter
a person with power to decide a dispute; judge
archipelago
group of closely located islands
aria
operatic solo
aristocracy
hereditary nobility, privileged class; a government in which the wealthy or powerful have power
ascendancy
controlling influence
ascetic
practicing self denial
assail
assault
assuage
ease or lessen
astute
wise; shrewd; keen
austere
forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
authoritative
sounding like authority; having the weight of authority; overbearing and dictatorial
averse
reluctant
aversion
firm dislike
bastion
stronghold
benefactor
gift giver; patron
beneficiary
person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
bestial
beastlike; brutal
blandishment
flattery
blithe
gay; joyous; cheerful
bourgeois
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
brackish
somewhat salty