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30 Cards in this Set
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abate
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subside or moderate
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aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abstemious
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sparing in eating or drinking; temperate
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admonish
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warn; reprove
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness; eagerness
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ambivalence
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the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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apprise
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inform
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approbation
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approval
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appropriate (v)
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acquire; take possession of for one's own use
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arduous
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hard; strenuous
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artless
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without guile; open and honest
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial; austere
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assiduous
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diligent
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aver
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assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact
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belie
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contradict; give a false impression
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beneficent
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kindly; doing good
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boorish
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rude; insensitive
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burgeon
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grow forth; send out buds
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burnish
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make shiny by rubbing; polish
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buttress
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support; prop up
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coagulate
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thicken; congeal; clot
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coda
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concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out, summarizes, or concludes
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commensurate
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corresponding in extend, degree, amount, etc.; proportionate
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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complaisant
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trying to please; overly polite; obliging
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compliant
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yielding; conforming to requirements
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conciliatory
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reconciling; soothing
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confound
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confuse; puzzle
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connoisseur
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person competent to act as a judge of art, etc.; a lover of art
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