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32 Cards in this Set
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Aesthetic
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Artistic
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Adulterate
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Make impure
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Aggregate
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gather accumulate
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Alacrity
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cheerful promptness, eagerness
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Alleviate
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relieve
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Amalgamate
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combine, Unite make one body
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Ambiguous
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unclear
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Ambivalence
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state of having condraditory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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Ameliorate
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improve
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Anachronism
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someone or something misplaced in time
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Analogous
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compariable
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Affinity
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kinship
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Allegory
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Story in which the characters are used as symbols, fable
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Amenable
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Readily managed, willing to be led, answerable or accountable legally
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Abrosia
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Food of the gods
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Agrarian
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belonging (pertaining) to land, cultivation
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Adulation
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Flatterry, admiration
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Adventitious
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Accidental, casual
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Alchemy
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Medievil form of thought aimed to transform metals (lead and copper) into (gold and silver).
means of prolonging life |
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Alloy (v.)
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mix, make impure, lessen or moderate
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Allay
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Calm or pacify
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Allude
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Refer indirectly
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Affront
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insult, offense, disrespect
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Alluvial
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soil deposits left by running water
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Agog
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highly excited, curious
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Altrustic
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unselfishly generous, concern for others
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Aloof
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Apart, reserved
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Adverse
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unfavorable, hostile
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Adversity
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Poverty, misfortune
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Aegis
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Sheild, defense
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Agnostic
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one who is skeptical of existence of god or any ultimate reality
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Aghast
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Horrified, dumbfounded
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