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20 Cards in this Set
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artless
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completely without guile (deceitful cunning)... synonym: Naive
natural without any artificiality, (artless charm) |
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ascetic
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noun/adjective
someone practicing self-denial austere, stark |
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asperity
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severity, rigor, roughness, harshness, acrimony, irritability
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aspersion
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noun
an act of defamation or maligning |
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assay
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noun/verb
an analysis, examination, test to put to a test |
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asseverate
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verb
to ascern, to declare positively or honestly |
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assiduous
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adjective
diligent, hard-working, sedulous |
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attenuate
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verb
to rarify to weaken or make thinner |
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augury
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noun
omen portent |
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auspice
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noun
protection or support patronage |
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auspicious
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adjective
favorable, propitious successful, proseperous |
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aver
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verb
to affirm, to assert, to prove, to justify, to asseverate |
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baleful
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adjective
sinister, pernicious, ominous |
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bane
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noun
cause of injury, source of harm (bane of my existence) |
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beatify
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verb
to bless, make happy or ascribe a virtue to to regard as saintly |
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bedizen
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verb
to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner |
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belie
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verb
to give a false impression of, to misrepresent |
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bellicose
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adjective
belligerent, pugnacious, warlike |
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blandish
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verb
to flatter, praise dishonestly to toady or fawn |
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blithe
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carefree, merry
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