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51 Cards in this Set
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adroit
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skillful
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adulation
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flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved
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adulteration
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making impure, poorer in quality
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advent
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arrival
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adventitious
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accidental; casual
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adversary
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opponent; enemy
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adverse
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unfavorable; hostile
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adversity
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great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event
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advert
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refer
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advocacy
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support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something
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advocate
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speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead for
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aegis
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shield; protection; defense
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aerie
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nest of a large bird of prey
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aesthetic
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artistic; dealing with or capable off appreciation of the beautiful
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affable
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polite and friendly
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affected
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artificial; pretended
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affidavit
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written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)
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affiliation
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joining; associating with
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affinity
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close connection, relationship
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affirmation
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positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
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affliction
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state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering
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affluence
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abundance; wealth
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affront
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insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
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afterlife
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life after death; later part of one's life
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agape
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openmouthed
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agenda
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items of business at a meeting
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agglomeration
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collection; heap
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aggrandize
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make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor
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aggravate
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make worse; irritate
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aggregate
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sum; total
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aghast
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horrified
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agile
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active, quick-moving
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agility
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nimbleness; ability to move quickly
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agitate
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stir up; disturb
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agnostic
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one who is skeptical of the existence or know ability of a god or any ultimate reality
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agog
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eager/excited
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agrarian
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pertaining to land or its cultivation
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ail
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trouble; be ill
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airy
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of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal
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alacrity
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eager and cheerful readiness
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albeit
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although
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alchemy
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medieval chemistry
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alcove
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recess/partially enclosed place
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alias
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an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people)
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alienate
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estrange
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alimentary
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supplying nourishment
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alimony
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payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce
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allay
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calm; pacify
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allege
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state without proof
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allegiance
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duty, support, loyalty
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allegory
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story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable
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