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55 Cards in this Set
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atrophy (v)
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to weaken from disuses
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a + troph
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abate (v)
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to subside; to decrease in intensity
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ad + batre
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lassitude (n)
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feeling of weakness
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lassus
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obsequious (adj)
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overly submissive
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ob + sequi
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attrition (n)
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a wearing away of strencth of morale
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enervate (v)
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to weaken someone's vitality
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ebb (v)
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to decrease or decling slowly
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debilitate (v)
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to sap the strength of
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de + bilis
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inert (adj)
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sluggish, inactive
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in + erterm
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listless (adj)
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sluggish, without energy
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static (adj)
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stationary
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status (standing)
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moratorium (n)
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postponement
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stagnate (v)
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to become inactive; to become stale
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status
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torpor (n0
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lethargy; apathy
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respite (n)
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rest; time of relief; pause
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hiatus (n)
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a break in the continuity of something
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torpid (adj)
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hibernating; dormant
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torpere
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belligerent (adj)
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warlike; quarrelsome
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bellum
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irascible (adj)
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easily angered
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ire
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pugnacious (adj)
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quarrelsome; warlike
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pugnare
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bellicose (adj)
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warlike in manner
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bellum
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assail (v)
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to attack or assault
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ad + salire
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tumultuous (adj)
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violently agitaged
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acrimony (n)
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bitterness of feeling; harsh words
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acri + monia
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cacophony (n)
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discord; harsh sounds
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cacos + phon
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acrid (adj)
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harsh smelling or tasting
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acri
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deplorable (adj)
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worthy of reproach or censure
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plorare
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egregious (adj)
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conspicuously bad; flagrant
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e + greg
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lurid (adj)
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shocking; sensational
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noisome (adj)
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offensive to the senses or the health
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noi
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flagrant (adj)
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offensively bad; reprehensible
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astringent (adj)
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caustic; pungent
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ambulatory (adj)
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capable of moving around
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ambulare
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meander (v)
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to put into motion
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peripatetic (adj)
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traveling from place to place
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peri + patein
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impel (v)
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to put into motion; to urge
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pel
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itinerant (adj)
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travelingn from place to place
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compel (v)
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to urge into action by force
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com + pel
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vagrant (adj)
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wandering from place to place
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vagus
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perambulate (v)
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to move about
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per + ambulare
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jettison (v)
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to throw overboard
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purge (v)
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to cleanse of something unwatned
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purgare
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dearth (n)
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lack; scarcity
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dear
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rescind (v)
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to take back; to cancel
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re + scindere
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efface (v0
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to erase by rubbing
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e + face
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abdicate (v)
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to give up power
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ab + dicare
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relinquish (v)
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to abandon or give up
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re + linquere
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altruism (n)
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selflessness
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alter
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philanthropist (n)
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one who does good; lover of humankind
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Phil + anthro
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congenial (adj)
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friendly; pleasant
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con + genialis
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munificent (adj)
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generious
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munus
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decorum (n)
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propriety; good manners
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decorus
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decorous (adj)
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exhibiting decorum
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decorus
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affable (adj)
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friendly; kind
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affabilis
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geniality (n)
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cheerfulness
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genialis
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