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60 Cards in this Set
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Abdicate
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to surrender; to formally give up throne, high office, responsibility, or function.
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Abet
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To encourage or support; to urge on in the achievement of a purpose; especially to help especially in wrongdoing.
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Abrige
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To shorten in duration or extent; to shorten by omission of words without sacrificing the sence of the text.
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Accolade
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A ceremony marking the recognition of special merit; an award or sulute
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Acrimonious
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Bitter or harsh in temper, manner, or speech
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Admonish
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To warn or criticize mildly
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Affable
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Easy to approach and talk to; agreeable in manner
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Affinity
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A natural attraction; kinship; similarity
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Affluent
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Prosperous, wealthy, rich
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Altercation
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To argue vehemently; a heated quarrel
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Ambiance
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Mood, feeling, general atmosphere
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Ambiguous
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Unclear; vague; capable of being interpreted in more then one way
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Amenable
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Willing to yield or submit; easily led
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Amiable
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Having a friendly, pleasent disposition; sociable
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Animosity
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A feeling of strong dislike or hatred
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Antecedent
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Going before; preceding; an occurence or event preceding another
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Antithesis
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A contrast; the direct opposite
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Archaic
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Belonging to an earlier time; ancient; outdated
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Adruous
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Hard, difficult, tiresome
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Articulate
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To speak clearly or distinctly
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Assuage
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To sooth; to make less severe; to satisfy, ease, lessen
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Atrophy
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To wither away
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Austere
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Stern, as in manner; without excess, unadorned, severly simple plain
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Avarice
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Excessive greed; insatiable desire for wealth
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Belittle
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To speak of or think of as unimportent; to put someone down
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Bellicose
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Inclined to quarrel; warlike
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Benevolent
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Kindly; charitable
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Blithe
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gay and lighthearted in spirit or mood
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Cache
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A hiding place, or the objects hidden in a hiding place
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Cacophonous
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Unharmonious sounding; harsh sounding
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Callous
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Unfeeling or insensitive; hardend and thinkened
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Candid
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Free from bias, prejudice, or malice; frank
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Capricious
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Inclined through some whim, to change one's mind, purpose, or actions suddenly
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Castigate
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To criticize harshly, usually with the intention of correcting wrongdoing
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Catharsis
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An emotional or phychological cleansing that brings relief or renewal
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Caucus
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A meeting of a political party to make decisions; to assemble in/hold a caucus
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Chattel
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An item of personal, movable property; slave
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Chronic
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Continuing for a long time; habitual; always present
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Circumspect
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Cauctious; careful to consider all circumstances and consequences
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Circumvent
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To gain an advantage by trickery; to evade by deception; to go around
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Clandestine
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Secret; Stealthy
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Coercion
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Compelling a person by actual or threatend violence or pressure to do something against his will
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Collusion
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Working together secretly for an evil purpose
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Commodious
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Roomy; Compfortably or convienently spacious
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Complacent
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Self-satisfied; narrowly contented with one's own accomplishments, beliefs
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Comprise
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To consist of; to include, to contain, to be made up of
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Condone
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To forgive or overlook, voluntarily
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Congenial
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Possessing similar temperament and tastes; able to get along with others; agreeable
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Conjecture
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To guess, based on incomplete information
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Consecrate
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To set apart as sacred; to devote or dedicate to some aim
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Consensus
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General agreement; collective opinion
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Consternation
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Great fear or shock that makes one feel helpless or bewiledered
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Construe
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To interprete; to explain the sense of, or analyze
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Coup
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The violent overthrow of a government by a small group; a victorious accomplisment
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Craven
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A thorough coward
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Credible
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Worthy of belief
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Culpable
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Deserve blame or condemnation
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Curtail
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To truncate or abridge; to lessen, usually by cutting away from
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Cynical
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Denying the sincerity of people's motives and actions
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Dearth
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Scarcity; a lack of
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