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32 Cards in this Set
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abominable
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Detestable, loathsome; very bad or unpleasant
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abduction
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The act of caarring off by force; kidnapping.
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abject
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Being of the cost conemptible or miserable kind.
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abruptly
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Suddenly and unexpectedly; curtly or brusquely.
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abstinence
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To relinquish formally a high office or responsibility.
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abrogate
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To cancel, repeal, do away with or annual.
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abolitionist
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A person who advocates the end of slavery.
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abscond
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To leave secretly and quickly to hide to avoid arrest.
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aboriginal
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Existing in a land from earliest times.
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avocation
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A minor occupation; a hobby
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aberration
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A deviaton from what is normal; a mental lapse.
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ab,abs, a
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From, away from, off
absent, abhor, abolish |
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ten, tin, tain
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To hold, keep
lietenant, contain, tennis |
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scend, scent
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to climb
ascent, descent |
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duc, duct
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to lead
conductive, induct |
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rupt
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to break
abrupt, bankrupt, corrupt |
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subtleties
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playwright
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condemned
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hemorhage
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poignant
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rhetorical
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undoubtedly
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heightened
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rhapsodic
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impugn
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abscess
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overwrought
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descendant
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solemnly
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haughtily
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acquiesced
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