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50 Cards in this Set
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Abdicate
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to give up power
resign, quit |
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Absolve
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to free from guilt or punishment
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Aggregate
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a whole mass or sum
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Ambience
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the mood, quality, tone
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Anomaly
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a deviation from the common type
abnormality |
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Arbitrary
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decided by a judge rather by law
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Astute
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clever, smart, quick
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Attrition
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a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength
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Avarice
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insatiable greed for riches
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Belligerent
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warlike
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Blithe
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joyous, merry, or gay in disposition
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Bravado
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a pretentious, swaggering display of courage
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Cajole
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to persuade or convince using flattery
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Caustic
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capable of burning
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Circumvent
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to go around or bypass
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Cogent
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to the point
relevent |
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Abject
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hopeless
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Abstain
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to hold oneself back voluntarily
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Affable
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pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to
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Allude
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to refer to casually
hint |
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Ambivalent
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uncertainty or fluctuation
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Apathy
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an absence of passion/emotion
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Articulate
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a deviation from the common type
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Atrophy
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(n). a wasting away of the body
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Austere
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severe in manner or appearance
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Banal
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lacking originality
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Benign
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having a kindly disposition
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Boorish
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unmannered; crude
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Buttress
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any prop or support
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Callous
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made hard; hardened
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Circuitous
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roundabout; not direct
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Coerce
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to compel by force, intimidation, or authority
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Complacent
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pleased with oneself
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Copious
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large in quantity or number
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Cursory
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going rapidly over something without noticing details
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Culpable
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deserving blame
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Demure
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Shy, reserved, modest
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Delineate
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to trace the outline of
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Dire
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causing or involving great dear or suffering
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Docile
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easily managed or handled
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Disparity
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lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference
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Eclectic
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drawing from different sources
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Elicit
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to draw or bring out
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Emanate
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to flow out, issue
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Equanimity
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mental or emotional stability
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Esoteric
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understood by or meant for only the select few who have a special knowledge or interest
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Euphemism
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the substitution of a mild expression for one thought to be offensive
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Affectation
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an effort to appear to have quality not fully possessed
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Amnesty
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an act of forgiveness from past offenses
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Anachronism
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someone or something not in its correct time period
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