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50 Cards in this Set

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