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30 Cards in this Set
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skillful, clever
*ant-clumsy, awkward |
adroit
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to make impure; to contaminate
*ant-refine[d] |
adulterate
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accidental; nonessential
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adventitious
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a shield; protection; sponsorship
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aegis
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pertaining to beauty
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aesthetic
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a phony attitued; pose
*sincerity, genuineness |
affectation
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an attraction to
*ant-aversion |
affinity
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wealth; richness
*ant-impoverished; destitute |
affluence
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open-mouthed; surprising; agog
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agape
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to enlarge; to expand
*ant-decrease, diminish |
aggrandize
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a concern for others; generosity
*ant-selfishness, egoism |
altruism
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open to more that one interpretation
*ant-explicit, definite |
ambiguous
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lacking a sense of right and wrong
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amoral
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shapeless, formless, vague
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amorphous
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hatred
*ant-friendliness, congeniality |
animosity
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an intense dislike
*ant-affinity |
antipathy
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an exact opposite; an opposite extreme
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antithesis
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1.playful, teasing talk
2.to banter; to tease with playful talk |
badinage
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common, ordinary
*ant-original fresh |
banal
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overly decorated
*ant-simple |
baroque
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a showy but useless thing
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bauble
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a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion
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bedlam
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to deceive; to charm; to enchant
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beguile
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to overwhelm; to surround and attack
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besiege
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to make dirty; to stain
*ant-cleanse |
besmirch
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savage, brutal
*ant-humane, kind |
bestial
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bad tempered; cross
*ant-pleasant |
bilious
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to whiten, to make pale
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blanch
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mild, tasteless, dull
*ant-exciting thrilling |
bland
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flattery
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blandishment
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