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61 Cards in this Set
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to become accustomed to a new enviornment or situation; adapt
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acclimate
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an indefinitely long period of time; an age
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aeon
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behavior that is assumed rather than natural; artificiality
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affectation
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wealthy
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affluent
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a combination of diverse elements; a mixture
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amalgam
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having opposing attitude or feelings about something
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ambivalent
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describing something that is out of its proper order or time
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anachronistic
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agonizing physical or mental pain; torment
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anguish
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one that precedes another
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antecedent
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strong dislike
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antipathy
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self-confident assurance; poise
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aplomb
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to the point
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apropos
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characteristic of words and language that were once common but are now used chiefly to suggest an earlier style or period
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archaic
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to stop
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arrest
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to increase
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augment
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favorable
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auspicious
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having no adornment or ornamentation; bare
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austere
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a robot; one that behaves or responds in a mechanical way
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automaton
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independence
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autonomy
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a group active in the invention and application of new techniques in a given field, especially in the arts
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avant-garde
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fatal injury or ruin
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bane
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to harass; beset
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beleaguered
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to be counter to; contradict
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belie
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inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive
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belligerent
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supported by two political parties
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bipartisan
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a wetland
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bog
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to support
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boister
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a benefit bestowed
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boon
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to remove offensive portions from a book
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bowdlerize
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to grow and flourish
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burgeon
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to criticise severely
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castigate
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disappointment
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chagrin
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to halt; to hold in restraint
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check
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deception by trickery or sophistry
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chicanery
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to avoid or get around
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circumvent
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to devise a new word phrase
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coin
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exhibiting a desire to please;cheerfully obliging
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complaisant
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involvement as an accomplice in a crime or questionable act
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complicity
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to express strong disapproval of
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condemn
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a guess based on incomplete evidence
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conjecture
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thorough and assiduous
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conscientious
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quarrelsome or controversial
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contentious
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intricate;complicated
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convoluted
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friendly
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cordial
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to desire
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covet
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to cut short
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curtail
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discouraging
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daunting
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a scarce supply;a lack
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dearth
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to sap the strength or energy of; envervate
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debilitate
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lacking an essential quality or element
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deficient
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authoritative an complete
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definitive
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skillful
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deft
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having a harmful effect;injurious
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deleterious
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a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to emotions and prejudices of the populace
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demagogue
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describing statistical data referring to distribution and growth of the human population
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demographic
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marked by the open expression of emotion
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demonstrative
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criticize; to condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible
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denounce
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devatation;ruin
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desolation
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to dislike intesely;abhor
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detest
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the characteristic of being shy and reserved
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diffidence
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having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration
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dilapidated
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