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60 Cards in this Set
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Affectation
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n. unnatural or artificial behavior trying to impress someone
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Affinity
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n. kinship
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Affluent
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adj. wealthy
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Cogent
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adj. powerfully convincing
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Diffident
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adj. shy
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Digress
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v. to stray away from the main subject
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beset
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v. to harass or to surround
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coherent
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adj. holding; together making sense
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discern
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v. to have insight; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate
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discreet
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adj. prudent; judiciusly reserved
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extricate
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v. to free from difficulty;
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Allege
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v. to assert without proff
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Alleviate
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v. to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
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compelling
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adj. forcefull, causing to yield
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discriminate
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v. to noticeor point out the difference between two or more things
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disdain
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n. arrogent scorn contempt
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disinterested
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adj. not taking sides; unbiased
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equanimity
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n. composure; calm
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ambivalent
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adj. - simultaneous and contradicting feelings
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ameliorate
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v - to make better or more tolerable
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amenable
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adj. - willing or well suited
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concise
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adj. - brief, free from ellaboration
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concurrent
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adj - occurring at the same time
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encroach
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v - to move in on the rights of another
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amiable
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adj - friendly agreeable
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brevity
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n - briefness
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broach
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v - o open a subject for discussion, ofent a delicate subject
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burgeon
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v - to expand; to flourish
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condescend
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v - to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize
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condone
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v - to overlook; to permit to happen
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dormant
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adj - inactive; as though asleep; asleep
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enervate
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v - to reduce the strength
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Conducive
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adj. promoting
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Congenial
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adj. agerably suitable, pleasant
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Dubious
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adj. full of doubt; uncertain
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Duplicity
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n.the act of being two faced; double dealing; deception
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Exacerbate
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v. to make worse
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Exacting
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adj. extremely demanding; difficult; requiring great skill or care
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Anguish
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n. or v. agonizingly physical or mental pain
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animosity
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n. resentment, hostility
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consensus
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n. unamity
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enigma
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n. a mystery
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exasperate
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v. to annoy thoroughly
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anomaly
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n. deviation from the common rule
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Antipathy
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n. dislike
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Antithesis
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n. the direct opposite
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Apathy
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n. lack of interest
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construe
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v. to interpret
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contentious
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adj. argumentative
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Contiguous
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adj. adjoining
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Contingent
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adj. dependent
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Enormity
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n. immensity, extreme evil
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Exemplify
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v. to serve as a good example
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Exhaustive
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adj. through, complete
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appease
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v. to soothe
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Apprehensive
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adj. worried
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Appropriate
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v. to take something without permission
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Contrite
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adj. addmitting guilt
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Contrived
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adj. artificial
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Conventional
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adj. common
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