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11 Cards in this Set
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Abjure |
Verb 1. To renounce or reject solemnly 2. To recant (take back [something said] publicly) 3. To avoid |
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Adumbrate |
Verb 1. To foreshadow vaguely or imitate 2. To suggest or outline sketchily 3. To obscure or overshadow |
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Anathema |
Noun 1. A solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse 2. Accused or thoroughly loathed person or thing (Accursed: being cursed; damnable) |
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Anodyne |
Adj, noun 1. Soothing 2. Something that assuages or allays pain or comforts (Assuage: ease or satisfy Allay: calm, alleviate) |
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Apogee |
Noun 1. Farthest or highest point 2. Culmination 3. Zenith (highest point) |
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Apostate |
Noun One who abandons long held religious or political conviction |
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Apotheosis |
Noun 1. Deification (make a god of) 2. Glorification to godliness 3. Am exalted example (exalted: glorify) 4. A model of excellence or perfection |
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Asperity |
Noun 1. Severity, rigor 2. Roughness, harshness 3. Acrimony (harshness of language or feeling) 4. Irritability |
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Asseverate |
Verb 1) to aver 2. Allege (assert as truth without proof) 3. Assert |
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Assiduous |
1. Diligent 2. Hardworking 3. Sedulous |
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Augury |
Noun 1. Omen 2. Portent: something that foreshadow a coming event |
