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30 Cards in this Set
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ABATE
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To reduce in amount or severity
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ABSCOND
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To leave secretly
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ABSTAIN
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To choose not to do something
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ABYSS
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An extremely deep hole
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ADULTERATE
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To make impure
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ADVOCATE
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To speak in favor of
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AESTHETIC
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Concerning the appreciation of beauty
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AGGRANDIZE
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To increase in power, influence, and reputation
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ALLEVIATE
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To make more bearable
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AMALGAMATE
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To combine, mix together
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AMBIGUOUS
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Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways
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AMELIORATE
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To make better; to improve
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ANACHRONISM
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Something out of place in time
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ANALOGOUS
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Similar or alike in some way; equivalent in some way
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ANOMALY
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Deviation from what is normal
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ANTAGONIZE
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to annoy or provoke to anger
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ANTIPATHY
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extreme dislike
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APATHY
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lack of interest or emotion
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ARBITRATE
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to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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ARCHAIC
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ancient, old-fashioned
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ARDOR
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intense and passionate feeling
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ARTICULATE
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able to speak clearly and expressively
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ASSUAGE
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to make something unpleasant less severe
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ATTENUATE
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to reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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AUDACIOUS
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fearless and daring
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AUSTERE
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severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
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BANAL
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predictable, cliched, boring
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BOLSTER
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to support, to prop up
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BOMBASTIC
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pompous in speech and manner
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CACOPHONY
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harsh, jarring noise
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