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29 Cards in this Set
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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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acerbic
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having a sour or bitter taste or character.
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acumen
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quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight.
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aesthetic
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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
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aggrandize
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to increase in intensity, power or prestige.
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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alchemy
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a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, especially into gold
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amalgamate
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to combine many elements into a whole
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ameliorate
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to make better or to tolerate
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amenable
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agreeable, responsive to suggestion
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anachronism
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something or someone out of place in terms of its histrorical or chronological context
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anomaly
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deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality
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approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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arduous
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strenuouis, taxing, requiring lots of effort.
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ascetic
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one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion. (like a monk)
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assuage
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to ease or lesson, to appease or pacify
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audacious
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daring and fearless, recklessly bold
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austere
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without adornment, bare, simple
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avarice
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greedy, especially for money
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aver
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to state as a fact, to confirm or support
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axiom
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a universal truth, a recognized principle -- (the earth is round)
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bombastic, bombast
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pompuous writing or speech, pompous
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bucolic
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rustic, rural, rural areas and people
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burgeon
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to grow fast, to flourish
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cacophony
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harsh, jarring sound
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canon
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an established set of rules and principles, religious in nature
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capricious
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively, erratic, unpredictable
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castigation
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severe criticism or punishment
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caustic
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burning or stinging, causing corrosion
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