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65 Cards in this Set
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aseptic
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surgically clean
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Abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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abate
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to lesson / to subside
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abdication
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to give up control or authority
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aberration
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straying away from what is normal
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abet
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help or encourage (in something wrong)
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abeyance
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suspend action
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abhor
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to hate / to detest
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abide
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be faithful / to endure
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abjure
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promise or swear to give up
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abraded
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rubbed off / worn away by friction
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abrogate
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repeal or annul by authority
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abscond
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to go away suddenly
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend (obscure)
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abut
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border on
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acarpous
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effete
no longer fertile worn out |
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accolade
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praise
approval |
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accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
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admonitory
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containing warning
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adamant
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inflexible
kind of stone |
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adorn
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add beauty
decorate |
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adulteration
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making unpure
poorer in quality |
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affable
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polite and friendly
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agog
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eager
excited |
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ail
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to be ill
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alacrity
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eager and cheerful readiness
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alloy
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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aloof
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reserved
indifferent |
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amalgamate
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mix
combine unite societies |
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ameliorate
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improve
make better |
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amortize
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end a debt by setting aside money
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anguish
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severe suffering
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aplomb
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self-confidence
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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defecation
glorification to godliness |
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apprise
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give notice
to inform |
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approbation
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approval
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation
apt |
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apt
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well suited
quick-witted |
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arabesque
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a complex ornate design
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arboreal
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of connected with trees
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ardor
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enthusiasm
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arduous
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steep
difficult ascent laborious |
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argot
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jargon
slang |
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arrant
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in the highest degree
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ascertain
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get to know
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial
austere stark |
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ascribe
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to determine origin or where something belongs to
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asperity
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roughness
harshness ill temper irritability |
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aspersion
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slander
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assail
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with attack violently
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assiduous
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diligent
hard-working sedulous |
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assuage
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to make (desire) less
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astringent
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substance that shrinks
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attenuate
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make thin
weaken enervate |
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attune
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bring into harmony
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audacious
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daring
foolishly bold impudent |
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augury
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omen
sign |
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august
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majestic
venerable |
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auspicious
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favorable, successful, prosperous
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austere
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severely moral and strict
simple and plain |
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auxiliary
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helping
supporting |
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aver
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affirm
assert prove justify |
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avid
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eager
greedy |
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avow
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admit
declare openly |