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59 Cards in this Set
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abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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abate
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to lessen to subside
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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/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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to hate to detest
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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 (to avoid arrest)
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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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abysmal
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bottomless extreme
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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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adamant
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kind of stone inflexible
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admonitory
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containing warning
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affable
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polite and friendly
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affinity
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close connection relationship
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agog
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eager/excited
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alacrity
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eager and cheerful readiness
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alcove
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recess
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alloy
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make inferior
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amalgamate
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mix combine unite societies
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ambivalent
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having both of two contrary meanings
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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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antithetical
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direct opposing
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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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deification 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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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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argot
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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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consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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aseptic
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surgically clean
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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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assiduous
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diligent hard-working sedulous
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astringent
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shrinks
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astute
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clever
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attenuate
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make thin
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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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majesty
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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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aver
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affirm assert prove justify
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aversion
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strong dislike
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avow
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admit. declare openly
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