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60 Cards in this Set
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admonish
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warn, reprove
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adulterate
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make impure by adding tainted substances
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aesthetic
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artistic, capable of appreciating beauty
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aggregate
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gather, accumulate (ex: to aggregate great wealth)
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness, eagerness
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alleviate
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relieve
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amalgamate
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combine, unite in one body
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ambiguous
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unclear, doubtful in meaning
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ambivalence
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conflicting emotional attitudes
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ameliorate
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improve
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anachronism
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misplaced in time
ex: Caesar's reference to clocks in his play is an anachronism, they didn't exist back then |
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analogous
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comparable
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anarchy
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disorder, no governing body
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anomalous
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abnormal, irregular
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antipathy
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aversion, dislike
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apathy
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lack of caring, indifferent
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appease
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pacify, soothe, relieve
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apprise
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inform
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approbation
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approval
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appropriate (v.)
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acquire, take possession of for one's own use
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arduous
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hard, strenuous
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artless
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open, honest
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ascetic
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practicing self denial, extremely stern
ex: as in the way a monk lives an ascetic lifestyle |
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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ease or lessen, satisfy, soothe(pain, hunger, anger)
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attenuate
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make thinner, weaken or lessen (in density, force, or degree)
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audacious
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bold, daring
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austere
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extremely stern, severely simple
ex: monks live an austere lifestyle |
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autonomous
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self-governing
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aver
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assert confidently, declare, state as a fact(in law)
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banal
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commonplace, lacking originality
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belie
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contradict, give a false impression
ex: His coarse exterior bleied his sensitivity. |
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beneficent
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kindly, doing good
ex: beneficent impulses |
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bolster
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support, reinforce
ex: to bolster an argument |
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bombastic
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pompous, using inflated language
ex: the orator spoke in such a bombastic manner |
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boorish
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rude, insensitive
ex: she ignored his borish behavior |
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burgeon
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grow forth, send out buds
ex: the plants that burgeon are a promise of beauty to come |
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burnish
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make shiny by rubbing, polish
ex: she burnished the brass fixtures |
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buttress
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support, prop up
ex: debaters buttress thier arguments with facts |
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cacophonous
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discordant, not in harmony
ex: the band sounded cacophonous |
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capricious
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unpredictable, fickle
ex: the storm was capricious |
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castigation
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punishment, severe criticism
ex: she cant bear the castigation in the reviews |
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catalyst
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agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged. thing that causes action
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caustic
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burning, sarcastically biting
ex: the critic's caustic remarks |
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coagulate
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thicken, clot
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coda
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rounds out, summarizes, concludes
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cogent
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convincing
ex: he had several cogent reasons |
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commensurate
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corresponding in extent, degree, amount, etc., proportionate
ex: assigning nurses responsibilities commensurate with thier training and abilities |
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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complaisant
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trying to please, overly polite
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compliant
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conforming to requirements
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conciliatory
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reconciling, soothing
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condone
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overlook, forgive, to excuse
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confound
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confused, puzzled
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connoisseur
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a lover of an art
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contention
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claim, thesis
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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contrite
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repentant, penitant
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conundrum
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riddle, difficult problem
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converge
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approach, meet, come together
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