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35 Cards in this Set
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ABATE
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V.
Subside or moderate. |
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ABERRANT
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ADJ.
Abnormal or deviant |
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ABEYANCE
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N.
Suspended action |
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ABSCOND
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V.
Depart secretly and hide |
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ABSTEMIOUS
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ADJ.
Sparing in eating and drinking |
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ADMONISH
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V.
Warn; reprove |
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ADULTERATE
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V.
Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. |
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AESTHETIC
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ADJ.
Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation the beautiful |
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AGGREGATE
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V.
Gather; accumulate |
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ALACRITY
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N.
Cheerful promptness; eagerness |
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ALLEVIATE
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V.
Relieve |
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AMALGAMATE
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V.
Combine; unite in one body |
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AMBIGUOUS
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ADJ.
Unclear or doubtful in meaning |
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AMELIORATE
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V.
improve |
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ANACHRONISM
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N.
Something or someone misplaced in time. |
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ANALOGOUS
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ADJ.
Comparable |
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ANARCHY
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N.
Absence of a governing body. State of disorder. |
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ANOMALOUS
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ADJ.
Abnormal; irregular |
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ANTIPATHY
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N.
Aversion; dislike |
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APATHY
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N.
Lack of caring; indifference |
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APPEASE
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V.
To pacify or soothe; relieve |
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APPRISE
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V. Inform
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APPROBATION
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N.
Approval |
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APPROPRIATE
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V.
acquire; take possession of for one's own use |
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ARDUOUS
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ADJ.
hard; strenuous |
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ARTLESS
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ADJ.
Without guile; open and honest |
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ASCETIC
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ADJ.
Practicing self-denial; austere |
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ASSIDUOUS
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ADJ.
Diligent |
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ASSUAGE
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V.
Ease or lessen(pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger) |
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ATTENUATE
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V.
Make thinner; weaken or lesson (in density, force, degree) |
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AUDACIOUS
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ADJ.
Daring; bold |
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AUSTERE
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ADJ.
Forbiddingly stern; severly simple and unornamented |
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AUTONOMOUS
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ADJ.
Self-governing |
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AVER
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V.
Assert confidentialty or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact. |
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BANAL
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ADJ.
Commonplace; trite; lacking originality; hackneyed |
