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63 Cards in this Set
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diametrically opposed
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Antithetical
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lack of interest or feeling
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apathy
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of dubious authenticity or origin
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apocryphal
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farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith
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apogee
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of a cause
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apostate
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deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example
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apotheosis
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appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos
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apposite
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give notice to, inform
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apprise
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an expression of approval or praise
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approbation
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to take one's own use, confiscate
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appropriate
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to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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alloy
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to combine several elements into a whole
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amalgamate
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uncertainty in meaning
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ambiguity
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the gualitiy of having opposing ideas or feelings
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ambivalence
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to make better or more tolerable
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amerliorate
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agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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amenable
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somthing or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
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anachronism
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a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathes person or thing
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anathema (un NA thuh muh)
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soothing
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anodyne (AN uh dyn)
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deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality
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anomaly
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to irritate or cause hostility
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antagonize
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aversion, dislike
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antipathy
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to reprove; to express warning or disapproval
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admonish
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adept, dexterous
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adroit
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excessive praise; intense adoration
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adulation
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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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adulterate
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to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or outline sketchily
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adumbrate
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to argue for or support, a cause
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advocate
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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
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aesthetic
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to increase in intensity, power, or prestige; to make appear greater
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aggrandize
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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alacrity
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a magical or wonderful transformation
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alchemy
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to lessen in intensity or degree
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abate
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deviating from the norm
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aberrant
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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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abjure
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to abolish or annul by authority; put down
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abrogate
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act of cutting off or removing
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abscision
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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abscond
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to refrain from an activity
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abstain
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an expression of praise; an award
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accolade
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growth, increase by successive addition, building up
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accretion
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having a sour or bitter tast or character
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acerbic
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quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
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acumen
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complex, ornate design
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arabesque
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mysterious, abstruse, esoteric, knowable only to initiates
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arcane
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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time
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archaic
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strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort
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arduous
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impudent; in every way, being completely such, bare-faced, utter
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arrant
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to suspend; to engage
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arrest
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to enunciate or pronounce clearly; to express oneself clearly
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articulate
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completely without guile; natural, without arificiality
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artless
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one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
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ascetic
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severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritiability
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asperity
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an act of defamation or maligning
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aspersion
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diligent, hard-working
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assiduous
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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assuage (uh SWAYJ)
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
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astringent
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to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen
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attenuate
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daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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audacious
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omen, portent, the reading of omens
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augury
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majestic, venerable
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august
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protection or support, patronage
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auspice
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favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous
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auspicious
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