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90 Cards in this Set
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ABATE
Ebb, Moderate, Lapse, Relent, Let up, Slacken, Subside, Wane |
REDUCE IN AMOUNT, DEGREE, OR SEVERITY
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ABSCOND
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TO LEAVE SECRETLY
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ABSTAIN
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CHOOSE NOT TO DO SOMETHING
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ABYSS
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AN EXTREMELY DEEP HOLE
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ADULTERATE
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TO MAKE IMPURE
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ADVOCATE
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TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
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AESTHETIC
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CONCERNING THE APPRECIATION OF BEAUTY
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AGGRANDIZE
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TO INCREASE IN POWER, INFLUENCE, AND REPUTATION
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ALLEVIATE
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TO MAKE MORE BEARABLE
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AMALGAMATE
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TO COMBINE; TO MIX TOGETHER
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AMALGAM
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A MIXTURE, ESPECIALLY TWO METALS
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AMBIGUOUS
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DOUBTFUL OR UNCERTAIN; ABLE TO BE INTERPRETED SEVERAL WAYS
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AMELIORATE
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TO MAKE BETTER; TO IMPROVE
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ANACHRONISM
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SOMETHING OUT OF PLACE IN TIME
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ANALOGOUS
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SIMILAR OR ALIKE IN SOME WAY;EQUIVALENT TO
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ANOMALY
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DEVIATION FROM WHAT IS NORMAL
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ANTAGONIZE
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TO ANNOY OR PROVOKE TO ANGER
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ANTIPATHY
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EXTREME DISLIKE
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APATHY
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LACK OF INTEREST OR EMOTION
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ARBITRATE
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TO JUDGE A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING PARTIES
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ARCHAIC
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ANCIENT; OLD FASHIONED
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ARDOR
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INTENSE AND PASSIONATE FEELING
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ARTICULATE
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ABLE TO SPEAK CLEARLY AND EXPRESSIVELY
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ASSUAGE
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TO MAKE SOMETHING UNPLEASANT LESS SEVERE
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ATTENUATE
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TO REDUCE IN FORCE OR DEGREE; TO WEAKEN
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AUDACIOUS
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FEARLESS AND DARING
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AUSTERE
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SEVERE OR STERN IN APPEARANCE; UNDECORATED
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BANAL
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PREDICTABLE, CLICHED, BORING
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BOLSTER
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TO SUPPORT; TO PROP UP
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BOMBASTIC
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POMPOUS IN SPEECH AND MANNER
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CACOPHONY
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HARSH; JARRING NOISE
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CANDID
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IMPARTIAL AND HONEST IN SPEECH
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CAPRICIOUS
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CHANGING ONE'S MIND QUICKLY AND OFTEN
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CASTIGATE
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TO PUNISH OR CRITICIZE HARSHLY
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CATALYST
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SOMEHTING THAT BRINGS ABOUT A CHANGE IN SOMETHING ELSE
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CAUSTIC
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BITING IN WIT
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CHAOS
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GREAT DISORDER OR CONFUSION
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CHAUVINIST
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SOMEONE PREJUDICED IN FAVOR OF A GROUP TO WHICH HE OR SHE BELONGS
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CHICANERY
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DECEPTION BY MEANS OF CRAFT OR GUILE
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COGNENT
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CONVINCING AND WELL REASONED
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CONDONE
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TO OVERLOOK, PARDON, OR DISREGARD
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CONVOLUTED
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INTRICATE AND COMPLICATED
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CORROBORATE
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TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE
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CREDULOUS
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TOO TRUSTING; GULLIBLE
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CRESCENDO
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STEADILY INCREASING VOLUME OR FORCE
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DECORUM
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APPROPRIATENESS OF BEHAVIOR OR CONDUCT; PROPRIETY
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DEFERENCE
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RESPECT, COURTESY
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DERIDE
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TO SPEAK OF OR TREAT WITH CONTEMPT; TO MOCK
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DERISIVE
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IN A MOCKING MANNER
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DESICCATE
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TO DRY OUT THOROUGHLY
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DESULTORY
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JUMPING FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER; DISCONNECTED
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DIATRIBE
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AN ABUSIVE, CONDEMNATORY SPEECH
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DIFFIDENT
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LACKING SELF-CONFIDENCE
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DILATE
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TO MAKE LARGER; TO EXPAND
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DILATORY
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INTENDED TO DELAY
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DILETTANTE
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SOMEONE WITH AN AMATEURISH AND SUPERFICIAL INTEREST IN A TOPIC
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DIRGE
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A FUNERAL HYMN OR MOURNFUL SPEECH
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DISABUSE
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TO SET RIGHT; TO FREE FROM ERROR
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DISCERN
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TO PERCEIVE; TO RECOGNIZE
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DISPARATE
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FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT; ENTIRELY UNLIKE
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DISSEMBLE
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TO PRESENT A FALSE APPEARANCE; TO DISGUISE ONE'S REAL INTENTIONS OR CHARACTER
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DISSONANCE
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A HARSH AND DISAGREEABLE COMBINATION, OFTEN OF SOUNDS
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DOGMA
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A FIRMLY HELD OPINION, OFTEN A RELIGIOUS BELIEF
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DOGMATIC
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DICTATORIAL IN ONE'S OPINIONS
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DUPE
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TO DECEIVE; A PERSON WHO IS EASILY DECEIVED
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ECLECTIC
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SELECTING FROM OR MADE UP FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES
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EFFICACY
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EFFECTIVENESS
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ELEGY
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A SORROWFUL POEM OR SPEECH
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ELOQUENT
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PERSUASIVE AND MOVING, ESPECIALLY IN SPEECH
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EMULATE
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TO COPY; TO TRY TO EQUAL OR EXCEL
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ENERVATE
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TO REDUCE IN STRENGTH
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ENGENDER
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TO PRODUCE, CAUSE, OR BRING ABOUT
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ENIGMA
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A PUZZLE; A MYSTERY
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ENUMERATE
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TO COUNT, LIST, OR ITEMIZE
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EPHEMERAL
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LASTING A SHORT TIME
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EQUIVOCATE
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TO USE EXPRESSIONS OF DOUBLE MEANING IN ORDER TO MISLEAD
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ERRATIC
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WANDERING AND UNPREDICTABLE
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ERUDITE
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LEARNED, SCHOLARLY, BOOKISH
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ESOTERIC
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KNOWN OR UNDERSTOOD BY ONLY A FEW
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ESTIMABLE
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ADMIRABLE
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EULOGY
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SPEECH IN PRAISE OF SOMEONE
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EUPHEMISM
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USE OF AN INOFFENSIVE WORD OR PHRASE IN PLACE OF A MORE DISTASTEFUL ONE
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EXACERBATE
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TO MAKE WORSE
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EXCULPATE
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TO CLEAR FROM BLAME; PROVE INNOCENT
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EXIGENT
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URGENT; REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION
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EXONERATE
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TO CLEAR OF BLAME
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EXPLICIT
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CLEARLY STATED OR SHOWN; FORTHRIGHT IN EXPRESSION
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FANTICAL
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ACTING EXCESSIVELY ENTHUSIASTIC; FILLED WITH EXTREME, UNQUESTIONED DEVOTION
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FAWN
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TO GROVEL
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FERVID
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INTENSELY EMOTIONAL; FEVERISH
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