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52 Cards in this Set
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Abase
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lower; degrade; humiliate
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abdicate
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renounce; give up
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abberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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aberration
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abnormality; departure from the norm; mental irregularity or disorder
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abet
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assist, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abjure
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renounce upon oath; disavow
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ablution
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washing
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abnegation
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renunciation; self-sacrifice
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abortive
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unsuccessful; fruitless
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abrogate
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abolish
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abscission
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removal by cutting off, as in surgery; separation
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abstemious
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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
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abstruse
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obscure, profound, difficult to understand (The stream of consciousness writing of William Faulkner in the Sound and the Fury is most abstruse)
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abut
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border upon; adjoin
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accede
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agree
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acclivity
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sharp upslope of a hill
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accost
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approach and speak first to a person
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accoutre
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equip
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accretion
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growth, increase
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acerbic
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bitter or sour in nature; sharp and cutting
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acerbity
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bitterness of speech and temper
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acidulous
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slightly sour; sharp; caustic
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acme
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peak; pinnacle; highest point
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acrimonious
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bitter in words or manner
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acrophobia
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fer of heights
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actuarial
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calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
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actuate
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motivate
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acumen
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mental keenness
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addendum
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addition; appendix to book
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adjuration
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solemn urging
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adjutant
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staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
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adroit
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skillful
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adulation
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flattery; admiration
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adventitious
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accidental; casual
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advert
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refer to
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aegis
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shield; defense
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aerie
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nest of a large bird of prey (eagle, hawk)
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affected
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artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress
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affidavit
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written statement made under oath
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agglomeration
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collection; heap
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aggrandize
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increase or intensify; raise in power, wealth, rank or honor
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agog
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highly excited; intensely curious
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agrarian
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pertaining to land or its cultivation
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness; eagerness
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alimentary
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supplying nourishment
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allusion
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indirect reference
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alluvial
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pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
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altercation
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noisy quarrel; heated dispute
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amalgamate
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combine; unite in one body
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ambulatory
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able to walk; not bedridden
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ameliorate
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improve
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