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30 Cards in this Set
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Abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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Abet
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help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)
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Abeyance
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suspended action
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abjure
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promise or swear to give up
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Abraded
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rubbed off worn away by friction
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Abjure
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promise or swear to give up
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Abrogate
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repeal or annual by authority
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Abstruse
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difficult to comprehend, obscure
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Abut
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border on
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Abysmal
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bottomless extreme
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Acarpous
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No longer fertile, worn out
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Accolade
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praise, approval
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Accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
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Admonitory
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containing warning
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Affable
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polite and friendly
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Agile
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Active, quick-moving
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Agog
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Eager/Excited
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Alloy
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To debase by mixing with sth inferior
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Ambidextrous
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Able to use the left hand or the right equally well
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Amortize
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End (a debt) by setting aside money
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Antithetical
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Direct opposing
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Aplomb
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Self-Confidence
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Apostate
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One who abandons long-held religious or political conventions
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Apotheosis
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Defication, glorification to godliness
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Apropos
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Appropriate to the situation, apt
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Apt
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well-suited, quick witted
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Arabesque
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A complex ornate design
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Arboreal
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of connected with trees
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Ardor
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Enthusiasm
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Argot
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jargon slang
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