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18 Cards in this Set
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Abeyance
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Suspended action
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Abnegation
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renunciation; self-sacrifice.
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Abregate
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abolish
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Acclivity
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sharp upslope of a hill
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Acme
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peak, pinnacle; highest point.
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Actuate
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motivate
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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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Adulterate
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make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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Alacrity
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cheerful promptness; eagerness
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Alluvial
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pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
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Amenable
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1. readily managed or willing to be led
2. answerable or accountable legally |
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Animadversion
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critical remark
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Antic
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extravagantly odd
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Aphorism
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pithy maxim or saying
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Apocryphal
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spurious; not authentic
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Apogee
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highest point
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Apostate
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one who abandons his religious or political beliefs
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