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17 Cards in this Set
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abate
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to lessen, to subside
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abdication
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giving up control, authority
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aberration
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straying away from what is normal
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abet
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help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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to hate, to detest
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abide
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to be faithful, to endure
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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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abrogate
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repeal or annul by authority
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abscond
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to go away suddenly ( to avoid arrest)
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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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austere
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Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave: the austere figure of a Puritan minister.
Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic: a desert nomad's austere life. Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare: an austere style. |
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emanate
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To come or send forth, as from a source: light that emanated from a lamp; a stove that emanated a steady heat.
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inculcate
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To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill: inculcating sound principles.
To teach (others) by frequent instruction or repetition; indoctrinate: inculcate the young with a sense of duty. |
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probity
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Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness: He was a gentlemanly Georgian, a person of early American probity
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