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21 Cards in this Set
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affront
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insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally
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n agape
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openmouthed
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n agenda
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items of business at a meeting
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n agglomeration
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collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heap
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aggrandize
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make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor; N. aggrandizement
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aggregate
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sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars
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aghast
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filled with great surprise or fear; horrified
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agility
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nimbleness; ability to move quickly
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agitate
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stir up; disturb
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agnostic
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one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality
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n agog
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highly excited; intensely curious
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agrarian
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pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reform
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness without reluctance
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alchemy
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medieval chemistry
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n alcove
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nook; recess
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alias
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an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people); ADV. alias
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alienate
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make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of
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alimentary
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supplying nourishment
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n alimony
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payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce
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allay
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calm; pacify
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allege
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state without proof
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