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30 Cards in this Set
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flag
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lose strength weaken
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check
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restrain or hold it back; as in putting in check
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disseminate
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spread throughly
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dilate
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expand
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blanch
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to turn white
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restive
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impatient
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syncopated
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irregular rythym, weak beats become strong and vice versa
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abnegation
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self sacrifice
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abstruse
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something that is hard to understand
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ablution
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washing
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acarpous
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fertile
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abrogate
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annul by authority
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abdicate
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renounce position of authority
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abet
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to help especially in doing something wrong
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abjure
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promise to give up
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abeyance
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suspend action
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absolve
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to pardon
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abstemious
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temperate (moderate) especially in drinking
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abase
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to degrade
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etiolate
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to deaden
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punctilious
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careful
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histrionic
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dramatic
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palliate
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make less severe
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panegyric
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speech of elaborate praise
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circumvent
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find a way around an obstacle
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adjuration
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solemn urging
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admonitory
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containing a warning
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acetic
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vinegary
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accretion
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growing of seperate things into a whole
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accrue
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gain, accumulate
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