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30 Cards in this Set
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abdication
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giving up control
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amalgamate
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combine
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ambivalent
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having both of two contrary meanings
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aplomb
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self-confidence
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alacrity
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eager and cheerful readiness
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admonitory
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containing warning
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apotheosis
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deification
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abide
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to be faithful/to endure
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apartheid
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brutal racial discrimination
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abscond
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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
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alloy
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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acarpous
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worn out; no longer fertile
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agog
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eager; excited
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abjure
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to swear to give up
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend; obscure
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amortize
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end a debt by setting aside money
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abysmal
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bottomless
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antithetical
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directly opposing
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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aberration
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straying from what is normal
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affinity
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close connection
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abut
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to border on
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accolade
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praise; approval
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adulteration
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making impure
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affable
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polite and friendly
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abrogate
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annul by authority
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abeyance
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suspended action
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apprise
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to give notice; to inform
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abate
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to lessen/subside
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accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
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