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25 Cards in this Set
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Agenda |
Program, things to be done |
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Aggrandize |
To make great |
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Aggrieve |
To distress, to mistreat |
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Agnate |
From the father's side of the family |
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Akimbo |
Having ones hands in a bent position on the hips |
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Alacrity |
Cheerful readiness, liveliness, or eagerness |
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Alchemy |
A process of transformation that is seemingly magical |
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Aleatory |
Based on chance |
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Allusion |
An indirect reference |
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Altruistic |
Unselfish concern with the welfare of others |
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Ambulatory |
Unable to walk or move about |
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Ameliorate |
To make better, to ease or improve |
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Amnesty |
An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law |
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Ana |
A collection of materials that reflects a person or place |
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Anathema |
Something or someone loathed or intensely disliked |
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Ancillary |
Subsidiary, subordinate |
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Animosity |
Ill will, active dislike |
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Animus |
Hostile feeling |
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Anomalous |
Irregular, abnormal, unusual |
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Anomie |
Absence of social norms and values. Instability caused by erosion or lack of purpose |
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Antediluvian |
Extremely old, antiqued |
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Antinomy |
A contradiction between two seemingly true statements |
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Antipodal |
Situated on opposite side of the earth or being exactly opposite |
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Aphasia |
Loss of speech |
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Aphorism |
A wise saying |
