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86 Cards in this Set
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abdication
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giving up power
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abet
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to encourage wrong doing
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abide
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to be faithful
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abraded
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worn away by friction
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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abut
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to border
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acarpous
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no longer fertile
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accretion
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many things to one, growth typically by accumulation of many layers
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agog
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eager
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alcove
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a partially enclosed place
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aloof
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indifferent
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ameliorate
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to make better
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amortize
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to reduce by setting aside money
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aplomb
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self confidence
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation
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ardor
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enthusiasm
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argot
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jargon
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arrant
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in the highest degree
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ascribe
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to consider to be the origin
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asperity
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harshness
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astute
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clever
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attune
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to bring into harmony
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august
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majestic
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auxiliary
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supporting
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avow
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declare openly
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balk
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to get in the way of, hinder, be opposed
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bedizen
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to adorn in cheap showy manner
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bequest
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to bequeath, act of passing on to another
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blandishment
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cajole
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blithe
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carefree
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broach
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to begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate
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cadge
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to get by begging
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cant
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insincere talk, hypocritical, sanctimonious
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canvass
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to discuss thoroughly
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clinch
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to confirm or settle (a business deal)
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cloture
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method to end debate
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coeval
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coexisting, contemporary
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cogitate
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to meditate
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cognizant
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fully aware
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collusion
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secret meeting
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commodious
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roomy
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compunction
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feeling regret
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conciliatory
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comforting
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concord
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agreement
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connotation
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suggestion in addition to
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consternation
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fear, anxiety or dismay at something unexpected
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consummate
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to make perfect, to complete
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contemn
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to hate
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contumacious
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rebellious
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convoke
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to summon
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cordial
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warm and friendly
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corporeal
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pertaining to body
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countervail
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counterbalance, hedge
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dawdler
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slow person
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decry
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to disapprove of
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delineate
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o portray depict sketch out
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deluge
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flood
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demagogue
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person appealing not to reason or judgment but popularity
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deposition
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dethronement, also a formal summons
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dereliction
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leaving to fall in ruins
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desiccant
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substance that absorbs moisture
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desultory
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haphazard, lacking a plan or purpose, disconnected
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detraction
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verbal attack
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detumescence
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diminishing of swelling
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discountenance
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to refuse to approve
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discreet
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prudent, using judgment, careful
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disencumber
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free from burden
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disingenuous
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cunning
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disinter
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dig up from the earth
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dissemble
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conceal one's true feelings or beliefs
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disseminate
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to distribute
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divestiture
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selling off
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dolt
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idiot
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cavil
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make petty or unnecessary objections
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luminary
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celebrity, a person who inspires others, bringer of light
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mealymouthed
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afraid to speak frankly or straightforwardly
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paltry
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meager, small amount, parsimonious
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replete
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full, overflowing
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nettle
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irk, irritate
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extol
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priase
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exhort
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plead, beg, supplicate
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splenetic
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bad tempered, spiteful
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pertinacious
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holding fast to an opinion, stubborn
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preponderance
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quality of being greater in number or importance
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