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57 Cards in this Set
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abacus
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Def: frame with balls for calculating
Sentence: Catherine used her abacus to solve arithmetic problems |
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abate
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Def: to lessen in intensity or degree
Sentence: After hours of intense rain, the storm abetted and only a light drizzle remained. |
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abdication
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Def: to relinquish (power or responsibility) publically
Sentence: After facing much public scrutiny, the king abdicated his thrown. |
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aberrant
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Def: straying away/different from what is normal
Sentence: Snow in the summer is aberrant weather. |
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abet
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Def: to approve, encourage, and support; urge and help on
Sentence: He abetted the thief in robbing the bank. |
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abeyance
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Definition: condition of being temporarily set aside
Sentence: The plan was held in abeyance |
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abhor
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Definition: to hate; to detest
Sentence: The problem with Establishment Republicans is they abhor the unseemliness of a political brawl |
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abide
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Definition: be faithful; to endure
Sentence: The thief had to abide by the judge's decision. |
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abjure
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Definition: to renounce under oath; forswear
Sentence: For nearly 21 years after his resignation as Prime Minister in 1963, he abjured all titles, preferring to remain just plain 'Mr.'" |
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abraded
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Definition: to wear down or rub away by friction
Sentence: The rubber tires had been abraded by frequent use. |
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abrogate
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Definition: repeal or annul by authority
Sentence: Slavery in America was abrogated in the 19th century. |
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abscond
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Definition: to leave quickly and secretly (to avoid arrest)
Sentence: The thief, afraid of being persecuted, had to abscond. |
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abstruse
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Definition: difficult to comprehend; obsure
Sentence: the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them |
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abut
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Definition: to touch or end at one end or side; adjacent
Sentence: Pakistan and India directly abute one another. |
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abysmal
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Definition: bottomless extreme
Sentence: Paris Hilton suffers from abysmal stupidity. |
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acclaimed
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Definition: to praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud
Sentence: She was acclaimed person of the year |
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accolade
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Definition: praise; approval
Sentence: His works were accoladed as being original and creative. |
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accretion
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Definition: increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion
Sentence: he scraped away the accretions of paint |
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acumen
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Definition: quick, keen or accurate knowledge or insight
Sentence: Rochester had sometimes read my unspoken thoughts with an acumen to me incomprehensible |
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adamant
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Definition: impervious to pleas, appeals, or reason; stubbornly unyielding
Sentence: he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind |
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admonitory
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Definition: containing warning
Sentence: The mother shook an admonitory finger at the naughty child |
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adorn
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Definition: add beauty; adorn
Sentence: He requires the presence of titles to legitimate and adorn his imperfect status |
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adulation
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Definition: excessive praise and intense adoration
Sentence: Napoleon is the object of adulation and enthusiasm |
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adulteration
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Definition: making impure; poor in quality; to corrupt
Sentence: The vendor would adulterate coffee with acorn grounds to increase profit |
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aesthetic
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Definition: of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste
Sentence: The play was an aesthetic success |
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affable
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Definition: polite or friendly
Sentence: He was very easily approached, being naturally the most affable man in the world. |
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affinity
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Definition: close connection and relationship; a natural liking
Sentence: Her affinity for living in California led her to reject a chance to return to New York |
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aggrandize
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Definition: to make larger or greater in power
Sentence: aggrandize one argument while belittling another |
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aggravate
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Definition: to make worse; to irritate
Sentence: luggage that aggravates me the most about air travel |
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agile
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Definition: active; quick moving
Sentence: sleek and agile as a gymnast |
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agog
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Definition: full of keen anticipation; eager
Sentence: we were agog with anticipation |
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ail
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Definition: to feel ill or have pain
Sentence: I ail from a milk allergy. |
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alacrity
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Definition: eager and cheerful readiness
Sentence: he accepted with alacrity |
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alchemy
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Definition: a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals
Sentence: a mysterious alchemy brought them together |
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alcove
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Definition: a recess or partially enclosed place
Sentence: In the wall opposite the window and near the alcove was a closed door, apparently the only exit from the room. |
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allegience
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Definition: duty to, support, loyalty
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alleviate
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make (pain) easier to bear
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alloy
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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aloof
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reserved; indifferent
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amalgamate
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mix, to combine several elements into a whole
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ambidextrous
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able to use the left hand or the right hand equally well
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ambiguous
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doubtfull; uncertain
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ambivalent
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characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes
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ameliorate
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improve, make bettor or more tolerable
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amenable
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agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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amortize
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Definition: end (a debt) by setting aside money, repay
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anachronism
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something chronologically out of order
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anguish
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severe suffering
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animosity
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strong dislik
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anomolous
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irregular; deviating from the norm
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antidote
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medicine used against a poison or disease
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antipathy
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dislike, hostility. extreme oppositioin or aversion
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antithetical
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in diametrical opposition
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apartheid
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brutal racial discrimination
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aplomb
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Sentence: She talked with the aplomb of a woman of the world, but her face declared her incarnation of twenty.
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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elevation to a preeminant or transcendent position
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