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29 Cards in this Set
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abase v.
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To lower in position, estimation, or the like
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aberration n.
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Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
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abeyance n.
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A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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abjure v.
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To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
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ablution n.
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A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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abnegate v.
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To renounce (a right or privilege).
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aboveboard adv. & adj.
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Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
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abrade v.
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To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
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abrogate v.
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To abolish, repeal.
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abscission n.
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The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
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abstemious adj.
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Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
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abut v.
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To touch at the end or boundary line.
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accost v.
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To speak to.
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accouter v.
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To dress.
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acerbity n.
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Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
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acetic adj.
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Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
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acme n.
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The highest point, or summit.
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acumen n.
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Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
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addle v.
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To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
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adduce v.
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To bring forward or name for consideration
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adjuration n.
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A vehement appeal.
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adroit adj.
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Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
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adumbrate v.
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To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
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agglomerate v.
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To pile or heap together.
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alabaster n.
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A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum or soft, airy dust.
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alacrity n.
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Cheerful willingness.
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alder n.
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Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
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anagran. n.
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anagram n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
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anathema n.
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Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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