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16 Cards in this Set
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abjure
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(verb) to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant to avoid
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adumbrate
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(verb) to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow
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anathema
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(noun) a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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anodyne
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(adj/noun) soothing, something that assuages or allays pain or comforts
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apogee
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(noun) farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith
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apostate
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(noun) one who abandons long-held religious or political conventions
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apotheosis
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(noun) deification, glorification to godliness, an exalted example, a model of excellence or perfection
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asperity
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(noun) severity, rigor; roughness, harshness, acrimony, irritability
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asseverate
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(verb) to aver, allege, assert
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assiduous
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(adj) diligent, hard-working, sedulous
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augury
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(noun) omen, portent
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bellicose
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(adj) belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
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calumniate
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(verb) to slander, make a false accusation; calumny means slander, aspersion
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captious
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(adj) disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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cavil
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(verb) to find fault without good reason
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celerity
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(noun) speed, alacrity; think accelerate
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