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32 Cards in this Set
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Abeyance
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Suspended Action
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abstemious
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Sparing in eating and Drinking.Temperate
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abstruse
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Obscure,profound.Difficult to understand
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Chasm
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A pronounced difference of opinion, interests, or loyalty.
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accoutre
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Equip
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Arm with
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accretion
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Growth,Increase
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Accrue
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Come about by addition
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Acetic
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Vinegary
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acquiesce
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assent ; agree passively
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actuarial
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Calculating;pertaining to Insurance statistics
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actuate
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Motivate
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addendum
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addition ; appendix to book
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addle
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muddle;drive crazy;become rotten
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Follow the Rhyming
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adjunct
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Something (generally non-essential or inferior added to)added on or attached to
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Catch the third letter and follow
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adjuration
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Solemnly urging
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adjutant
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Staff officer assisting the commander;assistant
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advent
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arrival
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adventitious
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accidental;casual;
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advert
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refer (to)
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look vertically
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aerie
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nest of a large bird of prey
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Agglomeration
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Collection;heap
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Agnostic
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One who is skeptical of the existance of the god or any ultimate reality
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agog
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Highly excited;intensely curious
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alacrity
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Cheerful promptness;eagerness
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alcove
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nook;recess
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alimentary
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Supplying nourishment
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alimony
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Payment made to the ex-spouse after divorce
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allay
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Calm, Pacify
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alleviate
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relieve
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alliteration
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Repeation of the beginning sound of the poetry
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Ambivalence
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State of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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amble
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Moving at an easy pace
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