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19 Cards in this Set
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aggrandize
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to increase in intensity
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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alchemy
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wonderful transformation. medival science
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alloy
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to commingle
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amalgamate
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to combine several elements into whole
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ambiguity
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uncertainty in meaning
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ambivalence
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quality of having opposing ideas/feelings
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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amenable
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agreeable
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anachronism
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something/someone out of place in terms of historical/chronological text
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epicure
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one devoted to sensual pleasure
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ephemeral
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brief
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enormity
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excessive wickedness;
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ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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enigmatic
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mysterious
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engender
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to cause
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enervate
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to weaken
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encomium
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glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric
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endemic
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characteristic of or often found in a particular locality
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