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25 Cards in this Set
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adroit
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skillfull
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adulation
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praise
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advocate
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to recommend
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aesthetic
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pertaining to beauty
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affable
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friendly
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affinity
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attraction
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affluence
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wealth
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affront
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insult
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anachronism
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something out of its proper time
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anarchy
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absence of government
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anathema
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ban; curse
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animosity
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hatred
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anomaly
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irregularity; straying from the norm
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antipodes
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opposite side of the earth
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antithesis
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direct opposite
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aphorism
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brief statement; proverb
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aplomb
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self-confidence
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archaic
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no longer in use
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arrears
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in debt
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articulate
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(adj.) distinct
(v.) to express clearly |
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artifice
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trickery
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ascendant
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rising
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aspersion
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slanderous remark
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assiduity
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care; diligence
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assuage
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to make less severe; to calm
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