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29 Cards in this Set
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adjunct
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a subordinate; an assistant
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admonish
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to warn
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ado
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fuss; trouble
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adroit
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skillful; clever
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adulation
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excessive praise or flattery
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adulterate
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to make impure
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advent
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an arrival; a coming
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adventitious
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accidental; nonessential
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adversity
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a misfortune; distress
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advocate
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to recommend; to defend
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aegis
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a shield; protection; sponsorship
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aesthetic
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pertaining to beauty
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affable
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friendly; agreeable
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affectation
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a phony attitude; insicerity
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affiliate
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to associate or to unite with
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affinity
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attraction to
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affirmation
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a statement that something is true
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affix
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to attach
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affliction
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great suffering; hardship
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affluence
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wealth
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affront
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an insult
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agape
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open-mouthed; surprised
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aggrandize
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to enlarge or to expand
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aggregate
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to collect; to gather together
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aghast
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shocked; terrified
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agnostic
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one who doubts the existence of God
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agoraphobia
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fear of open places
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agrarian
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pertianing to farmers and agriculture
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ague
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a fever; plague
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