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40 Cards in this Set
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abate
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subside; decrease; lessen
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accolade
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award of merrit
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acquiesce
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agree without protesting
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acrid
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sharp; bitterly pungent
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acrimony
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bitterness in words or manner
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aggregate
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gather; accumulate
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amorphous
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formless; lacking shape or definition
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anachronistic
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having an error involving time in a story
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anomaly
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irregularity;
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antediluvian
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extremely ancient
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antipathy
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aversion; dislike
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apocryphal
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untrue; made up
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arable
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fit for growing crops
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ardent
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intense; passionate; zealous
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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ease or lessen(pain). ; satisfy
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atrophy
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waste away
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audacious
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daring; bold
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avarice
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greediness for wealth
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avert
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prevent; turn away
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beguile
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mislead or delude; pass time
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bequeath
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leave to someone by a will
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bleak
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cold or cheerless
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blighted
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suffering form a disease; destroyed
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bombastic
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pompous; using inflated language
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buttress
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support; prop up
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cacophonous
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discordant; inharmonious
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carping
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finding fault
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certitude
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certainty
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charlatan
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quack; pretender to knowledge
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circumlocution
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indirect or roundabout expression
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cliche
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[phrase dulled in meaning by repetition
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coalesce
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combine; fuse
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colloquial
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pertaining to conversational or common speech
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combustible
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easily burned
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complementary
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serving to complete something
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confluence
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flowing together; crowd
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conjecture
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surmise; guess
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converge
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approach; tend to meet; come together
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corrode
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destroy by chemical action
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