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32 Cards in this Set
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Adulation
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n. flattery; admiration. The rock star thrived on the adulation of his groupies.
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Advent
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arrival
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Adventitious
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adj. accidental; causal. She found this adventitious meeting with her friend exremely fortunate.
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Advert
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refer to. Since you advert to this matter so frequetly, you must consider it to be important.
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Aegis
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n. shield; defense. Under the aegis of the Bill of Rights, we enjoy our most treasured freedoms.
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Aerie
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n. nest of alarge bird of prey. The mother eagle swooped down on the rabbit and bore it off to ehr aerie high in the Rocky Mountains.
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Aesthetic
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adj. artistic; dealign with or capapble of appreciating the beautiful. e.g. aesthetic sense
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Affable
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adj. easily approachable; warmly friendly. Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was amazed at how affable his new employer was.
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Affected
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adj. artifical; pretended; assumed inn oder to impress. His affected mannerisms- his "Harvard" accent, his air of boredom . . . . bugged his old friends.
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Affinity
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n. kinships. She fel an affinity with all who suffered; their pains were her pains.
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Affix
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v. attach or add on; fasten. First the registrar had to affix his singature to the license; then he had to affix his offical seal.
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Affront
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n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect. When Mrs. Proudie was not seated beside the Archdeacon at the head table, shte took it as a personal affront and refused to speak to her hosts for a week.
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Agape
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adj. openmouthed. She stared, agape, at the many strange animals in the zoo.
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Aggrandize
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v. increase or intensify; raise in power, wealth, rank or honor. the history of the past quarter century illustrates how a President may aggrandize his power to act aggressively in international affairswithout considering the wishes of Congress.
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Agog
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adj. highly excited; intensely curious. We were all agog at the news that the celebrated movie star was giving up his career in oder toe enter a monastery.
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Alacrity
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n. cheerful promptness; eagerness. Phil and Dave were raring to get off the the mountains; they packed up their ski gear and climbed into the van with alacrity.
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Alchemy
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medieval form of speculative thought that aimed to transform base metals into silver or gold and to discoever a means of prolinging life
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Alcove
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nook, recess
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Alimentary
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adj. supplying nourishment. The alimentayr canal in our bodies is so nmaer because digestion of foods occurs there. When asked for the name of the digestive tract, Sherlock Homes replied, "Alimentary, my dear Watson."
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Allay
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v. calm, pacify. The crew tried to allay the fear of the passengers.
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Allege
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v. to state without proof
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Allegory
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n. story in which characters are used as symbols; fable
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Alliteration
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repetition of beginning sound in poetry
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Alloy
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v. mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate
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Alluvial
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adj. pertainging to soil deposits left by running water. Teh farmers found the alluvial deposits at teh mouth of the river very fertile.
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Aloft
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adv. upward. The sailor climbed aloft the ship.
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Almagate
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v. comiine; unite in one body. The unions will attempt to amalgate their groups into one national body.
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Amazon
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female warrior
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Amble
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n. moving at an easy pace. The cautious rider only wanted the horse to move at a gentle amble.
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Ambrosia
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n. food of the gods
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Ambulatory
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adj. able to walk; not bedridden. Despite his injuries, Calvin was a highly ambulatory patient.
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Amenable
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adj. readily managed or wiling to be led; answerbale or accountalbe legally. Although the amabassador wa susally amenable to friendly suggestions, he balked when we hinted he shoupd pay hig parking tickets. As a foreigner, he claimed he was not amenable to local laws.
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