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50 Cards in this Set
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ameliorate (v)
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improve
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amenable (adj)
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readily managed; willing to be led
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amend (v)
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correct; change
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amenities (n)
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convenient features; courtesies
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amiable (adj)
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agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly
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amicable (adj)
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politely agreeable; not quarrelsome
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amiss (adj)(adv)
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wrong; faulty
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amity (n)
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friendship
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amnesia (n)
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loss of memory
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amnesty (n)
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pardon
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amoral (adj)
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non-moral
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amorous (adj)
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moved by sexual love; loving
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amorphous (adj)
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formless; lacking shape or definition
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amphibian (adj)(n)
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able t live both on land and in water
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amphitheater (n)
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oval building with tiers of seats
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ample (adj)
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abundant
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amplify (v)
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broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger
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amputate (v)
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cut off part of body; prune
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amulet (n)
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charm; talisment
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anachronistic (adj)
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having an error involving time in a story (n) anachronism
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analgesic (adj)
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causing insensitivity to pain
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analogous (adj)
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comparable
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analogy (n)
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similarity; parallelism
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anarchist (n)
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person who seeks to overthrow the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
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anarchy (n)
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absence of governing body; state of disorder
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anathema (n)
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solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
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ancestry (n)
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family descend (adj) ancestral
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anchor (v) (n)
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secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in a place
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ancillary (adj)(n)
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serving as an aid or an accessory; auxiliary
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anecdote (n)
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short account of an amusing or interesting event
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anemia (n)
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condition in which blood lacks corpuscles (adj) anemic
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anesthetic (n)
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substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness
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anguish (n)
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acute pain; extreme suffering
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angular (adj)
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sharp-cornered; stiff in manner
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animated (adj)
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lively; spirited
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animosity (n)
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active enmity
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animus (n)
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hostile feeling or intent
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annals (n)
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records; history
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annex (v)
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attach; take possecion of
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annihilate (v)
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destroy
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annotate (v)
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comment; make explanatory notes
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annuity (n)
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yearly allowance
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annul (v)
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make void
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anoint (v)
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consecrate
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anomalous (adj)
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abnormal; irregular
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anomaly (n)
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irregularity
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anonymity (n)
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state of being nameless
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anonymous (adj)
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having no name
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antagonism (n)
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hostility; active resistance (adj) antagonistic
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antecede (v)
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precede
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