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50 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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Autocrat |
dictator |
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Autonomous |
independent |
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Auxillary |
supplementary |
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Avarice |
greed |
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Avenge |
retaliate |
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Aver |
to declare to be true |
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Aversion |
intense dislike |
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Avert |
prevent |
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Aviary |
large bird enclosure |
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Avow |
to state openly |
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Awry |
crooked, askew |
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Axiom |
premise, self-evident truth |
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Baleful |
harmful |
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Balk |
to refuse |
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Ballad |
folk song |
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Balm |
ointment used to soothe |
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Ban |
to forbid |
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Bane |
something causing destruction |
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Banal |
overly common |
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Banter |
playful conversation |
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Bastion |
stronghold |
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Bay |
deep, prolonged bark |
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Becalm |
to make calm |
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Becloud |
to confuse |
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Beguile |
to decieve |
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Behemoth |
huge creature |
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Belabor |
to insist repeatedly |
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Belated |
late |
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Beleaguer |
to harass, plague |
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Belfry |
belltower |
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Belie |
to misrepresent; expose as false |
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Belittle |
to make light of |
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Bellicose |
warlike |
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Belligerent |
hostile |
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Bellow |
to roar, shout |
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Bemuse |
to confuse |
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Benchmark |
standard of measure |
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Benefactor |
one giving aid or money |
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Beneficent |
kindly, charitable |
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Benighted |
enlightened |
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Benign |
harmless |
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Bequeath |
to give |
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Berate |
scold harshly |
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Beseech |
to beg |
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Bestial |
animal-like |
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Bestow |
to give as a gift |
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Betoken |
to indicate |
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Bevy |
group |
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Bias |
slant |
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Bibliography |
a list of books or references |
