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68 Cards in this Set
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aggrieved
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distressed, wronged, injured
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accretion
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slow growth in size or amount
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agnostic
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believing the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven
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allege
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to assert, usually without proof
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amalgmate
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to bring together, unite
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amenable
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willing, compliant
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analgesic
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something that reduces pain
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anthology
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a selected collection of writing, songs, etc
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arboreal
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of or relating to trees
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arrogate
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to take without jurisdiction
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atone
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to repent, make amends
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balk
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to stop, block abruptly
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benign
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favorable, not threatening
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blemish
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flaw, an imperfection
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blandish
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to coax with flattery
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catalyze
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to charge, inspire
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cleave
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to divide into part, to stick together firmly
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clemency
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mercy
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cloying
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sickeningly sweet
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coagulate
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to thicken, clot
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cobbler
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a person who makes or repairs shoes
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collusion
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secret agreement, conspiracy
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commensurate
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corresponding in size or amount
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complacency
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self-satisfied ignorance of danger
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complicit
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being an accomplice in a wrongful act
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compunction
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distress caused by feeling guilty
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concilatory
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friendly, agreeable
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concoct
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to fabricate, make up
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concomitant
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accompanying in a subordinate fashion
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condolence
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an expression of sympathy with sorrow
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compunction
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distress caused by feeling guilty
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concilatory
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friendly, agreeable
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concoct
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to fabricate, make up
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concomitant
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accompanying in a subordinate fashion
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condolence
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an expression of sympathy in sorrow
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confection
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a sweet, fancy food
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congeal
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to thicken into a solid
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congruity
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the quality of being in agreement
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connive
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to plot, scheme
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consecrate
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to dedicate something to a holy purpose
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consign
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to give something over to another's care
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consonant
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harmony
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contemporaneous
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existing at the same time
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contravene
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violate, oppose, contradict
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contrite
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pentinet
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contusion
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bruise, injury
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convivial
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feasting, drinking, merriment
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crescendo
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steady increase in volume or intensity
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culmination
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climax
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culpable
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deserving blame
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curt
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abruptly and rudely short
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curtail
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to lesson, reduce
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debacle
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a disastrous failure
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defer
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to yield to another's wisdom
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deferential
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showing respect for another's authority
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defile
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to make unclean, impure
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delineate
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to describe, outline
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deter
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to discourage
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disavow
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to deny knowledge or responsibility of
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discomfit
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to frustrate, baffle
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discursive
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rambling
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disparate
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sharply differing
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disperse
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to scatter
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disrepute
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state of being held in low regard
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dissemble
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to conceal, fake
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disseminate
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to spread widely
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dissent
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to disagree
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distend
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to swell out
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