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14 Cards in this Set
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abase
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humiliate
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I will not abase myself by going to a base with you on the first date
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abash
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to embarass
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aurthur was abashed at a bash when he drank to much and fell in the trash
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abate
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to lessen
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later her anger abated
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abominate
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to hate loathe
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he abominated his enemy
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abstruse
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profoud difficult to understand
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the writing was abstruce
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accentuate
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to stress emphasize
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an accent mark accentuates a syllable
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acclivity
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sharp incline of a hill
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a cliff is an example of an acclivity
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accolade
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award honor
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i recieved an accolade for perfect attention
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accost
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to approach to speak
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the manager accosted the theft for stealing
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adroit
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skillful
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the craftsman was adroit man
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adulate
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to flatter and praise so much its sickening
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Your god she adulated
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adulturate
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to make impure
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commandment
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow by disclosing partially
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economers adumbratored that gas would rise to a dumb prise
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adverse
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hostile opposed unfavorable
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adverse conditions
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