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57 Cards in this Set
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abet
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to encourage or support by way or aid approval, usually in wrongdoing
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abut
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to be adjacent; to touch on one side
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abhor
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to hate completely; to regard with extreme repugnance
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abject
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utterly hopeless, miserable, or humiliating; contemptible
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abjure
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to renounce, repudiate, or retract
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abolish
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to do away with, end, make void
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abscond
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to depart suddenly or secretly
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avert
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to turn away or aside; to ward off or prevent
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adjacent
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lying near or opposite; before, after, or facing
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appall
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to fill with horror, fear, or shock
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appraise
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to estimate the worth or value of
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accommodate
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to oblige or adapt; to provide with a room; to adjust differences
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ascertain
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to find out for certain
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affluent
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having an abundance of wealth, property, or material goods
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aggravate
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to make worse or intensify anything negative
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allocate
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to set aside for a particular purpose; to assign
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ambiguous
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open to several meaning or interpretations; lacking clearness
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amphibious
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a cold-blooded vertebrate that lives on land and in water; anything that is used on both land and in water
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anecdote
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a short, amusing or interesting account(story)
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amoral
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indifferent to questions of right or wrong
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antecedent
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preceding or going before
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antediluvian
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before the Biblical flood; very old-fashioned or antiquated
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antiseptic
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free from germs; exceptionally clean
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antagonist
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an opponent or adversary; a person who struggles against or completes with another
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begrudge
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to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of another; to be reluctant to give or allow
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beguile
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to influence by trickery; to deceive or cheat; to charm or divert; to pass time pleasantly
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belated
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coming after the customary, useful, or expected time
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belie
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show to be false; contradict, misrepresent
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bemuse
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to bewilder or confuse someone
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bequeath
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to hand down or pass on; give after death in a will
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bereft
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deprived; made desolate, especially by death
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bewilder
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to confuse completely
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biannual
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occurring twice a year or once every two years
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dichotomy
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division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory parts
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conglomerate
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consisting of a number or separate elements bound together
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contrite
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filled with genuine remorse
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coerce
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to compel by force or intimidation
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cohort
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a group
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collate
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to gather and arrange in proper sequence
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collateral
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something pledged as payment; additional; accompanying
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commensurate
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proportionate, corresponding in magnitude
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correlate
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to have a mutual or reciprocal relation
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corroborate
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to make certain, confirm
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contradict
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to assert the contrary or opposite of
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contravene
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to act against or be in conflict with
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counterfeit
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an imitation presented as genuine; forged; a forged item
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counterpart
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a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function; a copy
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deceive
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to intentionally mislead or delude
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decipher
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to discover the meaning of something difficult to understand; to interpret
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defile
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to pollute or make dirty, to sully
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defraud
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to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud
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deluge
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a flood or inundation; something overwhelming; to flood, to overwhelm
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demean
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to lower in dignity, honor, or standing
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derelict
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abandoned, deserted; neglectful of duty; a vagrant
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destitute
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without means of subsistence; lacking necessities
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foreshadow
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to show signs or indications beforehand
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foresight
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the act of looking forward in time; the ability to anticipate futre events or conditions
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