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18 Cards in this Set
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Abate-Verb
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Somethinghostile, threatening, or negative. Becoming less intense. "The storm suddenly abated." |
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Accost-Verb
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Toapproach and dress someone "Reporters accosted him in the street." |
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Adept-Adjective
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Veryable "He is adept at doing his homework in the late hours." |
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Allocate-Verb
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Assign, divide among. "The town hall allocated 20 places for new homeless shelters." |
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Amicable-Adjective
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Friendly, especially regarding agreement "The dispute will more than likely be amicable." |
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Antipathy-Noun
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Strong dislike or disgust "The neighbors felt a strong antipathy towards each other." |
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Aberration-Noun
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Abnormality "The outbreak in the area was an aberration." |
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Acrimony-Noun |
Nasty behavior or speech. "The boys attitude was quite the acrimony." |
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Adroit-Adjective
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Very skilled or able. "The teacher was very adroit when it came to social studies." |
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Altruistic-Adjective |
Unselfish "It was an entirely altruistic act." |
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Antediluvian-Adjective
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Being before the great flood; biblical. "Many bones of antediluvian animals were found." |
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Apathy-Noun
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Uncaring attitude. "It was a big time in his life but she was apathetic." |
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Abhor-Verb |
Contempt or disgust. "Taxpayers are abhorred to a flat tax." |
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Acumen-Noun |
Ability to understand and reason. "He had a great business acumen." |
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Affected-Adjective |
Deeply moved or hurt emotionally. "He was so affected at the loss of his grandfather." |
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Amenable-Adjective
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Willing or cooperative. "he was amenable to the new ideas of his workers." |
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Abstruse-Adjective
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Difficult to understand. "The politicians way of thinking was very abstruse." |
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Adamant-Adjective
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Unyielding and determined "The boss was adamant that his business was going to be successful." |
