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87 Cards in this Set
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abolish
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do away with
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abridge
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lessen, diminish, or curtail
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abstemious
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sparing: an abstemious diet.
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accent
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The relative prominence of a particular syllable of a word by greater intensity or by variation or modulation of pitch or tone
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accolade
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any award, honor, or laudatory notice
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acquiesce
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to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree
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affirmation
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the assertion that something exists or is true
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amass
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to come together; assemble
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ambivalence
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uncertainty or fluctuation
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ambulatory
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adapted for walking, as the limbs of many animals
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ameliorate
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to make or become better, more bearable
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amity
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friendship; peaceful harmony
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anchor
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any similar device for holding fast or checking motion
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antediluvian
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a very old or old-fashioned person or thing
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ascendancy
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domination
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atrophy
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degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse
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bane
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a person or thing that ruins or spoils
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bizarre
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odd
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blunder
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a gross, stupid, or careless mistake
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bungle
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to do clumsily and awkwardly
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burgeon
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to grow or develop quickly; flourish
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capitulate
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to give up resistance
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capricious
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fanciful or witty
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clemency
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an act or deed showing mercy or leniency
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coalesce
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to grow together or into one body
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cohere
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to stick together; be united
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compress
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to press together
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confide
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to have full trust; have faith
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confound
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to perplex or amaze, esp. by a sudden disturbance or surprise
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congeal
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to make or become fixed
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contaminate
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to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean
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converge
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to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other
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convivial
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friendly; agreeable
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copious
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large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful
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corroborate
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to make more certain; confirm
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corrugated
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to wrinkle
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corrupt
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guilty of dishonest practices
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cursory
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hasty
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daunt
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to overcome with fear
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debilitate
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to lessen the ability of
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deplete
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to use up
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discrepancy
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inconsistency
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disentangle
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to untangle
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disputatious
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argumentative
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distend
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to expand by stretching
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drawback
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a hindrance or disadvantage
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efface
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to wipe out
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effervescent
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lively
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enhance
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to raise to a higher degree
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enigmatic
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perplexing
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ephemeral
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lasting a very short time
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equilibrium
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in a state of equality
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euphony
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pleasing effect to the ear
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evacuate
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to leave empty
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evanescent
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vanishing, fleeting
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expedite
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hasten
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expendable
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considered to be not worth keeping or maintaining
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exclude
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to shut or keep out
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facilitate
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to make easier or less difficult
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fallow
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not in use; inactive
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fertile
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bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation
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flourish
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to be in a vigorous state
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fraudulent
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engaging in fraud; deceitful
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fruitful
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beneficial
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garner
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to gather, collect, or hoard
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guile
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Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit
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hackneyed
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made commonplace or trite; stale; bana
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hefty
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heavy; weighty
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hideous
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horrible or frightful to the senses
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hilarity
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cheerfulness
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humane
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characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people
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hypocrisy
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saying you are better than what you actually are
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innocuous
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harmless, boring, innocent
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irascible
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very irritable
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jettison
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to discard
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kindle
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to become aroused or animated
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lenient
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agreeably tolerant
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levitate
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to rise or float in the air
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listless
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indifferent
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maladroit
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unskillful
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mitigate
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to make less severe
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mobile
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capable of moving
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munificent
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very generous
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myriad
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a very great or indefinitely great number
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nefarious
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extremely wicked or villainous
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indulgent
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benignly lenient
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iniquitous
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wicked; sinful
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