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36 Cards in this Set
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abandon
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total lack of inhibition
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abase
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to disgrace
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abash
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to make ashamed
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actuate
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put into action
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acuity
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sharpness
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acumen
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sharpness of insight
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allay
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to soothe
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allege
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to assert to be true
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allegory
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symbolic representation
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anoint
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to oil, enthrone
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anomaly
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irregularity
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anonymity
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having no name
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assiduous
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hard working
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assimilation
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process of ecoming similar
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assuage
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to relieve
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assurance
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guarantee, pledge
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astringent
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harsh
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autonomous
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independent
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avant-garde
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leadership of new movements
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avarice
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reed
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aver
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to affirm
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aversion
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intense dislike
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avert
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to turn away
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avian
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related to birds
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avow
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to declare openly
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avuncular
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like an uncle
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awe
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respect
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awry
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twisted, askew
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axiom
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statement accepted as true as a basis for inference
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backlash
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strong adverse reaction
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baskslide
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to revert to a worse condition
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baleful
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having evil intentions
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balk
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to hesitate
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ballad
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folk song
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balm
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soothing influence
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banal
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unoriginal
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