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60 Cards in this Set
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Abash
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(v) to make embarrased; to make ashamed
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Abate
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(v) to make less; reduce
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Abatement
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(n) reduction
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Abdicate
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(v) to give up a powerful position
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Aberrant
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(adj) not normal state; abnormal
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Aberration
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(n) a deviation from the way things normally happen
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Aboveboard
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(adj) honest and open
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Abrasive
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(adj) rough; rude and aggressive
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Abridge
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(v) to condense
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Abrupt
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(v) sudden and unexpected
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Abstemious
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(adj) not doing things which give pleasure, especially in eating and drinking
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Abstinence
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(n) restraint
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Abstruse
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(v) difficult to understand
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Abundant
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(adj) plentiful
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Abysmal
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(adj) poor in quality
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Accede
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(v) to take a high position after someone has left; to agree to a proposal
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Accolade
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(n) praise
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Accomodate
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(v) to do or provide what somebody wants
(v) to provide loding |
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Accord
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(v) to give something to somebody
(n) agreement |
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Accumulate
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(v) to collect a number or quality over a period of time
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Abet
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(v) to actively encourage
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Abjure
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(v) to reject solemnly
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Abnegate
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(v) to refuse oneself; reject
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Abnegation
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(n) self-denial
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Abortive
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(adj) failing to accomlish an intended result; unsuccessful
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Abrogate
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(v) to abolish especially by authority
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Abscond
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(v) to depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid capture and legal prosecution
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Abstract
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(adj) thought of apart from concret realities, specific objects, or acutal instances
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Acclivity
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(n) an upward slope, as of ground; an ascent
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Accretion
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(n) an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition
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Acerbity
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(n) sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste
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Acme
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(n) the highest point
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Acquisece
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(v) to agree without protest
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Acquired
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(adj) developed or leanred; not naturally occurring
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Acrid
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(adj) sharp or bitter to the taste or smell
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Acrimony
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(n) sharpness, harshness
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Actuate
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(v) to put in to action; motivate
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Acuity
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(n) sharpness
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Acumen
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(n) keen insight
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Adamant
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(adj) utterly unyielding in attitude in spite of all appeals
(n) any unyieldingly hard substance |
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Adept
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(adj) very skilled
(n) a skilled person; proficient person |
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Adjudicate
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(v) to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence
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Adjure
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(v) to command solemnly under an oath
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Admonish
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(v) to caution, advise against something; to remind
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Adroit
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(adj) expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body; cleverly skillful
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Adulation
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(n) excessive flattery
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Adumbrate
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(v) to produce a faint image/resemblance of; to foreshadow; to conceal partially
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Aerie
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(n) the nest of a bird of prey; a house, fortress, or the like, located high on a hilll/mountain
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Aesthetic
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(adj) pertaining to a sense of the beautiful/to the science of aesthetics
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Affable
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(adj) friendly; warmly polite
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Affected
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(adj) acted upon; influenced
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Aggregate
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(adj) formed by the conjunction of particulars into a whole mass
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Agrarian
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(adj) relating to land, land tenure, or teh division of landed property
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Alchemy
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(n) a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
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Algorithm
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(n) a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps, as for finding the greatest common divisor
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Alienated
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(adj) socially disorientated
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Alimentary
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(adj) concernec with the function of nutrition
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Allay
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(v) to put to rest
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Allegory
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(n) a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms
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Alleviate
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(v) to make easier to endure; lessen
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