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82 Cards in this Set
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abate
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make less
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aberrant
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departing from the norm
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aberration
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deviation form correct way
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abnegate
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renounce
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abolish
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to put an end to
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abomination
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object of disgust
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aboriginal
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first of its kind
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abortive
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unsuccessful
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abrasion
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something rubbed off
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abrasive
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harsh and offensive
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abrogate
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abolish
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absolve
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to release from blame
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abstemious
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avoiding excess
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abstentation
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not using one's vote
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abstract
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existing in theory, not practive
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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accede
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to agree to
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accord
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harmony
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acerbic
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bitter
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acknowlege
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to show that one has noticed something
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acquaint
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to get to know
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acquittal
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deliverance from criminal charges
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acrimonious
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bitter
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actionable
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giving grounds for prosecution
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acuity
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mental sharpness
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acumen
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insight
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addendum
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appendix
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addle
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to make ineffective or muddle
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adjunct
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something subordinate to another
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admissable
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appropriate for consideration
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admonish
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warn
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adroit
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skillful
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adulation
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servile flattery
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adulterate
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to make impure by adding something
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aerial
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like air
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aesthete
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someone who appreciates beauty
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affable
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likeable
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affectation
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showing off
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affirmative
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statement that something is so
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agglomerate
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collect into mass
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alacrity
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enthusiastic willingness
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alight
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to get down from or off of
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alliance
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union for specific purpose
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ally
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person or state cooperation with another for a specific purpose
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altercation
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querrel
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altruism
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kindness without self-interest
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amatory
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tending to love
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amble
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to walk at a leisurely pace
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ambulate
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walk
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amenable
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can be pursuaded
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amiss
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inappropriate
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amity
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friendship
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amorous
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having romantic feelings
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amorphous
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shapeless
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anachronistic
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doesn't occur at its proper time
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analogous
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similar
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analogy
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reasoning from similar things or situation
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anchorite
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hermit
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ancillary
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addition designed to aid
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annalist
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historian
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antecedent
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something coming or happening before
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antediluvian
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so old as to pre-date the flood
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antiquate
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make out of date
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aphorism
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short pithy expression
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aplomp
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self-confidence
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apocryphal
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of doubtful authenticity
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apoplogist
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one who defends something with logical argumentation
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apostate
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one who renounces former belief
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append
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to attach
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approbation
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approval
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arbitrary
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done according to whim
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arboreal
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connected with trees
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arraign
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call into court
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ascribe
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to assign a quality
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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make less harsh
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atrophy
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waste away
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audacious
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fearless
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auspicious
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indicating good results
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aver
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to state as a fact
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aversion
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strong dislike
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avuncular
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like an uncle
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