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100 Cards in this Set
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abase
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to humble/disgrace
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abdicate
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to give up power
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aberration
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something different from usual
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abeyance
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temporary suppression or suspension
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abject
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pitiful
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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acerbic
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bitter, sharp in taste or temper
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acquiesce
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to agree, comply quietly
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acrimony
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bitterness
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adulterate
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to corrupt
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aesthetic
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pertaining to art/beauty
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aggrandize
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to make larger/greater in power
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alacrity
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eagerness/speed
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allegory
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symbol
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amalgamate
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to mix/combine
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ameliorate
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to improve
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amortize
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to diminish by installment payments
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anachronism
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something outdated
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anathema
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something shunned or disliked
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ancillary
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acessory, helpng
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antediluvian
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ancient (extremely)
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anterior
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prior to
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antipathy
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hostility
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apocryphal
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fictional
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apotheosis
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glorification
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approbation
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praise/approval
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ardent
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passionate
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ardor
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passion
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arduous
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extremely difficult
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ascetic
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absinent
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aspersion
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false rumor, slander
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assiduous
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persistent, hard working
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assuage
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to relieve
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astringent
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strict
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atrocious
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shockingly bad
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atrophy
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to waste away
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attenuate
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to weeaken
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augury
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prediction of events
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august
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awe inspiring
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auspicious
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promising
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avarice
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greed
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axiom
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self evident truth
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baleful
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harmful, with evil intentions
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banal
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overly common
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bastion
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stronghold
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belabor
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to harp on
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beleaguer
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to harass/plague
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belie
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to expose as false
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bellicose
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warlike
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belligerent
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hostile
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benighted
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unenlightened
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bequeath
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to hand down
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beseech
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to beg, plead
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bilk
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to cheat, defraud
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blandish
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to coax with flattery
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blight
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to afflict, destroy
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bonhomie
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good-natured geniality, atmosphere of good cheer
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boon
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blessing
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bourgeois
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middle class
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breach
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act of breaking/violation
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brigand
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outlaw
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brusque
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rough and abrupt in manner
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burgeon
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to flourish
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buttress
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to support
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cadence
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rhythmic flow
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cajole
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to coax
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callow
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immature/lacking sophistication
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capacious
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large, roomy
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capitulate
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surrender
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capricious
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impulsive/whimsical
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castigate
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to punish, chastise
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catharsis
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purification
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catholic
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universal
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cavalier
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carefree, happy
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centripetal
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moving towards the center
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chagrin
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humiliation, embarassment
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charlatan
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quack, fake
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chicanery
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fraud, deception
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choleric
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short-tempered
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circumlocution
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a roundabout way of saying something
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cicumscribe
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to encircle, confine
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circumspect
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cautious, wary
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clandestine
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secretive
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clemency
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merciful leniency
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coalesce
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to unite
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collateral
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accompanying
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colloquy
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dialogue or conversation
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collusion
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collaboration, conspiracy
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comeliness
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physical grace and beauty
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commensurate
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proportional
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commodious
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roomy, spacious
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complicity
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knowing partnership in wrongdoing
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compunction
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feeling of uneasiness b/c guilt/regret
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conciliatory
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overcoming distrust/hostility
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congenital
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existing since birth
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congruity
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agreement
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conjecture
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prediction/speculation
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conjure
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to evoke
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consonant
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in agreement w/
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construe
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to interpret/explain
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