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53 Cards in this Set
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Abort |
To give up on a half finished project |
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Accessible |
Obtainable, reachable |
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Affinity |
A spontaneous feeling of closeness |
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Agile |
Quick, nimble |
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Allay |
To sooth, ease |
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Anesthesia |
Loss of sensation |
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Archetypal |
The most representative or typical example of something |
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Ascertain |
To perceive, learn |
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Benevolent |
Marked by goodness or doing good |
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Boon |
A gift or blessing |
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Carp |
To annoy, pester |
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Clairvoyant |
Able to perceive things that normal people cannot |
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Combustion |
The act or process or burning |
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Condone |
To pardon, deliberately overlook |
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Contusin |
Bruise, injury |
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Copious |
Profuse, surplus |
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Defer |
To postpone something, to yield to another's wisdom |
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Delineate |
To describe, outline, shed light on |
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Derelict |
Abandoned, run down |
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Despot |
One who had total power and rules brutally |
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Disdain |
Scorn, low esteem |
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Dissipate |
To disappear, cause to disappear |
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Divisive |
Causing dissent, discord |
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Emollient |
Soothing |
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Enthrall |
To charm, hold spellbound |
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Felicitous |
Well suited, apt, appropriate |
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Fickle |
Shifting in character, inconsistent |
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Furtive |
Secretive, sly |
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Heinous |
Shockingly wicked, repugnant |
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Incarnate |
To give human form to |
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Incontrovertible |
Indisputable |
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Indignation |
Anger sparked by something unjust or unfair |
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Infusion |
To inject one substance into another |
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Insinuate |
To suggest indirectly or subtly |
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Intrepid |
Brave in the fave of danger |
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Libertarian |
Advocating principles of life earth and free will |
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Negligent |
Neglectful, habitually careless |
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Novice |
A beginner, someone without training or experience |
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Officious |
Offering ones services to when they are neither wanted or needed |
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Penurious |
Miserly, stingy |
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Pervasive |
Having a tendency to spread throughout |
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Polemic |
An aggressive argument against a specific opinion |
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Privation |
Lacing basic necessities |
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Pungent |
Having a pointed, sharp quality |
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Raze |
To demolish, level |
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Reservoir |
A body of water used for storing water |
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Resolve |
To firmly decide |
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Rebald |
Coarsely, crudely humorous |
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Serene |
Calm, untroubled |
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Surreptitious |
Stealthy |
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Uncanny |
Of supernatural character or origin |
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Veracity |
Truthfulness, accuracy |
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Wallow |
To roll oneself indolently, to become or remain helpless |