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20 Cards in this Set
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ambiance |
mood, feeling; general atmosphere |
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amenable
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agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant
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amplify |
to make larger, louder, or more powerful
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antecedent
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going before; preceding; an occurence or even preceding another
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anterior
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situated in front
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appalling
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filling with dismay; shock
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aptitiude
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capacity for learning; natural ability
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archaic
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belonging to an earlier time, ancient; outdated
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arduous
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hard, difficult, tiresome
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artisan |
workers skilled in a craft |
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askew
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to one side;crooked; awry; a sidelong look of contempt
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aspire
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to seek, attain, or achieve a goal
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assuage
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to soothe; make less severe; to satisfy, ease, lessen
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astute
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quick in discernment; shrewd, clever, keen
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asunder
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in seperate parts; apart from each other in position
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atrophy
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to wither away
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atypical
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not typical, abnormal
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austere
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stern, as in manner; without excess, unadorned, severely simple and plain
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badger
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to tease, annoy, harass persisrently
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ballistics
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the study of the dynamics or flight characteristics of projectiles |
