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100 Cards in this Set

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to ascribe
to refer to, to attribute, to assign
ashen
ash–colored, deadly pale
asinine
stupid, silly
askance
with a sideways or indirect look
askew
to one side
asperity
harshness or sharpness of temper
aspersion
damaging or disparaging remark
aspirant
seeker after position or status
aspiration
noble ambition or strong desire
to aspire to
to seek after
to assail
to attack, to assault
to assay
to analyze, to test
to assent
to agree to, to concur
assiduous
diligent, persevering
to assuage
to lessen (pain, distress)
assurance
promise, confidence, certainty
astigmatism
eye defect which prevents proper focus
to astound
to astonish greatly
astral
relating to the stars
astray
off the right path
astringent
styptic, causing contraction
astute
showing or having a clever or shrewd mind
asunder
apart
asylum
shelter
atavism
resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents, deformity returning after multiple generations
atelier
a studio or workshop, esp. one used by an artist
to atone
to make amends (for a wrongdoing)
to attenuate
to weaken
to attest
to testify or certify
audacious
bold, fearless
to augment
to enlarge
augury
omen
august
inspiring, magnificent, majestic, grand
aureole
a sun's corona, halo
auroral
pertaining to the aurora borealis
auspicious
favorable, successful
austere
strict, stern
austerity
severity, harshness
authoritative
having the weight of authority
automaton
mechanism which imitates actions of humans
auxiliary
additional, subsidiary, supplementary
avarice
greed
avatar
incarnation of a god
to aver
to declare to be true
averse
reluctant
aversion
antipathy
to avert
to turn away
aviary
enclosure for birds
avid
greedy, enthusiastic
avocation
secondary occupation, hobby
to avow
to declare openly
avuncular
like an uncle
awry
not straight, askew
to babble
to make incoherent sounds
bacchanalian
drunken
to badger
to pester or annoy
badinage
playful, teasing talk
bagatelle
something of little importance
bald
having white fur or feathers on the head
baleful
harmful, threatening
to balk
to thwart, to foil, to obstruct
balm
anything healing or soothing
balmy
soothing, pleasant
banal
dull or stale because of overuse
to bandy
to pass gossip freely
bane
cause of distress
bar
lawyers collectively, the legal profession
barb
a sharp point curving or projecting from an opposite direction from the main point
baroque
characterized by much ornamentation and curved rather than straight lines
barren
not producing crops or fruit, desolate
barrister
lawyer
barterer
trader
to bask
to warm oneself pleasantly
basson
фагот
bastion
strong defense or bulwark, stronghold
to bate
to abate
to batten
to be well–fed at another's expense
bauble
a showy but worthless or useless thing
bawdy
indecent, obscene
beatific
showing happiness
beatitude
a state of bliss
to beckon
to summon with a gesture
to bedizen
to dress or decorate in a cheap, showy way
to bedraggle
to make wet and dirty
beeline
a straight, direct line
to befuddle
to confuse thoroughly
to begrudge
to regard with displeasure
to beguile
to pass time pleasantly
beholden
obliged to feel grateful
to behoove
[impersonal] to be necessary for
to belabor
to beat severely, to attack with words
belated
late, delayed
to beleaguer
to besiege
to belie
to give a false idea or impression of
bellicose
warlike
to bellow
to cry out loudly
to bemoan
to lament, to moan about
bemused
baffled
benediction
blessing
benighted
overcome by darkness, intellectually or morally backward