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63 Cards in this Set
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aboriginal
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original or earliest known; native; indiginous;primoridial
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abrogate
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To abolish by formal or officials means; annul; end; rescind; revoke; void; terminate
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accede
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To give consent or approval; adherence; assent; acquiesce
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adduce
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To bring forward in an argument; cite as evidence; claim
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aggrandize
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Tow iden in shaope; enlarge; extend; magnify
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altercation
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A heated or angry dispute; noisy argument
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anachronism
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Chronological error, where someone/thing is misplaced in history; metachronism; prolepsis; solecism
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ancillary
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subordinate; subsidiary; auxilary; assisting;
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anomaly
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deviation from the normal course; abberation
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apotheosis
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the evalation or exulation of one as a god; diefy
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assidious
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constant in application or effect; work dilligently; industrious; tenaciousl sedulous
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assuage
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To make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate
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baleful
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Full of menacing or maligning influences; pernicious
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bilious
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peevish; irritable; crankyl testy; cantankerous
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canard
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a false or baseless, usually derogatory story or rumor
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carnal
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characterized by the flesh of the body; merely human
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circumlocution
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a round about way of speaking; verbosity; garrulity
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clandestine
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Done in secrecy for the purposes fof of deception; covert; surreptitious
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cogent
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to the point, relevant, pertinent, forcibly convincing
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collusion
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Secret agreement for treacherous purposes, conspiracy
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compunction
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Any uneasiness or hesitation about rightness of an action, regret, remorse, contrition
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concomitant
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Existing or pccurring with something else, often in a lesser way
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cupidity
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Greeg, especially for money or possessions; avarice
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defile
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to corrupt or ruin something; degrade; decay
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deleterious
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Having a harmful or damaging effect on somebody; injurious hazardous; pernicious
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denigrate
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To attack someone's character or reputation; defame; belittle; malign; vilify
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devious
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Not straight foward, sincere, or honest about motives.
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didactic
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Containing a political or moral message
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diffident
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Lacking self confidence; shy
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eclectic
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made up of parts from various sources; multiferious
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emulate
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To try and equal or surpass someone that is admired
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enervated
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Weakened someone's physical, mental, or moral vitality or stamina; fatigued; exhausted; dedicated
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enigmatic
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Having a quality of ambiguity, and so hard to understand or interpret
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erudite
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Having or showing great knowledge from studying; sapiant
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euphemism
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A word substituted for another as to be less offensive
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excoriate
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To severely censor someone or something; denounce. To tear off skin of; chafe
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extirpate
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To completely get rid of something considered undesirable; exterminate; obliterate; annihilate
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fortuitous
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Happening by chance, especially giving rise to a fortunate outcome, unplanned
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heinous
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Shockingly evil or wicked; despicable; abominable
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ignominy
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Total loss of self respect, or incurring dishonor, infamy, or public disgrace
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impassive
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Showing no outward sign of emotion; apathetic; insensate
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Impecunious
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Having little or no money; impoverished; indigant
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importune
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To ask somebody consistantly and forcefully; implore; supplicate
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incontrovertible
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Incapable of being disproven. Irrefutible, un-deniable, un-questionable
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indolence
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Lazy/sluggish. Giving little effort, lethargy, inertness
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Inexorable
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Not to be persuaded. Un-relenting, stubborn, un-yielding, inflexible, intractable, obdurate
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inordinate
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Beyond proper ;imits. Excessive; disproportionate
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intercede
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Mediate a dispuite between two parties; intervene, arbitrate, mediate
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internecine
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Accompanied by mutual slaughter; extremely destructive; ruinous; a holocaust
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intransigent
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Refusing to compromise; uncompromising; inexorable
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irascible
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Easily provoked to anger. Bad tempered, cantankerous, testy, prone to angry out bursts.
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lethargic
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Disinclined to move; sluggishl; slow; lazy; inert; passive; apathetic; languid
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malevolence
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Wishing evil to others; hatred; hostile; resentment; malice; acrimony
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mendacious
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Un-true, untruthful; deceitful; treacharous; false; perfidious
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meretricious
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Deceitfully alluring; tawdry; pseudo; fraudulent
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moribound
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In a dying state or near death; doomed
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obdurate
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Resisting entreaty; hard hearted; cynical
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odious
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Deserving of hatred; repugnant; spiteful; vile; abominable
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officious
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Meddling; obtrusive; arrogant. Excessive in offering advice.
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onus
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A burden, disagreeable respnsibility, a liability
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ostensible
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Appearing outwardly, professed; seemin; implied
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overt
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In plain view; open. Not done in secrecy
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palliate
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Relieve without curing, as a disease. Mitigate, alleviate, assauge, relieve.
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