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65 Cards in this Set
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aberrant
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differing or departing form what is noraml or accepted as standard
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abjure
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to give up, renounce, recant / to abstain from
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abominable
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greatly disliked or found loathsome, usually because morally bad
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acquiesce
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to accept it or agree to it without objection
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adjourn
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to postpone, to suspend for a period of time
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adjunct
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something or someone associated with another but in a defendant or secondary position
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admonish
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to scold, to urge to duty, remind, to advise against something
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adventitous
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happening by chance, accidental
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affectation
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attempt to appear to be what one is not for the purpose of impressing others, pretence
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aghast
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overcome by surprise, dusgust, amazement
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agitate
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to shake or grow excited; to move around a lot, to disturb or excited emotionally
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allegory
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a stroy, play, poem, picture, etc in which the caharaters represent moral or spiritual ideas or messages
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allusion
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any indirect reference to something eles
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altruistic
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concerned for the welfare of others
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amenable
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ready to accept
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amnesty
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a general pardon, sepecially for people convicted or accused of political crimes
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amend
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to improve; to alter, to add to, or subtract from by formal procedure
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ample
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more than enough; plenty
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anachronism
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a persone, thing or attitude that is or appears to be out of date or old fashioned
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anguish
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severe mental distress of torture
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anecdote
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a short entertaining account of an incident
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annihilate
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to destroy completely
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animosity
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feeling of ill will, intense dislike for someone or something
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anterior
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situated before or toward the front
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anthropoid
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any of several large, tailless apes
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aperture
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opening
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apocryphal
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well known, but probably not ture
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arbitrate
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to help the parties involoved in a dispute or disagreement frind grounds for agreement
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arduous
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difficult; needing a lot of work, effort or energy
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arson
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the crime of deliberately setting fire to a building etc
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articulate
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well spoken, lucidly presented / to pronounce clearly
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artifice
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trickery, clever rues / ability to create or imagine
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ascertain
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to find out or discover by examination
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assail
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be attacked or assaulted by blows or words
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assess
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to estimate the cost, value, etc of something
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assiduous
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hard working
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astute
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shrewd and perceptive; able to understand claerly and quickly
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atrophy
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to make or become weak and thin through lack or use or nourishment
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attire
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clothes, especially formal or elegant ones
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audacity
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boldness or daring, especially with disregard for personal safety
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austere
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serious, severe, stern
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authentic
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genuine, reliable, trustworthy
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avert
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to turn away
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baffle
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to confuse or puzzle
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banal
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boringly predictable, too obvious
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banish
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to send away, condemn to exile; drive or put away
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beguile
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to delude, deceive by trickery
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belligerence
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agressive hostility
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benediction
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the pronouncement of blessing
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benevolence
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inclination to do god deeds
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berate
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to scold someone severely
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bereft
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deprived of it; having had something precious taken away
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bewildered
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completely confiused or puzzled, perplexed
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bile
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ill temper, irritability
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bilk
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to cheat or trick them; to make them lose something, susally money by dishonest means
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boisterous
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loud and unrestrained
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boon
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an advantage, benefit or blessing; something to be thankful for
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boorish
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said of a person, or a persone's coarse, rough or rude manner
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bounty
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generosity in giving; reward
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brevirity
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state of being brief, or not lasting a long time
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brig
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ship's prison
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brink
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the edge or border of a steep dangerous plcae or of a river / the point immediately before something dangerous
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buffoon
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clown
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burnish
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to make shine by rubbing as with a cloth
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buttress
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a stone or brick structure that supports a wall
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