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35 Cards in this Set
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Abate |
become less in amount or intensity |
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Abdicate |
give up power as of monarch or emperor
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Abberation |
state or condition way different than the norm
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Abstain |
Choose not to consume |
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Adversity |
State of misfortune or affliction |
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Aesthetic |
characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
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Amicable |
characterized by friendship and good will |
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Anachronistic |
chronologically misplaced
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Arid |
lacking sufficient water or rainfall
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Asylum |
shelter from danger or hardship
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Benevolent |
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding |
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Bias |
a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue |
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Boisterous |
full of rough and exuberant animal spirits |
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Brazen |
unrestrained by convention or propriety |
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Brusque |
marked by rude or peremptory shortness |
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Camaraderie |
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability |
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Canny |
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others |
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Capacious |
large in the amount that can be contained |
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Capitulate |
surrender under agreed conditions |
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Clairvoyant |
someone who can perceive things not present to the senses |
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Collaborate |
work together on a common enterprise of project |
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Compassion |
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering |
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Compromise |
an accommodation in which both sides make concessions |
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Condescending |
characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance |
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Conditional |
imposing or depending on or containing an assumption |
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Conformist |
someone who follows established standards of conduct |
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Conundrum |
a difficult problem
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Convergence |
the act of coming together
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Deleterious |
harmful to living things
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Demagogue |
a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions |
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Degression |
turning aside
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diligent |
quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness |
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Discredit |
the state of being held in low esteem |
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Disdain |
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike |
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Divergent |
tending to move apart in different directions |
