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55 Cards in this Set
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amateur
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person who follows a particular persuit as a n. pastime, rather than as a profession
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amiable
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adj. likable; good natured
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amicable
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adj. characterized by friendliness, not antagonism; friendly; neighborly; not quarelsome
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amity
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n. friendship; goodwill; friendly relations
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amorous
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adj. strongly moved by love; loving; inclined to love; enamored
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enamored
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adj. inflamed with love, charmed, captivated
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animosity
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n. ill will; violent hatred leading to active opposition
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animus
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n. ill will
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equanimity
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n. eveness of mind or temper under stress
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magnanimous
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adj. showing greatness or obility of mind; chivilrous; forgiving; generous in overlooking injury or insult
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unamity
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n. oneness of mind; complete agreement
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unanimous
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adj. of one mind; in complete accord
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affinity
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n. kinship; sympathy; likeness; attraction
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confine
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v. keep within limits; restrict
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definitive
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adj. serving to end and unsettled matter; conclusive; final
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finale
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n. end or final part of a musical composition, opera, play, ect.
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finis
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n. end
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fluctuate
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v. flow like a wave, move up and down, change often and irregularly
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fluent
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adj. ready with a flow of words, speaking or writing easily; articulate; eloquent
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fluid
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n. substance that flows
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flux
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n. concious flow or changing; unceasing change
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influx
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n. inflow; inpouring; inrush
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degenerate
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v. sink to a lower class or standard; worsen; deteriorate
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engender
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v. give birth to; create; generate; produce; cause
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genre
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n. kind; sort; category
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progenitor
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n. ancestor to whom a group traces its birth; forefather; forebear
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regenerate
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v. cause to be born again; put new life into; reform completely
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aggregate
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adj. gathered together in one mass
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aggregation
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n. gathering of individuals into a body or group; assemblage
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congregation
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n. "flock" or gathering of people for religeous worship
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gregarious
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adj. inclined to associate with the flock or group; fond of being with others; sociable
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segregation
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n. seperation from the flock or main body; setting apart; isolation; seperation
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coherence
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n. state of sticking together
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adhere
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v. stick
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cohere
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v. stick together
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cohesion
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n. act or state of sticking together; unity; bond
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incoherent
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adj. not logically connected; disconnected; unintelligable
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inherent
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adj. deeply infixed; intrinsic; essential
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bilateral
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adj. involving two sides
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collateral
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adj. situated at the side; accompanying; parallel; additional; supplementary
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equilateral
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adj. having all sides equal
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lateral
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adj. of or pertaining to the side
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multilateral
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adj. having many sides
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quadrilateral
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n. plane figure having four sides and four angles
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unilateral
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adj. one-sided; undertaken by one side only
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alliteration
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n. repetition of the same letter or consonant at the beginning of neighboring words
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literacy
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n. state of being lettered or educated; ability to read and write
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literal
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adj. following the letters or exact words of the original; verbatim; word-for-word
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literacy
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adj. having to do with letters or literature
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literate
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adj. lettered; ableto read and write; educated
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elucidate
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v. throw light upon; make clear; explain; clarify
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lucid
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adj. clear; easy to understand; comprehensable
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luminary
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n. one who is a source of light for others, inspiration, famous person
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luminous
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adj. emitting light; broght; shining; brilliant
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translucent
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adj. letting light through
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