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77 Cards in this Set
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amateur
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person who follows a particular pursuit as a pastime, rather than a profession
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amiable
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likable, good-natured , pleasant
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amicable
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characterized by friendliness and not antagonism, friendly
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amity
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friendship, goodwill, friendly relations
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amorous
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strongly moved by love
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enamored
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inflamed in love, charmed, captivated
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animosity
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violent hatred, antagonism
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animus
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controlled ill will
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equanimity
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eveness of mind or temper under stress, equilibrium, compusure
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magnanimous
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forgiving
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unanimity
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complete agreement
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affinity
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liking, kinship, sympathy, attraction
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confine
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keep within limits, restrict
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defintive
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serving to end an unsettled matter
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finale
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end
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finis
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end; conclusion
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fluctuate
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flow up and down like a wave
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fluent
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know
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flux
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continuous flow or changing
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influx
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going into, rush
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degenarate
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worsen, sink to a lower class
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engender
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give birth
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genre
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category
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pregenitor
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forefather
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regenerate
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born again
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aggregate
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gather together in one mass
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congregation
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gathering of people religously
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gregarious
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inclined to associate with the group, sociable
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adhere
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stick, hold fast
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cohere
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stick together
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coherence
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state of sticking together
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cohesion
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act or state of sticking together (unity)
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incoherent
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not logically connected
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inherent
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essential, deeply infixed
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collateral
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parallel, additional, supplementary
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equialteral
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having all equal sides
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lateral
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of or pertaining to the side
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multilateral
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having many sides
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literacy
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able to read or write
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literal
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following the letters or exact words of the original, verbatim
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literary
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having to with letters or literature
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literate
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lettered, educated, able to read to write
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elucidate
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make clear, explain
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lucid
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clear
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luminary
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celebrity, famous person, inspiration
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luminous
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emitting light, bright, shining, brillinat
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translucent
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letting light through
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emancipate
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release from bondage, free
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manacle
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handcuff
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mandate
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1. authorization to act
2. command |
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manipulate
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1.operate with hands
2. manage unethically, falsify, rig |
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depose
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1.dethrone
2. testify |
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manuscript
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document written by hand
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append
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attach
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impending
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threatening to occur soon
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impose
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put on as a burden, duty, tax
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superimpose
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put on top of over
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transpose
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change the relative order
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conscript
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enroll into military; draft
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prescribe
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1. order, dictate
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assimilate
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1. make similar or like
2. take in as one's own, absorb |
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dissimilar
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unlike, different
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simulate
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give the appearance of, imitate
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desolate
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1. deserted
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sole
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one and only
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soliloquy
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speech made to oneself when alone
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absolute
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complete power
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dissolution
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ruin, destruction
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resolution
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solving
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soluble
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1. dissolved into liquid
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abound
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(used with in or with) be plentiful
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inundate
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flood, overflow
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redound
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flow back as a result, contribute
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aver
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state to be true
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veracity
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truthfulness
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veritable
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true. genuine
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verity
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true statement
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