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166 Cards in this Set
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Abate |
To subside or reduce |
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Abdicate |
To step down from power |
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Aberration |
Something not typical |
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Abject |
Hopeless, defeated, extremely sad |
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Accolade |
And award; an honor |
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Acquiesce |
To comply; to accept passively |
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Adamant |
Stubborn; unyielding |
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Admonish |
To scold gently |
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Affinity |
Sympathy; attraction; similarity |
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Alleviate |
To make bearable; to lessen |
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Ambience |
Atmosphere; mood; feeling |
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Ambiguous |
Unclear; confusing |
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Ambivalent |
Undecided |
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Ameliorate |
To make better or more tolerable |
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Amnesty |
An official pardon for people who have broken a law or policy |
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Anguish |
Extremely mental or physical pain |
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Antipathy |
A firm dislike |
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Antithesis |
The direct opposite |
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Appropriate |
To take without permission |
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Arbitrary |
Random |
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Archetype |
An original model or pattern |
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Audacity |
Boldness; reckless daring |
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Augment |
To add to; increase |
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Auspicious |
Favorite; promising |
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Autocratic |
Extremely bossy |
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Banal |
Unoriginal; ordinary |
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Bane |
Poison; torment; cause or harm |
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Belligerent |
Picking fights; combative |
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Benevolent |
Generous; kind |
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Benign |
Gentle; not harmful |
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Blatant |
Bad behavior done openly and shamelessly |
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Cajole |
To persuade someone to do something by flattery or pressure |
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Callow |
Immature |
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Candor |
Truthfulness; sincere honesty |
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Capricious |
Unpredictable |
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Categorical |
Unconditional; absolute |
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Catharsis |
Release of strong emotions |
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Circumspect |
Cautious |
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Circumvent |
To find a way around; to outwit |
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Coalesce |
To unite; to fuse together |
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Cognizant |
Aware; conscious |
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Colloquial |
Conversational; informal in language |
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Commensurate |
Equal; proportionate |
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Complacent |
Self-satisfied; overly pleased with oneself |
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Complement |
To complete; to be the perfect counterpart |
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Comprehensive |
Including everything |
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Conducive |
Promoting |
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Condone |
To overlook; to permit to happen |
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Consensus |
General agreement |
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Contentious |
Argumentative |
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Contingent |
Dependent; possible |
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Contrite |
Admitting guilt |
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Contrived |
Seeming artificial or unrealistic |
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Copious |
Abundant |
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Covert |
Secret; hidden |
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Criterion |
Standard or basis for judgement |
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Cryptic |
Mysterious |
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Cursory |
Hasty; superficial |
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Cynic |
A person who has negative opinions of people and their actions |
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Dearth |
Lack; scarcity |
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Delude |
To decieve |
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Despondent |
Extremely depressed |
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Destitute |
Extremely poor |
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Discreet |
Intentionally careful and circumspect |
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Disparage |
To belittle, usually indirectly |
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Duplicitous |
Being two-faced; deceptive |
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Eccentric |
A little crazy; not traditional |
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Eclectic |
Drawn from many sources |
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Egalitarian |
Believing in social and economic equality |
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Egregious |
Extremely bad |
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Emulate |
To strive to equal or excel, especially by imitation |
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Euphemism |
A less offensive way to say something |
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Exasperate |
To annoy |
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Exhort |
To urge strongly |
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Exonerate |
To free from blame |
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Extraneous |
Unnecessary; extra |
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Flagrant |
Glaringly bad; scandalous |
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Flaunt |
To show off |
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Gratuitious |
Uncalled for; unjustified |
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Idiosyncrasy |
A behavior particular to an individual |
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Inane |
Silly; senseless |
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Incessant |
Unceasing |
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Indignant |
Insulted, especially as a result of something unjust |
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Irrevocable |
Irreversible |
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Lethargic |
Sluggishness; laziness |
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Loquacious |
Talking a lot or too much |
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Magnanimous |
Forgiving; Noble; generous |
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Malinger |
To pretend to be sick to avoid doing work |
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Malleable |
Easy to shape or bend |
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Manifest |
Visible; evident |
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Maverick |
Independent-minded |
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Mercenary |
Someone more interested in money than morals |
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Mercurial |
Emotionally unstable |
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Mitigate |
To reduce the effect of something |
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Mortify |
To humiliate |
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Mundane |
Ordinary; boring |
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Myriad |
A huge number |
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Narcissism |
Excessive love of oneself |
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Notorious |
Famous for something bad |
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Nuace |
A subtle difference |
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Obsequious |
Sucking up to |
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Obtuse |
Insensitive; block headed |
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Opaque |
Impossible to see thru |
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Orthodox |
Ordinary or usual type or opinion |
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Paltry |
Insignificant; worthless |
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Paradigm |
A model or example |
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Pious |
Outwardly reverent it religious (can be positive or negative) |
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Placate |
To pacify, to soothe |
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Ponderous |
Massive; dull |
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Pragmatic |
Practical; down to earth |
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Preclude |
To prevent something form ever happening |
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Preeminent |
Outstanding; supreme |
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Pristine |
Original; unspoiled; pure |
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Prodigious |
Extraordinary; enormous |
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Profuse |
Flowing; extravagant |
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Proliferate |
To spread or grow rapidly |
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Provinical |
Narrow, limited outlook |
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Purport |
To be rumored or claimed but probably false |
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Querulous |
Complaining; whining |
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Ramification |
A consequence |
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Rancor |
Bitter; lasting resentment |
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Recant |
To say one no longer holds an opinion or belief |
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Reclusive |
Withdrawn from society |
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Renounce |
To give up; to disown; to resign |
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Replete |
Completely filled |
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Reprehensible |
Worthy of blame |
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Reticent |
Not revealing ones thoughts or feelings readily |
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Ruminate |
To contemplate; to ponder |
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Sacrilege |
A violation of something sacred |
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Sagacious |
Wise; having good judgement |
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Scrupulous |
Careful to avoid wrongdoing; attentive to details |
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Secular |
Having nothing to do with spiritual or religious concerns |
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Slander |
To speak badly of someone in public |
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Solicitous |
Anxiously caring and attentive |
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Sordid |
Filthy; vile |
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Spurious |
Not being what it purports to be |
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Squalor |
Repulsive living conditions |
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Squander |
To waste |
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Static |
Stationary; unchanging |
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Stigmatize |
To brand with disgrace |
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Subjugate |
To subdue; dominate; enslave |
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Sublime |
Awesome; majestic |
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Substantive |
Real; meaningful |
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Succint |
Brief; to the point |
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Succumb |
To yield or submit; to die |
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Superfluous |
Extra; unnecessary |
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Surreptitious |
Sneaky; secret |
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Sycophant |
One who sucks up to others |
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Tangible |
Able to be touched |
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Temerity |
Boldness; recklessness |
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Tenacious |
Persistent; stubborn |
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Ubiquitous |
Being everywhere |
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Unwitting |
Unintentional; unaware |
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Usurp |
To seize wrongfully |
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Utilitarian |
Practical; useful |
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Vacillate |
To be indecisive; to waver |
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Vehement |
Intense; forceful |
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Verbose |
Using too many words |
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Vestige |
Last trace of something |
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Vex |
To annoy; to pester; to confuse |
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Viable |
Workable; capable of living |
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Vicarious |
Experienced through someone else |
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Vindictive |
Seeking revenge |
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Volition |
Conscious choice |
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Wanton |
Deliberate and unprovoked cruelty or violence |
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Zealous |
Enthusiastically devolted |
