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30 Cards in this Set
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abjure
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v to renounce or reject solemnly; to recnat; to avoid
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abrogate
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v to abolish or annul by authority; to put down
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abcission
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n the act of cutting off or removing
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acarpous
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adj effete; no longer fertile; worn out
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accretion
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n growth; increase by successive addition; building up
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admonish
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v to reprove; to express warning or disapproval
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adroit
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adj dexterous; adept
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adumbrate
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v to foreshoadow or intimate; to suggest sketchily; to obscure
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anathema
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n a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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anodyne
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adj/noun soothing;something that assuages or allays pain
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antipathy
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n aversion:dislike
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antithetical
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adj diametrically opposed, as in antithesis
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apocryphal
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adj of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious
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apogee
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n farthest or highest point; zenith; culmination
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apostate
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n one who abandons long held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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n deification; glorification to godliness
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apposite
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adj appropriate; relevant; apropos
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apprise
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v to give notice; inform
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arabesque
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n a complex, ornate design
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arrant
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adj impudent; being notoriously without moderation; cocky
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artless
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adj without guile or artificiality
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asperity
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n severity; rigor; harshness
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aspersion
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n an act calumniating-uttering maliciously false impressions
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asseverate
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v to aver; allege; to assert
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aver
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v to declare positively; to affirm or assert
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assiduous
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adj diligent; hardworkin; sedulous
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augury
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n omen; portent
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recalcitrant
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adj stubbornly resistant
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auspice
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n protection or support; patronage
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baleful
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adj sinister; pernicios; ominous
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