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65 Cards in this Set
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abash
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embarrass
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abdicate
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to dethrown
to step down from throne |
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amicable
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friendly
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appease
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to quiet by satisfying
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advent
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coming
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alleviate
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to relieve
to lighten |
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abhor
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to detest
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affinity
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a liking
a connection |
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amnesty
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a pardon
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ambiguous
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unclear
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ambivalent
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split between two things
mix feelings |
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affidavit
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a legal document
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adjudicate
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to give a ruling
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aberrant
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out of the ordinary
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abrogate
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to abolish
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accede
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to give in
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aberration
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something out of the ordinary
abnormal |
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acronym
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word(s) that have initials which make up an abbreviated term for given words
(example: radar) |
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auspicious
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promising
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balm
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coating
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bellicose
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warlike
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barter
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trade
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benign
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harmless
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butte
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flat hilltop
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bizarre
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odd
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buoyancy
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floatability
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charlatan
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fake
quack imposer |
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chastise
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to scold
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coincide
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to conflict
to occur at the same time as something else |
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confluence
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running together
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calibrate
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to team up, work together
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conducive
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leads to
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conjecture
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a guess
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curdle
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old, like milk
crusting |
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curio
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small item
"a little something" |
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cairn
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A mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker.
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carnage
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a bloody massacre
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concurrent
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happening at the same time
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convalescence
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healing period/break
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countenance
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to approve/allow
a face |
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credence
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belief, credit
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creed
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set of beliefs
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cursory
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quick and hasty
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cataclysm
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disaster
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catalyst
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sets something else off
cause of a disaster |
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concession
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allowance
compromise |
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crescendo
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increasingly louder
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caravan
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traveling group
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cacophony
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unpleasant sound
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chimera
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unattainable dream, fancy
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clique
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close group of friends or associates
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contentious
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harmful
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decorum
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proper behavior
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debunk
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to reject
to disapprove |
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doctrine
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an agreement
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dissipate
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to spread, dissolve
to break away |
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diffident
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a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid
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diminutive
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very, very small
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dyspeptic
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melancholy
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deplete
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to lessen
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disposition
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manner, usual temperament
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distend
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to swell up as if about to burst
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draconian
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exceedingly harsh
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enamored
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in love with
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extraneous
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unneccessary
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