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87 Cards in this Set
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absence
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a being away
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accidentally
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in an accidental manner; by chance
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accommodate
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have room for; hold comfortably
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acquaint
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make aware; let know; inform
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acquaintance
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person known to one, but not a close friend
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acquire
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come to have; get as one's own; obtain.
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adequate
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as much as is needed for a particular purpose; sufficient; enough.
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admission
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an allowing to enter; entrance
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adolescent
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person growing up from childhood to adulthood, especially a person from about 12 to 20 years of age
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beneficiary
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person who receives a benefit; person who receives money or property from an insurance policy, a will, etc.
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bureaucracy
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the officials running government bureaus
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conscience
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sense of right and wrong
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consequence
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a result or effect
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controversy
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act of arguing a question about which differences of opinion exist; debate; dispute; argument
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pretension
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a doing thing for show or to make a fine appearance; showy display
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swagger
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walk with a bold, rude, or superior air; strut about or show off in a vain or insolent way
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insolent
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boldly rude; intentionally disregarding the feelings of other; insulting
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bedeck
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adorn; decorate
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portentous
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amazing; extraordinary
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ardor
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great enthusiasm; eagerness; zeal
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gaudy
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too bright and gay to be in good taste; cheap and showy
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pious
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having or showing reverence for God; religious
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jocular
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funny; joking
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meditate
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think quietly; reflect, especially on sacred or solemn things
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solemn
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serious; grave; earnest
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earnest
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strong and firm in purpose; eager and serious
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assent
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express agreement; agree
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altar
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table or stand in the most sacred part of a church or temple
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badger
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keep on annoying or teasing
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berth
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place to sleep on a ship, train, or airplane
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crevice
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a narrow split or crack
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dejected
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in low spirits; sad; discouraged
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damage
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harm or injury that lessens value or usefulness
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earnest
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strong and firm in purpose; eager and serious
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earn
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get for work or service; be paid
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abridge
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make shorter; especially by using fewer words; make less
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accuracy
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a being without errors or mistakes; correctness; exactness
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diverse
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not alike; different; varied
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immortal
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living forever; never dying; everlasting
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influenza
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an acute, contagious disease cuased by a virus
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regulate
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control by rule, principle, or system
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replenish
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fill again; provide a new supply for
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transient
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passing through and not staying long
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enormous
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extremely large; huge
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facetious
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haing the habit of joking; being slyly humourous
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grate
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having an annoying or unpleasant effect
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grotesque
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odd or unnatural in shape; appearance, manner, etc; fantastic; queer
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tittle
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a very little bit; particle; whit
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significant
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full of meaning; important; of consequence
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prominent
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well-known; important
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interior
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inside; inner surface or part
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generation
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the people born in the same period
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grovel
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lie face downward; crawl at someone's feet; humble oneself
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identify
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recognize as being a particular person or thing; prove to be the same
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commence
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begin; start
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mischief
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conduct that causes harm or trouble, often without meaning it
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acute
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sharp and severe
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babble
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talk that cannot be understood
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comely
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pleasant to look at; attractive
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dabble
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work at a little
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effect
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something made to happen by a person or thing; result
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calamity
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serious trouble; misery
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fathom
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get to the bottom of; understand
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abject
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wretched; miserable
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barren
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lacking vegetation
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daunt
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frighten or discourage
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essential
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needed to make a thing what it is; very important; necessary
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frugal
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without waste; saving; using things well
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rummage
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search thoroughly by moving things about
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objective
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something aimed at
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noble
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high and great by birth; rank, or title
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capricious
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impulsive and unpredictable
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brittle
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easily broken when subjected to pressure
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benevolent
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kind; generous
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ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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biased
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prejudiced
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ambivalent
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simultaneously feeling opposing feelings
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amenable
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responsive; agreeable
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alleviate
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to ease a pain or a burden
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effusive
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describing unrestrained emotional expression; gushy
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cantankerous
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grumpy; disagreeable
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dubious
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filled with or being in doubt; doubtful; uncertain
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aesthetic
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having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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camaraderie
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good will between friends
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fabricated
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made;concocted in order to decieve
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disdain
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to regard or treat with comtempt; to look down on
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