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100 Cards in this Set
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Abate
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lessen; decrease
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Aberration
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deviation from what is normal or expected
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Abeyance
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suspended action
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Abject
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hopeless; crushed
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Abrade
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wear away by friction
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Affront
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insult; offend
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Alacrity
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cheerful promptness
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Alias
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assumed name
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Alloy
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mix
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Allude
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refer indirectly
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Aloft
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upward
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Amalgam
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mix
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Ameliorate
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improve; to make better
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Anachronism
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regarded as outmoded
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Ancillary
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serving as an aid or accessory
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Antecedents
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preceding events that influence what comes later
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Anticlimax
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letdown in thought or emotion
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Antithesis
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contrast
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Aplomb
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poise; assurance
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Apocryphal
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made-up
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Apostate
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-one who abandons religion or faith for political beliefs
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Append
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attach
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Arable
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fit for growing crops
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Arbiter
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person w/ power to decide a dispute; judge
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Aria
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operatic solo
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Articulate
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effective; distinct
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Ascetic
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austere; practicing self-denial
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Assail
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assault
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Assiduous
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diligent
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Atrophy
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waste away
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Attrition
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gradual decrease in numbers
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Aura
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distinctive atmosphere
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Averse
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reluctant
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Avert
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prevent
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Avid
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greedy, eager for
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Balk
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stop short
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bane
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curse; cause of ruin
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Bastion
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stronghold
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Begrudge
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resent
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Bestial
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beast-like, brutal
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blandishment
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flattery
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blare
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loud, harsh roar; screech
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blasphemy
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cursing
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blithe
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joyous; carefree
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boon
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blessing; benefit
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boundless
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unlimited; vast
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bourgeois
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middle class
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brandish
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wave around
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brusque
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blunt; abrupt
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bungle
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mismanage; blunder
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burgeon
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bloom; develop rapidly
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buttress
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support
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calamity
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disaster; misery
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callous
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hardened; unfeeling
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camaraderie
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good-fellowship
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cant
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insincere
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carping
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finding fault
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castigation
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punishment; severe criticism
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catacomb
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underground passageway
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caustic
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burning; sarcastically biting
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cede
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yield
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censure
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blame; criticize
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cessation
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stopping
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chafe
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warm by rubbing
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chaff
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husks and stems left over when grain has been threshed; worthless, left over by-products
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chagrin
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dissapointment
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chary
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cautious
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chasm
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abyss
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chauvinist
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blindly devoted patriot
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chicanery
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trickery; deception
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chronic
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long established (as a disease)
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circumscribe
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limit; confine
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clairvoyant
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having foresight; fortune teller
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clandestine
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secret
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clemency
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mildness; disposition to be lenient
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coalesce
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combine; fuse
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coalition
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association; union
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cogitate
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think over
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colossal
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huge
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comely
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attractive
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commiserate
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feel or express pity or sympathy for
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compact
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tightly packed; agreement
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complacent
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self-satisfied
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concerted
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mutually agreed on; done together
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concoct
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prepare by combining; make
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condescend
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act conscious of descending to a lower level; patronize
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condole
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express sympathetic sorrow
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condone
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forgive
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confront
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face someone or something
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congeal
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freeze; coagulate
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contagion
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infection
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contention
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claim; thesis
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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contingent
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dependent on; conditional
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contingent
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group that makes up part of a gathering
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contortion
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twisting; distortion
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contrite
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penitent; fake?
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cosmic
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pertaining to the universe
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countenance
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approve; tolerate
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crass
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very unrefined; grossly insensible
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