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29 Cards in this Set
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Aberration
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Something not typical; a deviation from the standard
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Abstemious
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Sparing or moderate, especially in eating and drinking
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Abstract
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Theoretical; lacking substance
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Abtruse
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Hard to understand or grasp
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Acclaim
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praise; applause; admiration
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Accolade
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an award or honor; high praise
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Accrete
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To increase by growth or addition
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Acquiesce
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to give in; to agree
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Acute
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Sharp; Shrewd
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Aesthetic
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Having to do with beauty; artistic
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Alacrity
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Cheerful readiness; liveliness or eagerness
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amass
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to accumulate
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ambulatory
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able to walk, walking
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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amiable
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friendly
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amity
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friendship
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animosity
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resentment, hostility, ill will
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anomaly
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abberation; irregularity; deviation
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antipathy
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firm dislike; dislike; hatred
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apocryphal
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of doubtful origin; false
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appease
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to soothe; to pacify by giving in to
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arid
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extremely dry; unimaginative; dull
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ascetic
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hermitlike; practicing self-denial
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assiduous
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hardworking; busy; diligent
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assuage
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to soothe, to pacify, to ease the pain of, to relieve
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astute
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perceptive; intelligent
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atrophy
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to waste away from lack of us
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austere
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unadorned; stern; forbidding; without much money
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axiom
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self-evident rule or truth
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