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50 Cards in this Set
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adjuration
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N. solemn urging
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admonish
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V. warn; reprove
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adroit
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Adv. skillful
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adulation
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N. flattery; admiration
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adulterate
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V. To make impure by mixing with baser substances
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adumbration
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N. Foreshadowing; outlining
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adventitious
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Adj. accidental; casual
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adverse
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Adj. unfavorable; hostile
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adversity
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N. poverty; misfortune
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advocate
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V. to urge; plead for
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aesthetic
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adj. artistic
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affected
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adj. artificial; pretended
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affiliation
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N. joining; associating with
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affinity
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N. kinship
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affirmation
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N. solemn avowal by one who refuses to take an oath
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affluence
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N. abundance; wealth
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affray
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N. public brawl
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agape
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adj. open-mouthed
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agglomeration
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N. collection; heap
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aggrandize
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v. increase or intensify
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aggregate
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adj. sum; total
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aghast
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adj. horrified
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agility
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n. nimbleness
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agitate
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v. stir up; disturb
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agnostic
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N. one who doubts the existence or known ability of a god or any ultimate reality.
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alacrity
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N. cheerful promptness
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albeit
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conj. although
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alchemy
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n. medieval chemistry
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alias
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n. an assumed name
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alienate
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v. to make hostile; seperate
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alimentary
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adj. supplying nourishment
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alimony
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N. payment by a husband to his divorced wife
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allay
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v. calm; pacify
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allege
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v. state as a fact
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allegory
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n. a story in which the characters are used as a symbol; fable
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AB, ABS
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(from, away from) prefix
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abduct
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lead away, kidnap
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abjure
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renounce (swear away from)
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abject
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degraded (thrown away from)
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ABLE, IBLE
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(capable of) adj. suffix
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portable
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able to be carried
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legible
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able to be read
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interminable
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unable to be ended
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AC,IC
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(like, pertaining to) adj suffix
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cardiac
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pertaining to heart
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aquatic
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pertaining to water
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aquatic
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pertaining to water
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dramatic
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pertaining to drama
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ACR
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(sharp)
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acrimonious
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bitter
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