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75 Cards in this Set
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Adapt
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to change or adjust
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adept
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skilled
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adopt
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to accept or embrace, to accept formally
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adverse
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unfavorable, unfriendly, opposing
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averse
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opposed
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advice
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suggestion
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advise
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to counselm to give suggestions
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affect
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influence, be of importance to, produce an effect on
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affect
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to make pretense of, to fake, to feign
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effect
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result, consequence; to bring about, to produce
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affront
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inslult, offense
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confront
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to face
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allusion
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reference to
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illusion
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unreal image
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apprise
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to let know, to inform
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appraise
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to estimate value of
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chronic
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constant, long lasting
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acute
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short-lived, perhaps severe
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coherent
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intelligible, meaningful, logical
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inherent
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innate, essential, intrinsic
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complacent
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contented
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complaisant
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willing, obliging
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complement
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to complete, to go well with
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compliment
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a remark of courtesy or respect, praise
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continual
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repeated, happening often
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continuous
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uninterrupted, ceaseless
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credible
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believable, plausible
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creditable
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worthy of credit or praise, commendable
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credulous
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ready to believe, gullible, easily convinced
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denote
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to refer to explicity
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connote
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to suggest
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depredation
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sack
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deprecation
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disapproval, disparagement
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detract
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to take away from, to diminish
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distract
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to divert, to turn away from
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discreet
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prudent, careful, tactful
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disinterested
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impartial, having nothing to gain
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uninterested
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not interested in, unconcerned, incurious
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elicit
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to draw out
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illicit
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unlawful, illegal
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eminent
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prominent, ilustrious, preeminent
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imminent
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close at hand, impending
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immanent
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inherent, innate, intrinsic
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farther
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to a greater distance
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further
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more, addionally (in time or degree)
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fewer
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smaller in number
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less
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more limited in amount
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flammable
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combustible, able to burn
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inflammable
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combustible, able to burn
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flout
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to scorn, to treat with disdain
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flaunt
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to show off, exhibit
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homogeneous
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of the same kind, uniform, unmixed, similar in structure
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heterogeneous
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mixed or varied in composition
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imply
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to hint, or suggest, to indicate
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infer
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to conclude from known facts or premises
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ingenious
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clever
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ingenuous
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frank, artless, naive
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ludricrous
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ridulous
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lugbrious
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gloomy
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perquisite
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privlege that comes with a job
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prerequisite
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necessity, something required beforehand
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precipitate
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to bring on, to hasten, to quicken
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precipitous
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steep
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persecute
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to harass, to badger, to victimize
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prosecute
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to put on trial, to indict, to bring legal action against
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perspective
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viewpoint
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prospective
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future, expected
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precede
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to go in front of
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proceed
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to go ahead
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prescribe
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to order or advise (as in medicine)
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proscribe
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to condemn, to disapprove, to outlaw
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supplement
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to add to something
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supplant
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to replace, to usurp the place of
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venal
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capable of being bribed, corrupt
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venial
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forgivable
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