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82 Cards in this Set
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abdicate
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renounce; give up
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abet
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assist, usually in doing something wrong; assist
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abjure
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renounce upon oath; disavow
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abrogate
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abolish
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accede
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agree
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accost
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apporach and speek first to a person
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accoutre
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equip
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accretion
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growth;increase
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adjuration
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oath; solemn urging
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adversity
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poverty; misfortune
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aerie
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nest of a large bird
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affable
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easily apporachable
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affliction
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state of distress; cause of suffering
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agog
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highly excited; intensely curious
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alimony
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payments made to ex-spouse after divorce
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allegiance
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loyalty
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allegory
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fable
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alliteration
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repetition of beginning sound in poetry
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allude
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refer indirectly
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altruistic
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unselfishly generous; concerned for others
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amenable
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readily managable; willing to be led
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amok, amuck
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in stage of rage
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anathema
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curse
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annals
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records; history
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animadversion
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critical remark
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anneal
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reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
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annotate
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comment
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anodyne
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drug that relieves pain; opiate
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antagonism
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hostility; active resistance
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antecede
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precede
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anthology
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book of literary selections by various authors
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antic
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extravagantly odd
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aplomb
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poise; assurance
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apocryphal
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spurious; not authentic
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apologist
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one who writes in defense of a cause or institution
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apostate
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one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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apothecary
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druggist; pharmacist
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apothegm
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pithy, compact saying
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apotheosis
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elevation to godhood; ideal example
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apparition
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ghost; phantom
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appellation
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name; title
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apposite
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appropriate; fitting
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apprehend
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arrest(ciriminal); dread; perceive
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appurtenances
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subordinate possessions
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appropos
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to the point and timely; regarding
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arabseque
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style of decoration involving intertwined plants
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arcane
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secret; mysterious
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argot
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slang
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aria
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operatic solo
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armada
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fleet of warships
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arraign
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charge in court; indict
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array
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marshal; draw up in order; clothe; adorn
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arroyo
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gully
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artifice
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deception; trickery
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ascetic
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practising self-denial; austere
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askance
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with a sideways look or indirect look
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asperity
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sharpness ( of temper)
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aspersion
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slanderous remark
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assail
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assault
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assay
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analyse; evaluate
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astral
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relating to stars
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asunder
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into parts; apart
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atavism
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resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback;
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atrophy
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wasting away
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audacious
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daring; bold
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augury
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omen; prophecy
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avarice
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greediness for wealth
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averse
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reluctant; disinclined
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avid
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greedy; eager for
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avocation
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secondary or minor occupation
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awl
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pointed tool used for piercing
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awry
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distorted; crooked
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azure
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blue sky
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bacchanalian
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drunken
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badinage
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teasing conversation
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baleful
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threatening; menancing; foreshadows evil
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balk
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foil; stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; stop or get in the way of; frustrate
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bandy
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discuss lightly or gilbly; exchange words heatedly
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bane
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curse; cause of ruin
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baneful
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harmful; destructive
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bantering
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good-natured ridiculing
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