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71 Cards in this Set
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ADULATION
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n. flattery, admiration
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ADULTERATE
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v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances.
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ADVENT
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n. arrival
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ADVENTITIOUS
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adj. accidental, casual
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ADVERSARY
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n. opponent, enemy
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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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ADVERT
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v. refer
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ADVOCACY
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n. support, active pleading on behalf of someone or something
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ADVOCATE
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v. urge, plead for
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AEGIS
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n. shield, defense
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AERIE
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n. nest of a large bird of prey (eagle or hawk)
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AESTHETIC *
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adj. artistic, dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
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AFFABLE
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adj. easily approachable, warm friendly
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AFFECTED
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adj. artificial, pretended, assumed in order to impress
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AFFIDAVIT
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n. written statement made under oath
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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. positive assertion, confirmation, solemn pledge by one who refuse to take an oath
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AFFIX
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v. attach or add on, fasten
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AFFLICTION
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n. state of distress, cause of suffering
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AFFLUENCE
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n. abundance, wealth
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AFFRONT
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n. insult, offense, intentional act of disrespect
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AGAPE
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adj. openmouthed
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AGENDA
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n. items of business at a meeting
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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, raise in power, wealth, rank or horror
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AGGREGATE
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v. gather, accumulate
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AGGRESSOR
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n. attacker
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AGHAST
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adj. horrified, dumbfounded
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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 is skeptical of the existence of a god or any ultimate reality
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AGOG
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adj. highly excited, intensely curious
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AGRARIAN
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adj. pertaining to land or its cultivation
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ALACRITY *
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n. cheerful promptness, eagerness
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ALCHEMY
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n. medieval form of speculative thought that aimed to transform base metals into silver or gold and to discover a means of prolonging life
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ALCOVE
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n. nook, recess
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ALIAS
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n. an assumed name
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ALIENATE
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v. make hostile, separate
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ALIMENTARY
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adj. supplying nourishment
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ALIMONY
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n. payments made to an ex-spouse after a divorce
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ALLAY
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v. calm, pacify
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ALLEGE
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v. state without proof
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ALLEGIANCE
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n. loyalty
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ALLEGORY
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n. story in which characters are used as symbols, fable
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ALLEVIATE *
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v. relieve
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ALLITERATION
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n. repetition of beginning sound in poetry
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ALLOCATE
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v. assign
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ALLOY
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n. a mixture as of metals
v. mix make less pure, lesson or moderate |
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ALLUDE
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v. refer indirectly
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ALLURE
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v. entice, attract
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ALLUSION
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n. indirect reference
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ALLUVIAL
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adj. pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
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ALOOF
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adj. apart, reserved
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ALOFT
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adv. upward
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ALTERCATION
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n. noisy quarrel, heated dispute
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ALTRUISTIC
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adj. unselfishly generous, concerned for others
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AMALGAMATE *
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v. combine, unite in one body
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AMASS
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v. collect
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AMAZON
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n. female warrior
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AMBIDEXTROUS
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adj. capable of using either hand with equal ease
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AMBIENCE
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n. environment, atmosphere
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AMBIGUOUS *
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adj. unclear or doubtful in meaning
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AMBIVALENCE *
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n. the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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AMBLE
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n. moving at an easy pace
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AMBROSIA
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n. food of the gods
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AMBULATORY
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adj. able to walk, not bedridden
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AMELIORATE
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v. improve
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AMENABLE
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adj. readily managed or willing to be led, answerable or accountable legally
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AMEND
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v. correct, change, generally for the better.
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