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80 Cards in this Set
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AMENITIES
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n. convenient features, courtesies
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AMIABLE
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adj. agreeable, loveable, warmly friendly
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AMICABLE
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adj. politely friendly, not quarrelsome
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AMISS
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adj. wrong, faulty
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AMITY
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n. friendship
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AMNESIA
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n. loss of memory
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AMNESTY
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n. pardon
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AMORAL
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adj. nonmoral
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AMOROUS
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adj. moved by sexual love, loving
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AMORPHOUS
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adj. formless, lacking shape or definition
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AMPHIBIAN
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adj. able to live both on land and in water
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AMPHITHEATER
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n. oval building with tiers of seats
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AMPLE
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adj. abundant
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AMPLIFY
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v. broaden or clarify by expanding, intensify, make stronger
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AMPUTATE
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v. cut off part of body, prune
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AMOK
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adv. in a state of rage
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AMULET
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n. charm, talisman
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ANACHRONISM*
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n. something or someone misplaced in time
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ANALGESIC
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adj. causing insensitivity to pain
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ANALOGOUS*
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adj. comparable
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ANALOGY
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n. similarity, parallelism
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ANARCHIST
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n. person who seeks to overturn the establishment of government, advocate of abolishing authority
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ANARCHY*
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n. absence of a governing body
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ANATHEMA
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n. solemn curse, someone or something regarded as a curse
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ANCESTRY
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n. family descent
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ANCHOR
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v. secure or fasten firmly, be fixed in place
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ANCILLARY
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adj. serving as an aid or accessory
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ANECDOTE
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n. short account of an amusing or interesting event
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ANEMIA
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n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles
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ANESTHETIC
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n. substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness
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ANGUISH
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n. acute pain, extreme suffering
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ANGULAR
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adj. sharp-cornered, stiff in manner
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ANIMADVERSION
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n. critical remark
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ANIMATED
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adj. lively, spirited
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ANIMOSITY
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n. actively enmity
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ANIMUS
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n. hostile feeling or intent
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ANNALS
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n. records, history
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ANNEAL
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v. reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
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ANNEX
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v. attach, take possession of
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ANNIHILATE
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v. destroy
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ANNOTATE
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v. comment, make explanatory notes
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ANNUITY
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n. yearly allowance
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ANNUL
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v. make void
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ANODYNE
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n. drug that relieves pain, opiate
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ANOINT
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v. consecrate
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ANOMALOUS*
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adj. abnormal, irregular
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ANOMALY
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n. irregularity
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ANONYMITY
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n. state of being nameless, anonymousness
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ANTAGONISM
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n. hostility, active resistance
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ANTECEDE
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v. precede
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ANTECEDENTS
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n. preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later,
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ANTEDILUVIAN
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adj. antiquated, extremely ancient
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ANTHEM
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n. song of praise or patriotism
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ANTHOLOGY
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n. book of literary selections by various authors
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ANTHROPOID
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adj. manlike
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ANTHROPOLOGIST
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n. student of the history or science of humankind
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ANTHROPOMORPHIC
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adj. having human form or characteristics
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ANTIC
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adj. extravagently odd
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ANTICLIMAX
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n. letdown in thought or emotion
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ANTIDOTE
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n. remedy to counteract a poison or disease
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ANTIPATHY*
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n. aversion, dislike
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ANTIQUATED
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adj. obsolete, outdated
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ANTISEPTIC
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n. substance that prevents infection
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ANTITHESIS
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n. contrast, direct opposite of or to
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ANVIL
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n. iron block used in hammering out metals
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APATHY*
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n. lack of caring, indifference
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APE
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v. imitate or mimic
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APERTURE
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n. opening, hole
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APEX
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n. tip, summit, climax
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APHASIA
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n. loss of speech due to injury or illness
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APHORISM
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n. pithy maxim or saying
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APIARY
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n. a place where bees are kept
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APLOMB
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n. poise, assurance
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APOCALYPTIC
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adj. prophetic, pertaining to revelations
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APOCRYPHAL
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adj. spurious, not authentic, invented rather than true
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APOGEE
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n. highest point
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APOLITICAL
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adj. having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
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APOLOGIST
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n. one who writes in defense of a cause or institution
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APOSTATE
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n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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What is the ideal serving temperature for Light White Wines and Rose?
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45-50 degrees F
7-10 degrees C |
