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33 Cards in this Set
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anarchy
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n. absence of govt. or control; lawlessness; disorder
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anecdote
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n. a short account of a humourous or revaling incident
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anguish
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n. agonizing physical or mental pain
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animosity
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n. resentment; hostility; ill will
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anomaly
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n. an abberation; an irregularity; a deviation
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antecedent
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n. someone or something that went before; somehting that provides a model for something that came after it
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antipathy
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n. firm dislike; a dislike
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antithesis
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n. the direct opposite
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apartheid
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n. the former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa
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apathy
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n. lack of interest; lack of feeling
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aphorism
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n. a brief, often witty saying; a proverb
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apocalypse
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n. a prophetic revelation, especially one concercing the end of the world
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apocryphal
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n. of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious
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apotheosis
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n. elevation to divine staus; the perfect example of something
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appease
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v. to soothe; to pacify by giving in to
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appreciate
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v. to increase in value
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apprehensive
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adj. worried; anxious
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approbation
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n. approval; praise
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appropriate
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v. to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use
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aptitude
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n. capacity for learning; natural ability
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arbiter
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n. one who decides; a judge
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arbitrary
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adj. random; capricious
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arcane
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adj. mysterious; known only to a select few
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archaic
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adj. extremely old; ancient; outdated
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archetype
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n. an original model or pattern
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ardent
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adj. passionate; enthusiastic
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arduous
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adj. hard; difficult
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aristocratic
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adj. of noble birth; snobbish
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artful
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adj. crafty; wily; sly
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artifice
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n. a clever trick; cunning
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ascendancy
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n. supremacy; domination
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ascetic
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hermitlike; practicing self-denial
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assiduous
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adj. hardworking; busy; quite diligent
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