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22 Cards in this Set
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Abberation
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a departure of what is normail, usual or expected
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Abeyance
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a state of temporary disuse or suspension
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Acerbic
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sharp or forthright
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Acuity
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sharpness or keeness of thought, vision or hearing
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Admonish
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warn or reprimand someone firmly
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Adroit
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clever or skillful in using hands or mind
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Aesthete
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a person who has a special appreciation of art and beauty
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Altruistic
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showing unselfish concern for the wefare of others
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Ameliorate
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make (something bad) better
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Antediluvian
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of or belonging to time before biblical Flood/ old fashioned
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Benevolent
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well meaning and kindly
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Bittersweet
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sweet with a bitter after taste
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Clinical
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of/relating to clinic or treatment of patients
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Colloquial
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use of ordinary conversation
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Condescending
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acting in a way that betrays afeeling of patronizing superiority
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Cryptic
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having a mean that is mysterious or obscure
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Contemptuous
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showing contemp scornful
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Cynical
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believing that people are motivated by self-interests
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Despondent
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in low spirits from lost of hope
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Yeoman
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a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate, a free-holder
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Xenophobe
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intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries
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wrought
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beaten out or shaped by hammering
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