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25 Cards in this Set
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abeyance
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tempeorary suppresion or suspension
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Abscond
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To depart secretly
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Abstemious
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moderate in appetite(not just physical hunger)
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Admonush
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To caution or reprimand
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Aesthetic
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relating to beauty or art
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Aggregate
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amounting to a whole; total
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Amalgamate
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To combine into a unified whole
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Ameliorate
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To improve
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Anachronism
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Something out of proper time
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Analogous
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Comparable
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Anomalous
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Irregular; deviating from the norm
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Approbation
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Praise; approval
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Ardor
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Great emotion or passion
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Ascetic
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one who practices self-denial; self denying or austere
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Assuage
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To make less severe
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Attenuate
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To weaken
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Austere
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Stern; unadorned
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Aver
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to affirm, declare to be true
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Banal
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Commonplace; trite
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Belle
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To contradict; misrepresentation; give a false impression
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Beneficent
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kindly; doing good
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Boorish
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Rude insensitive
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Bombastic
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Pompous; using inflated language
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Burgeon
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To flourish
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Burnish
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To polish
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