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87 Cards in this Set
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Abate |
To lessen in quantity |
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Abscond |
To leave suddenly and secretly to avoid arrest |
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Accede |
To give ones consent |
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Accretion |
Gradual increase in size |
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Acrid |
Harshly bitter |
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Addle |
To confuse |
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Adulation |
Intense adoration |
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Audacious |
Back (Definition) Fearlessly dating aut |
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Autocrat |
Single ruler |
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Cantankerous |
Ill tempered |
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Canvass |
To examine carefully |
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Circuitous |
Indirect |
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Coalesce |
To grow together |
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Colloquial |
Particular to common speech |
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Concord |
Harmony |
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Consecrate |
To declare of make sacred |
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Consummate |
To bring to completion |
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Deluge |
To overwhelm with water |
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Deride |
To speak with contempt |
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Derision |
Ridicule |
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Dubious |
Doubtful |
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Duress |
Constraint by threat |
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Elucidate |
To make clear by explanation |
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Emote |
Express emotion |
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Encapsulate |
To sum up |
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Fetter |
To restrain |
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Gesticulate |
To make gesture for emphasis |
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Glut |
Fill overcapacity |
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Guile |
Skillful deceit |
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Inane |
Lacking sense or substance |
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Incredulous |
Skeptical of disbelieving |
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Inept |
Foolish |
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Iota |
Very small amount |
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Malcontent |
One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs |
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Palatial |
Of the nature of a palace |
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Pariah |
Social outcast |
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Portent |
A sign of something important to come |
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Succinct |
Concise |
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Vociferous |
Making a noisy outcry |
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Abacus |
Outmoded device used for calculating arithmetic |
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Cogitate |
To think carefully |
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Conciliate |
To overcome distrust |
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Consternation |
State of paralyzing dismay |
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Countenance |
The appearance of expression of a face |
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Cull |
To pick out from others |
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Disconsolate |
Behind consolation |
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Discourse |
Conversation |
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Divestiture |
An act of divesting |
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Duplicity |
Double dealing |
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Eddy |
Current moving in a circular motion |
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Abase |
Lower in rank |
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Elan |
Enthusiastic vigor |
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Empirical |
Derived from observation |
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Errant |
Straying from a proper course |
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Fodder |
Feed for livestock |
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Fracas |
Noisy disorderly fight |
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Ignominious |
Marked by shame |
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Imbue |
To permeate |
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Impiety |
Quality or state of lacking reverence |
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Insurrection |
Open revolt against civil authority |
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Intersperse |
To distribute among other things at intervals |
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Accretion |
Gradual increase in size |
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Lexicon |
A dictionary |
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Machination |
Crafty scheme for the accomplishment of sinister end |
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Manumit |
To set free from slavery |
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Microcosm |
Small scale representation of a larger system |
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Mirth |
Gladness and gaiety |
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Modicum |
A small amount |
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Penitent |
Feeling or expressing remorse for ones sins |
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Pliant |
Easily bent |
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Portend |
To serve as an omen |
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Proclivity |
A natural inclination |
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Admonition |
Gentle reproof |
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Pyre |
A heap of combustibles |
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Rabble |
The lowest class of people |
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Rarefy |
To make thin |
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Salient |
Jutting out |
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Sophomoric |
Exhibiting great immaturity |
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Sordid |
Filthy |
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Tutelage |
The act of training |
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Warmonger |
One who advocated or tried to stir up war |
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Apropos |
Reference to |
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Assail |
To attack |
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Atonement |
Amends made for a wrong doing |
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Belabor |
To discuss repeatedly |
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Cavalier |
Carefree and nonchalant |
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Centurion |
A captain of one hundred infantry |
