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50 Cards in this Set
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abase
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to humiliate, degrade
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abate
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to reduce, lessen
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abdicate
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to give up a position, usually oneof leadership
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abduct
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to kidnap, take by force
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abet
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to aid, help, encourage
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abhor
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to hate, detest
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aberration
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something that differs from the norm
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abide
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to put up with
to remain |
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abject
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wretched, pitiful
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abjure
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to reject, renounce
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abnegation
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denial of comfort to oneself
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abort
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to give up on an incomplete project or effort
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abridge
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to cut down, shorten
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abrogate
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to abolish, usually by authority
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abscond
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to sneak away and hide
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absolution
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freedom from blame and guilt
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abstain
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to freely choose not to commit an action
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abstruse
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hard to comprehend
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accede
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to agree
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accentuate
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to stress, highlight
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accessible
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obtainable, reachable
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acclaim
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high praise
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accolade
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high praise, special distinction
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accommodating
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helpful, obliging, polite
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accord
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an agreement
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accost
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to confront verbally
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accretion
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slow growth in size and amount
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acerbic
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biting, bitter in tone or taste
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acquiesce
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to agree without protesting
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acrimony
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bitterness, discord
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acumen
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keen insight
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acute
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sharp, severe
having a keen insight |
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adamant
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impervious, immovable, unyielding
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adept
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extremely skilled
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adhere
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to stick to something
to follow devoutly |
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admonish
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to caution, criticize, reprove
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adorn
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to decorate
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adroit
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skillful, dexterious
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adulation
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extreme praise
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adumbrate
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to sketch out in a vague way
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adverse
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antagonistic, unfavorable, dangerous
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advocate
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to argue in favor of something
a person who argues in favor of something |
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aerial
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somehow related to the air
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aesthetic
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artistic, related to the appreciation of beauty
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affable
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friendly, amiable
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affinity
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a natural feeling of closeness
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affluent
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rich, wealthy
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affront
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an insult
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aggrandize
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to increase or make greater
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aggregate
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a whole or total
to gather into a mass |
