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50 Cards in this Set
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arbitrary
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random; capricious
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arcane
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mysterious; known only to a select few
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archaic
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extremely old; ancient; outdated
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archetype
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an original model or pattern
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ardent
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passionate; enthusiastic
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ardor
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passion; fervor; feeling of great warmth and intensity
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arduous
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hard; difficult
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aristocratic
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noble birth; snobbish
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artful
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crafty; wily; sly
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artifice
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a clever trick; cunning
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ascendancy
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supremacy; domination
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ascetic
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hermitlike; practicing self-denial
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assiduous
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hardworking; busy; quite diligent
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assimilate
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to take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly
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assuage
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to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve
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astute
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shrewd; keen in judgment
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attrition
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gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size
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audacity
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boldness; reckless daring; impertinence
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augment
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to make bigger; to add to; to increase
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auspicious
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favorable; promising; pointing to a good result
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austere
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unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess
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austerity
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the trait of great self-denial; a state of poverty
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autocratic
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ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy
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autonomous
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acting independently
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avarice
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greed; excessive love of riches
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avow
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to claim; to declare boldly; to admit
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disavow
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to deny or repudiate a claim
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avuncular
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like an uncle, especially a nice uncle; kind, helpful, generous, and understanding
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awry
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off course; twisted to one side
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axiom
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a self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying
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axiomatic
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unquestionable
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banal
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unoriginal; ordinary
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bane
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poison; torment; cause of harm
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bastion
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stronghold; fortress; fortified place
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beget
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to give birth to; to create; to lead to; to cause
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belabor
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to go over repeatedly to an absurd extent
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beleaguer
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to surround; to besiege; to harass
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belie
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to give a false impression of; to contradict
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belittle
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to make to seem little; to put someone down
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belligerent
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combative; quarrelsome; waging war
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bemused
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confused; bewildered
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benefactor
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one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation
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beneficiary
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one who receives benefits
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malefactor
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a person who does bad things; criminal; evildoer
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benign
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gentle; not harmful; kind; mild
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malignant/malign
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nasty, evil, full of ill will
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malign (verb)
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to say unfairly bad things about; to injure by telling evil lies
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bequest
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something left to someone in a will
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bequeath
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to leave something to someone in a will
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bereaved/bereft
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deprived or left desolate, especially through death
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