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109 Cards in this Set
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Abash |
To make ashamed, to embarrass |
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Abate |
To subside or to reduce |
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Abdicate |
To step down from a position of power or responsibility |
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Aberration |
Deviation from the standard; something not typical |
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Abhor |
To hate very very much; to detest |
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Abject |
Hopeless; defeated; utterly bummed out |
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Abnegate |
To deny oneself things |
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Abortive |
Unsuccessful |
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Abridge |
To shorten ; to condense |
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Absolute |
Unlimited; total; perfect |
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Absolve |
To free from blame or sin |
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Abstinent |
Abstaining, specially from something that is pleasant but has a bad reputation |
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Abstract |
Theoretical; impersonal |
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Abstruse |
Hard to understand |
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Abysmal |
Extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless |
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Acerbic |
Bitter; sour ; severe |
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Acquiesce |
To comply passively; to assent ; to accept; to agree (Mostly used to explain sloppily) |
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Acrid |
Harsh ;like acid |
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Acrimonious |
Full of spite; bitter; nasty |
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Acumen |
Keenness of judgment; mental sharpness |
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Acute |
Sharp ; shrewd |
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Adamant |
Completely inflexible; unyielding; stubborn |
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Address |
To speak to ; to direct one's attention to |
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Adherent |
Follower; believer; supporter |
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Admonish |
To scold gently; to warn |
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Adroit |
Socially at ease; clever ; dexterous; shrewd |
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Adulation |
Flattery; wild or excessive admiration |
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Accolade |
An award ; an honor |
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Accost |
To approach and speak to someone |
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Adulterate |
To contaminate; to make impure |
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Adverse |
Unfavourable ; antagonistic |
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Aesthetic |
Having to do with artistic beauty; artistic |
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Affable |
Easy to talk to ; friendly |
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Affectation |
Unnatural or artificial behavior, especially to impress |
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Affinity |
Sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity |
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Affluent |
Rich; prosperous |
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Agenda |
A program; the things to be done |
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Agrarian |
Relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land |
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Aggregate |
Sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together |
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Agnostic |
One who believes the existence of god can neither be proven nor disproven |
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Alacrity |
Cheerful eagerness; readiness to respond |
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Allege |
To assert without proof |
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Alleviate |
To relieve; usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen |
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Allocate |
To assign; to allot ; to distribute |
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Alloy |
A combination of two or more things , usually metals |
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Allusion |
An indirect reference; a hint |
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Aloof |
Uninvolved; standing out; keeping one's distance |
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Altruism |
Selflessness; generosity ;devotion to the interests of others |
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Ambiance |
Mood; atmosphere; feeling |
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Ambiguous |
Unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways |
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Ambivalent |
Undecided; neutral |
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Ameliorate |
To sooth ; to make better or more tolerable |
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Amenable |
Agreeable; obedient |
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Amenity |
Pleasantness; comfortable or attractive feature |
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Amiable |
Friendly; agreeable |
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Amnesty |
An official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy |
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Amoral |
Lacking moral sense |
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Amorous |
Feeling loving; especially in a sexual way |
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Amorphous |
Lacking shape; shapeless; bloblike |
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Anachronism |
Something misplaced in time or history; an incongruity |
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Analogy |
A comparison of one thing to another; similarity |
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Anarchy |
Absence of governing body |
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Anecdote |
A short account of a humourous or revealing incident |
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Anguish |
Agonizing physicial or mental pajn |
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Animosity |
Resentment; hostility; ill will |
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Anomaly |
An aberration; a deviation |
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Antecedent |
Something or someone that went before |
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Antipathy |
Firm dislike; a dislike |
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Anti thesis |
The direct opposite |
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Apartheid |
The abhorent policy of racial segregation and oppression in the republic of south africa |
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Apathy |
Lack of interest; lack of caring |
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Aphorism |
Brief, often witty saying ; a proverb |
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Apocalypse |
A prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world |
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Apocryphal |
of Dubious authenticity; fictitious |
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Apotheosis |
A perfect example of something |
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Appease |
To sooth ; to pacify by giving into |
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Appreciate |
To increase in value |
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Apprehensive |
Worried; anxious |
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Approbation |
Approval; praise |
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Appropriate |
To take without permission; to set aside for a particular use |
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Aptitude |
Capacity for learning; natural ability |
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Arbiter |
Judge ; one who decides |
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Arbitrary |
Random; capricious |
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Arcane |
Mysterious; known only to a selected few |
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Archaic |
Extremely old; ancient; outdated |
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Archetype |
An original model or pattern |
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Ardent |
Passionate |
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Arduous |
Hard; difficult |
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Aristocratic |
A noble birth; snobbish |
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Artful |
Thrifty; wily ; sly |
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Artifice |
A clever trick; cunning |
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Ascendancy |
Supremacy; domination |
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Ascetic |
Hermitlike; practicing self denial |
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Assiduous |
Hardworking; busy; quite diligent |
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Assimilate |
To take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly |
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Assuage |
To soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; |
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Astute |
Shrewd; keen in judgement |
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Attrition |
Gradual wearing away ; weakening; a natural or expected decrease in number or size |
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Audacity |
Boldness; recklessness |
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Augment |
To make bigger ; to add to ; to increase |
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Auspicious |
Pointing to a good result; favourable; promising |
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Austere |
Unadorned; stern; without excess |
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Autocratic |
Ruling with absolute authority;extremely bossy |
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Autonomous |
Acting independently |
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Avarice |
Greed; excessive love of riches |
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Avow |
To claim; to declare boldly; to admit |
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Avuncular |
An uncle; especially a nice uncle |
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Awry |
Off course; twisted to one side |
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Axiom |
a Self evident rule or truth ; widely accepted saying |
