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50 Cards in this Set
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abdicate
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renounce; give up
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aberration
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deviation from the expected or normal; mental irregularity or disorder
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abject
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hopeless and crushed; servile and spiritless; wretched
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abrade
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wear away by friction; scrape; erode
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absolve
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pardon; free from blame
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abstruse
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand
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adjudicate
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pass legal judgment on; sit in judgement
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adulation
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flattery; admiration
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adulterate
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make impure by adding impure or tainted substances
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aggregate
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gather; accumulate
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness
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alloy
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mix; lessen of moderate; make less pure
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allude; allusion
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refer indirectly; indirect reference
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aloof
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apart; reserved; standoffish; snobbish
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altercation
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noisy quarrel
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ameliorate
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improve; make more satisfactory
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amorous
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moved by sexual love; loving
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amorphous
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lacking shape or definition; formless
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anachronism
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something regarded as outmoded or in the wrong place at the wrong time
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ancillary
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serving as an aid or accessory
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animosity
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active enemy
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anomaly
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irregularity; something out of place or abnormal
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antecedents
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preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
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anticlimax
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letdown in thought or emotion
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aplomb
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poise; assurance
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apocryphal
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untrue; made up
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apostate
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one who abandons his religious or political beliefs
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arable
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fit for growing crops
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arbiter
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a person with power to decide a dispute; judge
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archipelago
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group of closely located islands
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aria
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operatic solo
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aristocracy
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hereditary nobility, privileged class; a government in which the wealthy or powerful have power
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ascendancy
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controlling influence
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ascetic
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practicing self denial
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assail
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assault
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assuage
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ease or lessen
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astute
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wise; shrewd; keen
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austere
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forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
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authoritative
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sounding like authority; having the weight of authority; overbearing and dictatorial
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averse
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reluctant
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aversion
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firm dislike
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bastion
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stronghold
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benefactor
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gift giver; patron
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beneficiary
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person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
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bestial
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beastlike; brutal
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blandishment
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flattery
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blithe
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gay; joyous; cheerful
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bourgeois
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middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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brackish
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somewhat salty
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