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A! Flashcards

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Abdicate

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Give up one’s throne

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Abundant

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Plentiful, a lot of

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Admonish

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Warn or reprimand

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Adversary

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Opponent

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Agenda

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A list of things to be done or discussed

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Aggrandize

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Increase the power, status, or wealth of

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Allege

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Claim that someone has done something wrong

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Aloof

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Not friendly, and distant

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Altruism

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Caring about others, usually giving to them

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Ameliorate

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Make something better

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Androgynous

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Neither male nor female

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Antagonistic

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Showing hostility towards someone

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Antipathy

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Hatred

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Apprehension

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Fear

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Ascertain

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Find out for sure

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Aspect

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A particular feature of something

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Assail

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Make a violent attack on

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Astute

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clever

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Auspicious

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A sign of future success

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Abandon

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Give up completely/leave forever

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Ackowledge

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Accept the truth of

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Adhesive

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Sticky or a sticky substance

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Admire

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Regard with respect

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Aggravate

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Make a problem worse

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Ail

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To trouble

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Aimless

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Without purpose or direction

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Alarmed

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Worried, distressed

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Alter

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To change

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Approximate

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Close to the actual value

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Assert

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To state a fact with confidence

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Assured

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Confident

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Astonish

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Suprise or impress greatly

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Audible

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Able to be heard

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Authentic

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Genuine, true to life

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Abate

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Become less in amount or intensity

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Abbreviate

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Shorten

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Abduct

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Kidnapping, against their will

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Abet

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Assist or encourage, usually a crime

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Abide

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Put up with something or someone unpleasent

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Abridge

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To shorten

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Absolve

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Let off the hook

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Absurd

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Without reason, logic or common sense

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Accelerate

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Move faster

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Acclaim

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Enthusiastic approval

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Acclimate

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Adjust to climate or environment, adapt

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Accuse

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Blame for, make a claim of wrong doing

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Accustom

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To make familiar

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Achieve

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To gain with effort

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Acquit

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Pronounce not guilty of a crime

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Acrid

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Harsh in taste or odor, sharp in manner or temper

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Adamant

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Unchanging of the opinion

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Adapt

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Make fit for, or change to suit a new enviornment

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Aesthetic

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Appreciation of beauty

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Affable

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Spreading warmth and friendliness

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Affection

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A loving and caring feeling

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Affluent

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Rich, wealthy

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Agressive

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Quick to attack, bold and energetic

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Agile

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Moving quickly and lightly

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Agony

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Intense feelings of suffering

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Alleviate

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Reducing suffering, making suffering less severe

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Allocate

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Set apart for a particular purpose

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Amass

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Collect or gather

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Ambiguous

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Open to two or more interpretations, no clear answer

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Ambush

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A suprise attack

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Amend

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To make better

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Amoral

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Having no understanding of right and wrong

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Anology

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Comparison made ebtween two things to show how they are alike

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Ancestor

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Someone from whom you are descended

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Angst

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Anxiety, fear

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Anguish

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Extreme mental distress

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Announcement

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A formal public statement

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Ancient

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Very old

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Annoy

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To bother, to make someone angry by repeated noise or action

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Anomaly

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Odd, something that is set apart from what is standard, normal or expected

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Anonymous

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Having no known name or identity or known source

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Antecedent

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Something that came before

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Anthology

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A collection of selected literary passages

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Antiquated

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Out of fashion, no longer usable

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Antithesis

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The direct opposite

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Anxious

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Worried, concerned

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Apex

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The highest point

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Appraise

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Place a value on

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Apprehend

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To arrest

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Archaic

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Old, out of use

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Ardor

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Intense feeling of love

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Arouse

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To excite

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Array

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An impressive display

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Arrest

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The act of taking someone in

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Arrogant

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Thinking one’s better or more important than others and looking down on others

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Articulate

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Speaking fluently

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Artificial

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Made by human beings

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Ascend

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Travel up

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Aspire

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Directing one’s hopes to achieve something

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Assassinate

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To murder for political reasons

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Asset

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A useful or valuable quality

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Assign

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Select something or someone for a specific purpose

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Assimilate

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To absorb fully or make one’s own

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Assist

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To help

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Assuage

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To calm

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Assume

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To take for granted

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Astound

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Great suprise

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Austere

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Having no comfort, strict in attitude

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Authority

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Power to give orders

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Aware

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Knowing something

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Adjust

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An accessory, something to add on

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Assess

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To determine the worth of

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Amorphous

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Without shape

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Aspirant

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wanting to achieve something

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Abyss

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a deep space

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Animosity

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strong hatred

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ambivalent

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having mixed feelings about someone

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analytical

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using local reasoning, examing details to discover more about something

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arid

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very dry

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abominable

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very bad and unpleasant, worthy of hatred

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abhor

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to hate

ISEE vocaburary for Jude (24 decks)

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