A Barrons Deck #3 Flashcards

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Advent

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Arrival

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Adverse

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Unfavorable; hostile

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Adversity

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Unfavorable fortune; hardship; a calamitous event

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Aesthetic

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Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful

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Affable

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Easily approachable; warmly friendly

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Affected

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Artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress

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Affinity

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Kinship

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Affliction

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State of distress; cause of suffering

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Afford

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Unfamiliar def: provide

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Aggrandize

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Increase or intensify

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Aggregate

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Gather; accumulate

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Agnostic

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One who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality

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Alacrity

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Cheerful promptness

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Alienate

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Make hostile; separate

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Alimentary

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Supplying nourishment

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16
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Alimony

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Payments made to an ex-spouse after divorce

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Allay

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Calm; pacify

18
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Allege

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State without proof

19
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Allocate

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Assign

20
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Aloft

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Upward