Set 1 Flashcards by Batya Beard | Brainscape

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Accentuate

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Emphasize

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Abrogate

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Disregard, breach, get rid of

“To abrogate a law”

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Acquiesce

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Agree to, give in (v)

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Acquisitive

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Inquiring/retaining (adj.)

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Adulation

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Great admiration (n)

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Affectation

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False mannerism. An effort to appear to have a quality which is actually not possessed (n)

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Affinity

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Fondness (n)

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Aggrandize

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Increase (v)

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Allegory

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Moral story (n)

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Altercation

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Dispute, quarrel (n)

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Altruistic

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Generous (adj)

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Ameliorate

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Improve (v)

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Anachronism

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Something out of place in time

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Anathema

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Something hated (n)

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Animosity

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A strong dislike (n)

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Anomaly

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Paradox, exception (n)

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Antithesis

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Opposite (n)

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Aphorism

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A popular saying (n)

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Arable

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Cultivatable, fertile (adj)

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Arduous

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Difficult (adj.)