Set 2 Flashcards

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(v)

To increase in size; enlarge, to cause to appear greater in power, influence

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AGGRANDIZE

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(n)

Events following some occurance; a consequence of

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AFTERMATH

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2
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(adj)

Partially open

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AJAR

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(v)

To make hostile; to cause to feel unwelcome or estranged

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ALIENATE

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(v)

To make less severe; to relieve, to lesson

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ALLEVIATE

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(v)

To entice with something desirable; to tempt

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ALLURE

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(adj)

Distant, reserved in manner; uninvolved

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ALOOF

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(n)

One who is defeated in a race, election, or other competition; loser

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ALSO-RAN

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(n)

A heated quarrel

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ALTERCATION

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(n)

The choice between two mutually exclusive possiblities, a situation presenting such a choice

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ALTERNATIVE

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