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104 Cards in this Set
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AUSTERE
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strict
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CATHOLICITY
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liberality
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EMINENTLY
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prominently or being noteworthy
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FLORID
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gaudy, showy
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APPREHENSION
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anxiety or fear
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BALDERDASH
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slang for nonsense
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CONVEYANCE
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transferring of property to another
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STEATHILY
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secretly
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INCOHERENCY
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unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear or orderly manner
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BLATANT
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offensively obvious
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UNOBTRUSIVE
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not noticeable
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BRANDISHING
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waving or shaking in a threatening manner
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DISINTERRED
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dug up, uncovered
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HAGGARD
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having a worn look
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ODIOUS
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hateful
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EDDY
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a whirlpool; a circular current of water
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GAUNT
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having a worn look
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QUALM
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a sudden feeling of sickness or doubt
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RUMINATE
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to contemplate
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AMITIES
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friendship
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INSCRUTABLE
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mysterious, unable to be understood fully
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STRINGENT
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strict; imposing severe and rigorous standards
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DISCONSOLATE
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cheerless; hopelessly sad; forlorn
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TRAVERSED
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crossed over; to travel or move across
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BLASPHEMY
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profane or mocking abuse of god or anything sacred
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EXORBITANT
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excessive; extravagant
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LAMENTATION
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an expression of grief or sorrow; a loud cry
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DISCONSOLATE
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showing ill humor or impatience; in a cranky manner
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DISPARITY
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an apparent difference
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ENIGMA
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speech or writing that is difficult to understand; a puzzle
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IMPEDIMENT
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an obstacle; barrier
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INCREDULOUS
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unbelievable; doubtful; skeptical
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INEXPLICABLE
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not understandable; difficult to explain; baffling
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PUNGENT
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strong or sharp in smell or taste
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ASTUTE
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shrewd, crafty
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AVERSIONS
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dislikes
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BLAZONED
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proclaimed
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GESTICULATED
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made motions; nonverbal communications
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INSURGENT
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rebellious
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PROVOCATION
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the cause that produces another action; instigate
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COGITATION
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serious and careful thought, consideration, meditation
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INDIFFERENT
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unconcerned; having no preference or impartial; not particularly good or bad, mediocre
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ENCOMPASS
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contain, surround, encircle
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AVERSIONS
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reluctant, unwilling, averse
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SURLY
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bad-tempered, cross, rude, gruff, uncivil
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GHASTLY
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horrible or frightfully shocking; deathlike in appearance, especially pale as a ghostly; extremely unpleasant
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PORTENTOUS
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foreshadowing, warning, foreboding, ominous
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AUGMENT
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make or become greater; increase; enlarge
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AFFABLE
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friendly
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VALIANT
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brave, courageous, heroic
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IMMINENT
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likely to happen soon; impending
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EMULATE
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imitate in an effort to equal or surpass
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REDRESS
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set right or make up for; correct, remedy, compensate
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PUISSANT
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powerful, strong, mighty, potent
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UNASSAILABLE
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undeniable, indisputable, incapable of proving wrong; not susceptible or vulnerable to attack, impregnable
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VOUCHSAFE
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grant or give, especially as doing a favor
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HAVOC
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great destruction or confusion
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INTER
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place in a grave or tomb; bury
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COVERT
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secret, hidden, concealed, disguised
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TESTY
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easily annoyed, irritable, short-tempered, irrascible
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COVETOUS
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enviously and greedily desiring what is another's; greedy, avaricious
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CYNIC
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one who doubts the goodness and sincerity of human motives
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APPARITION
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sudden or unusual appearance; ghost, phantom, specter
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EXIGENCY
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situation demanding immediate attention or action; urgency, emergency
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DISCONSOLATE
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hopelessly sad, downcast, inconsolable, forlorn
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MISCONSTRUE
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misinterpret
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TARRY
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delay, linger, wait, stay in a place temporarily, sojourn
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VENERATE
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regard with great respect
SYNONYMS: respect, honor, admire, worship, revere |
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SADISTIC
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getting pleasure from hurting others
SYNONYMS: brutal, vicious, perversely |
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MALAPROPRISM
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ridiculous or humorous misuse of words
SYNONYMS: misusage, verbal blunder, spoonerism |
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PRAGMATIC
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practical
SYNONYMS: sensible, workable, utilitarian |
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DISPARAGE
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refer to something as having little importance; speaking slightingly of
SYNONYMS: degrade, minimize, downgrade, belittle |
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VEGETATE
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lead a dull inactive, useless life
SYNONYMS: be idle, be sluggish, stagnate |
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ADAMANT
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unyielding, inflexible, definite
SYNONYMS: firm, rigid, immovable, fixed, unchangeable, obdurate |
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ABOMINABLE
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utterly disgusting or hateful
SYNONYMS: revolting, horrible, awful, loathsome |
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OMINOUS
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threatening; suggestive of future evil
SYNONYMS: unfavorable, unlucky, sinister, menacing, ill-omen, foreboding |
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ASSENT
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agreement, agree
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DISSENT
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disagreement; disagree
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SENTENTIOUS
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concise and full of meaning; using or full of proverbs and old sayings in a self-important, high-sounding, or boring way
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SENTIMENT
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feeling or opinion
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DESPOTIC
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tyrannical, oppressive
SYNONYMS: domineering, overbearing, dictatorial |
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GULLIBLE
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easily deceived, tricked, or cheated
SYNONYMS: slyness, cunning, trickery, deception, duplicity |
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GUILE
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deciet, treachery
SYNONYMS: slyness, cunning, trickery, deception, duplicity |
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EXONERATE
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free from blame
SYNONYMS: free, clear, pardon, justify, release, exculpate |
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CLICHE
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expression or idea that is stale from overuse
SYNONYMS: overused expression, platitude |
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TRITE
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uninteresting because of overuse; lacking originality and freshness
SYNONYMS: well-worn, stale, commonplace, hackeyed |
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MELANCHOLY
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sad, gloomy, depressed; sadness, gloom, depression
SYNONYMS: saddened, unhappy, mournful, plaintive |
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CHOLERIC
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easily angered; grouchy; quick-tempeered
SYNONYMS: cranky, hot-tempered, irascible |
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PHLEGMATIC
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sluggish, not easily excited
SYNONYMS: dull, unemotional, unexcitable, stolid |
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SANGUINE
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cheerful, confident, hopeful
SYNONYMS: positive, assured, optimistic |
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CONSENSUS
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general agreement, majority opinion, harmony
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DISSENSION
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strong disagreement, quarreling
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INSENSIBLE
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unable to feel, unaware; unconscious
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INSENSITIVITY
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inability to be affected by; lack of sensitivity
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MAVERICK
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independent person
SYNONYMS: individualist, independent thinker, nonconformist |
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UNDERMINE
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weaken gradually; injure or destroy secretly or underhandedly; dig beneath or wear away from under
SYNONYMS: weaken, disable, cripple, undercut, sabotage |
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ALLEVIATE
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relieve; lessen or make more bearable (pain, evil, suffering)
SYNONYMS: ease, lighten, reduce, mitigate |
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SOMNOLENT
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sleepy, drowsy, causing sleep
SYNONYMS: sleepy, drowsy, lilling, slumberous, soporific |
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TRIBULATION
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great suffering, misery, or distress\
SYNONYMS: ordeal, trouble, sorrow, hardship, affliction |
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AVERT
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turn away; prevent
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DIVERT
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turn aside from a purpose, course, or path
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SUBVERT
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overthrow (something establishe), undermine
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REVERT
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return to a former condition
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VERTIGO
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dizziness
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