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20 Cards in this Set
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syn: auxillary, subsidiary, accessory
ant: central, key, primary, principal, main |
ancillary
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syn: censor, purge, expurgate
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bowdlerize
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syn: deign
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condescend
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syn: dupe, deveive, beguile, inveigle
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cozen
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syn: island, subgroup
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enclave
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syn: gift, aptitude, specialty
ant: weakness, shortcoming, foible |
forte
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syn: (adj) on the house (adv) freely
ant: (adv) for a price |
gratis
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syn: emblem, idol
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icon
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syn: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna
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interstice
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syn: cosmos, entirely
ant: model, miniature, microcosm |
macrocosm
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syn: impostor, quack
ant: sucker, dope, "mark", "pigeon" |
mountebank
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syn: hymn, ode, anthem
ant: dirge, elegy, lament, threnody |
paean
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syn: banter, jesting, repartee, badinage
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persiflage
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syn: surplus, surfeit, glut, excess
ant: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity |
plethora
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syn: down-to-earth, businesslike
ant: idealistic, impractical, visionary |
pragmatic
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syn: puzzled, mocking, odd, equivocal
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quizzical
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syn: avarice, cupidity, veraciousness
ant: liberality, generosity, altruism |
rapacity
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syn: rift, breach
ant: united front, reconciliation |
schism
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syn: curative, salutary, salubrious
ant: harmful, injurious, deleterious |
therapeutic
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syn: (n) expert, master, prodigy, maestro
ant: (n) amateur, beginner, novice (adj) mediocre |
virtuoso
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