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40 Cards in this Set
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syn: devotee, enthusiast
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aficionado
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syn: cow, coerce
ant: coax, cajole, tweedle, sweet-talk |
browbeat
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syn: çomparing, corresponding, coordinate
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commensurate
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syn: translucent, gossamer
ant: opaque, coarse, dense |
diaphanous
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syn: pay, wages, compensation
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emolument
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syn: sally, sortie
ant: retreat, strategic withdrawal |
foray- quick raid
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syn:species, sort, school
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genre
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a sermon stressing moral principles
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homily
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syn: nonchalant, blase
ant: worried, careworn, distraught, agitated |
insouciant
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syn: the surrounding situation or environment
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matrix
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syn: last rites, funeral service
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obsequies
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syn: style, verve, elan, eclat, flamboyance
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panache
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syn: personality, image, role
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persona
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syn: harangue, diatribe, tirade
ant: tribute, encomium, panegyric |
phillipic
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syn: very sacred or holy
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sacrosanct
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syn: extensive, comprehensive, system-wide
ant: localized, specific, isolated, confined |
systemic
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syn: partial
ant: fair, impartial, equitable, disinterested |
tendentious
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yh: fluctuation, vacillation
ant: sameness, evenness |
vicissitude
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syn: incarcerate, mew up
ant: release, liberate, emancipate |
immure
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syn: lascivious, salacious, lewd, titulating
ant: prudish, demure, innocent |
prurient
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syn: miscarried, fruitless, premature
ant: successful, realized, consummated |
abortive
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syn: noise abroad, broadcast, blazon
ant: cover up, conceal, hush up |
bruit
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syn: vituperative, scurrilous, excoriating
ant: laudatory, commendatory, deferential |
contumelious
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syn: maxim, precept, aphorism, axiom
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dictum
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syn: nestle, lodge, entrench
ant: unseat, displace, oust |
ensconce
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syn: image-breaking, heretical, irreverent
ant: orthodox, conservative, reverent |
iconoclastic
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into the middle of things
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in medias res
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syn: murderous, savage, ruinous
ant: peaceful, harmonious, constuctive |
internecine
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syn: inept, awkward, clumsy, gauche
ant: skilfull, dexterous, tactful, deft |
maladroit
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syn: mushy, mawkish
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maudlin
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syn: adapt, moderate
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modulate
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syn: foreboding, ominous, pretentious
ant: auspicious, propitious, encouraging |
portentous
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syn: foreknowledge
any: hindsight |
prescience
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syn: a swap, a trade
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quid pro quo
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syn: beneficial, healthy, invigorating
ant: harmful, unhealthy. deleterious, noxious |
salubrious
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syn: dissipated, debauched, orgiastic
ant: sedate, prim, decorous, seemly |
saturnalian
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syn: criterion, yardstick, benchmark
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touchstone
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syn: jolting
ant: soothing, comforting. agreeable, pleasant |
traumatic
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syn: degrade, undermine
ant: purify, fortify, strengthen, enhance |
vitiate
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syn: whimsical, jocular
ant: serious, grave, grim, dour, humorless |
waggish
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