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28 Cards in this Set
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Endure/persevere |
Endure living next to airport |
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Forfeit/relinquish |
Forfeit your native country |
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Precarious/ hazardous |
Precarious situation among sharks |
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Sporadic/erratic |
Earth quack occurs sporadically |
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Wanton |
Wanton disregard of the rules/ Senseless |
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Witticism/witty |
Sharp wit/ captivating witticism |
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Woo/charisma/ appeal |
Wooed the opponents |
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Contradictory |
The expert contradicted himself/ inconsistent |
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Assortment |
Assorted books/ variety |
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Caliber |
The high caliber of her work earned her a raise in pay |
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Condensed |
Try to condense the two chapter in one |
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Acknowledge |
To acknowledge the fact Recognize/ remember |
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Acquisition/ acquisitive/acquire |
He acquired success. The office’s most recent acquisition |
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Assimilation/assimilate |
Assimilation in a new culture |
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Aggravating/irritating |
Aggravating delay |
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Conceivably |
I could conceivably earn the firs place |
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Debilitating/ debility |
Debilitating effect on the economy. |
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Deplete |
Depletion all of the earth’s oil/ I deplete all of my saving |
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Finite |
Finite explanation/ finite number of stars |
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Perceive/ perception/ |
Perceptive mammals/ We perceive major diffrences |
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Underestimated |
Miscalculated/ underestimate the cost |
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Synthesis/ synthetically |
Vitamins are synthetically produced/ synthesis of dutch and English |
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Tangible/concrete |
Tangibly demonstrated |
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Tighten/tight |
The government is tightening the regulations on the use of seat belts |
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Supposedly |
Supposed story/ wrong supposition/ |
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Marvel |
The Great wall of China is one of the world’s marvels./the whether was marvelous |
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Apt |
It was an aptly timed remarked./ Aptness/appropriately |
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Ingredients |
The ingredients of the product are kept secret. |
