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10 Cards in this Set
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Adapt
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To adjust or change to suit conditions.
SYN:Regulate, Alter, Acclimate ANT: Remain Unchanged |
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Attest
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To bear witness, affirm to be true of genuine.
SYN: Witness, Verify, Confirm, Corroborate. ANT: Deny, Disprove, Refute, Rebut. |
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Dovetail
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(1) To fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole. (2) A carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail.
SYN: Mesh, Jive, Harmonize. ANT: Clash, be at odds |
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Enormity
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The quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity
SYN: Atrociousness, Heinousness, Atrocity, Vastness. ANT: Mildness, Harmlessness, Innocuousness |
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Falter
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To hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline.
SYN: Waver ANT: Persevere, Plug away at |
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Foreboding
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(1) A warning or feeling that something bad will happen.(2) Marked by fearm ominous.
SYN: Misgiveng, Presentiment, Premonition |
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Forlorn
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Totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless.
SYN: Woebegone, Forsaken, Bereft, Pathetic ANT: Jaunty, Buoyant, Blithe, Chipper |
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Haughty
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Chillingly proud and scornful
SYN:Disdainful, Supercilious ANT: Meek, Humble, Unassuming, Modest |
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Impediment
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A physical defect; a hinderance, obstacle
SYN: Obstruction, Stumbling Block, ANT: Help, Advantage, Asset, Plus |
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Imperative
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(1) Necessary, urgent.(2) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required.
SYN: Essential, Indispensable, Mandatory ANT: Nenessential, Unnecessary, Optional |
