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20 Cards in this Set
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Accounterments |
(N., pl.) Accessory items of clothing or equipment; a soldier's outfit, usually not including arms or clothing; trappings |
S: gear, equipage, appurtenances |
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Apogee |
(N.) The point in the orbit of a heavenly body or artificial satellite farthest from the earth;the farthest or highest point |
S: zenith apex, summit, pinnacle A: nadir, bottom,pits, perigee |
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Apropos |
(Adj.) Appropriate, opportune; (adv.) Relevently; incidentally, by the way; speaking of |
S: (adj.) Pertinent, germane, apposite, relevent A: (adj.) Irrelevant, inappropriate, immaterial |
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Bicker |
(V.) To engage in a petty or peevish dispute; to move 9r run rapidly, rush; to flicker, quiver |
S: squabble, wrangle, quarrel, plashA: concur, agree, acquiesce |
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Coalesce |
(V.) To blend together or fuse so as to form one body or substance |
S: amalgamate, merge, combine, unite A: scatter, differ, separate |
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Contretemps |
(N.) An inopportune or embarrassing occurrence; a mishap |
S: blunder, miechance, faux pas, gaffe |
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Convolution |
(N.) A rolling up, coiling, or twisting together; a sinuous folding or design |
S: twist, turn, complication |
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Cull |
(V.) To pick out or select; to gather or collect |
S: glean, choose, pluck |
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Disparate |
(Adj.) Completely distinct or different; entirely dissimilar |
S: divergent A: similar, homogeneous, uniform |
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Dogmatic |
(Adj.) Certain of tur truth of one's own ideas;inclined to state opinions as if they were indisputable facts |
S: opinionated, doctrinaire, authoritarian A: open-minded, disinterested, dispassionate |
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Licentious |
(Adj.) Morally or sexually unrestrained; have no regard for accepted rules, customs, or laws |
S: wanton, dissolute, lascivious A: chaste, modest, restrained, prudish |
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Mete |
(V.) To distribute or apportion by or as if by measure; to allot |
S: assign, parcel out |
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Noxious |
(Adj.) Harmful to physical health or morals |
S: pernicious, noisome,deleterious, toxic A: wholesome, salubrious, beneficial |
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Polemic |
(N.) An aggressive attack on or refutation of a specific opinion or doctrine |
S: diatribe, controversy |
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Populus |
(Adj.) Full of people; filled to capacity; densely populated; having a large population |
S: crowded, teeming, swarming A: uninhabited, unpeeled, deserted, barren |
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Probity |
(N.) Complete and confirmed honesty; total integrity |
S: uprightness, rectitude A: corruption, venality, immorality, iniquity |
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Repartee |
(N.) A swift, witty reply; conversation full of such remarks; skill in making such replies or conversation |
S: retort, comeback, banter, verbal sparring |
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Supervene |
(V.) To take place or occur as something additional or unexpected; to follow immediately after |
S: ensue, succeed A: precede, antecede |
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Truncate |
(V.) To shorten by or ad if by cutting off, lop |
S: trim, abbreviate, curtail A: lengthen, elongate, extend, protract |
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Unimpeachable |
(Adj.) Beond doubt or reproach unquestionable |
S: irreproachable, irrefutable, unassailable A: questionable, debatable, dubious |
