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10 Cards in this Set
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(v) Abet
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To encourage, assist, aid, support
A: hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate |
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(v) Aver
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To affirm, declare confidently
S: assert, avouch A: deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim |
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(adj) Blatant
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Noisy; Obvious
S: flagrant, glaring, egregious, A: Inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty |
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(v) Broach
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(v)to bring up or being to talk about
(n) tool |
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(v) Buttress
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to support, prop up, strengthen
S: bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up A: undermine, weaken, impair |
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(n) Carousal
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noisy revelry or merrymaking(usually involving drinking)
S: binge A |
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(n) Collate
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to compare in order to note differences, similarities, etc. To arrange in an order
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(n) Connoisseur
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an expert
S: authority, savant, pundit A: ignoramus, philistine, yahoo |
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(adj) Disconsolate
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deeply unhappy or dejected. without hope
S: inconsolable A: cheerful,blithe, buoyant, jaunty |
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(v) Encumber
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to weigh down, burden
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