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20 Cards in this Set
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Ameliorate
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VERB: to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
SYNONYMS: amend, better ANT: worsen, agravate, exacerbate |
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Aplomb
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NOUN: poise, assurance, great self-confidence
SYN: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness ANT: confusion, embarrassement, abashment |
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Bombastic
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ADJ: pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
SYN: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious ANT: unadorned, simple, plain, austere |
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Callow
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ADJ: without experience, immature, not fully developed
SYN: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced ANT: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisiticated |
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Drivel
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NOUN: salvia or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense
VERB: to let saliva flow from the mouth; to waste or fritter away foolishly sYN: balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot, slaver |
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Epitome
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NOUN: a summary, condensed account, an instance that represents a larger reality
SYN: abstract, digest, model |
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Exhort
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VERB: to urge strongly, advise earnestly
SYN: entreat, implore, adjure ANT: discourage, advise agaisint, deprecate |
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Ex officlo
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ADJ/ADV: by virtue of holding a certain office
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Infringe
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VERB: to violate, tresspass, go beyond recognized bounds
SYN: encroachm impingem intrude, poach ANT: stay in bounds |
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Interloper
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NOUN: one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, intruder
SYN: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky |
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Intrinsic
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ADJ: belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essenetial
SYN: immanent, organic ANT: acclaim, glorify, extol |
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Lassitude
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NOUN: weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
SYN: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor ANT: energy, vitality. animation, liveliness |
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Millennium
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NOUN: a period of one thousand years; a preiod of great joy
SYN: chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace ANT: doomsday, day of judgement |
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Occult
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ADJ: mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view
NOUN: matters involving the supernatural SYN: supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane ANT: mundane, common, public, exoteric |
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Permeate
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VERB: to spread through, penetrate, soak through
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Precipitate
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VERB: to fall as mosture; to cause or bring about suddenly, to hurl down from a great height
ADJ: characterized by excessive haste NOUN: moisture SYN: provoke, produce, reckless, impetuous ANT: wary, cautious, circumspect |
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Stringent
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ADJ: strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
SYN: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative ANT: lenient, mild, lax, permissive |
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Surmise
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VERB: to think of believe without certain supporting evidence; to guess
NOUN: likely idea that lacks definite proof SYN: infer, gather, inference, presumption |
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Ingratiate
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VERB: to make onself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others
SYN: cozy up to, curry favor with ANT: alienate, humilate oneself |
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Inveigh
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VERB: to make a violent attack in worlds, express strong disapproval
SYN: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate ANT: accllaim, glorify, extol |
