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20 Cards in this Set
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Abridge
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V. To make shorter.
Synonyms: shorten, condense, abbreviate. Antonyms: expand, enlarge, aument. |
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Abherent
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N. a follower, supporter; adj. attached, sticking to.
Synonyms: n. disciple Antonyms: n. opponent, adverasry, critic, detractor. |
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Altercation
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N. An angry argument.
Synonyms: quarrel, dispute, squabble. Antonyms: agreement, accord. |
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Cherubic
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Adj. resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent.
Synonyms: angelic, seraphic, beatific. Antonyms: impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish. |
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Condone
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V. To pardon or overlook.
Synonyms: ingore, wink at, turn a blind eye to Antonyms: censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate. |
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Dissent
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V. To disagree; n. disagreement.
Synonyms: v. differ, dispute. Antonyms: v. agree, concur; n. unanimity, harmony. |
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Eminent
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Adj. famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting.
Synonyms: illustrious, renowed. Antonyms: obscure, nameless, unsung, lowly, humble. |
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Exorcise
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V. To drive out by magic; to dispose nof something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive.
Synonyms: expel, dispel. |
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Fabricate
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V. To make, manufacture; to make up, invent.
Synonyms: put together, devise, contrive, concoct. Antonyms: take apart, undo, destroy, demolish. |
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Irate
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Adj. Angry
Synonyms: incensed, infuriated, enraged, livid. Antonyms: calm, composed, cool, unruffled. |
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Marauder
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N. A raider, plunderer.
Synonyms: looter, pirate, freebooter. |
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Obesity
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N. Excessive fatness.
Synonyms: serious overweight, extreme corpulence. Antonyms: emaciation, gauntness, scrawniness. |
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Pauper
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N. An extremely poor person.
Synonyms: destitute person. Antonyms: millionaire, tycoon. |
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Pilfer
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V. To steal in small quantities.
Synonyms: filch, rob, swipe, purloin. |
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Rift
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N. A split break, breach.
Synonyms: crack, fissure, gap, cleft. Antonyms: reconciliation. |
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Semblance
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N. A likenes; an outward appearance; an apparition.
Synonyms: appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade. Antonyms: dissimilarity, contrast, total lack. |
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Surmount
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V. To overcome, rise above,
Synonyms: conquer, triumph over. Antonyms: be vanquished, be defeated, succomb to. |
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Terminate
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V. To bring to an end.
Synonyms: conclude, finish, discontinue. Antonyms: begin, commence, initiate. |
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Trite
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Adj. Commonplace; overused, stale.
Synonyms: banal, hackneyed, corny. Antonyms: origional, novel, fresh, innovative. |
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Usurp
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V. To seize and hold a position by force or without right.
Synonyms: seize illegally, commandeer, supplant. |
