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34 Cards in this Set
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Adversary
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(n.) an enemy opponent
SYNONYMS: angtagonist, rival, foe ANTONYMS: friend, ally, supporter, confederate |
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alienate
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(v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
SYNONYMS: Seperate, drive apart, estrange ANTONYMS: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile |
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artifice
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(n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
SYNONYMS: ruse, stratagem, contrivance |
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coerce
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(v.) to compel, force
SYNONYMS: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain ANTONYMS: persuade, cajole |
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craven
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(adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward
SYNONYMS: (adj.) fearful, faintheated, pussillanimous ANTONYMS: (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant |
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Culinary
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(adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen
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delete
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(v.) to earase, wipe out, cut out
SYNONYMS: remove, cancel, expunge ANTONYMS: insert, add, retain, include |
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demise
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(n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
SYNONYMS: decease, passing away, downfall ANTONYMS: birth, beginning, commencement |
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exhilarate
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(v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
SYNONYMS: stimulate, excite, gladden ANTONYMS: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit |
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fallow
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(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; redish-yellow; (n.) land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed
SYNONYMS: (adj.) unproductive, inert, dormat ANTONYMS: (adj.) productive, fertile, prolific |
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harass
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(v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble bye repeated attacks
SYNONYMS: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer |
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inclement
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(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
SYNONYMS: blustery, tempestuous, implacable ANTONYMS: mild. gentle, balmy, tranquil |
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muse
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(v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
SYNONYMS: meditate, contemplate, daydream |
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negligible
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(adj.) so unimportant that it cen be disregarded
SYNONYMS: trival, inconsequential, insignificant ANTONYMS: significant, crusial, momentous |
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perpetuate
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(v.) to make permanent or long lasting
SYNONYMS: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely ANTONYMS: discontinue, abolish, abandon |
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precedent
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(n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
SYNONYMS: guide, tradition, model |
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punitive
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(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment
SYNONYMS: penalizing, retaliatory |
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redress
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(v.) to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or injury
SYNONYMS: (v.) rectify, correct, mitigate |
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sojourn
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(n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a time
SYNONYMS: (n.) visit, stopover, brief stay |
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urbane
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(adj.) refined in manner or style, suave
SYNONYM: elegant ANTONYMS: crude, uncouth boorish |
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adroit
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(adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
SYNONYMS: clever, deft, dexterous, slick ANTONYMS: clumsy, inept, all thumbs |
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amicable
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(adj.) peaceable, friendly
SYNONYMS: congenial, neighborly, cordial ANTONYMS: hostile, antagonistic |
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averse
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(adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
SYNONYMS: disinclined, loath ANTONYMS: favorably, disposed, eager, keen |
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belligerent
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(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war
SYNONYMS: (adj.) assertive, truculent, pugnacious ANTONYMS: (adj.) peaceful, conciliatory, placid |
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benevolent
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(adj.) kindly, chariatable
SYNONYMS: benign, well-meaning ANTONYMS: malicious, spiteful, malevolent |
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cursory
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(adj.) hasy, not thorough
SYNONYMS: quick, superficial, perfunctory ANTONYMS: thorough, painstaking, careful |
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duplicity
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(n.) treachery, deceitfulness
SYNONYMS: fraud, double-dealing, chicanery |
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extol
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(v.) to praise extravagantly
SYNONYMS: glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail ANTONYMS: critisize, belittle, disparage |
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feasible
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(adj.) possible, able to be done
SYNONYMS: workable, practicable, viable |
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grimace
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(n.) a wry face, facial distortion; (v.) to make a wry face
SYNONYMS: (n.) pained expression, facial contortion ANTONYMS: (n.) smile, grin; (v.) beam |
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holocaust
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(n.) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
SYNONYMS: conflagration, devastation, annihilation ANTONYMS: porous, permeable, vulnerable |
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impervious
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(adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrace
SYNONYMS: impenetrable, resistant, proof against ANTONYMS: porous, permeable, vulnerable |
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impetus
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(n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus
SYNONYMS: impule, incentive, spur ANTONYMS: curb, hindrance, impediment, constraint |
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jeopardy
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(n.) danger
SYNONYMS: risk, hazard, peril ANTONYMS: safety, security |
