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35 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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to run off and hide
bolt, make off, skip town |
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access
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approach or admittance to places, persons, things, an increase, to get at/obtain
entry, admittance, entree total exclusion |
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anarchy
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a lack of government and low, confusion
chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium law and order, peace and quiet |
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arduous
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hard to do, requiring much effort
hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing easy, simple, effortless |
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auspicious
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favorable, fortunate
promising, encouraging, propitious ill-omened, ominous, sinister |
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biasted
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favoring one side unduly, prejudiced
unfair,partial, bigoted fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just |
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daunt
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to overcome with faer, intimidate, to dihearten, discourage
dismay, cow encourage, embolden, reassure |
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disentange
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to free from tangles orcomplications
unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl tangle up, ensnarl, snag |
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fated
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determined in advance by destiny or fortune
destined, preordained, doomed accidental, fortuitous, chance, random |
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hoodwink
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to mislead by a trick, decieve
dupe, put one over on undecieve, diabuse, clue in |
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inanimate
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not having life, without energy or spirit
lifeless, dea, inert, spiritless living, alive, energeti, lively, sprightly |
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incinerate
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toburn to ashes
burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
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intrepid
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very brave, fearless, unshakable
valiant, courageous, audacious, daring timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
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larceny
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theft
stealing, robbery, burglary |
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pliant
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bending readily, easily influenced
supple, flexible, elastic, plastic rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone |
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pompous
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overly self-important in speech and manner, excessively stately or ceremonious
pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic |
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precipice
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a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster
cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge |
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rectify
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to make right, correct
remedy, set right |
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reprieve
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a tempoerary relief or delay, to grant a postponement
stay, respite, postpone, delay |
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revile
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to attack with words, call bad names
inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce |
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abscond
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to run off and hide
bolt, make off, skip town |
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access
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approach or admittance to places, persons, things, an increase, to get at/obtain
entry, admittance, entree total exclusion |
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anarchy
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a lack of government and low, confusion
chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium law and order, peace and quiet |
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arduous
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hard to do, requiring much effort
hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing easy, simple, effortless |
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auspicious
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favorable, fortunate
promising, encouraging, propitious ill-omened, ominous, sinister |
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biasted
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favoring one side unduly, prejudiced
unfair,partial, bigoted fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just |
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daunt
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to overcome with faer, intimidate, to dihearten, discourage
dismay, cow encourage, embolden, reassure |
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disentange
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to free from tangles orcomplications
unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl tangle up, ensnarl, snag |
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fated
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determined in advance by destiny or fortune
destined, preordained, doomed accidental, fortuitous, chance, random |
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hoodwink
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to mislead by a trick, decieve
dupe, put one over on undecieve, diabuse, clue in |
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inanimate
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not having life, without energy or spirit
lifeless, dea, inert, spiritless living, alive, energeti, lively, sprightly |
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incinerate
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toburn to ashes
burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
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intrepid
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very brave, fearless, unshakable
valiant, courageous, audacious, daring timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
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larceny
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theft
stealing, robbery, burglary |
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pliant
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bending readily, easily influenced
supple, flexible, elastic, plastic rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone |
