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30 Cards in this Set
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Barren
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not productive; bare
S: sterile, arid A: fertile, fruitful |
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Humdrum
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ordinary, dull
S: ordinary, prosaic A: lively, thrilling |
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Hurtle
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to rush violently
S: speed, fly A: crawl, creep |
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Insinuate
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to suggest or hint
S: intimate, imply A: barge in, broadcast |
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Interminable
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endless, so long, forever
S: ceaseless, never-ending A: breif, short |
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Recompense
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to pay back
S: repay, compensation A: none |
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Trickle
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to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream
S: drizzle, drip A: poor, flood |
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Vicious
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Evil, bad
S: wicked, savage A: good, kind |
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Available
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ready to use
S: on hand, obtainable A: not to be had, unobtainable |
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Cater
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trying to make things easy and pleasnat
S: provide, indulge A: deny, refuse |
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Customary
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usual, expected
S: regular, normal A: strange, odd |
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Dissuade
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to pursuade not to do something
S: discourage, talk out of A: pursuade, talk into |
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Indignant
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unworthy, or mean
S: offended, outraged A: overjoyed, pleased |
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Indispensable
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absoulutely necessary
S: vital, crucial A: nonessenial, unnnecessary |
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Drone
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a buzzing or humming sound
S: hum, buzz A: hard worker, workaholic |
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Goad
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to drive or urge on
S: prod, incite A: curb, check |
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Loom
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to come into view
S: tower, surface A: none |
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Luster
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giving off light, beilliance
S: gloss, shine A: dullness, tarnish |
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Oration
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a public speech for a formal occasion
S: adress, harangue A: none |
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Unique
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one of a kind
S: singular, distinctive A: ordinary, run-of-the-mill |
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Buffoon
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a clown
S: jester, foll A: none |
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Fruitless
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uneccessful
S: vain, futile A: productive, effective |
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Inflict
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to give to cause something unpleasant
S: visit upon, deal out A: suffer, sustain |
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Docile
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easy taught
S: pliant, teachable A: wayward, unruly |
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Peevish
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cross
S: cranky, crabby A: plesant, amiable |
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Mutal
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shared
S: joint, shared A: one-sided, unlteral |
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Mortifying
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to hurt someones feelings deeply
S: abash, embarrass A: none |
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Rural
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life in country
S: rustic, countrified A: urban, citified |
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Substantial
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large, major
S: big, tangiable A: minor, insignificant |
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Tamper
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to handle in a secret improper way
S: fool with, mess with A: none |
