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20 Cards in this Set
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Abscond
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(v) to run off and hide
syn: bolt, make off, skip town |
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Access
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(n)approach or admittance to places, persons, things, an increase (v) to get at, obtain
syn: entry, admittance, entree ant: total exclusion |
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Anarchy
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(n) lack of government an law, confusion
syn: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium ant: law and order, peace and quiet |
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Arduous
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(adj) hard to do, requiring much effort
syn: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing ant: easy, simple, effortless |
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Auspicious
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(adj) favorable, fortune
syn: promising, encouraging, propitious ant: ill-omened, ominous, sinister |
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Biased
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(adj) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
syn: unfair, partial, bigoted ant: fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just |
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Daunt
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(v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
syn: dismay, cow ant: encourage, embolden, reassur |
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Disentangle
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(v) to free from tangles or complications
syn: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl ant: tangle up, ensnarl, snag |
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Fated
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(adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune
syn: destined, preordained, doomed ant: accidental, fortuitous, chance, random |
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Hoodwink
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(v) to mislead by a trick, deceive
syn: dupe, put one over on ant: undeceive, disabuse, clue in |
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Inanimate
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(adj) not having life; without energy or spirit
syn: lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless ant: living, alive, energetic, lively, sprightly |
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Incinerate
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(v) to burn to ashes
syn: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
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Intrepid
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(adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable
syn: valiant, courageous, audacious, daring ant: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
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Larceny
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(n) theft
syn: stealing, robbery, burglary |
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Pliant
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(adj) bending readily, easily influenced
syn: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic ant: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone |
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Pompus
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(adj) overly self important in speech and manner, excessively stately or ceremonious
syn: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic ant: unpretentious, unaffedted, plain |
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Precipice
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(n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
syn: cliff,crag, bluff, promontory, ledge any: abyss, chasm, gorge |
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Rectify
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(v) to make right
syn: remedy, set right ant: mess up,botch, bungle |
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Reprive
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(n) a temporary relief or delay
(v) to grant postponement syn:(n) stay,respite (v) postpone delay ant:(v) proceed |
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Revile
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(v) to attack with words, call bad names
syn: inveigh against, malign,vilify, denounce ant: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize |
