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30 Cards in this Set
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Abdicate
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Verb
To give up formally, as an office, duty, power or claim resign, renounce, relinquish, divest oneself of; resignation, renunciation, relinquishment retain, hold onto |
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Abet
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Verb
To encourage or assist, especially in wrongdoing egg on; promote, further, advance, help, aid dissuade, discourage, deter, restrain, curb, inhibit, hinder, block, frustrate, thwart |
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Abhor
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Verb
To regard with horror and loathing; to hate intensely Loathe, despise, detest, abominate Like, fancy, relish, love, cherish, delight in, be fond of, dote on |
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Abject
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Adjective
a. Wrteched, miserable, degrading, humiliating b. Mean-spirited, base; despicable, contemptible c. Complete and unrelieved Disheartening, debasing, hopeless, helpless, vile, shameless, ignoble, craven; utter, sheer, downright, thoroughgoing |
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Absolve
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Verb
To clear of guilt or blame Acquit, exonerate, exculpate, vindicate, acquittal, exoneration, vindication Incriminate, inculpate, indict, impeach; conveict, condemn; indictment; conviction, condemnation |
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Abstain
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Verb
To refrain completely and voluntarily Forgo, forbear, avoid, shun, eschew, self-restraint, self-denial, forbearance, abstemiousness; abstemious, forebearing, temperate, sparing, moderate, ascetic indulge, partake; indulgence, self-indulgent, intemperate, immoderate |
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Academic
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Adjective
a. Pertaining to a college or other institution of learning; scholarly b. Theoretical rather than practical; unrealistic scholastic; speculative |
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Accede
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Verb
a. To yield to; to agree to b. To enter upon an office or dignity Agree, asent, consent, concur, acquiesce, comply Dissent, demur, balk at |
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Acclimate
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Verb
To get used to Adjust, adapt, orient, orientate, familiarize, accustom, habituate; orientation |
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Addiction
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A habit-forming practice or pursuit, usually one that is bad for a person's health or morally objectionable; habitual use of, or devotion to, something
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Adjourn
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Verb
a. To close formally b. To put off to another time; to move to another place Conclude, terminate, defer, postpone, suspend, transfer |
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Adverse
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Adjective
Hostile in purpose or effect; unfavorable Unfavorable, unfriendly, negative, antagonistic, antipathetic, inimical Faborable, friendly, propitious |
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Advocate
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Verb
a. To speak or argue in favor of; to give active public support to b. A person who pleads in the interest of a cause or individual Champion, support, espouse, uphold, recommend, proponent, back, defender, spokesman Denounce, condmn, oppose, attack, critic; opponent, adversary, antagonist |
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Aesthetic
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Adjective
Pertaining to a sense of beauty; artistic |
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Affable
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Adjective
Coureous and agreeable in manner; easy to talk to or approach Sociable, genial, amiable, friendly, good-natured Unsociable, surly, testy, ill-tempered |
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Affectation
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Noun
A pretentious display of manners or sentiments that are not genuine; a paticular hait of dress or behavior that has been adopted to impress others Pose, pretense; mannerism |
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Affluent
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Adjective
Prosperous, wealthy Flourishing, well-to-do, opulent Indigent, destitute, penniless, poverty-stricken |
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Agenda
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Noun
A list or program of things to be done or acted upon Schedule, docket |
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Aggregate
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
a. The total amount or some total of the individual parts b. To gether or merge into a single whole; to amount to c. Total, collective Mass, assemblage, amalgamation, conglomeration, cluster; amalgamate, consolidate; net, composite |
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Agile
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Adjective
Swift and light in action, movement or thought Nimble, limber, alert, brisk, supple, lithe, spry Torpid, sluggish, lethargic; awkward, clumsy |
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Alienate
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Verb
To cause hostility or indifference where love, friendliness or interest formerly existed Estrange, disaffect, antagonize Befriend, captivate |
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Allege
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Verb
To claim that something is true but without offering any proof Claim, contend; declare, assert, affirm, avow, asservate, aver |
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Allude
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To refer to indirectly Hint at, suggest, insinuate, intimate |
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Abbience
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Noun
The surrounding or pervading atmosphere; the tone and spirit of an environment Surroundings, millieu, setting; character, flavor |
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Ambivalent
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Adjective
Wavering or uncertain because of an inability to make a choice between two contradictory feelings or viewpoints in regard to a person, a thing, or a course of action Contradictory, opposing, conflicting, equivocal, vacillating Definite, firm, unwavering, steady, clear-cut, unequivocal |
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Amnsesty
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Noun
An officila pardon granted to offenders against the government, especially for political offenses Forgiveness, immunity, remission, absolution |
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Anachronism
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Noun
The misplacing of an object or event in a period to which it cannot possibly belong; anything out of its proper ime frame Incongruity, inconsistency, contradiction, throwback |
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Anarchy
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Absence of governmental authority; general political and social disorder
Disorder, chaos, lawlessness, pandemonium, turmoil |
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Anathema
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Noun
a. A curse or strong denunciation b. The person or thing cursed; more generally any object of intense dislike MAlediction, execration, imprecation, abomination Blessing, bendiction, eulogy, encomium; bless, glify, praise, extol, cherish |
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Anecdote
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Noun
A brief account of some interesting or amusing incident, especially one containing biographical or historical details Tale, story, vignette, sketch, narrative, remiscence, memoir, episode, storyteller, racounteur |
