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39 Cards in this Set
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to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve
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allay
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festive, sociable, having fun together, genial
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convivial
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a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group our people with a common interest
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coterie
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to object or take exception to; an objection
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demur
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shameless boldness, impudence
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effrontery
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lasting only a short time, short-lived
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ephemeral
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appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy
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felicitous
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done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen
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furtive
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glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way
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garish
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a person who hates or despises people
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misanthrope
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syn. reeduce, alleviate, moderate
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allay
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syn. fun-loving, jovial, merry
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convivial
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syn. clique, set
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coterie
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syn. protest, object to
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demur
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syn. gall, chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek
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effrontery
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syn. fleeting, transient, evanescent, transitory
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ephemeral
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syn. fortunate, well-put
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felicitous
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syn. clandestine, covert, surreptitious
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furtive
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syn. gaudy, flashy, tawdry
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garish
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syn. people-hater
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misanthrope
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countermand
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to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
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echelon
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one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
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fatuous
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stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
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juggernaut
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a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
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litany
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a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chang; a long list
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paucity
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an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
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portend
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to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
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raze
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to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
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saturnine
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of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
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slough
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to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; a mire; a state of depression
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countermand
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syn. recall revoke
ant. reaffirm, reassert |
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echelon
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syn. level rank
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fatuous
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syn. silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous
ant. sensible, intelligent, perceptive, bright |
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litany
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syn. rigmarole, catalog, megillah
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paucity
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syn. lack
ant. abundance, glut, plentitude, deluge |
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portend
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syn. bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest
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raze
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syn. pull down, demolish, shave off
ant. build, construct, raise, erect |
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saturnine
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syn. sullen, morose
ant. lighthearted, cheerful, vivacious |
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slough
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syn. shed, slog
ant. take on, acquire, assume |
