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20 Cards in this Set
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advocate
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to speak in favor of
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antipathy
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extreme dislike;
animosity, animus, antagonism, aversion, enmity |
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bolster
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to support; to prop up;
buttress, support, sustain |
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cacophony
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harsh, jarring noise;
chaos, clamor, din, discord |
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deride
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to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock;
gibe, jeer, mock, ridicule |
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dissonance
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a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds;
clash, contention, discord, dissension, dissidence |
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enervate
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to reduce in strength;
debilitate, enfeeble, sap, weaken |
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eulogy
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speech in praise of someone;
encomium, elegy, panegyric |
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garrulous
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tending to talk alot;
effusive, loquacious |
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ingenuous
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showing innocence or childlike simplicity;
artless, guileless, innocent, naive, unaffected |
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lethargic
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acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner;
apathetic, lackadaisical, languid, listless, torpid |
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malleable
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capable of being shaped;
ductile, plastic, pliable |
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misanthrope
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a person who dislikes others;
curmudgeon |
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obdurate
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hardened in feeling, resistent to persuasion;
inflexible, intransigent, recalcitrant, tenacious, unyielding |
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ostentation
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excessive showiness;
conspicuousness, flashiness, pretentiousness, showiness |
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paradox
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a contradiction or dilemma;
ambiguity, incongruity |
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philanthropic
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promoting goodness; charitable
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prevaricate
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to lie or deviate from the truth;
equivocate, lie, perjure |
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venerate
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to respect deeply;
adore, idolize, revere |
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waver
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to fluctuate between choices;
dither, falter, oscillate, vacillate |
