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63 Cards in this Set
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ABBREVIATED COMMUNICATION
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abridge
compendium cursory curtail syllabus synopsis terse |
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ACT QUICKLY
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apace
abrupt headlong impetuous (moving w/ great force/violence) precipitate |
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ASSIST
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abet
advocate ancillary bolster corroborate countenance espouse mainstay munificent proponent stalwart sustenance |
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BAD MOOD
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bilious
dudgeon irascible pettish petulant pique querulous umbrage waspish |
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BEGINNER/AMATEUR
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dilettante
fledging neophyte novitiate proselyte tyro |
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BEGINNING/YOUNG
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burgeoning
callow engender inchoate incipient nascent |
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BITING (AS IN WIT OR TEMPER)
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acerbic
acidulous acrimonious asperity caustic mordacious mordant trenchant |
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BOLD
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audacious
dauntless |
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BORING
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banal
fatuous hackneyed insipid pedestrian platitude prosaic quotidian trite |
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CAROUSAL
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bacchanalian
debauchery depraved dissipated iniquity libertine libidinous licentious reprobate ribald salacious sordid turpitude |
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CHANGING QUICKLY
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capricious
mercurial |
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COPY
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counterpart
emulate factitious paradigm precursor quintessence vicarious |
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CRITICISE/CRITICISM
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aspersion
calumny decry deride/derisive diatribe disparage excoriate gainsay harangue impugn inveigh objurgate obloquy opprobrium pillory rebuke remonstrate reprehend reprove revile tirade vituperate |
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DEATH/MOURNING
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bereave
defunct dolorous elegy knell obsequies sepulchral wraith |
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DENYING OF SELF
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abnegate
ascetic spartan stoic temperate |
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DICTATORIAL
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despotic
dogmatic hegemonic imperious peremptory |
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DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
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ambiguous
arcane bemusing esoteric inscrutable opaque paradoxical recondite turbid |
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DISGUSTING/OFFENSIVE
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defile
fetid invidious noisome putrid rebarbative |
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EASY TO UNDERSTAND
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cogent
limpid lucid pellucid |
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ECCENTRIC/DISSIMILAR
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anachronism
iconoclast eclectic esoteric |
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EMBARRASS
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abash
chagrin compunction contrition diffidence expiate foible gaucherie rue |
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EQUAL
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equity
tantamount |
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FALSEHOOD
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apocryphal
canard chicanery dissemble equivocate erroneous ersatz feigned guile mendacious perfidy prevaricate specious spurious |
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FAMILY
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consanguine
distaff endogamous fratricde scion |
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FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
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ardor/ardent
doctrinaire fervid tendentious zealot |
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FORGIVE
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absolve
exculpate exonerate expiate palliate redress vindicate |
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FUNNY
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chortle
droll facetious flippant gibe jocular levity ludicrous raillery riposte simper |
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GAPS/OPENINGS
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abatement
aperture fissure hiatus interregnum interstice lull orifice rent respite rift |
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GENEROUS/KIND
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altruistic
beneficient clement largess magnanimous munificent unstinting |
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GREEDY
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avaricious
covetous mercenary miserly penurious rapacious venal |
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HARDHEARTED
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asperity
baleful dour fell mordant sardonic scathing truculent vituperation |
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HARMFUL
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baleful
baneful inimical insidious minatory perfidious pernicious |
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HARSH-SOUNDING
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cacophany
din strident |
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HATRED
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anathema
antipathy enmity odium rancor |
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HEALTHY
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salubrious
salutary |
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HESITATE
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dither
oscillate teeter vacillate waver |
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HOSTILE
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antithetic
churlish curmudgeon misanthropic truculent vindictive |
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INNOCENT/INEXPERIENCED
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credulous
gullible ingenuous |
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INSINCERE
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disingenuous
dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous |
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INVESTIGATE
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appraise
assay descry peruse |
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LAZY/SLUGGISH
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indolent
lackadaisical languid lassitude phlegmatic quiescent slothful torpid |
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LUCK
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adventitious
amulet fortuitous kismet portentous propitiate propitious providential talisman |
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NAG
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admonish
cavil belabor enjoin exhort harangue hector martinet remonstrate reproof |
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NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
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askance
awry careen carom meander oblique serrated sidle sinuous undulating vortex |
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OVERBLOWN/WORDY
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cirumlocution
garrulous grandiloquent loquacious periphrastix prolix urgid |
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PACIFY/SATISFY
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ameliorate
assuage defer mitigate mollify placate propitiate satiate slake |
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POOR
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destitute
esurient impecunious indigent |
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PRAISE
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accolade
aggrandize encomium eulogise extol fawn laud venerate |
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PREDICT
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augur
auspice fey harbinger portentous presage prescient prognosticate |
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PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
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discomfit
encumber fetter forfend impede occlude |
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SMART/LEARNED
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astute
canny erudite perspicacious |
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SORROW
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disconsolate
doleful dolor elegiac forlom lugubrious morose plaintive threnody |
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STUBBORN
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implacable
inexonerable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward vexing |
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TERSE
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compendious
curt laconic pithy succinc taciturn |
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TIME/ORDER/DURATION
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anachronism
antecede anterious diurnal eon ephemeral penultimate synchronous |
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TIMID/TIMIDITY
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craven
diffident pussilanimous recreant timorous trepidation |
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TRUTH
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candor/candid
fealty indubitable probity veracious verity |
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UNUSUAL
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aberration
iconoclast idiosyncrasy |
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WALKING ABOUT
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abulatory
itinerant peripatetic |
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WANDERING
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discursive
expatiate forage itinerant peregrination peripatetic sojourn |
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WEAKEN
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adulterate
enervate exacerbate obviate stultify vitiate |
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WISDOM
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adage
aphorism apothegm axiom bromide dictum epigram platitude sententious truism |
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WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
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abeyance
abjure abnegation abrogate decamp demur recant recidivism remission renege rescind retrograde |
