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25 Cards in this Set
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Abhor
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Hate
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synonym: loathe
antonym: love sentence: The teacher abhors bullying. |
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Bigot
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Narrow minded, prejudice person
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synonym: stickler, racist
antonym: liberal, tolerator sentence: some of the comments on here really show what a band og small minded bigots they really are. |
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Counterfeit
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fake, false
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synonym: fraudulent
antonym: real sentence: they tried to buy stuff with counterfeit money. |
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Enfranchise
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Give voting rights
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synonym: citizenize
antonym: enslave sentence: in 1920, women were enfranchised. |
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Hamper
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Hinder, obstruct
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synonym: block
antonym: support sentence: the complications of chinese writing greatly hamper education. |
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Noxious
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harmful, poisonous, lethal
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synonym: poisonous
antonym: harmless sentence: stay away from the noxious fumes. |
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Placid
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Calm, peaceful
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synonym: easygoing
antonym: wild sentence: it was placid water. |
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Remuneration
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Payment for work done
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synonym: wage
antonym: nonpayment sentence: Hired servants received remuneration in form of crops. |
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Kindle
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Start a fire
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synonym: ignite
antonym: quench sentence: a fire was soon kindled and we enjoyed a warm can of beans. |
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Talisman
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Lucky charm
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synonym: juju
antonym: curse sentence: he carried a human thumb as talisman in the war. |
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Abrasive
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rough, harsh, course
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bilk
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cheat, defraud
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covert
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hidden, covered
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engender
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cause
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hangar
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storage area (air plane)
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knotty
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complex, difficult to solve
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nuance
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something subtle, a fine shade of meaning
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plagiarism
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taking credit for someone else's work
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renown
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fame
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tangent
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going off the main subject
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abasement
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humiliation, degradation
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billowing
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swelling, fluttering, waving
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plethora
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an excess
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synonym: many
antonym: lack sentence: |
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repudiate
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shun, eschew
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synonym: adandon
antonym: approve sentence: |
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tedium
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boredom
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synonym: boredom
antonym: excitement sentence: he grew tired of the tedium of the long journey. |
