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20 Cards in this Set
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accost
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approach, confront, address
Ant: avoid, evade, shun |
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animadversion
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criticism, disapproval, rebuke
Ant: praise, compliment |
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avid
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eager, enthusiastic, passionate
Ant: apathetic, unenthusiastic, indifferent |
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brackish
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salty, saline, distasteful
Ant: fresh, sweet |
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celerity
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swiftness, alacrity, speed
Ant: sluggishness, motionless |
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devious
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roundabout, sneaky, indirect
Ant: direct, straightforward |
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gambit
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stratagem, maneuver, ploy
Ant: honesty |
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halcyon
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calm, peaceful, placid
Ant: turbulent, chaotic |
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histrionic
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theatrical, dramatic
Ant: reserved, calm |
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incendiary
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inflammatory, combustible, malevolent
Ant: peacemaker |
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maelstrom
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whirlpool, turmoil, turbulence
Ant: calm, peace |
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myopic
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nearsighted, shortsighted
Ant: farsighted, open-minded |
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overt
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obvious, apparent, palpable, visible
Ant: covert, clandestine, concealed |
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pejorative
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belittling, disparaging, insulting
Ant: complimentary, praising, encouraging |
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propriety
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decorum, decency, appropriateness
Ant: wrongness, inappropriateness |
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sacrilege
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desecration, blasphemy, heresy
Ant: piety, consecration, reverence |
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summarily
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concisely, promptly, briefly
Ant: circuitously, slowly |
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suppliant
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beseeching, entreating
Ant: donor |
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talisman
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charm, amulet, magical
Ant: curse |
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undulate
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ripple, fluctuate
Ant: stagnant, still |
