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62 Cards in this Set
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Accurate |
Correct |
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Achieve |
Accomplish |
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Active |
Energetic |
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Adamant |
Firm |
To maintain a healthy weight, you have to make firm decisions about physical activity and diet. |
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Adequate |
Sufficient |
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Aggressive |
Assertive |
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Aid |
Help |
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Amateur |
Beginner |
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Ambitious |
Aspiring |
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Approve |
Accept |
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Arrive |
Reach |
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Authentic |
Genuine |
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Dreadful, Atrocious |
Awful |
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Bashful |
Shy, Timid |
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Prior |
Earlier |
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Initiate, start |
Beginning |
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Believe |
Trust, accept |
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Beneficial |
Useful, helpful |
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Finest, choice |
Best |
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Birth |
Beginning |
Her husband's death marked the beginnig of her proplems. |
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Blend |
Combine |
When you mix blue and green paints, you get a different color called cyan. |
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Foundation |
Bottom |
Such a tall building requires a strong foundation lest it collapses and cause serious damages. |
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Bold |
Brave |
The courageous police officer pursued the thugs alone after his companions sustained gun wounds. |
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Fracture |
Break |
The soccer player was involved in a car accident that left him with a fracture in his left ankle. |
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Burst |
Break |
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Concise |
Brief |
The professor gave a short speech before the ceremony started. |
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Tranquil |
Calm |
This job requires someone who can stay calm under pressure. |
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Nippy |
Chilly |
I would rather play soccer because swimming would not be fun on such a chilly day. |
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Pudgy |
Chubby |
Many chubby children slim down when they grow up. |
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Plump |
Chubby |
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Simplify |
Clarify |
I tried to explain to her that her friends were misleading her, but she dismissed me. |
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Imminent |
Close |
Everybody is waiting for the guests'imminent arrival. |
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Bumpy |
Coarse |
We drove down a bumpy road to the abandoned village. |
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Amusing |
Comical |
The story was so funny that we could help but burst out in laughter. |
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Confine |
Enclose |
The health officials failed to confine the epidemic to the village. |
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Strruggle |
Conflict |
Most third world countries cannot successfully fight poverty because of corrupt leaders. |
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Conform |
Comply, submit |
All businesses that comply with all regulations will not face legal action. |
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Valor |
Bravery |
Jumping in the flooded stream to save the drowning child was an act of courage. |
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Rolling out |
Introducing over a period of time. So it's starting to happen, but is not finished yet. |
They are rolling out to all store |
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Nudge |
A little push, a reason To push somebody gently, especially with your elbow, in order to get their attention |
He nudged me and whispered, 'look who'd just come in.' |
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Fell steadily |
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Rose gradually |
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Sales fluctuated wildy, but the trend was upward. |
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Graph fluctuated wildly, but the trend was downward |
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It dropped slightly. |
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Sales of books fell and then leveled off. |
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The Sales rose gradually and then climbed sharply. Increased suddenly |
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It declined dramatically. Fell Decrease |
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It increased and then leveled off. |
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It dropped suddenly. |
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Door-to-door service |
Service that start at the place you decide and then transported to an address you determine. |
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Coach bus |
A Bus used for longer-distance service |
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Spectacular growth |
Rapid growth |
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Long-term |
Sustainable |
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Ecological |
Environmental |
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Pricing |
Charging |
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Solely |
Alone |
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Courteous |
Civil |
It is considered courteous to say "Excuse me" after you sneeze. |
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Cranky |
Cross, Irritable |
My father is always irritable when he is drunk. |
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Daft |
Insane |
She went insane after gambling away all her inheritance. |
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Heartless |
Cruel |
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Audacious |
Daring |
He was always bold in his actions even when no one supported his course. |
