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25 Cards in this Set
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apogee
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highest or most distant point; the climax
ant. lowest point |
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betoken
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to give a sign of
ant. to hide; conceal |
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cite
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to quote an authority
ant. to allude to |
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communal
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pertaining to a group or community
ant. |
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coterie
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a small group that shares interests
ant. individual |
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decelerate
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to slow down
ant. to speed up |
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despairing
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hopeless, despondent
ant. hopeful |
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disapprobation
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disapproval, condemnation
ant. sanction |
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extemporanious
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made with little or no preparation, not planned
ant. planned |
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extrinsic
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not inherent, external
syn. alien, extraneous, foreign ant. essential |
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fallible
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capable of making an error
ant. not likely to be erroneous |
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gentility
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state of refinement, member of the upper class or gentry
ant. boorishness |
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implicit
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understood but not directly expressed
ant. obscure |
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iniquitity
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gross injustice; wickedness; wicked act
syn. perverseness |
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intrinsic
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belonging to or pertaining to the essential nature of a thing
ant. extraneous |
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kinetic
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pertaining to motion; characterized by movement
ant. immobile |
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moratorium
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a suspension of activity
ant. period of activity |
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opprobrium
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disgrace and reproach as a result of bad conduct
ant. praise |
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puerile
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childish, immature
ant. mature |
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pulchritude
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beauty, comeliness
ant. ugliness |
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reprise
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a recurrence, renewal, or resumption of an action
syn. recapitulation, repetition |
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scathing
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bitterly severe; harmful; injurious
ant: harmless |
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supplant
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to take the place of
syn: displace; supersede |
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topicality
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subject of current interest
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waver
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to show indecision or to vacillate
ant: to stand firm |
