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30 Cards in this Set
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syn: forswear, retract, recant, abstain from
ant: affirm, avow, aver, profess |
abjure
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syn: irritating. stinging. bitter, caustic
ant: gentle, soothing, mild |
acrid
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syn: stately, dignified, exalted, venerable
ant: humble, base, mean, lowly, abject |
august
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syn: insensitive, unsympathetic, thick-skinned
ant: sinsitive, compassionate, tenderhearted |
callous
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syn: covert, furtive, surreptitious, stealthy
ant: open, overt, undisguised, aboveboard |
clandestine
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syn: scruple, qualm, misgiving, contrition, remorse, regret
ant: shamelessness, insouciance, nonchalance |
compunction
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syn: holocaust, wildfire
ant: deluge, flood |
conflagaration
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syn: overjoyed, ecstatic, tickled pink
ant: depressed, crestfallen, despondent,blue |
elated
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syn: lasting, permanent, unforgettable
ant: erasable, impermanent, ephemeral |
indelible
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syn: lenient, permissive, tolerant, liberal
ant: strict, severe, inflexible, hard-nosed |
indulgent
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syn: forswear, retract, recant, abstain from
ant: affirm, avow, aver, profess |
abjure
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syn: irritating. stinging. bitter, caustic
ant: gentle, soothing, mild |
acrid
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syn: stately, dignified, exalted, venerable
ant: humble, base, mean, lowly, abject |
august
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syn: insensitive, unsympathetic, thick-skinned
ant: sinsitive, compassionate, tenderhearted |
callous
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syn: covert, furtive, surreptitious, stealthy
ant: open, overt, undisguised, aboveboard |
clandestine
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syn: scruple, qualm, misgiving, contrition, remorse, regret
ant: shamelessness, insouciance, nonchalance |
compunction
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syn: holocaust, wildfire
ant: deluge, flood |
conflagaration
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syn: overjoyed, ecstatic, tickled pink
ant: depressed, crestfallen, despondent,blue |
elated
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syn: lasting, permanent, unforgettable
ant: erasable, impermanent, ephemeral |
indelible
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syn: lenient, permissive, tolerant, liberal
ant: strict, severe, inflexible, hard-nosed |
indulgent
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syn: persisting, chronic, dyed-in-the-wool
ant: sporadic, intermittent, occasional |
inveterate
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syn: inapplicaple, immaterial, beside the point
ant: pertinent, material, apropos, germane |
irrelevant
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syn: nighttime
ant: daytime, diurnal |
nocturnal
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syn: cliche, truism, bromide
ant: epigram, quip, witticism, bon mot |
platitude
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syn: suppress, pacify, squelch, quash, crush
ant: incite, provoke, arouse, foment, stir up |
quell
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syn: inactive, at rest, still, inert, motionless, dormant, tranquil
ant: active, thriving, lively, bustling, volatile |
quiescent
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syn: ponder, meditate, muse, reflect, mull over
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ruminate
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syn: unexpressed, silent, unspoken, understood, implicit
ant: explicit, express, specific |
tacit
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syn: perceptible, actual, evident, palpable
ant: immaterial, imperceptible, insubstantial |
tangible
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syn: penetratio, cutting, telling, acute
ant: dull, bland, insipid, vapid, imperceptible |
trechant
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