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20 Cards in this Set
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Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to.
syn:genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial Ant: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable |
affable
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(V) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth,: to build up or intensify
Syn: augment,amplify, enhance, exalt Ant: reduce decrease diminish |
aggrandize
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(adj) shapeless, without definate form: of no particular type or character
Syn:formless unstructed nebulous inchoate Ant: definate well-defined clear-cut |
amorphous
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(n) that which surrounds a distinctive air or personality
syn:ambience atmoshpere |
aura
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(n) illeagle traffic, smuggled goods
syn: ilicit bootleg unlawful Ant: legal lawful licit |
contraband
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(adj) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
syn: profoundly educated well-read ant:ignorant, uneducated illiterate |
erudite
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(adj)thin, light, delicate, insubstancial
syn: filmy diaphanous sheer airy feathery gauzy ant:thick dense solid massive |
gossamer
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(v) to find out by reasoning: to arrive at a conclusion, hint, imply, suggest
syn:gather deduce presume guess speculate |
infer
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(adj) incapeable of being understood: impossible to see through
syn: impenetrable incomprehensible enigmatic ant: comprehensible intelligent penetrable |
inscrutable
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(adj) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island
syn: narrowminded parchial provincial ant:catholic cosmopolitan liberal |
insular
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(adj) incapable of being changed or called back
syn:irreversible, unrecallable unalterable ant:reversible changeable |
irrevocable
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(n) a natural inclination or predilection toward
syn:natural bent, proclivity, penchant ant: natural incapacity or inablilty |
propensity
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(v) to argue or plead with someone against something
syn: reason against, expostulate |
remonstrate
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(v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
syn:disavow, abjure, renounce ant: avow affirm aver avounch |
repudiate
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(adj)able to return to an original shape or form: able to recover quickly
syn: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy ant: rigid, stiff, inflexable, unyielding |
resilient
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(v) to re-echo, resound, to reflect or be reflected
syn:rumble, thunder, boom, echo |
reverberate
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coarsely abusive, vulgar or low foul-mouthed
syn:obscene filthy abusive vituperative ant: decorous, seemingly, tasteful, diginifiged |
scurrilous
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(adj) persistent, showing industry and determination
syn: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable ant: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose |
sedulous
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(adj) thin or flimsy in texture: cheap: shoddy or inferior in quality or character
syn:inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tetty ant:superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy |
sleazy
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(adj) peevish, complaining, fretful
syn: petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable ant: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid |
querulous
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