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20 Cards in this Set
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acuity
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syn: keenness, acuteness
ant: dullness, obtuseness |
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delineate
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syn: depict, picture, render
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depraved
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syn: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt
ant: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted |
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enervate
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syn: impair, cripple, paralyze
ant: invigorate, strengthen, buttress |
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esoteric
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syn: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite
ant: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible |
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fecund
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syn: fertile, teeming, prolific
ant: infertile, barren, unproductive |
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fiat
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syn: edict, dictum, ukase
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figment
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syn: creation, invention, fancy
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garner
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syn: collect, accumulate, accrue
ant: scatter, squander, waste, dissipate |
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hallow
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syn: venerate, bless
ant: desecrate, defile, profane |
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idiosyncrasy
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syn: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism
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ignominy
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syn: dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium
ant: honor, glory, acclaim |
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mundane
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syn: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary
ant: heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental |
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nuance
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syn: shade, nicety, refinement
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overweening
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syn: arrogant, unbridled, inflated
ant: restrained, understated, modest, meek |
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penchant
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syn: proclivity, propensity, predilection
ant: disinclination, aversion |
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reputed
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syn: putative, reputable, supposed
ant: proven, corroborated, authenticated |
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sophistry
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syn: specious reasoning
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sumptuous
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syn: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid
ant: skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan |
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ubiquitous
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syn: omnipresent, pervasive, universal
ant: restricted, limited, rare, scarce |
