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51 Cards in this Set
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Enervate
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Antonyms:activate, animate, empower
TAKE ENERGY AWAY |
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Teeming
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Antonyms:empty, lacking
ABUNDANT, LOT OF LIFE |
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Enclave
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A distinctly bounded area enclosed within a larger unit: ethnic enclaves in a large city.
The Americans lived in an enclave in Italy |
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Barren
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Antonyms:fecund, fertile
INCAPABLE OF PRODUCING OFFSPRINGS "Wise sayings often fall on barren ground" |
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Blare
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Antonyms: toot
MAKE LOUD NOISE |
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Whiff
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A brief, passing odor carried in the air: a whiff of perfume
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Glut
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1.To stuff oneself with food. 2.To supply with more than is needed.
There was an absolute glut of desserts on the buffet table |
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Doggerel
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CRUDE IRREGULAR COMIC VERSE
The crowd thinned when the performer launched into his doggerel. |
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Easel
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CABALLETE
para los cuadros |
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Potboiler
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AN ARTISTIC WORK OF POOR QUALITY, PRODUCED QUICLY FOR PROFIT
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Querulous
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Antonyms: cheerful, easy-going, happy
Given to complaining; peevish. |
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Desecrate
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To violate the sacredness of; profane.
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Mollify
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To calm in temper or feeling.
To lessen in intensity;To reduce the rigidity of; soften. |
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Extol
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To praise in the highest terms."We extol the restaurant because of its wonderfully delicious desserts"
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Pliant
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Easily altered or influenced
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Beggar
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Be beyond the resources of.
A person who lives by asking others for money |
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Meandering
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Definition: rambling
Antonyms: succinct Definition: winding Antonyms: straight |
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Mendacious
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Lying; untruthful: a mendacious child
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Frugal
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CAREFULL WITH MONEY
Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich |
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Gibber
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Unintelligible or foolish talk.
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Jabber
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Definition: talk incessantly and trivially
Antonyms: be silent |
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Dawdle
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To move aimlessly or lackadaisically: dawdling on the way to work.
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Uproarious
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Causing or accompanied by an uproar: an uproarious New Year's party.
Loud and full; boisterous: uproarious laughter. |
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Treacherous
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Not to be relied on; not trustworthy. Dangerous or deceptive: treacherous waters.
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Aghast
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Struck by shock, terror, or amazement.
Hillary was aghast at Jason's behavior |
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Devious
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Not straightforward; shifty:I could not follow the workings of his devious mind.
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Plethora
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A superabundance; an excess, gut I have a plethora of potentially putrid puzzlers.
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Dearth
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Lacking sufficient supply; a shortage. The campfire waned due to a dearth of available firewood
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Spate
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A sudden rush or flood:There was a spate of angry letters delivered to the newspaper.
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Tawdry
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Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance.
Shameful or indecent: tawdry secrets |
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Sequester
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To cause to withdraw into seclusion. To remove or set apart; segregate
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Born
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hold up, support
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Equate
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To make equal or equivalent.
To consider, treat, or depict as equal: equates inexperience with youth |
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Firebrand
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person who stirs up trouble or kindles a revolt.
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Backslide
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To revert to sin or wrongdoing Definition: degenerate
Antonyms: progress |
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Maverick
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One that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group
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Hothead
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A quick-tempered or impetuous person
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zealousness
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Passionate devotion to or interest in a cause or subject
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Intemperate
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Definition: immoderate
Antonyms: moderate |
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Fledgling
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A young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers.
A young or inexperienced person. |
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fleeting
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Passing quickly; ephemeral: a fleeting glimpse; a fleeting interest in the campaign
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Anathematize
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To proclaim an anathema on; curse.
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Ascertain
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To find out, to be sure of.
Nadine tried to ascertain the hidden meaning of the poem |
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Aloofness
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indifference by personal withdrawal or a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
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Protract
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To draw out or lengthen in time prolongue: disputants who needlessly protracted the negotiations.
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Stump
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A part, as of a branch, limb, or tooth, remaining after the main part has been cut away, broken off, or worn down
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Louts
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An awkward and stupid person
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Prig
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A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
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Ebb
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A period of decline or diminution: “Insistence upon rules of conduct marks the ebb of religious fervor”
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Tinder
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Readily combustible material, such as dry twigs, used to kindle fires.
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Shard
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A piece of broken pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig; a potsherd.
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