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15 Cards in this Set
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blanched |
to make pale, as with sickness or fear Syn: paled, ashen Ant: colored, darkened |
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breakthrough |
any significant or sudden advance, development, achievement, or increase, as in scientific knowledge or diplomacy, that removes a barrier to progress Syn: development, progress Ant: decline, loss |
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decimation |
to destroy a great number or proportion of Syn: annihilation, devastation Ant: miracle, wonder |
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esotery |
knowledge understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest Syn: mysterious, obscure Ant: common, famliar |
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facilitate |
to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.) Syn: aid, help Ant: block, delay |
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hunch |
a premonition or suspicion; guess Syn: instinct, intuition Ant: knowledge, reason |
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iconoclast |
a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition Syn: heretic, sceptic Ant: believer |
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incorrigible |
bad beyond correction or reform; impervious to constraints or punishment; willful; unruly; uncontrollable Syn: hardened, loser Ant: good, obedient |
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nettle |
to irritate, annoy, or provoke Syn: annoy, irritate Ant: calm, soothe |
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photographic memory |
the ability to recall images with vividness bordering on actual visual perception |
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reallocate |
to set apart again for a particular purpose; assign or allot Syn: redistribute Ant: keep, retain |
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refute |
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge Syn: contradict, oppose Ant: agree, support |
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subordinate |
placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank; of less importance; secondary Syn: inferior, underling Ant: chief, superior |
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victim |
a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency Syn: casualty, fatality Ant: criminal, perpetrator |
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visceral |
characterized by or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect Syn: instinctive, intuitive Ant: learned, reasoned |
