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26 Cards in this Set
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TAIN/TEN/TENT/TIN
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TO HOLD
DETAIN, PERTAIN, TENACIOUS, TENURE, SUSTENENCE ABSTENTION: THE ACT OF REFRAINING VOLUNTARILY. TENABLE: CAPABLE OF BEING HELD, MAINTAINED, OR DEFENDED. PERTENACIOUS: PERSISTENT, STUBBORN. |
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TEND/TENS/TENT/TENU
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TO STRETCH; TO THIN
TENSION, TANATIVE, DISTEND TENDENTIOUS: PREDISPOSED TO A POINT OF VIEW. ATTENUATE: TO WEAKEN OR REDUCE IN FORCE. EXTENUATE: MAKING LESS SERIOUS BY OFFERING EXCUSES. CONTENTIOUS: QUARRELSOME, DISAGREEABLE, BELIGERENT. |
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THEO
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GOD
ATHIEST, THEOCRACY, THEOLOGY APOTHEOSIS: GLORIFICATION, GLORIFIED IDEAL. |
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TRACT
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TO DRAG; TO PULL; TO DRAW
TRACTOR, ATTRACT, CONTRACT, DETRACT, ABSTRACT TRACTABLE: EASILY MANAGED OR CONTROLLED. PROTRACT: TO PROLONG, DRAW OUT, EXTEND. |
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TRANS
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ACROSS
TRANSACTION, TRANSPARENT, TRANSITION TRANSGRESS: TO VIOLATE A LAW, COMMAND OF MORAL CODE. TRANSCENDENT: GOING BEYOND ORDINARY LIMITS. INTRANSIGENT: REFUSING TO AGREE OR COMPROMISE. |
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US/UT
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TO USE
ABUSE, USAGE USURP: TO SEIZE AND HOLD UTILITARIAN: EFFICIENT, FUNCTIONAL AND USEFUL. |
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VEN/VENT
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TO COME OR TO MOVE FORWARD
CONTRAVENE: TO COME INTO CONFLICT WITH. ADVENTITIOUS: ACCIDENTAL |
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VER
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TRUTH
VERDICT VERACIOUS: HABITUALLY TRUTHFUL. VERITY: TRUTHFUL VERISIMILITUDE: THE APPEARANCE OF TRUTH. AVER: TO AFFIRM; TO DECLARE TO BE TRUE. |
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VERD
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GREEN
VERDANT: GREEN WITH VEGITATION; INEXPERIENCED. VENDURE: FRESH, RICH VEGITATION. |
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VERS/VERT
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TO TURN
CONTROVERSY, REVERT, DIVERSE, AVERSION, INTROVERT, EXTROVERT, INADVERTENT, COVERT AVERT: AWAY FROM. |
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VI
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LIFE
VIVID, VICARIOUS, VIABLE VIVACITY: THE QUALITY OF BEING LIVELY, ANIMATED, SPIRITED. JOIE DE VIVRE: JOY OF LIFE CONVIVIAL: SOCIABLE. |
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VID/VIS
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TO SEE
EVIDENT, VIDEO, ADVISER, SURVEY, VISTA |
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VIL
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BASE, MEAN
VILE REVILE: TO CRITICIZE WITH HARSH LANGUAGE. VILIFY: TO SLANDER TO DEFAME |
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VOC/VOK
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TO CALL
VOCABULARY, ADVOCATE, VOCATION, EQUIVOCATE AVOCATION: A 2ND JOB. VOCIFEROUS: CRYING OUT NOISILY. CONVOKE: TO CALL TOGETHER. INVOKE: TO CALL ON A DIETY. |
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VOL
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TO WISH
VOLUNTARY MALEVOLENT: BAD WILL. BENEVOLENT: GOOD WILL. VOLITION: FREE CHOICE, FREE WILL. |
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VOR
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TO EAT
VORACIOUS, CARNIVOROUS, OMNIVOROUS. |
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DE
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AWAY; OFF; DOWN; COMPLETELY; REVERSAL
DESCEND, DECIPHER, DEFAME, DEFILE DEFERENTIAL: RESPECTFUL. DELINEATE: TO TRACE THE OUTLINE OF. |
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DUC/DUCT
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TO LEAD
ABDUCT, CONDUCT, CONDUCIVE, INDUCE, PRODUCE INDUCT: TO INSTALL IN A POSITION WITH FORMAL CEREMONIES. |
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DUR
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HARD
ENDURE, DURABLE, DURATION DURESS: COMPULSION BY THREAT; COERCION. DOUR: SULLEN; GLOOMY |
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DYS
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FAULTY; ABNORMAL
DYSTROPHY, DYSPEPSIA, DYSLEXIA, DYSFUNCTIONAL |
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E/EF/EX
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OUT; OUT OF; FROM; FORMER; COMPLETELY
EVADE, EXCLUDE, EXONERATE, EXPIRE EXTRICATE: TO DISENTANGLE; RELEASE. EFFACE: TO RUB OR WIPE OUT; SURPASS; ECLIPSE. |
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EQU
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EQUAL; EVEN
EQUATION, ADEQUATE, EQUIDISTANT INIQUITY: GROSSLY UNEQUAL. |
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ERR
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TO WANDER
ERROR, ERRATIC ERR: TO GO ASTRAY IN THOUGHT OR BELIEF; TO BE MISTAKEN. ARRANT: DOWNRIGHT; THOROUGH; NOTORIOUS. |
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ESCE
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BECOMING
ADOLESCENT, INCANDESCENT, CONVALESCENT, REMINISCENT OBSOLESCENT: BECOMING OBSOLETE. |
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EU
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GOOD; WELL
EULOGY, EUTHANASIA EUPHEMISM: A PLEASANT-SOUNDING TERM FOR SOMETHING UNPLEASANT. EUGENICS: IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITIES OF RACE BY CONTROL OF INHERITED CHARACTERISTICS. EUPHONY: PLEASANTNESS OF SOUND. |
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EXTRA
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OUTSIDE; BEYOND
EXTRAORDINARY, EXTRACT, EXTRADITE. EXTRASENSORY: DERIVED BY MEANS OTHER THAN KNOWN SENSES. EXTRAPOLATE: TO ESTIMATE UNKNOWN FACTS FROM KNOWN DATA. |
