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24 Cards in this Set
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(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
SYN: warn, call on the carpet ANT: praise, pat on the back |
admonish
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(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infration
(v.) to create an opening, break through ANT: (v.) close, seal |
breach
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(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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brigand
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(adj.) careful, cautious
SYN: wary, prudent, guarded ANT: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless |
circumspect
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(v.) to seize for military or official use
SYN: take over, requisition, expropriate |
commandeer
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(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
SYN: unwieldy, ponderous ANT: manageable, easy to handle |
cumbersome
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(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions
(v.) to bring to such a standstill SYN:(n.) standoff, stalemate, impasse ANT:(n.)agreement, accord, breakthrough |
deadlock
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(n.) sacttered fragments, wreckage
SYN: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam |
debris
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(v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely;
(adj.) wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread SYN: (v.) disperse (adj.) rambling, verbose, prolix ANT: (v.) concentrate (adj.) brief, concise, succinct |
diffuse
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(n.) a dificult or perplexing situation or problem
SYN: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind ANT: cinch |
dilemma
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(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
SYN: blot out; erase obliterate, expunge |
efface
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(v.) to make a mess of; muddle through; to get by
(n.) a hopeless mess SYN: (v.)jumble, mess up; (n.)confusion, disorder ANT: (n.) orderliness tidiness, neatness |
muddle
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(adj.)stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
SYN: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible ANT: open-minded, reasonable |
opinionated
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(adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent
(n.) a plant that lives for many years SYN: (adj.) enduring, recurring ANT: (adj.) brief, short-lived, fleeting ephemeral |
perennial
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(v.) to incline to beforehand
SYN: make susceptible to ANT: immunize against, shield from |
predispose
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(v.) to let go, give up
SYN: surrender, abandon ANT: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to |
relinquish
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(v.) to save from fire or shipwreck
(n.) property thus saved SYN: (v.) rescue, recover, retrieve, reclain ANT: (v.) abandon, scrap, junk |
salvage
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(adj.) sudden and violent but brief, fitful, intermittent
SYN: irregular, occasional ANT: steady, continuous, chronic |
spasmodic
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(adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid
SYN: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus ANT: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid |
spurious
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(adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
SYN: unrestrained, unchecked ANT: restrained, held in check, muted |
unbridled
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What is the meaning of following roots?
pon, pos |
to put, place
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1) What is the meaning of the following roots?
ten, tain, tin 2) What is the meaning of the following root? ly |
1) to hold, keep
2) to loosen, to set free |
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What is the meaning of the following roots?
vert, vers |
to turn
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What is the meaning of the following roots?
spec, spic |
to look
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