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20 Cards in this Set
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Austere
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Def: Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
Syn: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, adorned, subdued Ant: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant |
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Beneficent
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Def: preforming acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
Syn: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable Ant: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious |
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Cadaverous
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Def: pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
Syn: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly Ant: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health |
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Concoct
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Def: to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate
Syn: create, fashion, rustle up |
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Crass
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Def: coarse, unfeeling; stupid
Syn: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse Ant: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant |
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Debase
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Def: to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate
Syn: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate Ant: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance |
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Desecrate
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Def: to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
Syn: profane, defile, violate Ant: revere, honor, venerate, consecrate |
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Disconcert
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Def: to confuse; to disturb the composure of
Syn: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb Ant: relax, calm, put at ease |
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Grandiose
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Def: greand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
Syn: magestic, bombastic, highfalutin Ant: simple, modest, unaffected. humble |
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Inconsequential
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Def: trifling, unimportant
Syn: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry Ant: important, essential,crucial, vital |
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Infraction
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Def: a breaking of a law or obligation
Syn: violation, transgression, breach, offense |
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Mitigate
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Def: to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
Syn: lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish Ant: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate |
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Pillage
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Def: to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder Def: the act of looting; booty
Syn: ravage, sack, loot Syn: booty |
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Prate
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Def: to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
Syn: chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver Ant: come to the point, not waste words |
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Punctillious
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Def: very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
Syn: precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky Ant: careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory |
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Redoubtable
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Def: inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
Syn: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august Ant: laughable, risible, contemptible |
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Reprove
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Def: to find fault with, scold, rebuke
Syn: chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach Ant: praise, commend, laud, pat on the back |
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Restitution
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Def: the act of restoring someoneor something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position, making good on a loss or damage
Syn: compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration |
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Stalwart
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Def: strong amd sturdy; brave, resolute Def: a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes one who takes an uncompromising position
Syn: sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant Syn: mainstay Ant: weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating |
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Vulnerable
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Def: open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected
Syn: defenseless, exposed, unguarded Ant: invincible, protected, safe, secure |
