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