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20 Cards in this Set
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Abject
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Degraded; base, contemplate; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved.
S: Wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter A: Lofty, noble, exalted |
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Agnostic
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One who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without faith, skeptical.
S: Doubter A: Believer |
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Complicity
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Involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice.
S: Connivance, collusion A: Noninvolvement, innocence |
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Derelict
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Someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; left abandoned; neglectful of duty.
S: Vagrant, remiss, delinquent A: Punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous |
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Diatribe
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A bitter and prolonged verbal attack.
S: Harangue, tirade A: Panegyric, encomium, eulogy |
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Effigy
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A crude image of a despised person.
S: Figure, figurine, likeness |
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Equity
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The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim.
S: Justice, fairness, impartially A: Injustice, unfairness, bias, prejudice |
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Inane
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Silly, empty of meaning or value.
S: Vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous A: Sensible, meaningful, profound |
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Indictment
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The act of accusing; a formal accusation.
S: Charge, accusation |
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Indubitable
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Certain, not to be doubted or denied.
S: Unquestionable, indisputable A: questionable, debatable, dubious. |
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Intermittent
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Stopping and beginning again, sporadic.
S: Unquestionable, indisputable A: Questionable, debatable, dubious |
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Moot
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Open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students.
S: Debatable, questionable, broach A: Undebatable, indisputable, self-evident |
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Motif
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A principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design.
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Neophyte
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A new convert, beginner, novice
S: Tenderfoot, tyro, rookie A: Veteran, past master, expert, pro |
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Perspicacity
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Keenness in observing and understanding.
S: Acuity, acumen, discernment A: Dullness, obtuseness |
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Plenary
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Complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
S: Unlimited, unrestricted A: Limited, restricted, incomplete |
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Surveillance
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A watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
S: Observation, scrutiny, monitoring |
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Sylvan
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Pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; woody, woody.
S: Forested, Arcadian |
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Testy
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Easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation.
S: Irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant A: Even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable |
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Travesty
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A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion.
S: Burlesque, parody, caricature, farce |
