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23 Cards in this Set
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non sequitur
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when your talking about something ad you suddenley bring up something totally different, not sequenced
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to make up for or repent
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atone/verb
synoyms:expiate redeem offset penance expiation compensation reparation restitution redress |
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maven
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smart person
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keen of mind and judgement, especially in practical manners
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astute/adjective
synoyms:shrewd sagacious judicious wily cagey antonyms:obtuse doltish vacuous inane undiscerning |
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modus operandi
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what your work is
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genuine
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authentic/adjective
synonyms:veritable bonafide legitimate kosher indisputable indubitable antonyms:spurious apocryphal dubious |
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cockamamie
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valueless
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a savagely cruel, brutal, or inhuman deed
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atrocity/noun
synonyms:enormity outrage barbaric sadistic grisly gruesome ghastly antonyms:clement benevolent kindhearted merciful humane impeccable flawless irreproachable |
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shnook
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stupid
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a failure;rogressive wasting away/to waste away
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atrophy/noun and verb
synonyms:deterioration degeneration decay wither rot stunt antonyms:growth development maturation flourish prosper |
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deus ex machina
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person/event is sudden and solves a problem
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to make greater
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augment/verb
synoyms:enlarge expand extend magnify antonyms:decrease lesson curtail abate dwindle |
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vice versa
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with the order or meaning reversed
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institution/protection/legal penalty
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asylum/noun
synoyms:sanctuary refuge haven |
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alma mater
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when you graduate a school
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someone who can forecast the future/to predict or foretell through signs
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augur/noun and verb
Synoynms:soothsayer diviner prophet seer bode presage |
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persona non grata
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someone that is not welcomed
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rigidly severe
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austere/adjective
synoyms:abstemious sober puritanical ascetic antonyms:tolerant affable self-indulgent orotund florid flamboyant |
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inabsentia
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not present
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a gradual wearing down/a gradual often natural decrease
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attrition/noun
synonyms:abrasion erosion exhaustion enervation reduction diminution antonyms:augmentation expasion enlargement |
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schlemiel
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someone that always messes up
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status quo
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stays the same
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alter ego
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another side
example:superman and clark |
