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20 Cards in this Set
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annex (noun) "The soil was not ours, and Congress did not annex or attempt to annex it." |
Definition: something added synonym: addendum Antonym: subtracting |
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cleave (verb) "This unique being has brought the kingdom to all who will cleave to him. " |
Definition: divide, split : combine synonym: sunder Antonym: cleave |
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cordial (adjective) "Terrible sayings with which was mingled a sort of cordial joviality." |
Definition: friendly synonym: congenial Antonym: rude |
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cornerstone (noun) "He went to lay the cornerstone of the proud edifice of his ambitions." |
Definition: vital element synonym: essential Antonym: useless |
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debacle (noun) "Some place in that debacle there lay his own responsibility." |
Definition: catastrophe synonym: disaster Antonym: triumph |
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devitalize (verb) "His opinions, whatever they are, do not devitalize his fiction." |
Definition: diminish synonym: deaden Antonym: animate |
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embroil (verb) "If continued, these wars will embroil all the tribes of the West, said Clark." |
Definition: complicate synonym: entangle Antonym: exclude |
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exonerate (verb) "I believe you can exonerate the boy entirely, said the doctor." |
Definition: excuse synonym: dismiss Antonym: engage |
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glib (adjective) "At thirty he was a glib, spry person with a fancy for gay housings." |
Definition: smooth talking synonym: loquacious Antonym: silent |
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haphazard (adjective) "Once outside he slowly resumed his walk in haphazard fashion" |
Definition: without plan synonym: aimless Antonym: careful |
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improvise (verb) "He could improvise elsewhere a home that would suffice for him." |
Definition: make up synonym: throw together Antonym: plan |
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incite (verb) "You have to like loyalty, no matter what the circumstances that incite it." |
Definition: encourage synonym: rouse Antonym: dissuade |
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influx (noun) "A correspondent revolution in things will attend the influx of the spirit." |
Definition: flow, rush synonym: inflow Antonym: retreat |
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pallor (noun) "The flush of his own heavy meal kept his pallor from showing." |
Definition: paleness synonym: colorless Antonym: bright |
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pedigree (adjective) "Otherwise why the pedigree, why the rigid castes, the isolation of women?" |
Definition: purebred synonym: full-blooded Antonym: base-born |
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precipitous (adjective) "They were in a small lake surrounded by lofty and precipitous icebergs." |
Definition: steep synonym: abrupt Antonym: flat |
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profuse (adjective) "The wound was nothing at all, but the profuse bleeding frightened the Mongols." |
Definition: abundant synonym: aplenty Antonym: sparse |
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quarry (noun) "I said, I begin to perceive a track, and I believe that the quarry will not escape." |
Definition: goal synonym: aim Antonym: aimless |
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spurn (verb) "To spurn the hungry from their door, with naught to satisfy." |
Definition: turn away synonym: refuse Antonym: accept |
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subterfuge (noun) |
Definition: cheating synonym: sham Antonym: honesty |
