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54 Cards in this Set
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Defiance, disobedience |
Deference (ant) |
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Harmless, innocent |
Perilous (ant) |
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Yielding, obedience |
Deference (syn) |
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Expunge, obliterate |
Effaced (syn) |
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Incision, indentation |
Embrasure (syn) |
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Definable, utterable |
Ineffable (ant) |
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Customs, code |
Etiquette (syn) |
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Sophisticated, couth |
Rustic (ant) |
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Diffusely, long-windedly |
Summarily (ant) |
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Deadened, dimmed |
Keen (ant) |
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Chaste, clean |
Vulgar (ant) |
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Arrogant, tyrannical |
Imperious (syn) |
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Elevation, rise |
Acclivity (syn) |
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Bad, malicious |
Malign (syn) |
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Waviness |
Undulation (syn) |
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Democratic, humble |
Imperious (ant) |
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Ambiguity |
Dictum (ant) |
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Contour, figure |
Silhouette (syn) |
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Pastoral, verdant |
Rustic (syn) |
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Grave, hazardous |
Perilous (syn) |
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Briefly, curtly |
Summarily (syn) |
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Benign, loving |
Malign (ant) |
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Bad manners, discourtesy |
Etiquette (ant) |
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Adage, precept |
Dictum (syn) |
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Fine, perceptive |
Keen (syn) |
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Filthy, indecent |
Vulgar (syn) |
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Indescribable, unspeakable |
Ineffable (syn) |
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Luminary, bigwig |
Dignitary (syn) |
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Dictum noun |
An authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion (pos) |
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Guardian, lookout |
Sentinel (syn) |
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Bastille, jailhouse |
Stockade (syn) |
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Create, construct |
Effaced (ant) |
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Dignitary noun |
A person who holds a high rank or office, as in the gov or church (pos) |
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Embrasure noun |
An opening, as a loophole or crenel, through which missiles may be discharged (pos) |
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Stockade noun |
A prison for military personnel (pos) |
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Summarily adverb |
In a prompt or direct manner; immediately; straightaway (pos) |
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Undulation noun |
A wavy form or outline (pos) |
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Decline, declivity |
Acclivity (ant) |
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Keen adj |
Finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily (pos) |
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Malign verb |
To speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander, defame (pos) |
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Ineffable adj |
Incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible (pos) |
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Effaced verb |
To wipe out; do away with; expunge (pos) |
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Vulgar adj |
Characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste (pos) |
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Imperious adj |
Domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing (pos) |
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Nobody, nonentity |
Dignitary (ant) |
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Sentinel noun |
A soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers and prevent a surprise attack (pos) |
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Silhouette noun |
The outline or general shape of something (pos) |
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Death-knell noun |
A harbinger of the end, death, or destruction of something (pos) |
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Etiquette noun |
Conventional requirements as to social behavior; properties of conduct as established in any class or community or for any occasion (pos) |
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Reaper, final blow |
Death-knell (syn) |
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Deference noun |
Respectful submission or yielding to the judgement, opinion, will (pos) |
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Rustic adj |
Of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural (pos) |
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Perilous adj |
Involving or full of grace risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous (pos) |
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Acclivity noun |
An upward slope, as of ground; an ascent (pos) |
