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20 Cards in this Set
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Abdicate
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(v.) to resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard SYNONYMS: step down, relinquish, renounce ANTONYMS: retain |
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Bestow
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(v.) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings SYNONYMS: grant, confer, lodge, put up ANTONYMS: receive, take, take back, take away |
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Capacious
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(adj.) able to hold much, roomy SYNONYMS: spacious, commodious ANTONYMS: cramped, confined, restricted, narrow |
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Caustic
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(adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic SYNONYMS: burning, corrosive, sharp ANTONYMS: bland, mild, sugary, saccharine |
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Crusade
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(n.) a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; (v.) to campaign, work vigorously SYNONYMS: campaign, organized movement |
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Deface
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(v.) to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine SYNONYMS: mar, disfigure ANTONYMS: repair, restore, renovate, recondition |
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Embargo
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(n.) an order forbidding the trade in or movement of goods; any restraint or hindrance; (v.) to forbid leave port; to forbid trade with SYNONYMS: stoppage, ban, boycott |
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Fallacy
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(n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking SYNONYMS: misconception ANTONYMS: sound reasoning, logic |
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Levity
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(n.) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect buoyancy, lightness in weight SYNONYMS: giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness ANTONYMS: seriousness, humorlessness, solemnity |
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Mendicant
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(n.) beggar; (adj.) depending on begging for a living SYNONYMS: panhandler ANTONYMS: millionaire, philanthropist |
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Nauseate
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(v.) to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust SYNONYMS: sicken, disgust ANTONYMS: delight, tickle pink |
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Negate
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(v.) to nullify, deny, bring to nothing SYNONYMS: cancel, invalidate, annul ANTONYMS: affirm, confirm, corroborate, buttress |
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Pivotal
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(adj.) vitally important, essential SYNONYMS: crucial, critical, decisive, seminal ANTONYMS: unimportant, insignificant |
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Recipient
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(n.) one who receives; (adj.) receiving; able or willing to receive SYNONYMS: receiver, beneficiary ANTONYMS: donor, benefactor, contributor |
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Ruse
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(n.) an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick SYNONYMS: stratagem (trick), subterfuge, dodge |
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Teem
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(v.) to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities SYNONYMS: abound, swarm, overflow ANTONYMS: lack, be wanting |
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Tenet
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(n.) an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true SYNONYMS: doctrine, precept (guideline, rule) |
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Tractable
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(adj.) Easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable (soft) SYNONYMS: submissive, docile, yielding, amendable |
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Ungainly
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(adj.) clumsy, awkward; unwieldy SYNONYMS: graceless ANTONYMS: nimble, agile, supple, graceful |
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Voracious
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(adj.) having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager SYNONYMS: gluttonous, insatiable, avid ANTONYMS: indifferent, apathetic |
