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20 Cards in this Set
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ANTIPATHY
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S: hostility, enmity, aversion, bad blood
A: attraction, appeal, allure, sympahty |
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APPLICABLE
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S: appropriate, fit, apt, apposite
A: inappropriate, unsuitable, irrelevant |
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ASSET
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S: property, possession, holding, endowment
A: drawback, handicap, liability |
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BESET
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S: assail, harass, badger, pester, torment
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COMPASSION
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S: concern, commiseration, empathy
A: indifference, callousness, heartlessness |
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DECORUM
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S: seemliness, good form, propriety
A: impropierty, bad form, bad taste |
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DURESS
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S: intimidation, coercion
A: persuasion, coaxing, sweet talk, cajolery |
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EXUBERANT
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S: lively, ebullient, irrepressible, lavish
A: depressed, despondent, sulky, restrained |
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FACSIMILE
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S: replica, duplicate, reproduction, clone
A: variation, modification, permutation |
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IMBIBE
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S: swallow, gulp, quaff, assimilate, digest
A: eject, emit, expel, discharge |
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IMPLACABLE
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S: relentless, inexorable, unappeasable
A: lenient, indulgent, permissive, flexible |
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INFINITESIMAL
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S: tiny, minuscule, microscopic, unnoticeable
A: vast, immense, huge, infinite |
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INNOCUOS
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S: feeble, impotent, unobjectionable, insipid
A: harmful, dangerous, pernicious, toxic, virulent |
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MILITATE
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S: counter, oppose, work against
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PATENT
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S: exclusive license, evident
A: concealed, hidden, secret, clandestine |
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PROWESS
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S: valor, courage, heroism, mastery, proficiency
A: cowardice, incompetence, ineptitude |
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SEDATE
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S: unruffled, composed, cool and collected
A: loud, brash, flashy, flamboyant, garish, flighty |
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STENTORIAN
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S: thundering, booming, deafening, earsplitting
A: hushed, inaudible, whispered, mute |
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STIPULATE
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S: specify, contract, provide for
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ULTIMATIUM
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S: final terms
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