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20 Cards in this Set
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ALACRITY
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S: promptness, willingness, dispatch, celerity
A: reluctance, unwillingness, hesitancy |
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ALLEVIATE
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S: lessen, lighten, allay, mitigate, assuage
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ANTITHESIS
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S: contrary, antipode
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APPALL
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S: shock, stun, stupefy, horrify
A: please, cheer, gladden, elate, exhilarate |
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BELLICOSE
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S: aggressive, combative, belligerent
A: amicable, peaceable, conciliatory, pacific |
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DISPARAGE
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S: degrade, decry, run down, underrate
A: praise, extol, laud, plug |
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DISSONANT
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S: grating, strident, unmelodious, irreconcilable
A: harmonious, agreeing, euphonious |
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DROLL
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S: comical, humorous, whimsical, zany
A: humorless, solemn, dour |
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EDICT
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S: command, decree, proclamation
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ELUCIDATE
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S: interpret, expound, explicate
A: obscure, becloud, muddy, obfuscate |
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LAUD
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S: hail, extol, glorify, exalt
A: criticize, censure, belittle, disparage |
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LOLL
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S: loaf, loiter, sag, dangle
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LOQUACIOUS
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S: gossipy, voluble, garrulous, long-winded
A: silent, reticent, closemouthed, terse, taciturn |
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MAGNANIMOUS
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S: unselfish, charitable, noble, bighearted
A: petty, selfish, unforgiving, spiteful |
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MANDATORY
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S: compulsory, requisite, imperative
A: optional, voluntary, discretionary |
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NONDESCRIPT
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S: plain, unremarkable, unimpressive
A: distinctive, remarkable, vivid, prepossessing |
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PHLEGMATIC
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S: lethargic, indolent, torpid, stolid, impassive
A: emotional, sensitive, thin-skinned, excitable |
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RESCIND
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S: withdraw, revoke, retract, annul, abrogate
A: affirm, endorse, uphold, ratify |
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VIVACIOUS
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S: spirited, animated, ebullient
A: dull, spiritless, listless, indolent, languid |
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WHET
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S: hone, excite, stimulate
A: dull, blunt, deaden, stifle, dampen |
