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20 Cards in this Set
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Acclamation |
Syn: A shout of welcome, cheering Ant: booing, hissing |
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Bucolic |
Syn: rustic, rural Ant: urban, metropolitan |
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Calumniate |
Syn: defame, to slander Ant: flatter, whitewash |
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Chary |
Syn: extremely cautious, wary, skittish Ant: heedless, reckless |
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Collusion |
Syn: conspiracy, secret agreement |
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Dilettante |
Syn: A dabble in the arts, amateur Ant: professional |
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Imperturbable |
Syn: serene like, not easily excited Ant: excitable |
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Increment |
Syn: an enlargement, accretion Ant: loss, reductions |
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Mandate |
Syn: to issue each an order, directive Ant: forbid, ban, outlaw |
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Paltry |
Syn: trifling, mean, measly, piddling Ant: gigantic, immense, colossal |
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Paroxysm |
Syn: a sudden outburst, fit, seizure |
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Pedantry |
Syn: pretentious display of knowledge, nit-picking |
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Peregrination |
Syn: the act of traveling, journey, wandering |
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Redolent |
Syn: fragrant, reminiscent Ant: oder less, unevocative |
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Refulgent |
Syn: shining, radiant, luminous Ant: dim, dark, murky |
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Shibboleth |
Syn: a word, expression, catchphrase, slogan, password |
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Tyro |
Syn: a beginner, neophyte Ant: veteran, past master |
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Unremitting |
Syn: constant, not stopping, unrelenting Ant: desultory, intermittent |
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Vacillate |
Syn: to swing indecisively from one idea to the next, seesaw Ant: persevere |
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Vituperative |
Syn: abusive, insulting, harshly abusive Ant: complimentary, flattering |
