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20 Cards in this Set
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abdicate
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Definition:to give up or renounce a throne, rightm power, claim or responsibility in a formal manner.
synonyms: drop, give up antonyms:hold, retrain sentence:The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate and leave his job. |
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bestow
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Definition: to present as a gift, give,
synonyms: grant, donate antonyms:refuse, take sentence:The trophy was bestowed upon the winner. |
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capacious
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Definition: capable of holding much, spacious or roomy.
synonyms: vast, wide antonyms:small,tiny sentence:A capacious storage bin would be nice. |
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caustic
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Definition: capable of burning, corroding, or destroying live tissue.
synonyms: tart, acid antonyms:calm, mild sentence: The doctor put a caustic substance on the wart. |
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crusade
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Definition: any aggressive movement,
synonyms: cause, march antonyms: friendly, peaceful sentence:Out school is on a crusade against child abuse. |
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deface
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Definition: to mar the surface, to disfigure,
synonyms: trash, harm antonyms:fix,mend sentence:The deliquent defaced the wall by writing on it. |
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embargo
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Definition: an order from a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports
synonyms:outlaw,snub antonyms:buy, support sentence:The farmers couldn't ship their merchange to Mexico because of the embargo. |
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fallacy
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Definition:a deceptive, misleading, or false notion,
synonyms:flaw, mistake, error antonyms:truth, fact sentence:The world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy. |
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levity
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Definition: lightness of mind, character, or behavior, fickleness
synonyms:happiness, folly antonyms:seriousness, gravity sentence:The boy had lack of levity. |
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mendicant
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Definition:beggar, person asking for charity
synonyms:deadbeat, hobo, bum antonyms: proper, respectful sentence:There's often homless mendicant's hanging out by the library. |
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nauseate
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Definition: to feel extremely disgusted, to sicken
synonyms: bother, disturb antonyms:please, soothe sentence:His vicious behavior towards dogs nauseates me. |
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negte
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Definition: to cause to be ineffective, to deny the existence of.
synonyms:deny, abolish antonyms:allow, permit sentence: Progress on the study has been negated by the lack of funds. |
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pivotal
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Definition: of vital or crital importance
synonyms: central, focal antonyms:unimportant, unsubstantial. sentence:The air show was a pivotal event in the flying industry. |
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recipient
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Definition:a person or thing that receives.
synonyms: awardee, heir antonyms:donor, giver sentence:I was th recipient of a large sum of money. |
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ruse
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Definition:trick,deception,
synonyms: trap, trick antonyms: truth, honesty sentence:The thief rused the couple into leaving their house so he could gain entry. |
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teem
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Definition: to abound or swarm
synonyms:overflow, jam antonyms:lack, want sentence: The water was teeming over the bathtub. |
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tenet
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Definition: opinion, principal, doctrine
synonyms:trust, faith antonyms: fiction, story sentence: Lawyers hold the tenet that truth shall prevail. |
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tractable
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Definition:easily managed or controlled, yielding
synonyms: amenable, meak antonyms:stubborn,uncontrollable sentence: Jerry is a very likable, tractable child who usually goes along with anything. |
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ungainly
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Definition:ackward, clumsy,
synonyms:ackward, ungraceful antonyms:graceful, unclumsy sentence:Fawns are usually ungainly right after birth. |
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voracious
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Definition:craving or consuming large quantities of food
synonyms:hungry, greedy antonyms:satisfied, full sentence:Joe is a very voracious boy and can consume twenty hotdogs in one sitting. |
