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51 Cards in this Set
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apostate
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one who forsakes his or her religion, party, or cause
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syn: renegade, defector, turncoat
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apostate
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ant: true believer, loyalist
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bravado
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a display of false or assumed courage
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syn: swagger, bluster, braggadocio
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bravado
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ant: mettle, bravery, pluck
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bravado
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consensus
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a collective or general agreement of opinion, feeling, or thinking
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syn:unanimity, concord, accord, harmony
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consensus
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ant: dissension, discord, disagreement
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constrict
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to make smaller or narrower, draw together, squeeze, to stop or cause to falter
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syn: contract, curb, restrain
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constrict
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ant: enlarge, dilate, expand
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dichotomy
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a division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts, a branching or forking in an ancestral line
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syn: schism, division, bifurcation
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dichotomy
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ant: uniformity, oneness
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effusive
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highly demonstrated, unrestrained
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syn:gushy, lavish
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effusive
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ant: restrained, reserved, muted, subdued
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euphoria
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a feeling of great happiness or well-being, often with no objective basis
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syn: elation, bliss, ecstasy, rapture
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euphoria
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ant: melancholy, depression, gloom
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gothic
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characterized by gloomy setting and grotesque or violent events; such a literary or artistic style, a type of medieval architecture
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syn: sinister, eerie
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impasse
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a dead end, a position from which there is no escape, a problem to which there is no solution
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syn: deadlock, standoff, stalemate
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impasse
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lugubrious
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sad, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
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syn: doleful, melancholy, dismal, dolorous
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lugubrious
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ant: merry, jovial, hilarious, funny
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lugubrious
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metamorphosis
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a complete transformation, as if by magic
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syn: change, makeover
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mystique
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an aura or attitude of mystery or veneration surrounding something or someone
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syn: charisma
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mystique
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non sequitur
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an inference or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts or premises
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syn: illogical reference, unsound conclusion
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parlous
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full of danger or risk, perilous
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syn:hazardous, risky, dangerous
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parlous
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ant: safe, secure, risk-free
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parlous
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punctilio
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a minute detail of conduct or procedure, an instant of time
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syn: fine point, nicety
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punctilio
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quagmire
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soft, soggy mud or slush, a difficult or entapping situation
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syn: fen, marsh, bog, morass
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quagmire
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ant: bedrock, solid footing, terra firma
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quagmire
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quixotic
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extavagantly or romantically idealistic, visionary without regard to practical consideration
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syn: fanciful, impractical, utopian
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quixotic
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ant: realistic, down-to-earth, pragmatic
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raconteur
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a person who tells stories and anecdotes with great skill
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syn: storyteller, anecdotist
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raconteur
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sine qua non
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an essential or indispensable element or condition
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syn: necessity, requisite, desideratum
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vendetta
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a prolonged feud, often between two families, characterized by retaliatory acts of revenge, any act motivated by vengeance
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syn: blood feud, rivalry
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