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106 Cards in this Set
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incendiary
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heat or anger
syn:fammable |
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incense
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to make passionately angry
syn:enrage ant:mollify |
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inflammatory
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causing strong emotion
syn:provocative ant:innocuous |
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flamboyant
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showy;try to get attention
syn:ostentatious;audacious ant: plain |
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luster
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brilliance;brightness
syn:shine |
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illustrious
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well-known
syn:eminent;notable ant:unknown |
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illustrative
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descriptive
syn:representative |
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fulminate
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attack with words
syn:rail ant:praise |
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refulgent
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shining
syn:radiant |
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flagrant
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offensive
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conflagration
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large fire
syn:blaze |
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semantic
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meaning of words;language
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semiotic
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signs or symbols
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paradigm
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pattern or model
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phraseology
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style;the way something is expressed
syn:pronunciation |
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metaphrase
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translation
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paraphrase
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summary not word for word
syn:precis |
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demonstrative
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openly express emotions
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remonstrate
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protest or object
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ominous
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threatening
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abominable
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disagreeable
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abomination
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disgustingly offensive
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detrimental
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damage or harm, injurious
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contrite
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regret and sorrow
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trite
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boring becuase of repetition
syn:clinched ant:original |
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detritus
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debris, junk
syn:flotsam |
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attrition
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a lowering in number
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lenient
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not strict, generous
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lenitive
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easing pain or discord
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mollify
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to soothe the feelings of
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rudiment
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basic idea or principle
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rudimentary
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undeveloped, very simple
syn:primitive ant:advanced |
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implicit
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understood but not directly expressed
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inexplicable
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difficult to explain
syn:undefinable ant:clear |
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diverge
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to go different ways
syn:split ant:converge |
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converge
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to come together, to meet
syn:join ant:deviate |
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acclivity
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a climbing slope, a hill
ant:decline |
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declivity
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a downward slope, a dip
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proclivity
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a natural tendency towards
syn:predisposition, bent |
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contort
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to twist,or bend out of shape
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distort
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to misshape, misrepresent
syn:pervert |
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sinuous
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curving or twisting
syn:writhing |
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insinuate
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to suggest in an indirect fashion
syn:hint |
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desultory
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jumping from one thing to another
syn:disconnected |
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resilient
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able to recover readily
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exultant
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great joy or jubilation
syn:triumphant |
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expendable
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not necessary
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impending
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about to occur
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append
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to attach
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subjective
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varying according to personal opinion
syn:personal ant:objective |
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interject
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to insert between other elements
syn:interphase |
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undulate
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to ripple, wavelike fashion
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inundate
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to flood
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redound
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to have an effect
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disseminate
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to scatter, spread
syn: circualte ant:withhold |
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seminal
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important
ant:inconsequential |
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florid
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overly decorated, showy
syn:flowery ant:plain |
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flourish
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to thrive, to prosper
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deracinate
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to remove fom ones homeland
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irradicable
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impossible to destroy
syn:deep-rooted |
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eradicate
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to destroy
syn:abolish, eliminate |
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germinate
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to cause to grow
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germinal
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earliest stage of development
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germane
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relevant
syn:pertinent |
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decorum
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appropriateness of behavior
syn: propriety |
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decorous
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proper, mannerly
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adorn
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to decorate
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suborn
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to convince someone to lie or commit a crime
syn:coerce |
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ornate
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heavily decorated
syn: florid ant: plain |
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formulaic
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done with an overused method
syn: cliched ant: original |
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formality
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something done only for show
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formulate
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to come up with
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inordinate
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too abundant
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ordain
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to formally order
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preordained
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determined in advance
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munificent
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generous, giving
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remunerate
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to compensate, pay
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communal
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shared by the people of the community; public
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excommunicate
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to exclude from membership in a group
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incommunicado
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unable or not allowed to communicate with others
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appreciable
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able to be measured or perceived
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appraise
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to evaluate; estimate the quality, amount, size
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meritorious
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deserving reward or praise
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demerit
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fault or flaw
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meretricious
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seemingly true, but false
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instill
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to gradually put into
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distill
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to extract the essence of
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ablution
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a cleansing, religious
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alluvial
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deposited by a stream
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lachrymal
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having to do with tears
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lachrymose
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teary
syn: weepy |
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lavish
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extravagant
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riparian
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having to do with the banks of a body of water
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meander
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to wander
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fluent
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able to speak smoothly
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fluctuate
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to change irregularly
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crevice
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a small crack
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crevasse
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a large, deep crack
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fission
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splitting
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fissure
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opening, split
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hiatus
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an interruption in space or time
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orotund
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deep and full
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orifice
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mouth or opening
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excavate
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to dig up
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cavernous
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deep and empty
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concave
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curving inward; hallow
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