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30 Cards in this Set
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exodus
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a departure, usually of large numbers
s-flight, escape, migration a-arrival, influx, immigration |
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exotic
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foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strickingly unusual
s-alien, stricking, extraordinary |
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expedient
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advantageous to one's interest or purpose
an emergeny course of action; a means to an end s-convienient, oppurtune, timely, practical, device, scheme, design a-disadvantageuous, unserviable, unsuitable |
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exploit
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to use to thegreatest possible advantage
a brillant often selfishly or heroic deed. s- capitalization, feat, heroics, coup |
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expound
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to explain in detail
s-carify, elucidate, explicate, delineate a-summarize, abstract, synopsize |
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fabricate
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to assemble or construct from separte parts
to make up with the intention of deveiving s-produce, devise, manufacture, concoct, contrive |
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facetious
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not meant seriously, playful or humorous
s-waggish, whimsical, joking, comic a-serious, grave, soleman, sober |
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facsimile
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an exact copy
reproduced exactly s-replica, reproduction, duplicate |
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fallacy
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faulty reasoning; an error in logic a false or mistaken notion
s-mistake, flaw, fault, defect, solecism |
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fathom
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a unit of length roughly equal to six feat and used in the measurement of marine depths
to get to the bottom s-sound, plumb,probe, delve, penetrate, grasp |
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fatuous
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unconciously foolish, stupid, absurd
s-inane, vacuous, vapid, nonsensical, laughable a-sensible, intelligent, perceptive, acute, incisive |
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feasible
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possible, both doabl and workable
s-practicle, practicable,usuable, realistic a-impossible, unworkable, impracticable |
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feign
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to pretend or give a flase appearance of
s-fake, sham, simulate |
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felicitous
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agreeably suited to the purpose or ocassion; aptly or gracefully expressed
s-appropriate, suitable, graceful, agreeable a-graceless, unseemly, unbecoming, awkward |
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fetish
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an object believed by primitive peoples to have magical powers
an object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverance s-charm, amulet, talisman, fixation |
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exodus
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a departure, usually of large numbers
s-flight, escape, migration a-arrival, influx, immigration |
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exotic
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foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strickingly unusual
s-alien, stricking, extraordinary |
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expedient
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advantageous to one's interest or purpose
an emergeny course of action; a means to an end s-convienient, oppurtune, timely, practical, device, scheme, design a-disadvantageuous, unserviable, unsuitable |
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exploit
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to use to thegreatest possible advantage
a brillant often selfishly or heroic deed. s- capitalization, feat, heroics, coup |
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expound
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to explain in detail
s-carify, elucidate, explicate, delineate a-summarize, abstract, synopsize |
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fabricate
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to assemble or construct from separte parts
to make up with the intention of deveiving s-produce, devise, manufacture, concoct, contrive |
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facetious
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not meant seriously, playful or humorous
s-waggish, whimsical, joking, comic a-serious, grave, soleman, sober |
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facsimile
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an exact copy
reproduced exactly s-replica, reproduction, duplicate |
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fallacy
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faulty reasoning; an error in logic a false or mistaken notion
s-mistake, flaw, fault, defect, solecism |
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fathom
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a unit of length roughly equal to six feat and used in the measurement of marine depths
to get to the bottom s-sound, plumb,probe, delve, penetrate, grasp |
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fatuous
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unconciously foolish, stupid, absurd
s-inane, vacuous, vapid, nonsensical, laughable a-sensible, intelligent, perceptive, acute, incisive |
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feasible
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possible, both doabl and workable
s-practicle, practicable,usuable, realistic a-impossible, unworkable, impracticable |
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feign
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to pretend or give a flase appearance of
s-fake, sham, simulate |
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felicitous
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agreeably suited to the purpose or ocassion; aptly or gracefully expressed
s-appropriate, suitable, graceful, agreeable a-graceless, unseemly, unbecoming, awkward |
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fetish
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an object believed by primitive peoples to have magical powers
an object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverance s-charm, amulet, talisman, fixation |
