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56 Cards in this Set
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(v.)to make shorter
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abridge
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(n.)a follower, supporter; (adj.)attached, sticking to
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adherent
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(n.)an angry argument
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altercation
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(adj.)resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent
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cherubic
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(v.)to pardon or overlook
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condone
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(v.)to disagree;
(n.)disagreement |
dissent
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(adj.)famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
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eminent
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(v.)to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive
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exorcise
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(v.)to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
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fabricate
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(adj.)angry
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irate
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(n.)a raider, plunderer
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marauder
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(n.)excessive fatness
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obesity
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(n.)an extremely poor person
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pauper
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(v.)to steal in small quantities
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pilfer
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(n.)a split, break, breach
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rift
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(n.)a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
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semblance
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(v.)to overcome, rise above
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surmount
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(v.)to bring to an end
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terminate
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(adj.)commonplace; overused, stale
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trite
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(v.)to seize and hold a position by force or without right
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usurp
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SYNONYMS:
shorten, condense, abbreviate |
abridge
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SYNONYM:
(n.)disciple |
adherent
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SYNONYMS:
quarrel, dispute, squabble |
altercation
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SYNONYMS:
angelic, seraphic, beatific |
cherubic
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SYNONYMS:
ignore, wink at, turn a blind eye to |
condone
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SYNONYMS:
(v.)differ, dispute |
dissent
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SYNONYMS:
illustrious, renowned |
eminent
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SYNONYMS:
expel, dispel |
exorcise
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SYNONYMS:
put together, devise, contrive, concoct |
fabricate
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SYNONYMS:
incensed, infuriated, enraged, livid |
irate
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SYNONYMS:
looter, pirate, freebooter |
marauder
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SYNONYMS:
serious overweight, extreme corpulence |
obesity
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SYNONYM:
destitute person |
pauper
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SYNONYMS:
filch, rob, swipe, purloin |
pilfer
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SYNONYMS:
crack, fissure, gap, cleft |
rift
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SYNONYMS:
appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade |
semblance
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SYNONYMS:
conquer, triumph over |
surmount
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SYNONYMS:
conclude, finish, discontinue |
terminate
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SYNONYMS:
banal, hackneyed, corny |
trite
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SYNONYMS:
seize illegally, commandeer, supplant |
usurp
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ANTONYMS:
expand, enlarge, augment |
abridge
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ANTONYMS:
(n.)opponent, adversary, critic, detractor |
adherent
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ANTONYMS:
agreement, accord |
altercation
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impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish |
cherubic
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ANTONYMS:
censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate |
condone
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(v.)agree, concur (n.)unanimity, harmony |
dissent
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obscure, nameless, unsung, lowly, humble |
eminent
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ANTONYMS:
take apart, undo, destroy, demolish |
fabricate
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calm, composed, cool, unruffled |
irate
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emaciation, gauntness, scrawniness |
obesity
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ANTONYMS:
millionaire, tycoon |
pauper
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ANTONYMS:
reconciliation |
rift
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ANTONYMS:
dissimilarity, contrast, total lack |
semblance
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ANTONYMS:
be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to |
surmount
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ANTONYMS:
begin, commence, initiate |
terminate
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ANTONYMS:
original, novel, fresh, innovative |
trite
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