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53 Cards in this Set
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abortive
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failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed
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syn: miscarried, fruitless, premature
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abortive
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ant: successful, realized, consummated
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abortive
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bruit
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to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors
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syn: noise abroad, broadcast, blazon
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bruit
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ant: cover up, conceal, hush up
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bruit
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contumelious
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insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating
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syn: vituperative, scurrilous, excoriating
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contumelious
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ant: laudatory, commendatory, deferential
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contumelious
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dictum
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a short saying; an authoritative statement
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syn: maxim, precept, aphorism, axiom
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dictum
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ensconce
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to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place
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syn:nestle, lodge, entrench
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ensconce
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ant:unseat, displace, oust
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ensconce
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iconoclastic
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attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions
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syn: image-breaking, irreverent, heretical
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iconclastic
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ant: orthodox, conservative, reverent
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iconoclastic
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in media res
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in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things
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internecine
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mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed
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syn: murderous, savage, ruinous
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internecine
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ant: peaceful, harmonious, constructive
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internecine
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maladroit
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lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tack, perception, or judgment
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syn: inept, awkward, clumsy, gauche
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maladroit
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ant: skillful, dexterous, deft, tactful
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maudlin
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excessively or effusively sentimental
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syn:mushy, mawkish
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maudlin
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modulate
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to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust
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syn: adapt, moderate
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modulate
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portentous
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foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous
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syn: foreboding, ominous, pretentious
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portentous
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ant: auspicious, propitious, encouraging
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portentous
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prescience
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knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight
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syn: foreknowledge
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prescience
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ant: hindsight
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prescience
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quid pro quo
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something given in exchange or return for something else
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syn: swap, trade
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quid pro quo
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salubrious
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conductive to health or well-being; wholesome
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syn: beneficial, healthy, invigorating
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salubrious
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ant:harmful, unhealthy, deleterious, noxious
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salubrious
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saturnalian
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characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness
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syn: dissipating, debauched, orgiastic
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saturnalian
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ant: sedate, prim, decorous, seemly
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saturnalian
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touchstone
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means of testing worth or genuineness
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syn: criterion, yardstick, benchmark
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touchstone
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traumatic
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so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage
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syn: jolting
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traumatic
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ant: soothing, comforting, agreeable, pleasant
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traumatic
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vitiate
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to weaken, debase, or corrupt, to impair the quality or value of
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syn: degrade, undermine
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vitiate
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ant: purify, fortify, strengthen, enhance
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waggish
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fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll
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syn: whimsical, jocular
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waggish
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ant: serious, grave, grim, dour, humorless
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