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20 Cards in this Set
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emulate
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to stirve to be equal to; to imitate
syn: copy 1. emulation (n.) 2. emulative (adj.) 3. emulatively (adv.) |
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sere
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dry and withered
syn: desiccated, arid ant: lush |
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enhance
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to increase the value or beauty of something
syn: improve, heighten ant: diminish, decrease 1. enhancement (n.) |
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contrite
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feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing
syn: repentant, remorseful ant: shameless, unrepentant 1. contrition (n.) 2. contritely (adv.) |
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magnanimous
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noble; genergous in forgiving; free from petty feelings or acts
sny: generous ant: petty 1. magnanimously (adv) 2. magnanimity (n.) |
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enunciate
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to state clearly and distinctly; to pronounce
sny: articulate 1. enunciation (n.) 2. enunciable (adj.) |
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collaborate
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to work with another toward a goal
syn: cooperate 1. collaboration (n.) 2. collaborative (adj.) 3. collaboratively (adv.) |
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impound
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to confine; to retain in legal custody
syn: confiscate ant: release |
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impeccable
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faultless; without sin or blemish
syn: immaculate, faultless, irreproachable ant: fallible, blameworthy 1. impeccably (adv.) 2. impeccability (n.) |
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evoke
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to summon forth
syn: conjure up, elicit 1. evocation (n.) |
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inane
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without sense or meaning; silly
syn: foolish, insipid ant: significant meaningful 1. inanely (adv.) 2. inaneness (n.) |
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unctuous
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exaggeratedly or insincerely polite
syn: oily, feigned ant: genuine, sincere 1. untuously (adv.) 2. unctuousness (n.) |
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expatriate
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someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country
1. expatriation (n.) |
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frowzy
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unkempt
syn: slovenly ant: tidy |
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heinous
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hatefully or shockingly evil
syn: abhorrent, horrid 1.heinously (adv.) 2. heinousness (n.) |
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cogn
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know or think
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carn
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flesh
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vor
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eat
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in
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not
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re
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again
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