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20 Cards in this Set
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to run off and hide
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abscond
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bolt, make off, skip town
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[n] approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase;
[v] to get at; obtain |
access
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[s] entry, admittance, entree
[a] total exclusion |
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a lack of government and law; confusion
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anarchy
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[s] chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium
[a] law and order, peace and quiet |
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hard to do, requiring much effort
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arduous
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[s] hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing
[a] easy, simple, effortless |
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favorable; fortunate
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auspicious
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[s] promising, encouraging, propitous
[a] ill-omened, ominous, sisnister |
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favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
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biased
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[s] unfair, partial, bigoted
[a] fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just |
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to overcome with fear, intimidate; dishearten, discourage
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daunt
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[s]dismay, cow
[a] encourage, embolden, reassure |
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to free from tangles or complications
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disentangle
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[s] unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl
[a] tangle up, ensnarl, snag |
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determined in advance by destiny or fortune
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fated
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[s] destined, preordained, doomed
[a] accidental, fortuitious, chance, random |
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to mislead by a trick, deceive
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hoodwink
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[s] dupe, put one over
[a] undeceive, disabuse, clue in |
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not having life; without energy or spirit
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inanimate
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[s] lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless
[a] living, alive, energetic, lively, sprightly |
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to burn to ashes
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incinerate
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burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes
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very brave, fearless, unshakable
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intrepid
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[s]valiant, courageous, audacious, daring
[a]timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
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theft
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larceny
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stealing, robbery, burglary
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bending easily, easily influenced
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pliant
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[s] supple, flexible, elastic, plastic
[a] rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone |
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overly self-important in speech and manner, excessively stately or ceremonius
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pompous
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[s] pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic
[a] unpretentious, unaffected, plain |
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a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster
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precipice
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[s] cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge
[a] abyss, chasm, gorge |
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to make right, correct
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rectify
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[s] remedy, set right
[a] mess up, botch, bungle |
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[n] a temporary relief or delay
[v] to grant a postponement |
reprieve
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[s] (n)stay, respite, (v)postpone, delay
[a] (v)proceed |
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to attack with words, call bad names
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revile
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[s] inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce
[a] praise, acclaim, revere, idolize |
