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20 Cards in this Set
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Adjunct
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(n.)Something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic; (adj.) added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity
Syn: (n.) associate, addition, accessory |
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Bellwether
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(n.) The male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends
Syn: ringleader, initiator, barometer Ant: follower, imitator, emulator |
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Caterwaul
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(v.) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; (n.) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket
Syn: (v.) whine; (n.) wail, screech |
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Chimerical
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(adj.) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible
Syn: fanciful, visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-sky Ant: realistic, down-to-earth, practicable |
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Effete
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(adj.) Lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date
Syn: decadent, enfeebled, outmoded Ant: thriving, burgeoning, vigorous, dynamic |
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Fait Accompli
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(n.) an accomplished and never presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action
Syn: accomplished fact |
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Hidebound
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(adj.) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
Syn: intolerant, inflexible Ant: open-minded, tolerant, liberal, progressive |
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Hierarchy
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(n.) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.
Syn: chains of command, pecking order |
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Liturgy
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(n.) a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship
Syn: ceremony, observance |
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Mirage
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(n.) Something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion
Syn: optical illusion |
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Morass
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(n.) a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand
Syn: bog, quagmire Ant: solid ground, bedrock, terra firma |
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Noisome
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(adj.) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious
Syn: fetid, noxious, vile, loathsome Ant: wholesome, pleasant, sweet-smelling |
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Oblivious
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(adj.) forgetful; unaware
Syn: insensible Ant: aware, mindful, cognizant, alert |
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Poltroon
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(n.) a base coward
Syn: craven, dastard, "chicken" Ant: hero, stalwart, gallant |
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Proselyte
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(n.) a convert; a disciple
Syn: novice, neophyte Ant: master, teacher, guide, guru |
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Quasi
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(adj.) resembling but not actually being seemingly but not actually or completely
Syn: kind of, semi-, as if Ant: totally, completely, actually, in fact |
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Raillery
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(n.) good-humored ridicule; teasing
Syn: banter, persiflage |
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Ribald
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(adj.) irreverently mocking, coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language
Syn: bawdy, risque Ant: seemly, proper, decorous |
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Supine
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(adj.) lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive
Syn: prone, prostrate; inert Ant: upright, erect, perpendicular, vertical |
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Vignette
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(n.) a short description or sketch; a picture or illustration with edges that gradually shade off; a decorative design on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter
Syn: thumbnail sketch, anecdote Ant: epic, full-length treatment |
