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20 Cards in this Set
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Abstemious
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adj. Moderate, sparing (as in eating and dribking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline.
S: temperate, sober, moderate A: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate |
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Censurable
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adj. deserving blame or correction
S: blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible A: commendable, laudable, meritorious |
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Contingent
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adj. likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance.
n. a representative group forming part of a larger body S: conditional, dependent, a detachment A: independent of, uncconected with, certain |
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Corroborate
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v. to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify
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Denizen
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n. an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place
S: resident, dweller A: alien, outsider, stranger |
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Discursive
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adj. passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rembling, roving, nomadic
S: wandering, episodic A: short and to the point |
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Disseminate
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v. to scatter or spread widely
S: disperse, publicize, broadcast A: concentrate, muster, conceal, hide |
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Dowdy
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adj. poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
S: frumpy, tacky, drab A: chic, stylish |
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Florid
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adj. highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy
S: flowery, flamboyant A: pale, sallow, austere |
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Gauche
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adj. awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
S: inept, maladroit A: adroit, tactful |
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Foist
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v. to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by steath, dishonestly or coercion
S: pass off, fob off |
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Heresy
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n. an opinion different from accepted belief
S: heterodoxy A: orthodoxy |
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Inculcate
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v. to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly
S: instill, implant, infuse, imbue A: efface, extirpate, root out |
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Palpable
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adj. capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard or recognized
S: tangible, plain, obvious A: intangible, insubstantial |
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Perceptive
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adj. having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreaciation
S: insightful, observant A: dense, thick, dim-witted |
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Pernicious
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adj. extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
S: injurious, baleful A: harmless, salutary |
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Salient
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adj. leaping, jumping or spring forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; n. a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward
S: striking, notable, obvious A: inconspicuous |
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Satiate
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v. to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; adj. full, satisfied
S: gratify, cloy, gorge A: starve, deprive entirely of |
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Sear
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v. to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, single
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Specious
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adj. deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
S: deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic A: valid, sound, solid, genuine |
