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20 Cards in this Set
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ab'dicate
(v) |
to resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard
Synonyms: step down relinquish renounce Antonym: retain |
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bestow'
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to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings
Synonyms: grant confer lodge put up Antonyms: receive take take back take away |
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capa'cious
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able to hold much, roomy
Synonyms: spacious commodious Antonyms: cramped confined restricted narrow |
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nau'seate
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to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust
Synonyms: sicken disgust Antonyms: delight tickle pink |
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cau'stic
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able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic
Synonyms: burning corrosive sharp Antonyms: bland mild sugary saccharine |
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crusade'
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a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; to campaign, work vigorously
Synonyms: campaign organized movement |
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negate'
(v) |
to nullify, deny, bring to nothing
Synonyms: cancel invalidate annul Antonyms: affirm confirm corroborate buttress |
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deface'
(v) |
to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine
Synonyms: mar disfigure Antonyms: repair restore renovate recondition |
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embar'go
(n)(v) |
an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with
Synonyms: stoppage ban boycott |
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piv'otal
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vitally important, essential
Synonyms: crucial critical decisive seminal Antonyms: unimportant insignificant |
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fall'acy
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a false notion or belief; an error in thinking
Synonym: misconception Antonyms: sound reasoning logic |
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recip'ient
(n)(adj) |
one who receives; receiving; able or willing to recieve
Synonyms: receiver beneficiary Antonyms: donor benefactor contributor |
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lev'ity
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a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight
Synonyms: giddiness flippancy frivolity fickleness Antonyms: seroiusness humorlessness solemnity |
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men'dicant
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beggar; depending on begging for a living
Synonym: panhandler Antonyms: millonaire philanthropist |
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ruse
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an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick
Synonyms: startagem subterfuge dodge |
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ten'et
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an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true
Synonyms: doctrine precept |
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teem
(v) |
to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities
Synonyms: abound swarm overflow Antonyms: lack be wanting |
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tract'able
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easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable
Synonyms: submissive docile yielding amenable Antonyms: unruly obstreperous refractory |
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ungain'ly
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clumsy, awkward; unwieldy
Synonym: graceless Antonyms: nimble agile supple graceful |
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vora'cious
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having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager
Synonyms: gluttonous insatiable avid Antonyms: indifferent apathetic |
