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20 Cards in this Set
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am'plify
(v) |
to make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or the like
Synonyms increase augment fill out supplement |
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ar'mistice
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a temporary peace, halt in fighting
Syonyms cease-fire truce |
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arr'ogant
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haughty, too convinced of one's own importance
Syonyms high-handed overbearing presumptuous Antonyms meek humble modest unassuming |
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bland
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gentle, soothing, mild, lacking in interest or taste
Synonyms dull insipid Antonyms harsh irritating pungent spicy piquant |
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disclaim'
(v) |
to deny interest in or connection with; to give up all claim to
Synonyms disavow disown repudiate Antonyms admit acknowledge avow confess |
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ep'och
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a distinct period of time, era, age
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estrange'
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to drift apart or become unfriendly, to cause such a seperation, to remove or keep at a distance
Synonyms part company alienate Antonyms bring together reunite reconcile |
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grat'ify
(v) |
to please, satify; to indulge or humor
Synonyms delight Antonyms disappoint dissatisfy frustrate thwart |
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in'finite
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exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless; an incalculable number, the concept of infinity; a name for God
Synonyms unlimited boundless Antonyms limited restricted measurable |
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iras'cible
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easily made angry, hot-tempered
Synonyms irritable quarrelsome cantankerous Antonym even-tempered |
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kin'dred
(n)(adj) |
a person's relatives; a family relationship; related by blood; like, similar
Synonyms kin relations Antonyms unlike dissimilar contrasting |
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naive'
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innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of wordly knowledge and experience
Synonyms green wet behind the ears Antonyms sophisticated knowing urbane suave blase |
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niche
(n) |
a decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing
Synonyms nook alcove |
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oblit'erate
(v) |
to blot out completely, destroy utterly
Synonyms wipe out erase expunge efface Antonyms foster promote create |
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ram'shackle
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apperaing ready to collapse, loose and shaky
Synonyms rickety unsteady run-down dilapidated Antonyms well built well maintained shipshape trim |
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ran'sack
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to search or examine thoroughly; to rob, plunder
Synonyms rummage scour Antonym spot-check |
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rote
(n)(adj) |
unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something; based on a mechanical routine
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sol'vent
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able to meet one's financial obligations; having the power to dissolve other substances; a liguid used to dissolve other substances; something that solves, explains, eliminates, or softens
Synonyms financially sound in the black Antonyms bankrupt flat broke in the red |
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te'dious
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long and tiresome
Synonyms boring monotonous Antonyms stimulating interesting short and sweet |
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vendor
(n) |
a person who sells something
Synonyms peddler hawker dealer merchant Antonyms buyer purchaser customer |
