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20 Cards in this Set
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accost
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VERB
to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way SYN: buttonhole, approach, confront ANT: evade, avoid, shun |
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adimadversion
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NOUN
a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval SYN: rebuke, reproof ANT: praise, compliment |
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avid
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ADJECTIVE
desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager SYN: keen, enthusiastic, grasping ANT: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic |
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brackish
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ADJECTIVE
having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink SYN: briny, saltine ANT: fresh, clear, sweet |
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celerity
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NOUN
swiftness, rapidity of motion or action SYN: promptness, alacrity, speed ANT: slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness |
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devious
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ADJECTIVE
straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way SYN: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful ANT: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard |
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gambit
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NOUN
in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type SYN: ploy, ruse, strategem, maneuver |
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halcyon
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NOUN
a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher ADJECTIVE of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent SYN: tranquil, serene, placid, palmy ANT: turbulent, chaotic, tumultuous |
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histrionic
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ADJECTIVE
pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic SYN: affected, stagy ANT: low-keyed, muted, untheatrical, subdued |
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incendiary
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ADJECTIVE
deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion SYN: inflammatory, provocative ANT: soothing, quieting NOUN one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife SYN: firebrand ANT: peacemaker |
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maelstrom
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NOUN
a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction SYN: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult |
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myopic
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ADJECTIVE
nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment |
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overt
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ADJECTIVE
open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized SYN: clear, obvious, manifest, patent ANT: secret, clandestine, covert, concealed |
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pejorative
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ADJECTIVE
tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecator, belittling ANT: complimentary, ameliorative |
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propriety
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NOUN
the state of being proper, appropriateness PLURAL NOUN standards of what is proper or socially acceptable SYN: fitness, correctness, decorum ANT: unseemliness, inappropriateness |
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sacrilege
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NOUN
improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred SYN: desecration, profanation, defilement |
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summarily
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ADVERB
without delay or formality; briefly, concisely SYN: promptly, peremptorily, abruptly |
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suppliant
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ADJECTIVE
asking humbly and earnestly NOUN one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, a suitor |
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talisman
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NOUN
an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish |
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undulate
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VERB
to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form SYN: ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall |
