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20 Cards in this Set
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skulk
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to move about steathly; to like in hiding
to lurk, slink, prowl |
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converge
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to move toward one point, approach nearer together
to meet; unite; intersect; merge to diverge; seperate; go seperate ways |
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nonchalant
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cool and confident, unconcerned
composed, unruffled, indifferent, blase perturbed, aggitated, disconcerted, abashed |
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affiliated
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associated, connected
attached, related, joined to unconnected, dissociated |
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panacea
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a remedy for all ills, cure-all, an answer to all problems
a universal cure, easy solution |
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disperse
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to scatter, spread far and wide
to break up, scatter, dispel to collect, congregate, asemble, muster |
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unanny
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strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation
eerie, inexplicble, spooky |
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ascertain
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to find out
to discover, determine, establish to lose |
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omniscient
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all knowing; having unlimited awareness or understanding
wise, all knowing ignorant, unknowing |
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malevolent
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spiteful, showing ill will
malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant kind, benevolent, compassionate |
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supercilious
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proud and contemptuous, showing scorn b/c of a feeling of superiority
snobbish, patronizing, overbearing humble, meek, differential, servile |
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expunge
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to erase, obliterate, destroy
to delete, efface, annihilate to insert, mark, imprint, impress |
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scrupulous
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exact, careful, attending, thoroughly to details, having high moral standards, principled
painstaking, meticulous, conscientious careless, negligent, remiss pain |
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invulnerable
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not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack
impregnable, impervious, immune exposed, unprotected,defenseless |
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venial
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easily excused; pardonable
excusable, forgivable, unpardonable, inexcusable, unforgivable |
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finite
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having limits; lasting for a long limited time
limited, bounded, measurable unlimited, immeasurable, everlasting, eternal |
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esteem
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to regard highly; a highly favorable opinion or judgement
respect, admire, honor, revere disdain, scorn, contempt |
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cogent
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forceful; convincing; relevant, to the point
persuasive, compellng unconvincing, weak, ineffective, irrelevant |
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attainment
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an accomplishment; the act of achieving
an achievement, fullfillment a failure, defeat, frustration |
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bequeath
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to give or pass on as an inheritance
to hand down, transmit, bestow |