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20 Cards in this Set
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Affable |
(adj.) courteous & pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
Syn: genial, amicable, cordial Ant: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable |
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Aggrandize |
(v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
Ant: reduce, decrease, diminish |
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Amorphous |
(adj.) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion
Syn: formless, unstructured, inchoate Ant: definite, well-defined, clear-cut |
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Archetype |
(n.) an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing
Syn: model, prototype, epitome |
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Aura |
(n.) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
Syn: ambience, atmosphere |
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Contraband |
(n.) illegal traffic, smuggled goods (adj.) illegal, prohibited
Syn: (adj.) bootleg, unlawful Ant: (adj.) legal, lawful, licit |
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Erudite |
(adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
Syn: profoundly educated, well-read Ant: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate |
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Gossamer |
(adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial (n.) a very thin, light cloth
Syn: (adj.) filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy Ant: (adj.) dense, solid, massive |
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Inscrutable |
(adj.) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
Syn: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic Ant: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable |
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Insular |
(adj.) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
Syn:narrow-minded, parochial, provincial Ant: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal |
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Irrevocable |
(adj.) incapable of being changed or called back
Syn: unrecallable, unalterable Ant: reversible, changeable |
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Propensity |
(n.) a natural inclination or predilection toward
Syn: natural bent, proclivity, penchant Ant: natural incapacity or inability |
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Querulous |
(adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful
Syn: petulant, irritable Ant: uncomplaining, stoical |
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Remonstrate |
(v.) to argue with someone against something, protest against
Syn: reason against, expostulate |
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Repudiate |
(v.) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
Syn: disavow, renounce Ant: avow, affirm, aver |
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Resilient |
(adj.) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
Syn: springy, elastic Ant: rigid, stiff, inflexible |
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Reverberate |
(v.) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
Syn: rumble, thunder, boom, echo |
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Scurrilous |
(adj.) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed
Syn: obscene, filthy, abusive vituperative Ant: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified |
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Sedulous |
(adj.) persistent, showing industry and determination
Syn: assiduous, indefatigable Ant: indolent, listless |
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Sleazy |
(adj.) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable
Syn: inferior, cheesy Ant: superior, first-rate |