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35 Cards in this Set
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Abscond
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Verb
To run off and hide Synonyms: bolt, make off, skip town |
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Access
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Noun; verb
Approach or admittance to places, persons, things/ an increase; to get at, obtain Synonyms: entry ingress Antonyms: total exclusion |
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Anarchy
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Noun
Lack of government and law/ confusion Synonyms: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium Antonyms: law and order, peace and quiet |
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Arduous
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Adjective
Hard to do, requiring much effort Synonyms: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing Antonyms: easy, simple, effortless |
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Auspicious
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Adjective
Favorable/ fortunate Synonyms: promising, encouraging, propitious Antonyms: ill- omened, sinister |
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Daunt
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Verb
To overcome with fear, intimidate/ to dishearten, discourage Synonyms: dismay, cow Antonyms: encourage, embolden, reassure |
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Disentangle
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Verb
To free from tangles or complications Synonyms: unravel, unwind, unsnarl Antonyms: tangle up, ensnarl, snag |
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Fated
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Adjective
Determined in advance by destiny or fortune Synonyms: destined, preordained, doomed Antonyms: fortuitous, chance, random |
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Hoodwink
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Verb
To mislead by a trick, swindle Synonyms: put one over on, took Antonyms: disabuse |
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Inanimate
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Adjective
Not having life/ without energy or spirit Synonyms: dead, spiritless Antonyms: living, alive, energetic, sprightly |
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Incinerate
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Verb
To burn to ashes Synonyms: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
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Intrepid
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Adjective
Brave, fearless, unshakable Synonyms: valiant, audacious, daring Antonyms: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
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Larceny
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Noun
Theft Synonyms: stealing, robbery |
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Pliant
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Adjective
Blending readily/ easily influenced Synonyms: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic Antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone |
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Pompous
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Adjective
Overly self- important in speech and matter/ excessively stately or ceremonious Synonyms: highfalutin, bombastic Antonyms: unpretentious, plain |
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Pompous
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Adjective
Overly self- important in speech and matter/ excessively stately or ceremonious Synonyms: highfalutin, bombastic Antonyms: unpretentious, plain |
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Precipice
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Noun
A very steep cliff/ the brink of edge of disaster Synonyms: crag, bluff, ledge Antonyms: abyss, chasm, gorge |
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Pompous
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Adjective
Overly self- important in speech and matter/ excessively stately or ceremonious Synonyms: highfalutin, bombastic Antonyms: unpretentious, plain |
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Precipice
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Noun
A very steep cliff/ the brink of edge of disaster Synonyms: crag, bluff, ledge Antonyms: abyss, chasm, gorge |
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Prototype
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Noun
An original model on which later versions are patterned Synonyms: example, sample Antonyms: copy |
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Pompous
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Adjective
Overly self- important in speech and matter/ excessively stately or ceremonious Synonyms: highfalutin, bombastic Antonyms: unpretentious, plain |
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Precipice
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Noun
A very steep cliff/ the brink of edge of disaster Synonyms: crag, bluff, ledge Antonyms: abyss, chasm, gorge |
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Prototype
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Noun
An original model on which later versions are patterned Synonyms: example, sample Antonyms: copy |
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Rectify
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Verb
To make correct, right Synonyms: set right Antonyms: mess up, botch, bungle |
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Pompous
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Adjective
Overly self- important in speech and matter/ excessively stately or ceremonious Synonyms: highfalutin, bombastic Antonyms: unpretentious, plain |
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Precipice
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Noun
A very steep cliff/ the brink of edge of disaster Synonyms: crag, bluff, ledge Antonyms: abyss, chasm, gorge |
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Prototype
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Noun
An original model on which later versions are patterned Synonyms: example, sample Antonyms: copy |
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Rectify
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Verb
To make correct, right Synonyms: set right Antonyms: mess up, botch, bungle |
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Reprieve
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Noun;verb
A temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement Synonyms: stay, respite; delay Antonyms: ;proceed |
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Pompous
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Adjective
Overly self- important in speech and matter/ excessively stately or ceremonious Synonyms: highfalutin, bombastic Antonyms: unpretentious, plain |
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Precipice
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Noun
A very steep cliff/ the brink of edge of disaster Synonyms: crag, bluff, ledge Antonyms: abyss, chasm, gorge |
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Prototype
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Noun
An original model on which later versions are patterned Synonyms: example, sample Antonyms: copy |
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Rectify
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Verb
To make correct, right Synonyms: set right Antonyms: mess up, botch, bungle |
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Reprieve
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Noun;verb
A temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement Synonyms: stay, respite; delay Antonyms: ;proceed |
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Revile
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Verb
To attack with words, call bad names Synonyms: inveigh against, malign, vilify Antonyms: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize |
