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20 Cards in this Set
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abhor
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v. detest, despise, abominate
admire, cherish, respect, relish |
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amend
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v. modify, improve, correct
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buffet
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v. batter, sock, thump, pummel, toss about
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chaos
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n. anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium
order, regularity, tranquility |
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commodious
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adj. comfortable, ample, capacious
cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient |
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corrosive
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adj. caustic, mordant, acidulous, spiteful
bland, mild, benign, amiable |
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discern
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v. perceive, detect, distinguish
overlook |
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extant
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adj. surviving, in existence
extinct, defunct, vanished |
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implicate
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v. incriminate, entangle
absolve, exculpate |
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inter
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v. to bury
unearth, exhume |
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martinet
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n. taskmaster, slave driver
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obviate
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v. preclude, forestall, ward off
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renegade
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n. turncoat, defector, heretic adj.- traitorous
loyalist, patriot |
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reprehensible
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adj. objectionable, blameworthy, culpable, odious
commendable, blameless, meritorious |
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somber
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adj. mournful, dismal
bright, sunny, lighthearted, cheerful, jaunty |
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squalid
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adj. dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject
neat, spruce, exalted, lofty |
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turbulent
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adj. tumultous, unruly, agitated
calm, placid, tranquil, still |
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vociferous
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adj. clamorous, uproarous, blustering
quiet, soft-spoken, muted, subdued |
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voluminous
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adj. bulky, massive, copious, plentiful
scant, meager, brief, succinct |
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waive
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v. decline, relinguish, forgo
claim, accept |