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11 Cards in this Set
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Abnormal
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(adj)not usual, not typical, strange
SYN:freakish, unnatural, irregular, anomalous ANT:normal, usual, regular, typical |
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Capsize
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(v)turn bottom side up, upset
SYN:overturn,upend,tip over ANT:remain upright |
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Catastrophe
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(n)large scale disaster, misfourtune, failure
SYN:calamity, tragedy, cataclysm ANT:triumph,victory,sucess |
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Decrease
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(v)become,make less;(n)a lessening
SYN:(v)lessen,reduce, dwindle, diminish ANT:(v)increase,grow, develop, wax |
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Disputatious
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(adj)incline to argue or debate;provoking debate
SYN:argumentive, quarrelsome, contentious ANT:peaceable,pacific |
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Eject
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(v)drive or throw out,evict
SYN:oust,expel,kick out ANT:admit,let in |
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Flourish
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(v)grow,thrive,be prosperous; wave in the air(n)dramitic gesture; a fanfare of horns
SYN:(v)prosper, burgeon, increase ANT:wirther, die, fade, shrivel up |
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Flourish
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(v)grow,thrive,be prosperous; wave in the air(n)dramitic gesture; a fanfare of horns
SYN:(v)prosper, burgeon, increase ANT:wirther, die, fade, shrivel up |
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incentive
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(n)a reason for doing something;something that stimulates action
SYN:s timulas, spur, motive, inducement ANT:curb, check, restraint ,hindrance |
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insubordinate
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(adj)disobedient, rebellious
SYN:defiant,unruly,mutinous ANT:obedient,submissive, docile, tractable |
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Legible
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(adj)easily read
SYN:readable, clear, decipherable ANT:indecipherable, unreadable |
