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20 Cards in this Set
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daunt
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(v)to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
s:dismay, cow a:encourage, embolden, reassure |
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abscond
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(v) to run off and hide
s:bolt, make off, skip town |
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arduous
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(adj)hard to do, requiring much effort
s:hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing a:law and order, peace and quiet |
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pliant
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(adj)bending readily; easily influenced
s:supple, flexible, elastic, plastic a:rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone |
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auspicious
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(adj)favorable; fortunate
s:promising, encouraging, propitious a:ill-omened, ominous, sinister |
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intrepid
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(adj)very brave, fearless, unshakable
s:valiant, courageous, audciousm daring aLtimid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
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anarchy
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(n)a lack of government and law; confusion
s:chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium a:law and order, peace and quiet |
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reprieve
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(n)a temporary relief or delay; (v)to grant a postponement
s:(n)stay respite; (v)postpone, delay a:(v)proceed |
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disentangle
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(v)to free from tangles or complications
s:unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl a:tangle up, ensnarl, snag |
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rectify
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(v)to make right, correct
s:remedy, set right a:mess up, botch, bungle |
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biased
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(adj)favoring one side unduly; prejudice
s:unfair, partial, bigoted a:fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just |
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hoodwink
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(v)to mislead by a trick, deceive
s:dupe, put one over on a:undeceive, disabuse, clue in |
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access
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(n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v)to get at, obtain
s:(v) entry,admittance, entree a:(n)total exclusion |
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incinerate
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(v)to burn to ashes
s:burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
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fated
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(adj)determined in advance by destiny or fortune
s:destined, preordained, doomed a:accidental, fortuious, chance, random |
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revile
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(v)to attack with words, call bad names
s:inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce a:praise, acclaim, revere, idolize |
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pompous
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(adj)overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively statelyy or ceremonious
s:pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic a:unpretentious, unaffected, plain |
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inanimate
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(adj)not having life; without energy or spirit
s:lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless a:living alive, energetic, lively, sprightly |
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precipice
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(n)a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
s:cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge a:abyss, chasm, gorge |
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larceny
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(n)theft
s:stealing, robbery, burglary |
