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23 Cards in this Set
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Complicity |
Partnership in wrongdoing, someone who knows about a crime and didn't do anything |
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liquidation |
Disposal of, killing, extermination, clearance, elimination, discard, withdraw |
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accomplice |
associates in crime, ally, partner in crime, collaborator |
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Recant |
Withdraw previous statement, recall, revoke, take back, deny, to save face |
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Culpable |
Deserving blame, at fault, accountable, guilty, wrong, reprehensible |
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Woolgathering |
Absent mindedness or daydreaming, zoning out |
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Abrogate |
To deprive of legal force, to nullify, invalidate, abolish, prevent, annul, do away, |
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Alleged |
Reported, supposed, suspected, accused, ostensible, so called |
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Invalidate |
Abolish, nullify, disprove, void, negate, overturn, overrule, dis allow |
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Preclude |
Prevent, eliminate, stop from happening, make it impossible, hinder inhibit |
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To whitewash |
To conceal defects, to give a falsley virtuous appearance to something, half truth, cover up, masking |
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Persevere |
Persist, enjoy, work hard for, keep at, pursue, proceed |
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Landmark |
Historic, turning point, waypoint, benchmark, milestone, monument |
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Extrinsic |
Foreign, coming from outside, imported, exotic, alien, exterior |
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Declaim |
Speak loudly, take down a peg, proclaim, recite, denounce, diatribe, inveigh |
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Fetter |
To hamper, stymie, bind, cuff, shackle, confined, restrain, restrict, hinder |
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To break the ice |
To make a start by overcoming initial difficulties |
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Paragon |
Model of excellence, epitome , cream of the crop, ideal, perfection, outstanding example, archetype, model of experience |
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Nomadic |
Wandering, hunters and gatherers, hobos, migrant, roaming, drifting , peripathetic, pastoral |
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Asperity |
Harshness of temper, crabbiness, cross, bitterness, acerbic , irritable, flying off the handle |
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epithet |
Descriptive name, stereotype, nickname, designation |
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Controversial |
Debatable, questionable, arguable, disputed |
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The grapevine |
A secret means of spreading information, rumors, gossip |
