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20 Cards in this Set
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adroit
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skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind.
s: clever, deft, dextrous, slick a: clumsy, inept, all thumbs |
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amicable
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peaceable, friendly
s: congenial, neighborly, cordial a: hostile, antagonistic |
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averse
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haveing a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling.
s: disclined, loath a: favorably diposed, eager, keen |
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belligerent
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given to fighting, warlike, combative, aggressive, on at war, one engaged in war
s: assertive, truculent, pugnacious a: peaceful, conciliatory, placid |
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benevolent
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kindly, charitable
s: benign,well-meaning a: malicious, spiteful, malevolent |
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cursory
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hasty, not thorough
s: quick, superficial, perfunctory a: thorough, painsraking, careful |
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dulicity
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treachery, deceitfulness
s: fraud, double-dealing, chicanery |
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extol
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to praise, deceitfulness
s: glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail a: critize, belittle, disparage |
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feasible
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possible, able to be done
s: workable, practicable, viable a: unworkable, impractical |
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grimace
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a wry face, facial distortion, to make a wry face.
s: pained expression, facial contortion a: smile, grin, beam |
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holocaust
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a large-scale destruction, espexially by fire, a vast slaughter, a burnt offering
s: conflagration, devastation, annihilation a: deluge, inundation |
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impervious
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not affected or hurt by, admitting of no passage or enterance
s: impenetrable, resistant, proof against a: porous, permeable, vulnerable |
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impentus
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a moving force, impulse, stimulus
s: impulse, incentive, spur a: curb, hindrance, impediment, contraint |
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jeopardy
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danger
s: risk, hazard, peril a: safety, security |
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meticulous
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extremely careful, particular about details
s: fastidious, painstaking, fussy a: careless, negligent, sloppy |
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nostaligia
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a longing for something past, homesickness
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quintessence
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the purest essence or form of something, the most typical example
s: paragon, exemplar |
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retrogress
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to move backward, to return to an earlier condition.
s: revert, degenerate, decline a: advance, evolve, progress |
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scrutinize
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to examine closely
s: inspect, pour over a: skim, scan, glance at |
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tepid
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lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
s: insipid, halfhearted, wishy-washy a: heated, excited, ethusiastic |
