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140 Cards in this Set
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approbation
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S: commendation, sanction
A: disapproval, condemnation, censure |
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Assuage
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S: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
A: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
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coalition
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S: alliance, league, federation, combine
A: splinter group |
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decadence
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S: degeneration, corruption
A: rise, growth, development, maturation |
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elicit
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S:call forth, evoke, extract, educe
A: repress, quash, squelch, stifle |
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expostulate
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S: protest, remonstrate, complain
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hackneyed
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S: pause, lacuna
A: continuity, continuation |
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innuendo
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S: insinuation, intimation
A: direct statement |
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intercede
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S: intervene, mediate
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jaded
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S: sated, surfeited, cloyed
A: unspoiled, uncloyed |
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hiatus
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S: pause, lacuna
A: continuity, continuation |
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lurid
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S: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
A: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome |
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meritorious
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S: praisworthy, laudable, commendable
A: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable |
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petulant
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S: irratable, testy, waspish
A: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable |
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prerogative
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S: perquisite, perk
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provincial
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S: narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
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simulate
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S: feigh, pretend, affect
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transcend
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S: surpass, poutstrip
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umbrage
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S: irritation, pique, annoyance
A: pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
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undtuous
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S:mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy
A: gruff, blunt |
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ameliorate
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S: amend, better
A: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate |
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aplomb
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S: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
A: confustion, embarrassment, abashment |
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bombastic
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S: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
A: unadorned, simple, plain, austere |
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callow
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S: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
A: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated |
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drivel
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S: balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot, slaver
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epitome
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S: abstract, digest, model, archetype
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exhort
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S: entreat, implore, adjure
A: discourage, advise against, deprecate |
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ex officio
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S: encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
A: stay in bounds |
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ingratiate
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S: cozy up, curry favor with
A: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself |
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infringe
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S: encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
A: stay in bounds |
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interloper
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S: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky
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intrinsic
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S: immanent, organic
A: extrinsic, external, outward |
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inveigh
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S: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
A: acclaim, glorify, extol |
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lassitude
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S: fatigue, lathargy, torpor, languor
A: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness |
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millennium (millennia
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S: chilliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
A: doomsday, day of judgement |
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occult
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S: supernatural, esoteric, abtruse, arcane
a: mundane, common, public exoteric |
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permeate
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to spread through, penetrate, soak through
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precipitate
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S: provoke, produce, reckless, impetuous
A: wary, cautious, circumspect |
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stringent
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S: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
A: lenient, mild, lax, permissive |
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surmise
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S: infer, gather, inference, presumption
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abominate
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S: loathe, abhor, despise, detest
A: relish, savor, cherish, esteem |
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acculturation
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S: adaptation
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adventitious
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S: extrinsic incidental, fortuitous
A: essential, intrinsic, inherent, congenital |
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ascribe
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S: impute, credit, attribute
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circuitous
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S: indirect, meandering, winding
A: straight, direct, as the crow flies. |
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commiserate
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S: feel sorry for, empathize
A: feel no sympathy |
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enjoin
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S: bid, charge, command, adjure
A: allow, permit |
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expedite
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S: accelerate, facilitate, speed up
A: hinder, hamper, impede, obstruct |
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expiate
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S: redeem, make amends for, atone, make reparation
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ferment
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S: commotion, turmoil, unrest
A: peace and quiet, tranquility, placidity |
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nominal
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S: titular, token, trifling, inconsequential
A: real, actual, exorbitant, excessive |
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noncommittal
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S: cagey, uninformative, playing it safe, playing it close to the vest
A: positive, definate, committed |
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peculate
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S: embessle, defraud, misappropriate
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proclivity
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S: natural bent, penchant, propensity
A: inability or incapacity |
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sangfroid
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S: poise, self-assurance, equanimity
A: excitability, hysteria, flappability |
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tenuous
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S: flimsy, insubstantial, vague, hazy
A: strong, solid, substantial, valid |
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vitriolic
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S: withering, acerbiv, mordant
A: bland, saccharine, honeyed, sugary |
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wheddle
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S: cajole, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk
A: coerce, browbeat, intimidate, strong arm |
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seditious
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S: mutinous, rebellious, subversive
A: supportive, loyal, faithful, allegiant |
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inadvertent
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S: accidental, unconsidered
A: deliverate, intentional, premediated |
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affable
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S: genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial
A: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable |
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aggrandize
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S: augment, amplify, enhance, exhalt
A: reduce, decrease, diminish |
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amorphous
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S: formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate
S: definate, well-defined, clear-cut |
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aura
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S: ambience, atmosphere
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contraband
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S: illicit, bootleg, unlawful
A: legal, lawful, licit |
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erudite
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S: profoundly educated, well-read
A: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate |
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gossamer
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S: filmy, diaphaneous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy
A: thick, dense, solid, massive |
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infer
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S: gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate
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inscrutable
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S: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic
A: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable |
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insular
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S: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial
A: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal |
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irrevocable
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S: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable
A: reversible, changeable |
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propensity
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S: natural bent, proclivity, penchant
A: natural incapacity or inability |
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querulous
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S: petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable
A: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid |
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remonstrate
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S: reason against, expostulate
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repudiate
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S: disavow, abjure, renounce
A: avow, affirm, aver, avouch |
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resilient
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S: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy
A: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding |
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reverberate
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S: rumble, thunder, boom echo
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scurrilous
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S: obsene, filthy, abusive, vituperative
A: decorous, semmly, tasteful, dignified |
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sleazy
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S: inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty
A: superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy |
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sedulous
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S: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable
A: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose |
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amnesty
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a general pardon for an offense against a government
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autonomy
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S: home rule
A: dependence, subjection, colonial status |
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axiomatic
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S: taken for granted
A: questionable, dubious, controversial |
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blazon
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S: broadcast, trumpet
A: hide, conceal, cover up, bury |
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caveat
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S: admonition, word to the wise
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equitable
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S: right, reasonable, evenhanded
A: unjust, unfair, one-sided, disproportionate |
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extricate
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S: disentangle, extract, disengage
A: enmensh, entangle, involve |
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flilch
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S: pilfer, purloin, swipe
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flout
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S: scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn
A: obey, honor, revere, uphold |
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fractious
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S: refractory, recalcitrant, peevish
A: docile, tractable, cooperative |
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precept
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S: principle, maxim
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salutary
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S: salubrious, curative
A: detrimental, deleterious, pernicious |
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scathing
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S: searing, harsh, ferocious, savage
A: bland, mild |
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scourge
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S: flog, beat; (n) bane, plague, pestilence
A: (n) godsend, boon, blessing |
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sepulchral
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S: doleful, lugubrious, mortuary
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soporific
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S: narotic, anesthetic
A: stimulating, stimulant, stimulus |
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straitlaced
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S: highly conventional, overly strict stuffy
A: lax, loose, indulgent, permissive, dissolute |
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transient
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S: impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent
A: permanent, imperishable, immortal |
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unwieldy
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S: cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical
A: manageable easy to handly |
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vapid
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S: insipid, lifeless, colorless
A: zesty, spicy, savory, colorful, lively |
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anomalous
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S: exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant
A: normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary |
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aspersion
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S: innuendo, calumny, denigration
A: endorsement, testimonial, praise |
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bizarre
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S: grotesque, fantastic, outlandish
A: normal, typical, ordinary, expected |
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brusque
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S: curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough
A: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic |
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cajole
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S: wheddle, inveigloe, soft-soap, sweet-talk
A: coerce, force, strong-arm |
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castigate
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S: chastise, rebuke, cvensure, upbraid
A: reward, honor, praise, laud |
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contrive
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S: think up, devise concoct, fabricate
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demagogue
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S: rabble-rouser, firebrand
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disabuse
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S: undeceive, enlighten, set straight
A: deceive, delude pull wool over one's eyes |
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ennui
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S: languor world-weariness, listlessness
A: enthusiasm, liveliness excitement intensity |
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fetter
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S: bond restraint, bind, hamper
A: free, liberate, emancipate |
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heinous
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S: evil odious abominable, outrageous
A: excellent, wonderful, splendid |
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immutable
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S: unchangeable unalterable, fixed invariable
A: cvhangeable, inconsistant, variable, fickle |
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insurgent
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S: revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous
A: loyalist, loyal, faithful |
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megalomania
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S: delusions of grandeur
A: humility, modesty, self-abasement |
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sinecure
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S: "no-show" job, cushy job, "plum"
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surreptitious
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S: furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed
A: open, frank, aboveboard, overt |
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transgress
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S: overstep, exceed, trespass, err
A: obey, toe the line |
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transmute
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S: transform, convert, translate, metamorphose,
A: maintain unchanged, preserve |
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vicarious
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S: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand
A: real, actual, firsthand |
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austere
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S: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued
A: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant |
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benefivent
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S:humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
A: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious |
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cadaverous
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S: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
A: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health |
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concoct
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S: create, fashion, rustle up
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crass
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S: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
A: refined, elegant, tasteful, poished, brilliant |
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debase
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S: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
A: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance |
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desecrate
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S: profane, defile, violate
A: revere, honor, venerate, consecrate |
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disconcert
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S: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb
A: relax, calm, put at ease |
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grandiose
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S: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
A: simple, modest, unaffected, humble |
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inconsequential
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S: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry
A: important, essential, crucial, vital |
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infraction
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S: violation, transgression, breach, offense
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mitigate
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S: lessen, relieve, alleiate, diminish
a: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate |
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pillage
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S: ravage, sack, loot (n) booty
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prate
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S: chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver
A: come to the point, not waste words |
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punctillious
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S: precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky
A: careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory |
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redoubtable
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S: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august
A: laughable, risible, contemptible |
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reprove
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S: chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach
A: praise, commend, laud, pat on the back |
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restitution
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S: compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration
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stalwart
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S: sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant; (n) mainstay
A: weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating |
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vulnerable
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S: defenseless, exposed, unguarded
A: invincible, protected, safe, secure |
