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20 Cards in this Set
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connoisseur
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an expert, particularly in matters of art and taste
-arbiter, aristocrat, bible, big cheese, big shot, big wig, boss, brains, brass, expert |
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asunder
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in separate parts; apart from each other in position
-disconnected, divided, in half, loose, separated, split, to shreds, torn |
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raze
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to tear down; demolish to the ground
- batter, blow down, bomb, break down, bulldoze, capsize, cast down, crash, decimate, delete, demolish, destroy, dynamite, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, fell, level, mow down, obliterate |
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blighted
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ruined, destroyed, withered
-annihilate, blast, crush, damage, dash, decay, disappoint, foul up, frustrate, glitch up, injure, mar, mess up |
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aghast
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horrified
-afraid, agape, agog, alarmed, amazed, anxious, appalled, astonished, astounded, awestruck, confounded, dismayed, dumbfounded |
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milieu
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environment or surroundings
-ambience, ambient, background, climate, element, locale, location, medium |
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arduous
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hard, difficult, tiresome
-backbreaking, burdensome, exhausting, fatiguing, formidable, grueling, harsh, heavy, labored |
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coterie
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a circle of close friends; inner circle
-clique, circle, band, party |
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awry
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twisted; crooked; out of whack; askew; wrong
-afield, askance, aslant, astray, badly, bent, cockeyed, curved, slanting, turned, zigzag |
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table
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to remove from consideration; post pone
-delay, hold off, move, propose, put aside, put forward, put off, |
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harried
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to be troubled or bothered
-agitated, anxious, bothered, distressed, harassed, |
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irascible
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easily angered; irritable
-angry, bearish, bristly, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, feisty, grouchy, hasty, hot-tempered, |
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congenial
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pleasant to be around; social, agreeable
-affable, agreeable, compatible, complaisant, congruous, consistent, consonant, conversable, convivial, cooperative, cordial, delightful, favorable, genial, good-humored, gracious |
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boisterous
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rowdy
-bouncy, brawling, clamorous, disorderly, effervescent, impetuous, loud |
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chimerical
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bizarre; far out
-absurd, delusive, fanciful, fantastic, fictional, imaginary, unreal |
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vertigo
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the sensation of dizziness; a confused, disoriented state of mind
-giddiness, lightheadedness, loss of balance, loss of equilibrium, shakiness, spinning head |
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fallacious
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false; wrong; incorrect
-deceiving, deceptive, delusive, erroneous, fictitious, fishy, fraudulent, illogical, incorrect, invalid |
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impasse
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dead end
-box, cessation, corner, dead end, deadlock, dilemma, fix |
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zeal
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enthusiasm
-devotion, diligence, dispatch, drive, eagerness, earnestness, enterprise, fanaticism, fervor, fierceness, fire, gusto, hustle, inclination |
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berate
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to scold severely
-bawl out, blister, call down, castigate, censure, chew out, cuss out |
