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20 Cards in this Set
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greed; desire for wealth
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avarice
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Syn: acquisitiveness
Ant: largesse |
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stealthy; secretive
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furtive
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Syn: surreptitious; sneaky
Ant: overt |
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wild and drunken
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bacchanalian
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Ant: restrained
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to turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority
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extradite
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Syn: deport
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numerous; large in quantity
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copious
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Syn: profuse
Ant: sparse |
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easily angered
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irascible
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syn: irritable; ill-tempered
ant: easygoing |
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a professional soldier hired by a foreign army
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mercenary
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ant: volunteer
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a strong defense or fort (or one likened to these)
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bastion
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syn: stronghold
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to cast overboard; to discard
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jettison
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syn: deploy; throw away
ant: retain |
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to banish; to shut out from a group or society
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ostracize
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syn: exile
ant: accept |
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one who is intolerant of differences in people
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bigot
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syn: racist, sexist
ant: liberal |
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to erase or eliminate
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expunge
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syn: obliterate
ant: add |
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outspoken; blunt
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candid
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syn: frank; direct
ant: evasive |
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special words or phrases used by a specific group of people
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argot
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syn: jargon
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careless neglect, often resulting in injury
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negligence
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syn: carelessness
ant: care, attention |
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to calm; to make satisfied (often only temporarily)
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appease
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syn: mollify
ant: aggravate |
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harsh sounding; grating
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strident
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syn: shrill
ant: soothing |
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complete disorder
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chaos
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syn: confusion; jumble
ant: order; harmony |
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to enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity
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augment
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syn: expand
ant: narrow; reduce |
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extreme, chauvinistic patriotism, often favoring an aggressive, warlike foreign policy
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jingoism
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syn: chauvinism
ant: liberality |