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66 Cards in this Set
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1.Agree; be of the same opinion (literally, "run together") (ant. Contend)
2. Happen together;coincide |
Concur
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Running together; occurring at the same time; simultaneous
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Concurrent
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Now in progress; prevailing
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Current(adj.)
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Flow(as in a river)
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Current(n.)
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course of study in a school or college
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Curriculum
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Running or flowing(type of hand writing)
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Cursive
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Running over hastily; Superficially done
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Cursory
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Wandering(running) from one topic to another; Rambling ; digressive
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Discursive
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Going("running') out or forth; expedition
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Excursion
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1.Meet with("run into") something undiserable
2.being upon self |
Incur
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1.rushing into
2.hostile invasion; raid |
Incursion
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forerunner; predecessor
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Precursor
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happen again (litterally, "run again")
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Recur
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Disposed to attack
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Agressive
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Means of going out; exit
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Egress
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1.Change by steps or stages
2.Act of grading |
Gradation
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Step;Stage;Degree;Rating
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Grade
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1. Rate at which a road, railroad track, temperature, voltage, etc., rises or falls("steps" up or down)
2. Slope; Inclination |
Gradient
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Step by step; proceeding by small stages or degrees
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Gradual
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complete all the steps of a course and receive a diploma and degree
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Graduate
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arranged in regular steps, stages, or degrees
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Graduated
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going forward to something considered better
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Progressive
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opposed to move("step")backward; retrogressive
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Regressive
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1.going backward
2.becoming worse |
Retrograde
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act of going from a better to a worse state; deterioration
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Retrogression
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step beyond the limits or barriers, go beyond; break a law; violate
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Transgress
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Two-footed animal
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Biped
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(literally, "hundred legged" creature); worm like animal with one pair of legs on most of its' segments
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Centipede
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1.facilitate
2.accelerate or speed up |
Expedite
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hinder;obstruct;block
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Impede
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1.hindrance; obstacle
2. defect |
Impediment
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Worm like animal with two pairs of legs on most of its segments
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Millipede
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lever acted on by the foot
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Pedal
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1.support or foot of a column or statue
2.foundation |
Pedestal
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person traveling on foot
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Pedestrian(n.)
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commonplace;unimaginative;dull
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Pedestrian(adj.)
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1.child's tricycle
2.early form of bicycle |
Velocipede
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touching or meeting;association; connection
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Contact
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touching; in physical contact; adjoining
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Contiguous
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1.depending on something else
2.accidental |
Contigent
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untouched or uninjured; kept or left whole
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Intact
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1.unable of being perceived by the sense of touch
2.hard to grasp or define exactly |
Intangible
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sensitive mental perception of what is appropriate on a given occasion
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Tact
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having or showing tact; diplomatic
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Tactful
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1.pertaining to the sense of touch
2.tangible |
Tactile
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touching at only one point
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Tangent(adj.)
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line or surface meeting a curved line or surface at one point, but not intersecting it
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Tangent(n.)
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merely touching; slightly connected; digressive
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Tangential
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1.seize or take into custody
2.understand |
Apprehend
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1.quick to understand or grasp
2.fearful of what may come; anxious |
Apprehensive
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able to be grasped mentally;understandable
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Comprehensible
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Including ("seizing") very much; extensive
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Comprehensive
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adapted for seizing
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Prehensile
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find fault with; rebuke;reprimand; censure
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Reprehend
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deserving of censure; cupable
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Reprehensible
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sunk or cast down to a low condition; downtrodden;deserving contempt;wretched
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abject
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guess; supposition;inference
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conjecture
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downcast;discouraged; depressed
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dejected
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throw out; expel; evict
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eject
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force;introduce
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inject
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throw in between;insert;interpose
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interject
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protest; disapprove
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object
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thrust or "throw forward"; plan
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project
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body to be shot or otherwise "thrown forward"
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projectile
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discard; refuse to take
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reject
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force to undergo something unpleasant or inconvenient; expose; make liable to
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subject
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