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20 Cards in this Set
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Acute
(e kyut') |
(adj.) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time
Syn: clever, penetrating Ant: dull, blunted, mild, stupid, obtuse |
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Bluster
(bles' ter) |
(v.) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts;(n.) speech that is loud and threatening
Syn: (v.) spout, rant, brag, swagger,; (n.) bravado |
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Bungle
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(v.) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness
Syn: blunder, botch, mess up |
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Commentary
(kam' en ter e) |
(n.) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion
Syn: explanation, remarks, narration, description, account, review, analysis |
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DuRaTiOn
(du ra' shen) |
(n.) the length of time that something continues or lasts
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33r!3 aka: eerie
(e' re) |
(adj.) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious
Syn: frightening, spooky, creepy |
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f-a-c-e-t
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(n.) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of teh cut surfaces of a gem
Syn: angle, characteristic, factor, element, cut |
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NUMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(nem) by: Linkin Park (my fave band) |
(adj.) having lost in power of feeling or movement; (v.) to dull the feelings of; to cause to loose feeling
Syn: (adj.) unfeeling, insensible, dazed; (v.) deaden Ant: (adj.) senstive, alert |
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Fidelity
(fi del' e te) |
(n.) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness
Syn: loyalty, faithfulness Ant: disloyalty. treachery, inexactness |
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FRAY
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(N.) A BRAWL, A NOISY QUARREL; (V.) TO WEAR AWAYBY RUBBING; MAKE RAGGED OR WORN; TO STRAIN, IRRITATE
SYN: SCUFFLE; (V.) UNRAVEL |
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Headstrong
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(adj.) willful, stubborn
Syn: obstinate, mulish, unruly Ant: obediant, docile, submissive |
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!nha6!+@n+ aka: inhabitant
(in hab' e tent) |
( n.) one living permanently in a give place
Syn: resident, native, occupant, tenant Ant: stranger, outsider, vistor, foreign |
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Pacify
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(v.) to make peaceful or calm; to soothe
Syn: mollify, placate Ant: anger, arouse, stir up, forment, ignite |
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RaVeNoUsE
(rav' e nes) |
(adj.) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisifacation
Syn: starved, famished, voracious, wolfish Ant: not hungry, well-fed, satisfied, satiated |
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refute
(fi fyut) |
(v.) to prove incorrect
Syn: disprove, rebut Ant: prove, support, confirm, corroborate |
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remorse
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(n.) deep and painful regret for one's pst misdeeds; pangs of consience
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setback
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(n.) something that interferes with progress; a disappointment unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike recessuin in a wall
Syn: failure, reversal Ant: advance, gain, progress, triumph |
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smug
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(adj.) overly self-satisfied, self-fighteous
Syn: conceited, complacent AntL discontened, disgruntled |
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Synopsis
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(n.) a breif statement giving a general view of some subject book, etc.; a summary
Syn: outline, digest, abstract |
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Tarry
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(v.) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while
Syn: dawdle, dally Ant: rush, hasten, leave, depart |
