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20 Cards in this Set
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Abridge
a • bridge |
(v.) to make shorter
SYNONYMS: shorten, condense, abbreviate ANTONYMS: expand, enlarge, augment 1 |
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Adherent
ad • her • ent |
(n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to
SYNONYMS: (n.) disciple ANTONYMS: (n.) opponent, adversary, critic, detractor 2 |
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Altercation
al • ter • ca • tion |
(n.) an angry argument
SYNONYMS: quarrel, dispute, squabble ANTONYMS: agreement, accord 3 |
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Cherubic
che • rub • ic |
(adj.) resembling an angel portrayed
as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent. SYNONYMS: angelic, seraphic, beautific ANTONYMS: impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish 2 |
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Condone
con • done |
(v.) to pardon or overlook
SYNONYMS: ignore, wink at, turn a blind eye to ANTONYMS: censure, condemn, disapprove, depreate 2 |
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Dissent
dis • sent |
(v.) to disagree; (n) disagreement
SYNONYMS: (v.) differ, dispute ANTONYMS: (v.) agree, concur; (n) unanimity, harmony 2 |
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Eminent
em • i • nent |
(adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
SYNONYMS: illustrious, renowned ANTONYMS: obscure, nameless, unsung. lowly, humble 1 |
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Exorcise
ex • or • cise |
(v.) to drive out by magic; to dispose of
something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive SYNONYMS: expel, dispel 1 |
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Fabricate
fab • ri • cate |
(v.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
SYNONYMS: put together, devise, contrive, concoct ANTONYMS: take apart, undo, destroy, demolish 1 |
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Irate
i • rate |
(adj.) angry
SYNONYMS: incensed, infuriated, enraged, livid ANTONYMS: calm, composed, cool, unruffled 2 |
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Marauder
ma • raud • er |
(n.) a raider, plunderer
SYNONYMS: looter, pirate, freebooter 2 |
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Obesity
o • be • si • ty |
(n.) excessive fatness
SYNONYMS: serious overweight, extreme corpulence ANTONYMS: emaciation, gauntness, scrawniness 2 |
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Pauper
pau • per |
(n.) an extremely poor person
SYNONYMS: destitute person ANTONYMS: millionaire, tycoon 1 |
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Pilfer
pil • fer |
(v.) to steal in small quantities
SYNONYMS: filch, rob, swipe, purloin 1 |
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Rift
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(n.) a split, break, breach
SYNONYMS: crack, fissure, gap, cleft ANTONYMS: reconciliation |
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Semblance
sem • blance |
(n.) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
SYNONYMS: appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade ANTONYMS: dissimilarity, contrast, total lack 1 |
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Surmount
sur • mount |
(v.) to over come, rise above
SYNONYMS: conquer, triumph over ANTONYMS: be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to 2 |
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Terminate
ter • mi • nate |
(v.) to bring to an end
SYNONYMS: conclude, finish, discontinue ANTONYMS: begin, commence, initiate 1 |
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Trite
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(adj.) commonplace; overused, stale
SYNONYMS: banal, hackneyed, corny ANTONYMS: original, novel, fresh, innovative |
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Usurp
u • surp |
(v.) to seize and hold a position by force or without right
SYNONYMS: seize illegally, commandeer, supplant 2 |
