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60 Cards in this Set
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Abstemious
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Moderate, sparing, characterized by abstinence and self discipline
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Censurable
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Deserving of blame or correction
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Contingent
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Likely but not certain to happen, possible, dependent on uncertain events or conditions, happening by chance (NOUN) a representative group forming part of a larger body
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Corroborate
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To confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify
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Denizen
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an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place
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Discursive
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passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic
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Disseminate
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to scatter or spread widely
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Dowdy
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Poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
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Florid
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Highly colored, reddish, excessively ornate, showy
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Foist
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To impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine, to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercision
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Gauche
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awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
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Heresy
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An opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that generally held sacred.
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Inculcate
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To impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly
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Palpable
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capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard or recognized
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Perceptvie
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having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
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Pernicious
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Extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
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Salient
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Leaping; jumping; or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; (NOUN) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward.
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Satiate
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to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; (ADJ) full, satisfied
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Sear
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to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe.
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Specious
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deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
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abstemious
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Ab ste' me es
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censurable
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sen' sher e bel
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contingent
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ken tin' jent
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corroborate
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ke rab' e rat
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discursive
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dis ker' siv
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disseminate
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dis sem' e nat
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dowdy
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dau' de
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florid
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flar' id
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foist
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foist
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gauche
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gosh
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heresy
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her' e se
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inculcate
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in' kel kate
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palpable
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pal' pe bel
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perceptive
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per sep' tiv
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pernicious
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per nish' es
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salient
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sal' yent
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satiate
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sa' she at
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sear
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sir
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specious
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spe' shes
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ADJECTIVES
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abstemious * censurable * contingent * discursive * dowdy * florid * gauche * palpable * perceptive * pernicious * salient * specious * satiate (V)
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VERBS
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corroborate * disseminate * foist * inculcate * satiate (ADJ) * sear
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NOUNS
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heresy * denizen * contingent (N)
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Abstemious
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SYN - temperate, sober, moderate
ANT - indulgent, immoderate, intemperate |
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Censurable
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SYN - blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible
ANT - commendable, laudable, meritorious |
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Contingent
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SYN - conditional, dependent
ANT - independent of, unconnected with, certain |
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Corroborate
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ANT - refute, contradict, undermine, discredit
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Denizen
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SYN - resident, dweller, habitue
ANT - alien, outsider, stranger, foreigner |
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Discursive
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SYN - digressive, diffuse, wanderinteg, episodic
ANT - short and to the poin, succinct |
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Disseminate
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SYN - disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate
ANT - bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide |
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Dowdy
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SYN - frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab
ANT - chic, stylish, elegant, fashionable |
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Florid
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SYN - flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant
ANT - pale, ashen; pallid, sallow, austere, stark |
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Foist
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SYN - pass off, palm off, fob off
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Gauche
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SYN - inept, uncouth, maladroit
ANT - adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic |
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Heresy
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SYN - unorthodox belief, heterodoxy
ANT - orthodoxy |
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Inculcate
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SYN - instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue
ANT - efface, extirpate, root out |
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Palpale
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SYN - tangible, plain, obvious, manifest
ANT - intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal |
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Perceptive
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SYN - insightful, discerning, observant
ANT- dense, thick, obfuse, dim-witted |
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Salient
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SYN - striking, notable, protrusive, obvious
ANT - inconspicuous, recessive |
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Satiate
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SYN - gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge
ANT - starve, deprive entirely of |
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Specious
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SYN - deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic
ANT - valid, sound, solid, genuine |
