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20 Cards in this Set
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Incorrigible
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Beyond control; not able to be corrected
Syn: intractable; incurable; inveterate Antonyms: tractable, docile, curable, reparable |
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Facilitate
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To assist; to make easier
Syn: ease, smooth the way, simplicity Ant: hamper, hinder, obstruct, reparable |
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Exodus
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A large scale departure or flight
Syn: escape, hegira Antonyms: immigration, influx, arrival, entrance |
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Catalyst razes
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A substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction
Syn: stimulus, spur, instigator |
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Brazen
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Shameless, impudent; made of brass
Syn: saucy, bold Ant: deferential, respectful, self effacing |
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Arbitrary
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Unreasonable, based on ones wishes or whims without regarding for fairness or reason
Syn: capricious, high handed, autocratic Ant: reasoned, rational, objective, equitable |
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Annihilate
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To destroy completely
Sny: obliterate, decimate Ant: faster, promote, encourage, nurture |
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Accomplice
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A person who takes part in a crime
Syn: person in crime |
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Slapdash
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Careless and hasty
Syn: cursory, perfunctory, slipshod Antonyms: painstaking, thorough, in depth |
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Servitude
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Slavery, forced labor
Syn: bondage, thralldom Antonyms: liberty |
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Reprimand
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To scold; find fault with, a rebuke
Syn: reproach, reproof A: pat on the back |
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Rebut
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To offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion; to refute
S: disprove, confute, shoot holes in A: confirm, corroborate, substantiate |
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Prattle
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To talk in aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; baby talk; babble
S: twaddle, gibberish, piffle |
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Paramount
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Chief in importance, above all others
S:supreme, primary, dormant A: secondary, subordinate, ancillary |
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Opaque
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Not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid
S: hazy, cloudy, foggy, murky, dull, obtuse A: transparent, clear, bright, perceptive |
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Morose
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Having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable
S:morbid A: blithe, jaunty, buoyant |
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Militant
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Given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; an activist
S: truculent A: unassertive, peaceable, passive |
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Latent
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Hidden, present but not realized
S:dormant, inactive, undeveloped A: exposed, manifest, evident |
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Succumb
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To give way to superior force; yield
S: submit, die, expire A: overdone, master, conquer |
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Stagnant
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Not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive
S: still, motionless, inert, sluggish, dull A: flowing, running, fresh, sweet |
