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20 Cards in this Set
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Liquidate |
To pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate. Syn: reconcile, pay, cancel Ant: invest, collect |
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Sojourn |
A temporary stay; to stay for a time. Syn: visit, brief stay |
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Redress |
To set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury. Syn: correct, mitigate |
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Urbane |
Refined in a manner or style, suave. Syn: elegant Ant: crude, uncouth |
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Punitive |
Inflicting or aiming at punishment. Syn: penalizing, retaliatory |
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Adversary |
An enemy, opponent. Syn: antagonist, foe Ant: friend, ally, supporter |
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Precedent |
An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action. Syn: guide, model |
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Perpetuate |
To make permanent or long lasting. Syn: continue, preserve Ant: discontinue, abandon |
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Coerce |
To compel, force. Syn: pressure, bully, constrain Ant: persuade, cajole |
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Demise |
A death, especially of a person in a lofty position. Syn: decrease, passing away Ant: birth, commencement |
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Alienate |
To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey. Syn: separate, drive apart Ant: befriend, attract |
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Craven |
Cowardly; coward |
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Artifice |
A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery. Syn: ruse, contravance |
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Culinary |
Of or related to cooking or the kitchen. |
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Harass |
To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks. Syn: annoy, bedevil, beleaguer |
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Muse |
To think about in a dreamy way, ponder. Syn: contemplate, daydream |
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Exhilarate |
To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to. Syn: stimulate, excite, gladden Ant: discourage, dispirit |
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Inclement |
Stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action. Syn: tempestuous, implacable Ant: mild, gentle, balmy |
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Fallow |
Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed. Syn: unproductive, dormant Ant: productive, fertile, prolific |
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Negligible |
So unimportant that it can be disregarded. Syn: trivial, insignificant Ant: crucial, significant |
