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76 Cards in this Set
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Adapt
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To change or adjust |
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Adept
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Skilled |
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Adopt |
To accept or embrace, to accept formally |
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Adverse |
Unfavorable unfriendly, opposing |
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Averse |
Opposed |
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Advice |
Suggestion |
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Advise |
To counsel, to give suggestions |
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Affect |
Influence, be of importance to, produce an effect on |
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Affect |
To make a pretense of, to fake, to feign |
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Effect |
result, consequence; bring about, to produce |
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Affront
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Insult, offense |
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Confront
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To face |
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Allusion
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Reference to |
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Illusion
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Unreal image |
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Apprise
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To let know, to inform |
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Appraise
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To estimate the value of |
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Chronic |
Constant, long-lasting
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Acute
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Shirt-lived, perhaps severe |
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Coherent |
Intelligent, meaningful, logical |
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Inherent |
Innate, essential, intrinsic |
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Complacent |
Contented |
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Complaisant |
Willing, obliging |
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Complement |
To complete, to go well with
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Compliment |
A remark of courtesy or respect, praise |
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Continual |
Repeated, happening often |
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Continuous
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Uninterrupted, ceaseless |
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Credible |
Believable, plausible
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Creditable |
Worthy of creditor praise, commendable |
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Credulous |
Ready to believe, gullible, easily convinced |
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Denote |
To refer to explicitly |
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Connote |
To suggest |
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Depredation |
Sack, plunder, robbing |
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Deprecation |
Disapproval, disparagement |
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Detract
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To take away from, to diminish |
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Distract
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To divert, to turn away from |
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Discreet |
Prudent, careful, tactful |
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Discrete
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Separate, distinct |
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Disinterested |
Impartial, having nothing to gain |
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Uninterested |
Not interested in, unconcerned, incurious |
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Elicit |
To draw out |
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Illicit |
Unlawful, illegal |
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Eminent |
Prominent, illustrious, preeminent |
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Imminent
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Close at hand, impending |
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Immanent |
Inherent, innate, intrinsic |
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Farther |
To a greater distance |
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Further |
More, additionally (in time or degree) |
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Fewer |
Smaller in number |
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Less |
More limited in amount |
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Flammable |
Combustible, able to burn |
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Inflammable |
Combustible, able to burn |
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Flout |
To scorn, to treat with disdain |
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Flaunt |
To show off, to exhibit |
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Homogeneous |
Of the same kind, uniform, unmixed, similar in structure |
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Heterogeneous
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Mixed or varied in composition |
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Imply |
To hint, to suggest, to indicate |
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Infer |
To conclude from known facts or premises |
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Ingenious
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Clever |
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Ingenuous
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Frank, artless, naive |
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Ludicrous |
Ridiculous |
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Lugubrious |
Gloomy |
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Perquisite
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Privilege that comes with a job
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Prerequisite |
Necessity, something, required beforehand |
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Precipitate
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To bringon, to hasten, to quicken |
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Precipitous
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Steep |
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Persecute |
To harass, to badger, to victimize |
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Prosecute
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To put on trial, to indict, to bring legal action against |
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Perspective |
Viewpoint |
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Prospective
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Future, expected |
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Precede |
To go in front of |
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Proceed |
To go ahead |
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Prescribe |
To order or advise (as in medicine) |
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Proscribe |
To condemn, to disapprove, to outlaw |
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Supplement
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To add something |
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Supplant
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To replace, to usurp the place of |
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Venal |
Capable of being bribed, corrupt |
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Venial
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Forgivable |