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67 Cards in this Set
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Bold |
audacious courageous dauntless |
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Changing quickly |
capricious mercurial volatile |
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Hesitate |
dither oscillate tetter vacillate waver |
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Act Quickly |
abrupt apace headlong impetuous precipitate |
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Innocent/Inexperienced |
credulous gullible ingenuous naive novitiate tyro |
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Difficult to understand |
abstruse ambiguous arcane bemusing cryptic enigmatic esoteric inscrutable obscure opaque paradoxical perplexing recondite turbid |
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Easy to understand |
articulate cogent eloquent evident limpid lucid pellucid |
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Smart/Learned |
astute canny erudite perspicacious |
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Criticize/Criticism |
aspersion belittle berate calumny castigate decry defame/defamation denounce deride/derisive diatribe disparage excoriate gainsay harangue impugn inveigh lambaste objurgate obloquy opprobrium pillory rebuke remonstrate reprehend reprove revile tirade vituperate |
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Carousal ( a rigorous drinking party...) |
bacchanalian debauchery depraved dissipated iniquity libertine libidinous licentious reprobate ribald salacious sordid terpitude |
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Truth |
candor/candid fealty frankness indisputable indubitable legitimate probity sincere veracious verity |
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Falsehood |
apocryphal canard chicanery dissemble duplicity equivocate erroneous ersatz fallacious feigned guile mendacious/mendacity perfidy prevaricate specious spurious |
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Biting (as in wit or temperament) |
acerbic acidulous acrimonious asperity caustic mordacious mordant trenchant |
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Praise |
acclaim accolade aggrandize encomium eulogize extol fawn laud/laudatory venerate/veneration |
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Harmful |
baleful baneful deleterious inimical injurious insidious minatory perfidious pernicious |
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Timid/Timidity |
craven diffident pusillanimous recreant timorous trepidation |
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Boring |
banal fatuous hackneyed insipid mundane pedestrian platitude prosaic quotidian trite |
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Weaken |
adulterate enervate inhibit obviate stultify undermine vitiate |
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exacerbate |
to make worse |
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Assist |
abet advocate ancillary bolster corroborate countenance espouse mainstay munificent proponent stalwart sustenance |
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Hostile |
antithetic churlish curmudgeon irascible malevolent misanthropic truculent vindictive |
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Stubborn |
implacable inexorable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward vexing |
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Beginning/young |
burgeoning callow engender inchoate incipient nascent |
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Generous/kind |
altruistic beneficent clement largess magnanimous munificent philanthropic unstinting |
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Greedy |
avaricious covetous mercenary miserly penurious rapacious venal |
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Terse |
compendious curt laconic pithy succinct taciturn |
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Overblown/wordy |
bombastic circumlocution garrulous grandiloquent loquacious periphrastic prolix rhetoric turgid verbose |
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Dictatorial |
authoritarian despotic dogmatic hegemonic/hegemony imperious peremptory tyrannical |
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Hatred |
abhorrence anathema antagonism antipathy detestation enmity loathing malice odium rancor |
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Beginner/Amateur |
dilettante fledgling neophyte novitiate proselyte tyro |
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Lazy/sluggish |
indolent inert lackadaisical languid lassitude lethargic phlegmatic quiescent slothful torpid |
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Pacify/satisfy |
ameliorate appease assuage defer mitigate mollify placate propitiate satiate slake soothe |
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Forgive/make amends |
absolve acquit exculpate exonerate exipate paliate redress vindicate |
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Poor |
destitute esurient impecunious indigent |
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Favoring/ not impartial |
ardent/ardor doctrinaire fervid partisan tendentious zealot |
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Denying of self |
abnegate abstain ascetic spartan stoic temperate |
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Walking about |
ambulatory itinerant meander peripatetic |
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Insincere |
disingenuous dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous |
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Prevent/obstruct |
discomfit encumber fetter forfend hinder impede inhibit occulde |
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Eccentric/dissimilar |
aberrant anachronism anomalous discrete eclectic iconoclast |
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discreet |
under the radar |
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Funny |
chortle droll facetious flippant gibe jocular levity ludicrous raillery riposte simper |
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Sorrow |
disconsolate doleful dolor elegiac forlorn lament lugubrious melancholy morose plaintive threnody |
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Disgusting/offensive |
defile fetid invidious noisome odious putrid rebarbative |
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Withdrawal/retreat |
abeyance abjure abnegation abortive abrogate decamp demur recant recidivism remission renege rescind retrograde |
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Death/mourning |
bereave cadaver defunct demise dolorous elegy knell lament macabre moribund obsequies sepulchral wraith |
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Copy |
counterpart emulate fascimile factitious paradigm precursor quitessence simulate vicarious |
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Equal |
equitable equity tantamount |
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Unusual
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aberration anomaly iconoclast idiosyncrasy |
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Wandering |
discursive expatiate forage itinerant peregrination peripatetic sojourn |
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gaps/openings |
abatement aperture fissure hiatus interregnum interstice lull orifice rent respite rift |
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Healthy |
beneficial salubrious salutary |
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Abbreviated communication |
abridge compendium cursory curtail syllabus synopsis terse |
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Wisdom |
adage aphorism apothegm axiom bromide dictum epigram platitude sententious truism |
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Family |
conjugal consanguine distaff endogamous filial fratricide progenitor scion |
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Not a straight line |
askance awry careen carom circuitous circumvent gyrate labyrinth meander oblique serrated sidle sinuous undulating vortex |
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Investigate |
appraise ascertain assay descry peruse |
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Time/order/duration |
anachronism antecede antedate anterior archaic diurnal eon ephemeral epoch fortnight millennium penultimate synchronous temporal |
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Bad mood |
bilious dudgeon irascible pettish petulant pique querulous umbrage waspish |
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Embarrass |
abash chargrin compunction contrition diffidence expiate foible gaucherie rue |
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Hard-hearted |
asperity baleful dour fell malevolent mordant sardonic scathing truculent vitriolic vituperation |
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Nag |
admonish belabor cavil enjoin exhort harangue hector martinet remonstrate reproof |
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Predict |
augur auspice fey harbinger portentous precursor presage prescient prognosticate |
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Luck |
adventitious amulet auspicious fortuitous kismet optimum portentous propitiate propitious providential serendipity talisman |
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Nasty |
fetid noisome noxious |
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Harsh-sounding |
cacophony din dissonant raucous strident |
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Pleasant-sounding |
euphonious harmonious melodious sonorous |
