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152 Cards in this Set
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cryptic
enigmatic esoteric inscrutable |
difficult to understand
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abstruse
ambiguous arcane bemusing |
difficult to understand
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obscure
opaque paradoxical |
difficult to understand
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perplexing
recondite turbid |
difficult to understand
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abridge
compendium cursory curtail |
abbreviated communication
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syllabus
synopsis terse |
abbreviated communication
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apace
abrupt headlong impetuous precipitate |
act quickly
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abet
advocate acillary bolster |
assist
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corroborate
countenance espouse mainstay |
assist
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munificent
proponent stalwart sustenance |
assist
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bilious
dudgeon irascible |
bad mood
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pettish
petulant pique |
bad mood
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querulous
umbrage waspish |
bad mood
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dilettante
fledgling neophyte |
beginner/amateur
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novitiate
proselyte tyro |
beginner/amateur
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burgeoning
callow engender |
beginning/young
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inchoate
incipient nascent |
beginning/young
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acerbic
acidulous acrimonious asperity |
biting (as in wit or temperment)
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caustic
mordacious mordant trenchant |
biting(as in wit or temperment)
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audacious
courageous dauntless |
bold
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banal
fatuous hackneyed insipid |
boring
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mundane
pedestrian platitude |
boring
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prosaic
quotidian trite |
boring
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bacchanalian
debauchery depraved dissipated |
carousal
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iniquity
libertine libidinous licentious |
carousal
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reprobate
ribald salacious sordid turpitude |
carousal
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capricious
mercurial volatile |
changing quickly
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counterpart
emulate fascimile |
copy
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factitious
paradigm precursor |
copy
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quintessence
simulate vicarious |
copy
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aspersion
belittle berate calumny |
criticize/criticism
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castigate
decry defamation denounce |
criticize/criticism
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deride/derisive
diatribe disparage excoriate |
criticize/criticism
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gainsay
harangue impugn inveigh |
criticize/criticism
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lambaste
objurgate obloquy opprobrium |
criticize/criticism
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pillory
rebuke remonstrate reprehend |
criticize/criticism
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reprove
revile tirade vituperate |
criticize/criticism
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bereave
cadaver defunct demise |
death/mourning
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dolorous
elegy knell lament |
death/mourning
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macabre
moribund obsequies sepulchral wraith |
death/mourning
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abnegate
abstain ascetic |
denying of self
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spartan
stoic temperate |
denying of self
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authoritarian
despotic dogmatic |
dictatorial
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hegemonic
imperious peremptory tyrannical |
dictatorial
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equitable
equity tantamount |
equal
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defile
fetid invidious noisome |
digusting/offensive
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odious
putrid rebarbative |
disgusting/offensive
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aberrant
anachronism anomalous iconoclast |
eccentric/dissimilar
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discrete
eclectic esoteric |
eccentric/dissimilar
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abashchagrin
compunction contrition diffidence |
embarrass
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expiate
foible gaucherie rue |
embarrass
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articulate
cogen eloquent evident |
easy to understand
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limpid
lucid pellucid |
easy to understand
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apocryphal
canard chicanery dissemble |
falsehood
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duplicity
equivocate erroneous ersatz |
falsehood
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fallacious
feigned guile mendacious/mendacity |
falehood
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perdify
prevaricate specious spurious |
falsehood
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conjugal
consanguine distaff endogamous |
family
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filial
fratricide progenitor scion |
family
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ardor/ardent
doctrinaire fervid |
favoring/not impartial
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partisan
tendentious zealot |
favoring/not impartial
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absolve
acquit exculpate exonerate |
forgive
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expiate
palliate redress vindicate |
forgive
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chortle
droll facetious flippant |
funny
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give
jocular levity ludicrous |
funny
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raillery
riposte simper |
funny
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abatement
aperture fissure hiatus |
gaps/openings
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interregnum
interstice lull orifice |
gaps/openings
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rent
respite rift |
gaps/openings
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altruistic
beneficent clement largess |
generous/kind
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magnanimous
munificent philanthropic unstinting |
generous/kind
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avaricious
covetous mercenary miserly |
greedy
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penurious
rapacious venal |
greedy
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asperity
baleful dour fell |
hardhearted
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malevolent
mordant sardonic scathing |
hardhearted
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truculent
vitriolic vituperation |
hardhearted
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baleful
baneful deleterious |
harmful
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injurious
insidious inimical |
harmful
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minatory
perfidious pernicious |
harmful
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assonance
cacophony din |
harsh-sounding
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dissonant
raucous strident |
harsh-sounding
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abhorrence
anathema antagonism antipathy |
hatred
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detestation
enmity loathing |
hatred
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malice
odium rancor |
hatred
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beneficial
salubrious salutary |
healthy
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dither
oscillate teeter vacillate waver |
hesitate
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antithetic
churlish curmudgeon irascible |
hostile
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malevolent
misanthropic truculent vindictive |
hostile
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credulous
gullible ingenuous |
innocent/inexperienced
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naive
novitiate tyro |
innocent/inexperienced
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disingenous
dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous |
insincere
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appraise
ascertain assay descry peruse |
investigate
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indolent
inert lackadaisical languid |
lazy/sluggish
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lassitude
lethargic phlegmatic |
lazy/sluggish
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quiescent
slothful torpid |
lazy/sluggish
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adventitious
amulet auspicious fortuitous |
luck
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kismet
nemesis optimum portentous |
luck
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propitiate
propitious providential talisman |
luck
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admonish
cavil belabor enjoin |
nag
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exhort
harangue hector |
nag
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martinet
remonstrate reproof |
nag
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fetid
noisome noxious |
nasty
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askance
awry careen carom |
not a straight line
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circuitious
circumvment gyrate labrynth |
not a straight line
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meander
oblique serrated sidle |
not a straight line
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sinuous
undulating vortex |
not a straight line
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bombastic
circumlocution garrulous grandiloquent |
overblown/wordy
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loquacious
perphrastic prolix |
overblown/wordy
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rhetoric
turgid verbose |
overblown/wordy
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ameliorate
appease assuage defer |
pacify/satisfy
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mitigate
mollify placate |
pacify/satisfy
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propitiate
satiate slake sooth |
pacify/satisfy
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euphonious
harmonious melodious sonorous |
pleasant-sounding
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destitute
esurient impecunious indigent |
poor
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acclaim
accoladee aggrandize |
praise
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encomium
eulogize extol |
praise
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fawn
laud/laudatory venerate/veneration |
praise
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augur
auspice fey harbinger |
predict
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portentous
presage prescient prognosticate |
predict
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discomfort
encumber fetter forfend |
prevent/obstruct
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hinder
impede inhibit occlude |
prevent/obstruct
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astute
canny erudite perspicacious |
smart/learned
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disconsolate
doleful dolor elegiac |
sorrow
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forlorn
lament lugubrious melancholy |
sorrow
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morose
plaintive threnody |
sorrow
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implacable
inexorable intractable intransigent |
stubborn
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obdurate
obstinate recalcitrant refractory |
stubborn
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renitent
untoward vexing |
stubborn
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compendious
curt laconic |
terse
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pithy
succinct taciturn |
terse
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anachronism
antecede antedate anterior |
time/order/duration
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archaic
diurnal eon ephemeral |
time/order/duration
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epoch
fortnight millennium |
time/order/duration
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penultimate
synchonous temporal |
time/order/duration
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craven
diffident pusillanimous |
timid/timidity
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recreant
timorous trepidation |
timid/timidity
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candor/candid
fealty frankness indisputable |
truth
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indubitable
legitimage probity |
truth
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sincere
veracious verity |
truth
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aberration
anomalyl iconoclast idiosyncrasy |
unusual
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ambulatory
itinerant peripatetic |
walking about
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discursive
expatiate forage itinerant |
wandering
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peregrination
perpatetic sojourn |
wandering
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adulterate
enervate exacerbate inhibit |
weaken
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obviate
stultify undermine vitiate |
weaken
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adage
aphorism apothegm axiom |
wisdom
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bromide
dictum epigram |
wisdom
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platitude
sententious truism |
wisdom
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abeyance
abjure abnegation abortive |
withdrawal/retreat
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abrogate
decamp demur |
withdrawal/retreat
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recant
recidivism remission |
withdrawal/retreat
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renegate
rescind retrograde |
withdrawal/retreat
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