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20 Cards in this Set
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abscond'
(v) |
to run off and hide
SYN bolt make off skip town |
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ac'cess
(n)(v) |
approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; to get at, obtain
SYN entry admittance entree ANT total exclusion |
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an'archy
(n) |
a lack of government and law; confusion
SYN chaos disorder turmoil pandemonium ANT law and oder peace and quiet |
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ar'duous
(adj) |
hard to do, requiring much effort
SYN hard difficult laborious fatiguing ANT easy simple effortless |
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auspic'ious
(adj) |
favorable; fortunate
SYN promising encouraging propitious ANT ill-omened ominous sinister |
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bi'ased
(adj) |
favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
SYN unfair partial bigoted ANT fair impartial unprejudiced just |
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daunt
(v) |
to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
SYN dismay cow ANT encourage embolden reassure |
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disentan'gle
(v) |
to free from tangles or complications
SYN unravel unwind unscramble unsnarl ANT tangle up ensnarl snag |
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fa'ted
(adj) |
determined in advance by destiny or fortune
SYN destined preordained doomed ANT accidental fortuitous chance random |
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hood'wink
(v) |
to mislead by a trick, deceive
SYN dupe put one over on ANT undeceive disabuse clue in |
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inan'imate
(adj) |
not having life; without energy or spirit
SYN lifeless dead inert spiritless ANT living alive energetic lively sprightly |
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incin'erate
(v) |
to burn to ashes
SYN burn up cremate reduce to ashes |
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intrep'id
(adj) |
very brave, fearless, unshakable
SYN valiant courageous audacious daring ANT timid cowardly craven pusillanimous |
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lar'ceny
(n) |
theft
SYN stealing robbery burglary |
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pli'ant
(adj) |
bending readily; easily influenced
SYN supple flexible elastic plastic ANT rigid stiff inflexible set in stone |
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pom'pous
(adj) |
overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
SYN pretentious highfalutin bombastic ANT unpretentious unaffected plain |
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prec'ipice
(n) |
a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
SYN cliff crag bluff promontory ledge ANT abyss chasm gorge |
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rec'tify
(v) |
to make right, correct
SYN remedy set right ANT mess up botch bungle |
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reprieve'
(n)(v) |
a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement
SYN stay respite postpone delay ANT proceed |
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revile'
(v) |
to attack with words, call bad names
SYN inveigh against malign vilify denounce ANT praise acclaim revere idolize |
