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9 Cards in this Set
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arrogant
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having exaggerated self-opinion Synonyms: aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, biggety, bossy, bragging, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, cold-shoulder, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all, lordly, on an ego trip, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, puffed up, scornful, self-important, smarty, smug, sniffy, snippy, snooty, snotty, stuck up, supercilious, superior, swaggering, uppity, vain, wise guy Antonyms: humble, meek, servile, unconceited |
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accustomed
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get used to Synonyms: acclimatize, acculturate, acquaint, adapt, familiarize, habituate, season |
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enmity
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hatred, animosity Synonyms: acrimony, alienation, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, bitterness, daggers, detestation, dislike, hate, hostility, ill will, loathing, malevolence, malice, malignancy, malignity, rancor, spite, spleen, uncordiality, unfriendliness, venom Antonyms: affinity, fellowship, friendship, good will, kindness, love |
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despicable
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hateful; beyond contempt Synonyms: abject, awful, base, beastly, cheap, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dirty, disgraceful, disreputable, down, ignominious, infamous, insignificant, loathsome, low, low-life, mean, no-good, pitiful, reprehensible, shameful, slimy*, sordid, vile, worthless, wretched Antonyms: desirous, honorable, likeable, loveable, respectable, virtuous, worthy |
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sterile
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unproductive, clean Synonyms: antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, bleak, dead, decontaminated, desert, desolate, disinfected, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, germ-free, hygienic, impotent, infecund, infertile, pasteurized, sanitary, septic, sterilized, unfruitful, uninfected, unprofitable, unprolific, vain, waste, without issue Antonyms: dirty, fruitful, productive |
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stimulate
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: excite, provoke Synonyms: activate, animate, arouse, build a fire under, commove, dynamize, elate, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate, fan, fire, fire up, foment, foster, galvanize, get one going, get one started, goad, grab, hook, impel, incite, inflame, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, jazz, juice*, key up, motivate, move, perk, pique, prod, prompt, quicken, rouse, send, set up, spark, spirit, spur, steam up, stir up, support, trigger, turn on, urge, vitalize, vivify, wake up, whet, work up Antonyms: calm, depress, discourage |
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volatile
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: explosive, changeable Synonyms: airy, buoyant, capricious, effervescent, elastic, elusive, ephemeral, erratic, expansive, fickle, fleeting, flighty, flippant, frivolous, fugacious, fugitive, gaseous, gay, giddy, impermanent, imponderable, inconsistent, inconstant, light, lively, lubricious, mercurial, momentary, playful, resilient, short-lived, sprightly, subtle, temperamental, ticklish, transient, transitory, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, up-and-down, vaporous, variable, whimsical Antonyms: calm, firm, stable, steadfast |
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hyperbole
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: exaggeration Synonyms: PR, amplification, big talk, coloring, distortion, embellishment, embroidering, enlargement, hype*, laying it on thick, magnification, metaphor, mountain out of molehill, overstatement, tall talk Antonyms: understatement |
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jetty
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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pier Synonyms: barrier, breakwater, dock, groin, landing, quay, seawall, slip, wharf |
