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20 Cards in this Set
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abscond?
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Syn: bolt, Make off, skip town
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access?
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Syn: entry, admittance
Ant: total Exclusion |
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Anarchy?
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Syn: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium
Ant: law and order |
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Arduous?
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Syn: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing
Ant: easy, simple, effortless |
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Auspicious?
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Syn: Promising, Encouraging, propitious
Ant: ill-omened, ominous, sinister |
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Biased?
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Syn: unfair, partial, bigoted
Ant: fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just |
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Daunt?
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Syn: dismay, cow
Ant: encourage, embolden, reassure |
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Disentangle?
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Syn: unravel, unwind, unscramble
Ant: tangle up, ensnarl |
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Fated?
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Syn: destined, preordained, doomed
Ant: undeceive, disabuse |
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Hoodwink?
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Syn: dupe, put one over on
Ant: undeceive, disabuse, clue in |
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Inanimate?
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Syn: lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless
Ant: living, alive, energetic, lively |
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Incinerate?
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Syn: burn up, cremate, Reduce to ashes
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Intrepid?
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Syn: valiant, courageous, audacious
Ant: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
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Larceny?
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Syn: stealing, robbery, burglary
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Pliant?
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Syn: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic
Ant: rigid, stiff, inflexible |
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Pompous?
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Syn: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic
Ant: unpredictable, unaffected, plain |
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Precipice?
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Syn: cliff, crag, bluff, promontory
Ant: abyss, chasm, gorge |
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Rectify?
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Syn: remedy, set right
Ant: mess up, botch, bungle |
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Reprieve?
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Syn: stay, respite, postpone, delay
Ant: proceed |
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Revile?
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Syn: inveigh, against, malign, vilify, denounce
Ant: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize |
