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20 Cards in this Set
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Abet
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(ant) hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate
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Aver
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(syn) assert, asseverate, avouch
ant deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim |
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Blatant
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syn flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeable loud
ant inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty |
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Broach
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Buttress
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syn (v) bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up
ant (v) undermine, weaken, impair |
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Carousal
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syn drinking bout, drunken revel, binge
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Collate
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syn sort out, cross check, rearrange
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Connoisseur
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syn authority, savant, pundit
ant ignoramus, philistine, yahoo |
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Disconsolate
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syn grief stricken, inconsolable, comfortless
ant cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty |
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Encumber
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syn overload, saddle, hamper, clog
ant unburden, unload, relieve |
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Foment
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syn instigate, incite, stir up
ant quell, quash, squelch, suppress |
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Grisly
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syn gruesome, gory, hideous
ant pleasant, delightful, attractive |
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Herculean
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syn mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous, colossal
ant puny, Lilliputian, bantam |
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impassive
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syn emotionless, stoical, unemotional, insensible
ant emotional, passionate, excitable |
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Inauspicious
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syn unpropitious, unpromising, untimely
ant propitious, favorable |
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Incontrovertible
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syn incontestable, indisputable, indubitable
ant debatable, dubious, open to question |
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Nonplussed
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syn perplexed, baffled, stumped, flabbergasted
ant poised, confident, assured |
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Opportune
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syn timely, appropriate, felicitous
ant untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate |
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Prolific
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syn fruitful, fecund, proliferous
ant barren, unproductive, sterile, sparse |
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Rejoinder
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syn answer, reply, response, riposte, retort
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