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21 Cards in this Set
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abscond |
to run off and hide
synonyms: bolt, skip town antonym: stop |
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access |
approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; to get at, obtain.
synonyms: entry, ingress antonym: exclusion |
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anarchy |
a lack of government and law; confusion
synonyms: chaos, disorder antonym: peace and quiet |
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arduous |
hard to do, requiring much effort.
synonyms: hard, difficult antonym: easy |
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auspicious |
favorable; fortunate
synonyms: promising, encouraging antonym: sinister |
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daunt |
to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage.
synonyms: dismay, cow antonym: reassure |
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daunt |
to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage.
synonyms: dismay, cow antonym: reassure |
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disentangle |
to free from tangles or complications.
synonyms: unwind, unscramble antonym: snag |
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fated |
determined in advance by destiny or fortune
synonyms: destined, doomed antonym: random |
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hoodwink |
to mislead by a trick, swindle.
synonyms: fool, put one over on antonym: |
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reprieve |
a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement
synonyms: stay, delay antonym: proceed |
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revile |
to attack with words, call bad names
synonyms: malign, vilify antonym: praise. |
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inanimate |
not having life; without energy or spirit.
synonyms: dead, spiritless antonym: alive |
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incinerate |
to burn to ashes
synonyms: burn up, cremate antonym: extinguish |
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intrepid |
very brave, fearless, unshakable.
synonyms: valiant, daring antonym: timid |
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larceny |
theft
synonyms: stealing, robbery antonym: return |
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pliant |
bending readily; easily influenced.
synonyms: flexible, plastic antonym: rigid |
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pompous |
overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious.
synonyms: bombastic, highfalutin antonym: plain |
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precipice |
a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster.
synonyms: bluff, ledge antonym: abyss |
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prototype |
an original model on which later versions are patterned.
synonyms: example, sample antonym: copy |
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rectify |
to make right, correct
synonyms: set right, to fix antonym: mess up |
