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20 Cards in this Set
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fortitude
syn: steadfastness ant: fearfulness |
(n) courage in facing a difficult situation
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stolid
syn: phegmatic ant: oversensitive |
(adj) not easild moved, mentally or emotionaly; dull
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guise
syn: costume |
(n) an external appearance
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verbatim
syn: exact ant: praphrased |
(adj, adj) word for word; exactly as written or spoken
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unkempt
syn: sloppy ant: tidy |
(adj) not combed; untidy; rude
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insidious
syn: perfidious ant: ingenuous |
(adj) intended to decieve; sly, treacherous
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deploy
syn: arrange |
(v) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
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augment
syn: to amplify ant: to diminish |
(v) to make larger, increase
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pliable
syn: resilient ant: rigid |
(adj) easily bent
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ambidextrous
syn:equally skillfull with both hands ant: maladroit |
9adj) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; decietful, hypocritical
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intimation
syn: clue ant: direct communication |
(n) hint
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dour
syn: saturnine ant: genial |
(adj) stern; gloomy
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warily
syn: carefully ant: recklessly |
(adv) cautiously
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tentative
syn: provisinal ant: definite |
(adj) experimental in nature; uncertian, hesitnat
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adulerate
syn: sully ant: expurgate |
(v) to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
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gibe
syn: ridicule ant: compliment |
(v) to utter taunting words; (n) an expression of scorn
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opulent
syn: rich ant: wretched |
(adj) wealthy
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bereft
syn: bereaved ant: replete |
(part., adj) deprived of; made unhappy by a loss
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gape
syn: gwak |
(v) to stare with an open mouth
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reiterate
syn: rehash |
(v) to say again
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