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20 Cards in this Set
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skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
syn: clever, deft, dexterous |
adroit
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treachery, deceitfulness
syn:fraud, double dealing,chicanery |
duplicity
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danger
syn:risk, hazard, peril ant:safety, security |
jeopardy
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peacable, friendly
syn:congenial, neighborly, cordial ant:hostile,antagonistic |
amicable
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to praise extravagantly
syn: glorify, applaud,acclaim,hail ant: criticize,belittle,disparage |
extol
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extremely careful; particular about details
syn: fastidious,painstaking,fussy ant: careless,negligent,sloppy |
meticulous
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having a deep seated distaste;opposed, unwilling
syn: disinclined, loath ant: favorably disposed, eager, keen |
averse
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possible, able to be done
syn: workable,practible, viable ant: unworkable, impractical |
feasible
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a longing for something in the past; homesickness
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nostalgia
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given to fighting,warlike;combative, aggressive; or at war, one engaged in war
syn: assertive, truculent,pugnacious ant: peaceful,conciliatory,placid |
belligerent
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a wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry face
syn: pained expression, facial contortion ant: smile, grin, (v) beam |
grimace
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the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
syn: paragon, exemplar |
quintessence
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kindly, charitable
syn: benign, well-meaning ant: malicious,spiteful,malevolent |
benevolent
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a large scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
syn: conflaguration,devastation,annihilation ant: deluge, inundation |
holocaust
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to move backward;to return to an earlier condition
syn: revert,degenerate, decline ant: advance,evolve,progress |
retrogress
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hasty, not thorough
syn: quick, superficial, perfunctory ant: thorough,painstaking,careful |
cursory
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not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
syn: impenetrable, resistant, proof against ant: porous, permeable,vulnerable |
impervious
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to examine closely
syn: inspect, pore over ant: skim,scan,glance at |
scrutinize
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a moving force,impulse, stimulus
syn: impulse, incentive, spur ant: curb,hindrance,impediment,constraint |
impetus
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lukewarm;unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
syn: insipid,halfhearted,wishy washy ant: heated,excited,enthusiastic |
tepid
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