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20 Cards in this Set
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AUXILIARY
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(adj) giving assistance or support
(n) a helper, aid SYN: (adj) additional, back-up; (n) reserve ANT: (adj) main, primary, principal |
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CANDID
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(adj) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed
SYN: forthright, plainspoken, unbiased ANT: insincere, evasive, misleading |
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CUBICLE
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(n) a small room or compartment
SYN: enclosure, hole-in-the-wall ANT: vast hall, auditorium |
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DRUDGERY
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(n) work that is hard and tiresome
SYN: toil, labor, grind ANT: play, frolic, amusement, recreation, fun |
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ENVOY
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(n) a representative or messenger (as of a government)
SYN: agent, ambassador, emissary, minister |
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ESCALATE
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(v) to elevate; to increase in intensity
SYN: climb, raise, ascend, mount ANT: decrease, lessen, descend, defuse |
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EXPEDIENT
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(n) a means to an end
(adj) advantageous; useful SYN: (n) contrivance, device; (adj) serviceable ANT: (adj) inconvenient, untimely, disadvantageous |
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FEIGN
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(v) to pretend
SYN: fake, sham, affect, simulate |
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FLAIR
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(n) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style
SYN: aptitude, bent, knack, gift, style, panache ANT: inability, incapacity |
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GRIEVOUS
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(adj) causing sorrow or pain; serious
SYN: painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant ANT: joyful, uplifting, cheery, upbeat, comforting |
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HETEROGENEOUS
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(adj) composed of different kinds, diverse
SYN: miscellaneous, mixed, variegated ANT: uniform, homogeneous, of a piece |
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HORDE
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(n) a vast number (as of people); a throng
SYN: crowd, mass, multitude, host, swarm ANT: few, handful |
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IMPEL
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(v) to force, drive forward
SYN: urge, push, spur, porpel, incite ANT: discourage, check, restrain, curb |
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INCREDULOUS
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(adj) disbelieving, skeptical
SYN: dubious, mistrustful, doubting ANT: believing, trustful, gullible |
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INSCRIBE
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(v) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
SYN: imprint, enroll, enlist ANT: erase, rub out, delete, efface, obliterate |
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MONOLOGUE
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(n) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
SYN: recitation, soliloquy ANT: dialogue, conversation, colloquy |
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PROGNOSIS
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(n) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
SYN: prediction, projection |
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RASPING
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(adj) with a harsh, grating sound
(n) a harsh sound SYN: scratchy, scraping, abrasive, gravelly ANT: sonorous, smooth, satiny, silky, mellow |
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REPUGNANT
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(adj) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
SYN: hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive ANT: pleasing, attractive, tempting, wholesome |
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SCUTTLE
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(v) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something; to run hastily
(n) a pail SYN: abandon, discard, scrap, ditch, dump ANT: keep afloat, salvage, rescue, preserve |
