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35 Cards in this Set
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Exigent |
Critical,essential,pressing |
An exigent employer |
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Decline |
Decrease, reject,fall |
He declined to answer |
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Admire |
Be impressed by someone |
Everyone admired her virtues |
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Disapproval |
Rejection,blame,denial |
He expressed his disapproval of the way i dress |
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Ample |
Many, abundant, wide |
He has ample time to study. |
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Politics |
Kingcraft, diplomacy |
He has changed his politics several times. |
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Horror |
Fear, panic, dread |
Standing infront of a large group gives me the horrors |
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Journey |
Travel, trip |
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Ill |
Sick, bedfast, unwell |
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Frequently |
Very often, mostly |
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Insect |
Bugan insect has got 6 legs. |
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Through |
Via, by, because of |
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Depart |
Move, go, decamp |
When does the plane depart? |
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Kick |
Pedal, strick with the foot. |
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Hit |
Strike, touch |
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Expect |
Await, lookfor, hoped for |
Don't expect others to think for you. |
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Convince |
Ensure, satisfy |
Convince a customer to buy from you. |
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Absurd |
Null, empty |
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Ordinary |
Usual, normal, regular, easy |
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Unique |
Singular, unexampled |
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Required |
Necessary, essential, needed |
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Dim |
Dark, vague |
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Tolerate |
Bear, sustain, stand |
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Promote |
Cultivate, boost, increase |
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Virtue |
Properties, attributes, goodness |
Everyone admired her virtues |
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Withstand |
Tolerate, bear |
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Wanton |
Perky, rebel, reveler |
_To play the wanton. _A wanton woman. |
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Intolerable |
Unbearable, hard,extrem |
His behaviour was intolerable. |
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Conscientious |
Dutiful |
He is very conscientious in his work. |
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Independent |
Self-determining |
She is independent in her thinking. |
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Preconception |
Zeal, bias |
His preconceptoins always made him in trouble. |
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Adjust |
Regulate,adapt |
The human body adjust itself to heat and cold. |
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Figure out |
Understand, determine, realize, discover, measure |
I can't figure out why she wants to quit. |
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negligible |
unimportant, not meaningful,little |
our losses were negligibleزیانهای ما کم اهمیت بودند. |
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Distribute |
Generalize, partition, broadcast |
To distribute medicines among the poor. |