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13 Cards in this Set
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Scholarly; having/showing profound knowledge |
Articulate Astute Cerebral Erudite Estimable Exhaustive Fluent Highbrow Lucid Perceptive Polemical Versatile Sagacious Well informed |
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Criticize harshly; scold |
Admonish Berate Cane Castigate Censure Chastise Chide Excoriate Harangue Lambaste Rag Rebuke Reprimand Reprove Thrash |
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Grief; sorrow; mournful |
Anguished Despondent Disconsolate Dismal Doleful Dolorous Forlorn Lamentable Lugubrious Melodious Melancholy Morose Piteous Plaintive Raucous Rueful Somber Wistful Woeful |
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Deviating from what is normal, proper, expected course |
Aberrant Abnormal Adipocyte Anomalous Atypical Deviant Divergent Dysfunctional Freakish Maladaptive Odd Peculiar Uncommon Quirky Rogue |
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Excessive greed for money/possessions |
Avarice Acquisitiveness Caprice Cupidity Rapacity |
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Appearance of being true or real |
Authenticity Believably Credibility Plausibility Realism Verisimilitude |
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Reduce in amount, degree, or severity |
Abate Abridge (shorten, condense) Allay Curtail Decrease Diminish Decline Ebb Fade Intermit Mitigate Moderate Temper Recede Subside Wane |
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Hate; despise |
Abhor Abominate Contemptible Detest Despise Execrate Loathe |
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extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading (situation) without pride or dignity (person/their behavior) |
Abject Appalling Atrocious Awful Base Contemptible Degrading Ignoble Ignominious Low Obsequious Pathetic Pitiful Piteous Self-abasing Submissive Sycophantic Unseemingly Unworthy Vile Worthless |
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solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim) |
Abjure Abnegate Deny Eschew Forgo Forsake Reject Relinquish Renounce Repudiate |
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Legitimate, honest, open |
Aboveboard Candid Forthright Licit Trustworthy Unequivocal Upfront |
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Shorten (book, movie, speech) without losing the sense |
Abridge Condense Curtail Truncate |
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repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement) |
Abrogate Abolish Countermand Disaffirm Overturn Repeal Rescind Revoke Repudiate |
