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44 Cards in this Set
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To compel, force Syn. Pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain |
Coerce |
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Stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action Syn. Bluster, tempestuous, implacable |
Inclement |
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To make permanent or long lasting Syn. Continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely |
Perpetuate |
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To set right, remedy, relief from wrong or injury Syn. Rectify, correct, mitigate |
Redress |
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Inflicting or aiming at punishment Syn. Penalizing, retaliatory |
Punitive |
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Display ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance Syn. Parade, exhibit, brandish |
Flaunt |
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Too extreme to bear, intolerable Syn. Unbearable, oppressive, overwhelming |
Insufferable |
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An authoritative order, a decree Syn. Edict, law, injunction, order, rule, mandate, directive |
Ordinance |
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Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed, not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm Syn. Unconcerned, cool, calm, blase, indifferent |
Nonchalant |
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The capacity to live and develop, power of enduring Syn. Liveliness, animation, sprit, exuberance |
Vitality |
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A summary, condensed account, an instance that represents a larger reality Syn. Abstract, digest, archetype |
Epitome |
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To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds Syn. Encroach, impinge, intrude |
Infringe |
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To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming Syn. Amend, better |
Ameliorate |
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One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder Syn. Trespasser, meddler, buttinsky |
Interloper |
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A period of one thousand years, a period of great joy Syn. Chiliad, golden age |
Millennium |
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Plowed but not seeded, inactive, land left unseeded Syn. Unproductive, inert, dormant |
Fallow |
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To find out Syn. Discover, determine, establish |
Ascertain |
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Spiteful, showing Ill will Syn. Malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant |
Malevolent |
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Exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details, having high moral standards, principled Syn. Painstaking, meticulous, conscientious |
Scrupulous |
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Bubbles formed in or on a liquid, a film of foam sometimes accompanying disease or exhaustion Syn. Lather, spume, suds, surf |
Froth |
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To make beautiful with ornamentation, to heighten the attractiveness of by adding fanciful details Syn. Elaborate, embroider, exaggerate, magnify |
Embellish |
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Having an enlivening or stimulating effect |
Invirgorating |
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A feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety, disturbing emotion Syn. Compunction, misgiving, scruple |
Qualm |
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To treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner, to manage or utilize skillfully Syn. Exploit, play |
Manipulate |
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To think or believe without supporting evidence, to conjecture or guess Syn. Infer, gather |
Surmise |
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To urge strongly, advise earnestly Syn. Entreat, implore, adjure |
Exhort |
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Poise, assurance, great self confidence Syn. Composure, self possession, levelheaded ness |
Aplomb |
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Without experience, immature, not fully developed, lacking sophistication and posie, without feathers Syn. Green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced |
Callow |
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Pompous or overblown in language, full of high sounding word intended to conceal a lack of ideas Syn. Inflated, highfalutin, pretentious |
Bombastic |
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Associated, connected Syn. Attached, related, joined |
Affiliated |
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To erase, obliterate, destroy Syn. Delete, efface, annihilate |
Expunge |
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Easily excused, pardonable Syn. Excusable, forgivable |
Venial |
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Unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others Syn. Selfless |
Altruistic |
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Marked by honor, courtesy, and courage, knightly Syn. Gallant, civil, valiant |
Chivalrous |
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To hold spellbound Syn. Bedazzle, enchant, fascinate, mesmerize |
Enthrall |
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The quality or state of being intense, extreme degree of strength, force, energy, or feeling Syn. Ardor, fervency, passion, vehemence, enthusiasm |
Intensity |
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An initiative toward agreement or action, something introductory Syn. Preamble, preliminary, prelude, prologue, warm up |
Overture |
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A disease or disorder of the animal body, an unwholesome or disordered condition Syn. Ailment, complication, disorder, infirmity |
Malady |
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Alertly watchful especially avoid danger Syn. Attentive, observent, watchful |
Vigilant |
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To have an intensive dislike or hatred for Syn. Loathe, abhor, despite, detest |
Abominate |
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Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character accidental not essential Syn. Extrinsic, incidental, fortuitous |
Adventitious |
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To sympathize with have pity or sorrow for share a feeling of distress Syn. Feel sorry for empathize |
Commiserate |
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To make easy, cause to progress faster Syn. Accelerate, facilitate, speed up |
Expedite |
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To make amends, make up for, to avert Syn. Redeem make amends for make reparation |
Expiate |