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67 Cards in this Set
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immutable is to change as...
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irrevocable is to recall
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pickpocket is to filch as...
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scofflaw is to flout
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unwieldy is to handle as...
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fractious is to control
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asymmetrical is to balance as...
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amorphous is to shape
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aggrandize is to build up as...
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retrench is to cut back
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caveat is to warn as...
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precept is to teach
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erudite is to knowledge as...
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dexterous is to kill
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sneak thief is to surreptitious as..
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maven is to scurrilous
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ennui is to bored as...
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ardor is to excited
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affable is to aloof as...
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courteous is to brusque
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sleazy is to unfavorable as...
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salutary is to favorable
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produce is to farming as...
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contraband is to smuggling
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merriment is to festive as...
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gloom is to sepulchral
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straitlaced is to conventionality as...
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bizarre is to unconventionality
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extricate is to embroil as...
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repudiate is to avow
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resilent is to recoil as...
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buoyant is to float
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alcohol is to soporific as...
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coffee is to stimulant
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sleazy is to quality as...
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shoddy is to workmanship
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a brusque reply
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curt
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a propensity to boast
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tendency
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forced to retrench
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economize
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amorphous structures
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formless
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sepulchral tones
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ghostly
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an aura of respectability
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atomosphere
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contrive to see us
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scheme
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accept as axiomatic
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self-evident
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transmute his experiences into fiction
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transform
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a group of fractious students
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unruly
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filched a pair of sneakers
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stole
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a resilient spirit
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buoyant
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an anomalous position
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abnormal
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vouchsafe a reply
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grant
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castigate the students
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rebuke
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disabused her listeners
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set straight
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flout accepted standards
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disregard
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seek vicarious thrills
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substitute
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a ship filled with contraband
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ilegal imports
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straitlaced standards of behavior
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stuffy
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repudiate a treaty
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accept
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state of ennui
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excitement
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a soporific report
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stimulating
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erudite comments
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uninformed
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spread aspersions
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praise
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a decidedly insular viewpoint
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cosmopolitan
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a state of autonomy
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dependence
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a vapid moving picture
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meaningful
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an affable companion
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unfriendly
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an irrevocable decision
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reversible
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tried to aggrandize her social position
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diminish
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attitudes that fetter the mind
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liberate
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a sleazy waterfront hotel
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classy
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a heinous act
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noble
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a surreptitious meeting
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open
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transient joys
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permanent
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his querulous tone
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agreeable
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wore a bizarre costume
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ordinary
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his scathing comments
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complimentary
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"I must admit that, though far from generous, this settlement is eminently________ and fairminded," she replied
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equitable
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the harder I struggled to_________ myself from the quicksand, the deeper I seemed to sink into it
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extricate
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I will not permit anyone to either coerce or _____ me into doing something that I know in my heart is wrong
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cajole
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If he applied the same _______ attention to his schoolwork that he does to baseball, he would be an outstanding student
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sedulous
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Of all the________ that were taught to you by your parents, which one do you consider the most important?
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precepts
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What can we _________ from his stubborn refusal to tell us where he was at the time of the crime?
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infer
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The package was so _______ that I had to ask the custodian to help me place it in the car
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unwieldly
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In the American Revolution, the British forces represented the established government, while the Colonials were the________
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insurgents
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Far from doing you any harm, a summer spent working on a farm will have a(n)_________ influence, both physically and psychologically
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salutary
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Though she is not displeased with her own accomplishments, she seems to derive a good deal of ________ delight from those of her son.
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vicarious
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