33 Flashcards

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mighty

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powerful, potent, strong, forceful

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mar

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spoil, mangle, ruin, damage

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3
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comprehensible

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understandable, knowable, apprehensible

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4
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promising

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likely, encouraging, hopeful

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4
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scatter

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disperse, widely spread, dissipate, spread out

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5
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supremacy

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predominance, primacy, sovereignty

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6
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rotate

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turn, spin, wheel, swivel

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7
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fetter

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hamper, shackle, manacle, restrain

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hindrance

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deterrent, obstacle, barrier, impediment

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8
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site

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place, location, position

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9
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budding

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emerging, nascent, not yet fully developed

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diffuse

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spread, distribute

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12
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waste

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squander, dissipate, lavish

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13
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pace

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step, gait / speed, bat, velocity / walk, step

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trigger

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activate, cause, generate, start, initiate, stimulate

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14
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detect

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find, discover, recognize, sense, spot

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float

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stay on the top

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subsist

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survive, endure, exist

17
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veritable

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genuine, authentic, believable

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frequent

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regular, common, customary, recurrent

21
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groundless

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unfounded, baseless, bottomless

22
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deserved

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due, earned

23
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exaggerate

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enlarge, overstate, embroider, hyperbolize

24
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assertion

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strong statement, declaration

24
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concern

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interest, regard, care, attention

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opaque

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impenetrable, cloudy, filmy / obscure, unclear

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soak

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drench, saturate, steep, wet

26
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tumultuous

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chaotic, anarchic / wild, riotous, boisterous

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perceptibly

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noticeably, appreciably, sensibly

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barren

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sterile, lifeless, infertile, unproductive

31
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punctuality

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promptness, promptitude

32
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configuration

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arrangement, conformation

33
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weaken

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lessen, decrease, undermine, impair

34
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sedentary

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stationary

35
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maneuver

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scheme, plot, design / move

36
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originate

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be grown, spring, emanate, initiate

37
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central

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essential, principal, main, chief

38
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adhere

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stick, cleave, cling