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Synonyms Flashcards

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Provoke

“My stories usually provoke laughter.”

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Directs attention to the response called forth.

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Directs attention to the response called forth.

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Provoke

“My stories usually provoke laughter.”

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Excite

“News that excited anger and frustration.”

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Implies a stirring up or moving profoundly

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Implies a stirring up or moving profoundly

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Excite

“News that excited anger and frustration.”

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Stimulate

“Stimulating conversation.”

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Suggests a rousing out of lethargy, quiescence, or indifference.

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Suggests a rousing out of lethargy, quiescence, or indifference.

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Stimulate

“Stimulating conversation.”

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Pique

“That remark piqued my interest.”

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Suggests stimulating by mild irritation or challenge.

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Suggests stimulating by mild irritation or challenge.

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Pique

“That remark piqued my interest.”

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Quicken

“The high salary quickened her desire to have the job.”

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Implies beneficially stimulating and making active or lively.

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Implies beneficially stimulating and making active or lively.

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Quicken

“The high salary quickened her desire to have the job.”

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Proud

“Too proud to take charity.”

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May suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness.

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May suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness.

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Proud

“Too proud to take charity.”

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Arrogant

“A conceited and arrogant executive.”

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Implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted.

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Implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted.

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Arrogant

“A conceited and arrogant executive.”

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Haughty

“A haughty aristocrat.”

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Suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position.

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Suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position.

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Haughty

“A haughty aristocrat.”

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Lordly

“A lordly condescension.”

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Implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power.

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Implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power.

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Lordly

“A lordly condescension.”

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Insolent

“Ignored by an insolent waiter.”

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Implies contemptuous haughtiness.

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Implies contemptuous haughtiness.

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Insolent

“Ignored by an insolent waiter.”

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Overbearing

“An overbearing supervisor.”

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Suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence.

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Suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence.

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Overbearing

“An overbearing supervisor.”

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Supercilious

“An aloof and supercilious manner.”

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Implies a cool patronizing haughtiness.

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Implies a cool patronizing haughtiness.

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Supercilious

“An aloof and supercilious manner.”

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Disdainful

“Disdainful of their social inferiors.”

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Suggests a more active and open scornful superciliousness.

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Suggests a more active and open scornful superciliousness.

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Disdainful

“Disdainful of their social inferiors.”

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Profuse

“Profuse apologies.”

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Implies pouring forth without restraint.

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Implies pouring forth without restraint.

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Profuse

“Profuse apologies.”

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Lavish

“A lavish party.”

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Suggests an unstinted or unmeasured profusion.

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Suggests an unstinted or unmeasured profusion.

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Lavish

“A lavish party.”

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Prodigal

“Prodigal spending.”

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Implies reckless or wasteful lavishness threatening to lead to early exhaustion of resources.

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Implies reckless or wasteful lavishness threatening to lead to early exhaustion of resources.

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Prodigal

“Prodigal spending.”

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Luxuriant

“A luxuriant beard.”

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Suggests a rich and splendid abundance.

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Suggests a rich and splendid abundance.

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Luxuriant

“A luxuriant beard.”

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Lush

“A lush green lawn.”

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Suggests rich, soft luxuriance.

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Suggests rich, soft luxuriance.

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Lush

“A lush green lawn.”

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Exuberant

“An exuberant imagination.”

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Implies marked vitality or vigor in what produces abundantly.

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Implies marked vitality or vigor in what produces abundantly.

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Exuberant

“An exuberant imagination.”

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Proficient

“Proficient in translating foreign languages.”

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Implies a thorough competence derived from training and practice.

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Implies a thorough competence derived from training and practice.

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Proficient

“Proficient in translating foreign languages.”

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Adept

“Adept at doing Ling division.”

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Implies special aptitude as well as proficiency.

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Implies special aptitude as well as proficiency.

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Adept

“Adept at doing Ling division.”

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Skilled

“A skilled surgeon.”

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Stresses mastery of technique.

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Stresses mastery of technique.

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Skilled

“A skilled surgeon.”

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Skillful

“Skillful drivers.”

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Implies individual dexterity in execution or performance.

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Implies individual dexterity in execution or performance.

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Skillful

“Skillful drivers.”

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Expert

“Expert in the evaluation of wines.”

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Implies extraordinary proficiency and often connotes knowledge as well as technical skill.

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Implies extraordinary proficiency and often connotes knowledge as well as technical skill.

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Expert

“Expert in the evaluation of wines.”

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