33 Flashcards

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adhere

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stick, cleave, cling

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assertion

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strong statement, declaration

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barren

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sterile, lifeless, infertile, unproductive

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budding

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emerging, nascent, not yet fully developed

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central

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essential, principal, main, chief

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comprehensible

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understandable, knowable, apprehensible

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concern

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interest, regard, care, attention

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configuration

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arrangement, conformation

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deserved

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due, earned

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detect

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find, discover, recognize, sense, spot

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diffuse

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spread, distribute

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exaggerate

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enlarge, overstate, embroider, hyperbolize

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fetter

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hamper, shackle, manacle, restrain

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float

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stay on the top

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frequent

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regular, common, customary, recurrent

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groundless

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unfounded, baseless, bottomless

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hindrance

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deterrent, obstacle, barrier, impediment

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maneuver

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scheme, plot, design / move

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mar

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spoil, mangle, ruin, damge

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mighty

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powerful, potent, strong, forceful

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opaque

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impenetrable, cloudy, filmy / obscure, unclear

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originate

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be grown, spring, emanate, initiate

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pace

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

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perceptibly

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noticeably, appreciably, sensibly

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promising
likely, encouraging, hopeful
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punctuality
promptness, promptitude
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rotate
turn, spin, wheel, swivel
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scatter
disperse, widely spread, dissipate, spread out
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sedentary
stationary
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site
place, location, position
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soak
drench, saturate, steep, wet
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subsist
survive, endure, exist
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supremacy
predominance, primacy, sovereignty
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trigger
activate, cause, generate, start, initiate, stimulate
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tumultuous
chaotic, anarchic / wild, riotous, boisterous
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veritable
geneuince, authentic, believable
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waste
squander, dissipate, lavish
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weaken
lessen, decrease, undermine, impair