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7-9 syn Flashcards

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caustic, choleric, irascible, sarcastic, surly

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acrimonious

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abnormal, atypical, bizarre, divergent, exceptional, irregular, odd, peculiar, uncommon, unusual

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anomalous

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grueling, laborious, strenuous, taxing, tiring

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arduous

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inessential, irrelevant,superfluous, unconnected, unimportant, unrelated

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extraneous

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artificial, contrived, incincere, simulated, unnatural

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factitious

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defamatory, injurious, slanderous, unfounded, vilifying

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libelous

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baneful, corrupting, deleterious, injurious, pernicious

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noxious

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after-death, post-mortem, post-orbit

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posthumous

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cowardly, craven, faint-hearted

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pusilanimous

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fretful, irritable, peevish, petulant, waspish, whining

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querulous

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boisterous, disorderly, hoarse, noisy, riotous, rough, strident, unruly, wild

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raucous

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clandestine, covert, furtive, secret, underhanded

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surreptitious

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disinclined, hesitant, loath, reluctant

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averse

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careful, cautious, wary, judicious, provident, prudent

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circumspect

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demonstrate, evince, evidence, show

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manifest

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indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, poor, poverty-stricken

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destitute

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blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible, reproachable,

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culpable

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basic, component, element, essential, integral, principal

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constituent

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conviction, belief, doctrine

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tenet

20
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memory, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence

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retrospect

21
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accordingly, corresponding, hence, particularly, subsequently, successively

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respectively

22
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secluded, separated, sequestered

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recluse

23
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anchorite, cenobite, eremite, hermit

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recluse

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abort, avert, forestall, obviate

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preclude

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apparent, blatant, clear, discernible, evident, explicit, manifest, obvious, open, plain, unconcealed

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overt

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capricious, erratic, fickle, impulsive, erratic, fickle, unreliable, whimsical

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flighty

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dabbler, nonprofessional, novice, sciolist, tyro

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dilettante

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benefit, blessing, bonus, donation, fortune, gain, grant, present

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boon

29
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detrimental, noxious, pernicious, toxic

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baneful

30
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capers, frolics, pranks, trics

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antics

31
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argument, conflict, fight, grudge, hostility, revenge, rivalry, strife

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vendetta

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know-it-all hairsplitter, petagogue, pettifogger, quibbler

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pedant

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checkered, dappled, parti-colored, vairgated, disparate, diverse, heterogeneous

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motley

34
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emotional, mawkish, romantic, slushy, weepy

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maudlin

35
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bombast, declamation, oration, tirade

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harangue

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flashy, gaudy, ostentatious, tawdry

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garish

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