Units 4-6 Antonyms Flashcards by Jenna B | Brainscape

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normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary

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anomalous

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endorsement, praise

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aspersion

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normal, typical, ordinary, expected

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bizarre

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tactful, diplomatic

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brusque

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coerce, force

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cajole

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honor, praise, laud

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castigate

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deceive, delude, pull wool over one’s eyes

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disabuse

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enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity

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ennui

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free, liberate, emancipate

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fetter

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excellent, wonderful, splendid

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heinous

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changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle

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immutable

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loyalist, loyal, faithful

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insurgent

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modesty, self-abasement

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megalomania

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open, frank, aboveboard, overt

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surreptitious

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obey, toe the line

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transgress

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preserve, maintain

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transmute

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actual, firsthand

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vicarious

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dependence, subjection

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autonomy

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questionable, dubious

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axiomatic

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hide, conceal, bury

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blazon

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unjust, unfair, one-sided, disproportionate

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equitable

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enmesh, entangle

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extricate

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obey, honor

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flout

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docile, tractable, cooperative

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fractious

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detrimental, deleterious

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salutary

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bland, mild

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scathing

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godsend, boon, blessing

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scourge

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stimulating; stimulant, stimulus

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soporific

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lax, loose, indulgent, permissive, dissolute

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straitlaced

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permanent, imperishable, immortal

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transient

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manageable, easy to handle

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unwieldy

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zesty, spicy, colorful

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vapid

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surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable

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affable

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reduce, decrease, diminish

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aggrandize

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definite, well-defined, clear-cut

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amorphous

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legal, lawful, licit

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contraband

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ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

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erudite

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dense, solid, massive

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gossamer

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comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

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inscrutable

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catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

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insular

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reversible, changeable

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irrevocable

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natural incapacity or inability

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propensity

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uncomplaining, stoical

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querulous

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avow, affirm, aver

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repudiate

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rigid, stiff, inflexible

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resilient

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decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

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scurrilous

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indolent, listless

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sedulous

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superior, first-rate

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sleazy