How to use this set?
- Slide through the words in the first go and try to guess the meaning of the word.
- After the first cycle, flip to view the meanings of those words you do not know.
- Flip through the set again and try to remember the meanings/synonyms/antonyms you have just learnt.
- Repeat the cycle till you perfect it.
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controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant
Synonyms:
advantage, domininace, influence, command
Antonyms:
inferiority, weakness
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practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism
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Spartan, austere, puritanical, abstaining
Antonyms:
fun loving, sociable
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refer; attribute; assign
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admonish, attribute, censure, accredit
Antonyms:
applaud, commend
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preventing infection; having a cleansing effect
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barren, lifeless, purifying, sterile
Antonyms:
adulterated, unsterile
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with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at
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askew, disapprovingly, dsdainfully, dubiously
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crookedly; slanted; at an angle
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awry, crippled, bent, twisted
Antonyms:
correct, valid
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slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on
Synonyms:
calumny, defamation, obloquy, slander
Antonyms:
mildness, compliment
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seeker after position or status
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applicant, candidate, competitor, contestant
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assault
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abuse, assault, bash, berate
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murder prominent or important person ;destroy; exhaust
Synonyms:
eliminate, excute, slaughter, shatter
Antonyms:
bear, create
