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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Lessening; reduction in size
Synonyms:
Contraction, Decline, Decrease, Cutback
Antonyms:
Development, Enlargement
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Wandering away from the subject
Synonyms:
Apostrophe, Aside, Deflection, Detour
Antonyms:
Directness, Straightness
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Shyness; lack of self-confidence; timidity
Synonyms:
Reserve, Modesty, Timorousness, Bashfulness
Antonyms:
Boldness, Confidence
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(of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson
Synonyms:
Advisory, Edifying, Homiletic, Hortative
Antonyms:
Informal, Imprecise
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Authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court))
Synonyms:
Adage, Aphorism, Truism, Axiom
Antonyms:
Paradox, Ambiguity
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Division into two opposite parts; split
Synonyms:
Disagreement, Animosity, Argument, Tension
Antonyms:
Harmony, Peace
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Relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal
Synonyms:
Analytic, Argumentative, Polemical, Rationalistic
Antonyms:
Illogical, Irrational
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Diabolic; devilish; fiendish
Synonyms:
Cruel, Hellish, Satanic, Vicious
Antonyms:
Angelic, Godlike
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Skillful; skill in using hands or mind; N. Dexterity
Synonyms:
Able, Active, Acute, Adept
Antonyms:
Awkward, Clumsy
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Roundabout; erratic
Synonyms:
Artful, Crooked, Evasive, Oblique
Antonyms:
Artless, Frank