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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Full of pores; like a sieve
Synonyms:
Absorptive, Pervious, Spongy, Permeable
Antonyms:
Compact, Impermeable
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After death (as of child born after father’s death or book published after author’s death); coming or occurring after one’s death; ex. Posthumous fame/novel
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Post-obit, Post-mortem, Post-obituary
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Self-evident truth; something assumed without proof; v: assume the truth of (as a basis of an argument)
Synonyms:
Affirm, Posit, Theorize, Premise
Antonyms:
Calculate
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Abstract; concise summing up of main points; concise summary of a text
Synonyms:
Compendium, Pandect, Synopsis, Abstract
Antonyms:
Expansion, Lengthening
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Introductory statement
Synonyms:
Preface, Prelude, Introduction, Exordium
Antonyms:
Epilogue, Postscript
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Unsafe; lacking in stability; uncertain; risky; ex. Precarious living
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Unpredictable, Equivocal, Dubious, Iffy
Antonyms:
Certain, Stable
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Exact
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Absolute, Definite, Stringent, Decisive
Antonyms:
Ambiguous, Imprecise
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Forerunner; predecessor
Synonyms:
Forerunner, Harbinger, Herald, Outrider
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Descendant
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creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others
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Carnivore, Meat-eater, Beast of prey, Predator
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Former occupant of a post
Synonyms:
Ancestor, Antecedent, Foregoer, Precursor
Antonyms:
Descendant, Derivative
