[highlight style=”green”]How to use this set?[/highlight]
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- 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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Meaning
Synonyms
Antonyms
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Sceptic; doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence
Synonyms:
Cynic, Infidel, pagan, Pessimist
Antonyms:
Devotee, Optimist
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Imitate the appearance or character of.
Synonyms:
Affect, Copy, Feature, Mimic
Antonyms:
Destroy, Idle
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Treating complex issues and problems as if they were much simpler than they really are
Synonyms:
Childish, Condensed, Overly simplified, Oversimplified
Antonyms:
Complicated
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A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Synonyms:
Similitude, Metaphor, Analogy, Vivid
Antonyms:
Dissimilarity
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Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention
Synonyms:
Heavy, Important, Sound, Valid
Antonyms:
Insignificant, Minor
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Put (a fine or loose substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles
Synonyms:
Comb, Investigate, Explore, Clean
Antonyms:
Combine, Dirty
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Switch (a railroad car) to a siding; divert from a main issue
Synonyms:
Avert, Deviate, Fluster, Perplex
Antonyms:
Clarify, Explain
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Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject
Synonyms:
Despise, Cut, Ditch, Neglect
Antonyms:
Accept, Admire
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Walk by dragging one’s feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.
Synonyms:
Drag, Limp, Pad, Stumble
Antonyms:
Rush, Order
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Shake uncontrollably
Synonyms:
Convulse, Jitter, Apprehend, Flinch
Antonyms:
Encourage, Steady