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Исторический словарь английских синонимов и антонимов
Виктор Евгеньевич Никитин
Этот словарь синонимов и антонимов назван историческим, поскольку он охватывает общий английский язык, а также региональные и идиоматические слова и выражения, которые были зафиксированы за последние сто лет. Он будет интересен как изучающим английской язык, так и специалистам, исследующим историю английского языка.

Виктор Никитин
Исторический словарь английских синонимов и антонимов

KEY: Aback.
SYN: Backwards, rearwards, aft, abaft, astern, behind, back.
ANT: Onwards, forwards, ahead, before, afront, beyond, afore.
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KEY: Abandon.
SYN: Leave, forsake, desert, renounce, cease, relinquish, discontinue, castoff, resign, retire, quit, forego, forswear, depart from, vacate, surrender, abjure, repudiate.
ANT: Pursue, prosecute, undertake, seek, court, cherish, favor, protect, claim, maintain, defend, advocate, retain, support, uphold, occupy, haunt, hold, assert, vindicate, keep.
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KEY: Abandoned.
SYN: Profligate, wicked, vicious, unprincipled, reprobate, incorrigible, sinful, graceless, demoralized, dissolute, depraved, bad, licentious, corrupt.
ANT: Virtuous, conscientious, correct, upright, worthy, righteous, self-controlled, high-principled, steady, good.
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KEY: Abase.
SYN: Degrade, disgrace, bring low, reduce, humble, demean, stoop, humiliate, depress, lower, sink, dishonor.
ANT: Promote, exalt, honor, raise, elevate, dignify, aggrandize.
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KEY: Abasement.
SYN: Degradation, depression, disgrace, humiliation, abjection, dishonor, shame.
ANT: Promotion, elevation, honor, exaltation, dignity, aggrandizement.
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KEY: Abash.
SYN: Confound, confuse, discompose, bewilder, daunt, cow, humble, disconcert, dishearten, motility, shame, humiliate.
ANT: Countenance, cheer, uphold, encourage, rally, inspirit, animate, incite, embolden, abet, buoy.
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KEY: Abate.
SYN: Terminate, remove, suppress, lower, reduce, mitigate, diminish, moderate, lessen, subside, decrease.
ANT: Prolong, continue, revive, develop, increase, aggravate, magnify, brew, ferment, rage, extend, enlarge, amplify, raise, enhance.
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KEY: Abbreviate.
SYN: Shorten, reduce, abridge, contract, curtail, epitomize, condense, prune, compress.
ANT: Lengthen, prolong, extend, enlarge, produce, elongate, amplify, expand, dilate.
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KEY: Abbreviation.
SYN: Abridgment, reduction, contraction, curtailment, abstract, summary, epitome, condensation, compression.
ANT: Elongation, prolongation, extension, production, amplification, enlargement, expansion, dilation, expatiation, explication, dilution.
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KEY: Abderite.
SYN: Cynic, sardonic, derisive, sarcastic, jocular, flippant, nonchalant, sportive, sprightful, buoyant.
ANT: Lachrymose, plaintive, maundering, querimonious, plaintive, dolesome, lackadaisical, grumbling, croaking, lugubrious.
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KEY: Abdicate.
SYN: Abandon, relinquish, resign, surrender, vacate.
ANT: Retain, maintain, claim, occupy, assert, grasp, seize, usurp.
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KEY: Abdomen.
SYN: Belly, paunch.
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KEY: Abduction.
SYN: Abstraction, subtraction, deprivation, ablution, rape, seizure, appropriation.
ANT: Addition, adduction, replacement, restitution, restoration, surrender, reinstatement.
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KEY: Aberrant.
SYN: Erratic, devious, divergent, incontinuous, desultory, disconnected, wandering, idiotic, inconsistent, inconsecutive, abnormal, exceptional.
ANT: Continuous, rectilineal, true, consistent, uniform, consecutive, normal, natural, faithful, regular.
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KEY: Aberration.
SYN: Wandering, divergence, deviation, desultoriness, rambling, disconnectedness, hallucination, inconsecutiveness, idiocy, insanity, exception, abnormity.
ANT: Uniformity, consecutiveness, continuity, connectedness, principle, law, order, type, norm, project, line, tenor, progression, rectilinearity, regularity.
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KEY: Abet.
SYN: Aid, support, promote, countenance, uphold, assist, instigate, encourage, incite, advocate, sanction, subsidize, embolden.
ANT: Thwart, contradict, obstruct, oppose, baffle, confound, discourage, disapprove, disconcert, counteract, deter, dissuade, frustrate, impede, denounce, expose.
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KEY: Abettor.
SYN: Supporter, advocate, instigator, promoter, assistant, companion, accomplice, ally, encourager, associate, adviser, confederate, 'participes criminis', coadjutor, accessary, helper.
ANT: Opponent, counteracter, foe, adversary, detector, baffler, antagonist, disconcerter, dissuader, rival.
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KEY: Abeyance.
SYN: Suspension, reservation, dormancy, expectation, intermission.
ANT: Revival, renewal, operation, resuscitation, action, enjoyment, possession, exercise, force.
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KEY: Abhor.
SYN: Hate, abominate, detest, loathe, despise, dislike, eschew, nauseate.
ANT: Love, admire, enjoy, approve, affect, covet, relish, crave, desire.
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KEY: Abide.
SYN: Dwell, stay, inhabit, continue, rest, tarry, lodge, reside, live, wait, sojourn, remain, expect, endure, tolerate, anticipate, confront, await, bear, face, watch.
ANT: Deport, migrate, move, journey, proceed, resist, mislike, forefend, avoid, shun, reject, abandon, forfeit.
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KEY: Ability.
SYN: Power, cleverness, faculty, skill, capacity, talent, expertness, aptitude, dexterity, efficiency, competency, qualification.
ANT: Weakness, incapacity, imbecility, inability, unreadiness, maladroitness.
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KEY: Abject.
SYN: Degraded, outcast, miserable, vile, pitiable, worthless, despicable, groveling, fawning, squalid, base-minded, slavish, beggarly, servile, cringing, low, wretched, sordid.
ANT: Honorable, dignified, eminent, exalted, esteemed, worthy, venerable, noble, princely, illustrious, independent, self-assertive, self-reliant, vain, arrogant, insolent, haughty.
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KEY: Abjure.
SYN: Renounce, deny, apostatize, discard, recant, disclaim, disavow, repudiate, revoke, retract, disown.
ANT: Profess, assert, demand, vindicate, claim, cherish, advocate, retain, acknowledge, appropriate, hug.
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KEY: Able.
SYN: Strong, powerful, clever, skillful, talented, capable, fitted, efficient, effective, learned, gifted, masterly, telling, nervous, vigorous.
ANT: Weak, inefficient, unskillful, silly, stupid, incapable, ineffective, unqualified.
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KEY: Ablution.
SYN: Washing, purification, cleansing, abstersion, defecation.
ANT: Pollution, soilure, defilement, dirt, contamination, taint, stain.
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KEY: Abnegation.
SYN: Denial, disallowance, renunciation, abjuration, stint, abstinence.
ANT: Assertion, vindication, claim, indulgence, concession, license.
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KEY: Abnormal.
SYN: Irregular, erratic, peculiar, unusual, exceptional, monstrous, aberrant, devious, divergent, eccentric, strange.
ANT: Typical, normal, regular, ordinary, usual, natural, customary, illustrative.
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KEY: Aboard.
SYN: Afloat.
ANT: Ashore.
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KEY: Abode.
SYN: Home, stay, placate, residence, domicile, habitation, lodging, berth, quarters: with the idea of permanence.
ANT: Halt, perch, tent, bivouac, caravansary: with the idea of transience.
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KEY: Abolish.
SYN: Destroy, eradicate, invalidate, make void, obliterate, extirpate, abrogate, annul, subvert, cancel, revoke, quash, nullify, overthrow, annihilate, supersede, suppress, expunge.
ANT: Support, sustain, cherish, promote, continue, confirm, restore, repair, revive, reinstate, enact, institute, re-enact.
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KEY: Abominable.
SYN: Abhorrent, foul, accursed, detestable, hateful, horrible, loathsome, odious, offensive, execrable, nauseous, impure.
ANT: Delectable, desirable, admirable, enjoyable, lovable, charming, delightful, grateful, pure.
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KEY: Abominate.
SYN: Abhor, loathe, detest, execrate, hate.
ANT: Desire, like, long for, love.
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KEY: Abomination.
SYN: Loathing, detestation, hatred, abhorrence, plague, nuisance, evil, annoyance, infliction, curse.
ANT: Love, affection, desire, enjoyment, longing, acquisition, gratification, blessing, treat, delight, benefit.
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KEY: Aboriginal.
SYN: Primordial, primeval, pristine, autochthonic, immemorial, indigenous, native, original.
ANT: Subsequent, adventitious, imported, exotic, immigrant, recent, upstart, modern, late, novel, fresh.
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KEY: Abortion.
SYN: Failure, miscarriage, misadventure, downfall, mishap, misproduction, defect, frustration, blunder, mess.
ANT: Success, consummation, completion, achievement, realization, perfection, exploit, feat, development.
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KEY: Abound.
SYN: Stream, swell, flow, increase, overflow, superabound, luxuriate, teem, swarm, flourish, prevail, be plentiful, wanton, revel, multiply.
ANT: Fall, waste, dry, lack, wane, evaporate, drain, die, decay, vanish, lessen, decrease.
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KEY: About.
SYN: Almost, with respect to, near, nearly, touching, concerning, surrounding, relative to, relating to, in relation to, approximately, touching, roughly, generally.
ANT: Afar, away or afar from, precisely, exactly.
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KEY: Above-named.
SYN: Above-mentioned, above-described, above-cited, named above, aforesaid, mentioned above.
ANT: Named below, described below.
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KEY: Above.
SYN: Over, beyond, exceeding.
ANT: Below, within, beneath.
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KEY: Abreast.
SYN: Beside, alongside.
ANT: Ahead, astern.
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KEY: Abridge.
SYN: Abbreviate, diminish, shorten, lessen, curtail, restrict, contract, condense, epitomize, compress.
ANT: Amplify, expand, spread out.
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KEY: Abridgment.
SYN: Abstract, abbreviation, contraction, summary, synopsis, epitome, compendium, analysis, outline, digest.
ANT: Amplification, expatiation, expansion, disquisition, dilution, comment, annotation, exposition, paraphrase.
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KEY: Abroach.
SYN: Aflow, afloat, abroad, revealed.
ANT: Close, fast, tight, secret, reserved.
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KEY: Abroad.
SYN: Far, away, apart, dispersed, aloof, adrift, about, distracted, confused.
ANT: Near, close, housed, collected, fast.
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KEY: Abrogate.
SYN: Abolish, cancel, set aside, annul, repeal, expunge, rescind.
ANT: Enact, re-enact, confirm, enforce, continue, revive.
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KEY: Abrogation.
SYN: Abolition, repeal, discontinuance, disestablishment.
ANT: Institution, establishment, enactment, confirmation, continuance, sanction.
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KEY: Abrupt.
SYN: Sudden, steep, precipitous, craggy, coarse, curt, blunt, violent, harsh, unceremonious, rugged, rough.
ANT: Undulating, easy, gliding, polished, smooth, blending, courteous.
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KEY: Abscond.
SYN: Decamp, bolt, depart, disappear, steal away, run off, hide, withdraw, retreat.
ANT: Show, emerge, appear.
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KEY: Absence.
SYN: Want, departure, Inattention, nonexistence, failure, separation, lack, nonappearance, distraction.
ANT: Presence, supply, appearance, existence, manifestation, evidence, attention, immanence, inherency, consideration.
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KEY: Absent \a.\
SYN: Not present, gone away, elsewhere, inattentive, thoughtless, listless, preoccupied.
ANT: Present, in this place, here, attentive.
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KEY: Absent.
SYN: Keep away, depart, withdraw.
ANT: Be present, stay, remain, [See ABSCOND].
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KEY: Absolute.
SYN: Perfect, complete, unconditional, irrelative, irrespective, supreme, despotic, autocratic, certain, authoritative, unqualified, unequivocal, irresponsible, arbitrary.
ANT: Imperfect, incomplete, conditional, conditioned, contingent, relative, dependent, constitutional, dubious, accountable, responsible.
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KEY: Absolve.
SYN: Acquit, release, exonerate, liberate, exempt, discharge, exculpate, pardon, forgive, free, clear.
ANT: Charge, accuse, compel, bind, obligate, convict, condemn, inculpate, impeach, oblige.
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KEY: Absonant.
SYN: Dissonant, discordant, contrariant, repugnant, inconsonant, inharmonious, incompatible, inappropriate, impertinent.
ANT: Consonant, agreeable, consistent, harmonious, compatible, appropriate, pertinent, congruous, suitable, proper.
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KEY: Absorb.
SYN: Swallow, drown, consume, imbibe, engross, drink in, suck up, engulf, monopolize, exhaust.
ANT: Eject, emit, exude, disgorge, dissipate, distract, distil, disperse.
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KEY: Abstain.
SYN: Refrain, forbear, refuse, demur, avoid, cease, stop, keep back, desist, discontinue, withhold, scruple.
ANT: Indulge, exceed, reveal, wanton.
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KEY: Abstemious.
SYN: Abstinent, moderate, self-denying, sober, temperate, sparing, frugal.
ANT: Sensual, self-indulgent, gluttonous, greedy, intemperate.
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KEY: Absterge.
SYN: Wipe, cleanse, purify, sponge, scour, scrub.
ANT: Foul, bespatter, contaminate, bedaub, soil, pollute, begrime.
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KEY: Abstersive.
SYN: Scouring, purifying, detergent, cathartic.
ANT: Contaminative, offensive, corruptive.
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KEY: Abstinent.
SYN: Temperate, abstemious, continent, sober, self-denying, austere.
ANT: Self-indulgent, sensual, intemperate, epicurean, dissipated, incontinent, debauched.
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KEY: Abstract \v.\
SYN: Separate, detach, part, eliminate, draw away, remove, take away, appropriate, purloin, steal, thieve, draw from.
ANT: Add, unite, conjoin, adduce, impose, restore, surrender, return, Abstract \n.\ [See ABRIDGMENT].
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KEY: Abstraction.
SYN: Separation, parloining, removal, appropriation, generalization, classification, reverie, absorption, inattention, absence.
ANT: Addition, conjunction, union, adduction, importation, restoration, restitution, individualization, enumeration, analysis, specification, observation, attention, Abstracted, [See ABSTRACT and ABSTRACTION].
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KEY: Abstruse.
SYN: Hidden, recondite, difficult, profound, deep, curious, obscure, mystical, occult, hard, dark.
ANT: Patent, popular, superficial, simple, obvious, trite, intelligible, lucid, plain, easy, manifest, clear.
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KEY: Absurd.
SYN: Irrational, ridiculous, monstrous, senseless, asinine, stupid, chimerical, unreasonable, preposterous, silly, nonsensical, foolish.
ANT: Sensible, rational, reasonable, consistent, sound, substantial, logical, wise, sagacious, reflective, philosophical.
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KEY: Abundance.
SYN: Plenty, largeness, copiousness, sufficiency, plentitude, exuberance, ampleness, profusion, luxuriance, wealth.
ANT: Rarity, scarcity, paucity, deficiency, scantiness, dearth, failure, poverty.
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KEY: Abundant.
SYN: Plentiful, copious, plenteous, large, ample, overflowing, teeming, full, lavish, luxuriant, bountiful, abounding, profuse, liberal, rich.
ANT: Rare, scarce, scant, deficient, short, insufficient, niggardly, sparing, dry, drained, exhausted, impoverished.
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KEY: Abuse \v.\
SYN: Injure, damage, spoil, maltreat, treat-all, ill-use, ill-treat, retile, scandalize, disparage, reproach, upbraid, asperse, malign, slander, vituperate, prostitute, defame, pervert, misuse, misemploy, vilify.
ANT: Tend, protect, conserve, consider, regard, shield, cherish, praise, extol, laud, vindicate, panegyrize, respect.
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KEY: Abuse \n.\
SYN: Mistreatment, invective, ill-treatment, opprobrium, scurrility, vituperation, ribaldry, obloquy, reproach, insolence, misusage, ill-usage.
ANT: Good-usage, good-treatment, kindness, praise, deference, respect.
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KEY: Abusive.
SYN: Insulting, insolent, offensive, opprobrious, reproachful, vituperative, rude, denunciatory, scurrilous.
ANT: Respectful, kind, panegyrical, laudatory, attentive.
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KEY: Abut.
SYN: Extend, project, impinge, approximate.
ANT: Recurve, retreat, diverge, return, recede.
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KEY: Abyss.
SYN: Gulf, profound, gorge, deep, pit, chasm, depth.
ANT: Surface, cavity, depression, indentation.
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KEY: Academical.
SYN: Collegiate, classical, learned.
ANT: Illiterate, uncollegiate.
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KEY: Academy.
SYN: School, seminary, college, university, educational, establishment, institute.
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KEY: Accede.
SYN: Assent, consent, acquiesce, comply with, accept, concur, approve, coincide.
ANT: Dissent, decline, withdraw, refuse, protest, demur.
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KEY: Accelerate.
SYN: Hasten, urge, expedite, quicken, speed, urge on, press forward, hurry, promote, dispatch, facilitate.
ANT: Delay, obstruct, impede, clog, retard, hinder, shackle, drag.
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KEY: Accent.
SYN: Stress, rhythm, pulsation, beat, emphasis.
ANT: Smoothness, inaccentuation, monotony, equableness, babble, flow.
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KEY: Accept.
SYN: Welcome, hail, admit, recognize, avow, acknowledge, take, accede to, receive, assent to.
ANT: Refuse, decline, reject, disown, disavow, ignore, repudiate.
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KEY: Acceptable.
SYN: Grateful, pleasant, welcome, agreeable, pleasure, seasonable, gratifying.
ANT: Ungrateful, unwelcome, disagreeable, unpleasant.
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KEY: Acceptation.
SYN: Meaning, significant, signification.
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KEY: Access.
SYN: Approach, admit, course entrance, avenue, admittance, mod way, passage, road.
ANT: Exit, egress, departure, exclusion, repulse.
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KEY: Accessible.
SYN: Affable, approachable, easy, conversible.
ANT: Distant, cold, difficult, unapproachable.
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KEY: Accession.
SYN: Arrival, addition, increase, influx, augmentation, reinforcement, enlargement, extension.
ANT: Departure, abandonment, resignation, retirement, diminution, decrease, efflux, ebb, drain, subsidence.
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KEY: Accessary, [See ACCESSORY].
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KEY: Accessory \a.\
SYN: Assistant, additive, additional, auxiliary, supplementary, conducive.
ANT: Essential, inherent, immanent, incorporate, superfluous, irrelevant, malapropos, obstructive, cumbersome.
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KEY: Accessory \n.\
SYN: Accomplice, associate, abettor, ally, colleague, confederate, helper.
ANT: Foe, antagonist, adversary, rival.
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KEY: Accident.
SYN: Chance, fortuity, disaster, incident, adventure, casualty, hazard, contingency, calamity, misadventure, mishap.
ANT: Law, purpose, appointment, ordainment, provision, preparation.
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KEY: Acclamation.
SYN: Applause, homage, gratulation, salutation, joy, commendation, plaudit, hosannas, cheer, shouting, exultation, triumph, approval.
ANT: Obloquy, censure, execration, contumely, outcry, sibilation, denunciation.
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KEY: Acclivity.
SYN: Ascent, rise, incline.
ANT: Declivity, descent.
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KEY: Accommodate.
SYN: Convenience, oblige, adapt, supply, reconcile, suit, fit, adjust, furnish, serve, harmonize.
ANT: Inconvenience, disoblige, disturb, misfit, incommode, deprive, aggravate.
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KEY: Accommodating.
SYN: Kind, unselfish, obliging, polite, yielding, conciliatory.
ANT: Disobliging, selfish, churlish, rude, imperious, dictatorial, exacting, inconsiderate, unaccommodating.
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KEY: Accompany.
SYN: Follow, consort, attend, join, coexist, escort, convoy.
ANT: Desert, abandon, leave, avoid, eschew, quit, discard.
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KEY: Accomplish.
SYN: Execute, perfect, perform, fulfil, [See DO], carry out, attain, realize, consummate, achieve, finish, complete.
ANT: Fail of, frustrate, defeat, disconcert, destroy, baffle, mar, spoil.
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KEY: Accomplice.
SYN: Abettor, confederate, accessory, ally, associate, partner, colleague, coadjutor, assistant, 'particips criminit'.
ANT: Rival, foe, adversary, antagonist.
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KEY: Accord.
SYN: Agree, consent, harmonize, tally, answer, comport, consist, conform, grant, concede, surrender, allow.
ANT: Disagree, differ, misfit, miscomport, misconform, withhold, deny, refuse.
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KEY: Accordingly.
SYN: Agreeably, suitably, conformably, hence, consequently.
ANT: [See AGREEABLY].
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KEY: Accordant.
SYN: Compatible, consonant, harmonious, consistent, consenting, acquiescent.
ANT: [See COMPATIBLE].
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KEY: Accost.
SYN: Address, salute, invoke, hail, greet, stop, apostrophize, speak to, call to.
ANT: Shun, avoid, elude, pass, ignore.
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KEY: Account \n.\
SYN: Narration, report, rehearsal, story, statement, narrative, recital, relation, description, motive, value, importance, advantage, ground, reason, profit.
ANT: Silence, suppression, project, misannouncement, of no account, attempt, without value, deed, project.
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KEY: Account \v.\
SYN: Deem, esteem, consider, regard, hold, judge, rate, estimate, value, reckon, explain, solve.
ANT: Disesteem, misestimate, mystify, understate, undervalue, perplex, darken.
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KEY: Accountable.
SYN: Responsible, liable, amenable, punishable, answerable, accredited, delegated, subordinate.
ANT: Autocratic, Independent, irresponsible, absolute, supreme, despotic.
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KEY: Accoutre.
SYN: Adorn, fit out, equip, furnish, dress, furnish with arms.
ANT: [See ADORN].
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KEY: Accredit.
SYN: Believe, trust, entrust, delegate, depute, commission, authorize.
ANT: Disbelieve, distrust, suspect, recall, supersede, discard, dismiss.
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KEY: Accredited.
SYN: Authorized, commissioned, acknowledged, confidential, trusted.
ANT: Unauthorized, unacknowledged, distrusted.
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KEY: Accumulate.
SYN: Collect, gamer, grow, mass, heap, store, bring together, hoard, gather, agglomerate, husband, augment, amass, increase.
ANT: Dissipate, disperse, diminish, scatter, expend, waste.
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KEY: Accumulation.
SYN: Heap, collection, store, mass, aggregation, hoard, pile.
ANT: Segregation, separation, unit, individual.
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KEY: Accuracy.
SYN: Exactness, correctness, strictness, precision, exactitude, nicety, fidelity.
ANT: Inexactness, looseness, slovenliness, incorrectness.
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KEY: Accurate.
SYN: Careful, exact, faithful, precise, correct, close, truthful, strict, just, actual, nice.
ANT: Careless, inexact, faulty, incorrect, inaccurate, loose, defective.
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KEY: Accusation.
SYN: Charge, indictment, imputation, impeachment, arraignment.
ANT: Acquittal, absolution, vindication, discharge.
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KEY: Accuse.
SYN: Charge, incriminate, impeach, arraign, tax, taunt, censure, cite, summon, criminate.
ANT: Defend, vindicate, discharge, acquit, absolve, condone, pardon, exonerate, release.
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KEY: Accustom.
SYN: Habituate, familiarize, form, inure, train, reconcile.
ANT: Disaccustom, dishabituate, estrange, wean, alienate.
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KEY: Ace.
SYN: Unit, atom, point, title, jot, item.
ANT: Numbers, quantity, bulk, gum, mass, collection, aggregate, total.
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KEY: Acerbity.
SYN: Harshness, acridity, tartness, acidity, bitterness, acrimony, crabbedness, moroseness, sourness, roughness.
ANT: Sweetness, mildness, softness, mellowness, gentleness, amiableness.
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KEY: Ache \n.\
SYN: Pain, suffering, smart, anguish, pang.
ANT: [See PAIN].
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KEY: Achieve.
SYN: Accomplish, [See DO], gain, perform, execute, effect, fulfil, finish, attain, win.
ANT: [See DO].
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KEY: Achievement.
SYN: Exploit, feat, attainment, accomplishment, performance.
ANT: [See ATTAIN and ATTAINMENT].
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KEY: Articular.
SYN: Spinous, sagittate, prickly, thorny, sharp-pointed, hastate, bristly.
ANT: Obtuse, blunt, abrupt.
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KEY: Acid.
SYN: Sharp, acidulous, acetous, vinegarish.
ANT: Mellow, luscious, mealy, rich.
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KEY: Acknowledge.
SYN: Avow, admit, recognize, own, accept, profess, endorse, grant, concede, concern.
ANT: Disavow, disclaim, disown, repudiate, ignore, deny.
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KEY: Acknowledged.
SYN: Agreed, settled, understood, decided, customary.
ANT: Not agreed, undecided, unsettled, not customary.
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KEY: Acme.
SYN: Summit, zenith, climax, apex, pitch, culmination, meridian.
ANT: Base, floor, ground, foundation, nadir, depth, depression, foot, root.
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KEY: Acquaint.
SYN: Advertise, inform, impart, make known, divulge, teach, notify, apprise, advise, tell.
ANT: Misinform, deceive, delude, mislead, misguide, hoodwink.
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KEY: Acquaintance.
SYN: Knowledge, intimacy, familiarity, experience, companionship.
ANT: Ignorance, unfamiliarity, inexperience. It has also the colloquial meaning of a person with whom one is acquainted.
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KEY: Acquiesce.
SYN: Assent, concur, repose, agree, yield, be resigned, comply.
ANT: Dissent, demur, object.
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KEY: Acquire.
SYN: Gain, earn, procure, obtain, get, realize, win, reap.
ANT: Lose, forfeit, surrender, miss, forego.
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KEY: Acquirement.
SYN: Knowledge, at, entertainment, accomplishment, learning, erudition, acquisition.
ANT: Intuition, inspiration, genius.
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KEY: Acquit.
SYN: Discharge, exonerate, absolve, exculpate, release, dismiss, liberate, pardon,.
ANT: Charge, accuse, impeach, constrain, implicate, bind, compel, condemn, oblige, sentence.
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KEY: Acquittance.
SYN: Release, receipt, discharge.
ANT: Bond, claim, charge, obligation.
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KEY: Acrid.
SYN: Harsh, sour.
ANT: Mellow, sweet, luscious.
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KEY: Acrimonious.
SYN: Sharp, biting, stinging, pungent, acrid, ill-natured, sarcastic.
ANT: Smooth, sweet, pleasant, goodnatured, bland.
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KEY: Acrimony.
SYN: Sharpness, bitterness, sourness, causticity, acerbity, asperity, tartness, ill-feeling, hostility, animosity.
ANT: Smoothness, courtesy, mildness, blandness, pleasantness, friendship, amiability.
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KEY: Across.
SYN: Athwart, against, transversely. Transverseness to a line of movement becomes opposition.
ANT: Lengthwise, along, concurrently, parallel.
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KEY: Act. \v.\ [See DO].
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KEY: Act \n.\
SYN: Deed, performance, action, movement, proceeding, exercise, operation, play.
ANT: Inaction, rest, repose, cessation, suspension, quiet, immobility, inertia, quiescence.
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KEY: Action. [See ACT].
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KEY: Active.
SYN: Nimble, agile, lively, sprightly, brisk, quick, expert, dexterous, supple, wide-awake, prompt, busy, industrial, diligent.
ANT: Slow, inactive, Indolent, sluggish, heavy.
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KEY: Activity.
SYN: Agility, quickness, energy, briskness, vivacity, promptness, alertness, celerity, rapidity.
ANT: Inactivity, awkwardness, Indolence, slowness, sloth, clumsiness, heaviness, sluggishness, lassitude.
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KEY: Actor.
SYN: Doer, worker, agent, performer, principal, player, tragedian, comedian.
ANT: [See AGENT].
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KEY: Actual.
SYN: Developed, positive, unquestionable, demonstrable, certain, real, authentic.
ANT: Potential, undeveloped, hypothetical, supposition, possible, virtual, theoretical, fabulous, fictitious, unreal.
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KEY: Actually.
SYN: Verity, truly, decidedly, assuredly, positively.
ANT: Potentially, hypothetically, theoretically.
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KEY: Actuate.
SYN: Urge, instigate, stir, induce, influence, incline, dispose, incite, impel, prompt, drive.
ANT: Deter, discourage, retard, inhibit, hinder, prevent, impede, dissuade.
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KEY: Acuity.
SYN: Pointedness, acylation, acumination.
ANT: Bluntness, hebetude, obtuseness.
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KEY: Aculeated.
SYN: Armed, spinous, acuminated, punctuous.
ANT: Unarmed, blunt, obtuse, stingless, pointless.
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KEY: acumen.
SYN: Point, penetrativeness, sharpness, discernment, talent, sagacity.
ANT: Bluntness, obtuseness, stupidity, dulness, indiscernment, hebetude.
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KEY: Acute.
SYN: Pointed, penetrating, sagacious, perspicacious, keen, astute, piercing, sharp, shrewd, keen-sighted, severe, distressing.
ANT: Dull, blunt, obtuse, stupid, undiscerning, heavy, chronic, stolid.
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KEY: Acutely.
SYN: Sharply, deeply, painfully, poignantly, intensely.
ANT: Bluntly, obtusely, stupidly, stolidly, pleasantly.
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KEY: Adage.
SYN: Maxim, saying, motto, saw, apothegm, aphorism, byword, proverb, dictum.
ANT: Discourse, disquisition, yarn, harangue.
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KEY: Adapt.
SYN: Fit, accommodate, suit, adjust, conform, admeasure, harmonize, attune.
ANT: Misfit, misconform, misapply.
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KEY: Adaptation.
SYN: Accommodation, adjustment, admeasurement, conformity, coincidence.
ANT: Inconformity, incongruity, incompatibility, disharmony, misfit, malformation, mismeasurement.
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KEY: Add.
SYN: Adduce, adjoin, increase, extend, enlarge, sum up, cast up, subjoin, amplify, annex.
ANT: Deduct, subtract, dissever, abstract.
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KEY: Addendum.
SYN: Acquisition, improvement, supplement, complement, desideratum, concomitant, annexation, appendage.
ANT: Surplusage, detriment, deterioration, detraction, drawback.
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KEY: Addicted.
SYN: Given, accustomed, prone, inclined, disposed, habituated.
ANT: Unaddicted, disinclined, unaccustomed, indisposed, averse, free.
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KEY: additament.
SYN: Adjunct, annexation, supplement, addition, acquisition, increase, augmentation, accession.
ANT: Deduction, detraction, drawback, decrement, deterioration.
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KEY: Addition.
SYN: Accession, enlargement, increase, extension, accretion, appendage.
ANT: [See ADDITAMENT].
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KEY: Address \n.\
SYN: Tact, manners.
ANT: Awkwardness, unmannerliness.
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KEY: Address \v.\
SYN: Accost, greet, salute, approach, apostrophize, appeal, hail, woo, court.
ANT: Elude, avoid, shun, ignore, pass.
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KEY: Adduce.
SYN: Allege, apply, cite, advance, offer, introduce, produce, add, import, name, mention, quote.
ANT: Retract, except, withdraw, deduct, deduce, suppress.
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KEY: Adept.
SYN: Expert, adroit, handy, master, performer, professor, artist.
ANT: Awkward, clumsy, inexpert, tyro, novice, lubber, blunderer.
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KEY: Adequate.
SYN: Equal, sufficient, fit, satisfactory, full, competent, capable, able.
ANT: Unequal, insufficient, incompetent, inadequate.
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KEY: Adhere.
SYN: Stick, cohere, cleave, hold, attach, unite, fix, join, cling.
ANT: Disunite, part, separate, divide, secede, sunder, sever.
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KEY: Adherence.
SYN: Adhesion, attachment, devotion, fidelity, cleaving to, constancy, endearment.
ANT: Separation, disunion, unfaithfulness, desertion, treachery.
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KEY: Adherent.
SYN: Follower, supporter.
ANT: Denial, protestation, negation, contradiction, rejection.
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KEY: Admit.
SYN: Receive, pase, permit, accept, grant, concede, allow, acknowledge, confess, own, avow, suffer.
ANT: Exclude, debar, disallow, reject, deny, discharge, dismiss, eject, extrude, repudiate, disavow, disown.
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KEY: Admittance.
SYN: Introduction, entrance, pass, permit, passport, privilege, acceptance, welcome, reception.
ANT: Exclusion, denial, ejection, prohibition, bar, hindrance, rejection, repudiation.
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KEY: Admonish.
SYN: Remind, forewarn, advise, warn, dissuade, caution, counsel, reprove, censure, rebuke.
ANT: Encourage, instigate, abet, incite, urge, applaud, countenance.
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KEY: Admonition.
SYN: Warning, advice, counsel, caution, reproof.
ANT: Applauding, encouraging, inciting, urging, countenancing.
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KEY: Ado.
SYN: Hubbub, commotion, fuse, excitement.
ANT: Calm, composure, quiet, orderliness, staidness, tranquillity.
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KEY: Adopt.
SYN: Assume, select, affiliate, take, elect, arrogate, choose, endorse, avow, appropriate.
ANT: Reject, decline, repudiate, disavow, discard, renounce, abandon, disown, disclaim.
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KEY: Adore.
SYN: Admire, hallow, glorify, praise, venerate, reverence, worship, idolize.
ANT: Abhor, despise, disesteem, abominate, execrate, blaspheme.
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KEY: Adorn.
SYN: Beautify, bedeck, ornament, decorate, embellish, deck, garnish, gild, enrich.
ANT: Mar, spoil, deform, deface, disfigure, impoverish, denude, despoil, strip, bare, disembellish.
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KEY: Adrift.
SYN: Loose, afloat, agog, abroad, abroach, distracted, disordered.
ANT: 'fait victorious', tight, right, lashed, moored, secure, collected, composed.
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KEY: Adroit.
SYN: Handy, skillful, dexterous, expert, proficient, clever.
ANT: Awkward, clumsy, unskillful, inexpert, lubberly.
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KEY: Adscititious.
SYN: Adventitious, superfluous, redundant, alien, artificial, spurious, smuggled.
ANT: Essential, necessary, veritable, regular, ingenerate, ingrained, congenital, fundamental, genuine, inherent, proper.
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KEY: Adulation.
SYN: Flattery, compliment, sycophancy, courtship, incense, praise, blandishment, fawning, cringing.
ANT: Detraction, obloquy, defamation, calumny, traducement, sarcasm, ridicule, satire, bespatterment.
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KEY: Adult.
SYN: Man, woman.
ANT: Youth, stripling, boy, child, infant.
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KEY: Adulterate.
SYN: Debase, corrupt, deteriorate, vitiate, contaminate.
ANT: Make pure, genuine, undeteriorate.
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KEY: Adulterated.
SYN: Impure, ingenuine, spurious, concocted, mixed, falsified, deteriorated, garbled, vitiated.
ANT: Pure, genuine, original, unmixed, unadulterated, undeteriorated, sound.
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KEY: Adumbration.
SYN: Shadow, foreshadowing, presage, prognostic, delineation, premonition, hint, sketch, prototype, suggestion.
ANT: Body, substance, fulfillment, realization, substantiation, antitype.
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KEY: Advance \v.\
SYN: Propel, elevate, promote, further, lend, propagate, progress, increase, prosper, rise.
ANT: Retard, hinder, withhold, withdraw, recall, depress, degrade, suppress, oppose, retreat, decrease.
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KEY: Advancement, [See ADVANCE].
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KEY: Advantage.
SYN: Gain, success, superiority, help, assistance, benefit, good, avail, interest, utility, service, profit, acquisition.
ANT: Loss, disappointment, defeat, frustration, inferiority, obstacle, obstruction, difficulty, dilemma, disadvantage, drawback.
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KEY: Advent.
SYN: Approach, arrival, accession, coming.
ANT: Departure, exit, exodus, retirement, relinquishment, quittance.
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KEY: Adventitious.
SYN: Extrinsic, redundant, superfluous, adscititious irregular, casual, imported.
ANT: Regular, proper, pertinent, essential, appropriate, necessary, Intrinsic.
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KEY: Adventure.
SYN: Incident, crisis, chance, hazard, occurrence, event, enterprise, casualty, undertaking, experiment, venture, trial, romance.
ANT: Matter-of-fact, matter-of-course.
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KEY: Adventurous.
SYN: Bold, brave, daring, enterprising, courageous, gallant, fearless, venturesome, rash, chivalrous, hazardous.
ANT: Timid, unenterprising, inadventurous, cowardly, nervous, hesitating, cautious.
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KEY: Adversary.
SYN: Antagonist, foe, enemy, rival, assailant.
ANT: Accessory, abettor, alder, friend, helper, assistant, ally, accomplice.
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KEY: Adverse.
SYN: Opposed to, unlucky, hard, hostile, antagonistic, unpropitious, opposite, conflicting, contrary, unfavorable.
ANT: Favorable, friendly, amicable, propitious, fortunate, lucky.
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KEY: Adversity.
SYN: Ill-luck, misfortune, misery, calamity, disaster, distress, unsuccess, failure, ruin, trouble, affliction, sorrow.
ANT: Good-luck, prosperity, happiness, success, advancement.
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KEY: Advert to.
SYN: Refer to, allude to, notice, remark, glance at, regard, touch upon, hint at.
ANT: Ignore, pass, drop, omit, overlook.
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KEY: Advertent.
SYN: Attentive, regardful, mindful, watchful, thoughtful, observant, considerate.
ANT: Inattentive, inadvertent, casual, thoughtless, heedless, inobservant, inconsiderate.
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KEY: Advertise.
SYN: Publish, inform, advise, circulate, announce, notify, proclaim, promulge.
ANT: Suppress, hush, conceal, ignore, hoodwink, misguide, mislead, misinform.
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KEY: Advice, [See ADVISE].
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KEY: Advise.
SYN: Admonish, warn, deliberate, counsel, persuade, urge, prompt, instigate, incite, instruct, acquaint, inform.
ANT: Dissuade, deter, expostulate, remonstrate, prohibit, inhibit, restrain.
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KEY: Advisable.
SYN: Politic, judicious, expedient, desirable, wise, prudent, beneficial, profitable.
ANT: inadvisable, impolitic, Injudicious, inexpedient, undesirable, unprofitable.
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KEY: Advocate \n.\
SYN: Pleader, counsellor, upholder, propagator, promoter, supporter, countenancer, defender, maintainer.
ANT: Opponent, adversary, discountenancer, accuser, impugner, gainsayer.
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KEY: Advocate \v.\ [See NOUN.]
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KEY: Afar.
SYN: Abroad, away, aloof.
ANT: Near, at home, close.
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KEY: affable.
SYN: Courteous, accessible, condescending, conversible, gracious, sociable, gentle, complaisant, urbane, polite, easy, approachable.
ANT: Exclusive, discourteous, distant, inaccessible, unapproachable, inconversible, haughty, contemptuous, supercilious.
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KEY: Affair.
SYN: Matter, business, concern, subject, topic, transaction.
ANT: Detail, item, point, feature, circumstance.
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KEY: Affect.
SYN: Like, desire, favor, seek, assume, move, influence, concern, interest, feign, pretend.
ANT: Dislike, eschew, shun, repel, repudiate.
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KEY: Affectation.
SYN: Pretence, artifice, hypocrisy, assumption, simulation, mannerism, euphuism, airs.
ANT: Genuineness, naturalness, un affectedness, simplicity, artlessness.
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KEY: affectibility.
SYN: Sensibility, sensitiveness, susceptibility, impressibility, excitability, irritability, nervousness.
ANT: Insensibility, insensateness, hebetude, unimpressibleness, callousness.
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KEY: Affection.
SYN: Influence, condition, state, inclination, bent, mood, humor, feeling, love, desire, propensity.
ANT: Insensibility, indifference, repugnance, disaffection, repulsion.
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KEY: Affiance.
SYN: Homage, trust, confidence, reliance, betrothal, fealty, faith, plighting.
ANT: Unfealty, disloyalty, treason, suspicion, Infidelity, falseness.
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KEY: Affiliate.
SYN: Annex, graft, incorporate, unite, adopt, inoculate.
ANT: Dismember, disannex, disaffiliate, sever, transplant, separate, disjoin, disunite.
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KEY: Affiliation, [See AFFILIATE].
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KEY: Affinity.
SYN: Relationship, relation, kindred, conformity, connection, alliance, similarity, analogy, homogeneity, harmony, correlativeness, sympathy, interdependence, interconnection, intercommunity.
ANT: Dissimilarity, discordance, disconnection, independence, antagonism, antipathy, repugnance, interrepulsiveness.
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KEY: Affirm.
SYN: Assert, swear, testify, tell, aver, propound, asseverate, depose, state, declare, endorse, maintain.
ANT: Deny, dispute, doubt, demur, negative, contradict, gainsay, oppugn, impugn, oppose.
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KEY: Affix.
SYN: Attach, annex, subjoin, adjoin, connect, fasten, unite, append.
ANT: Detach, disunite, separate, remove, disengage, unfasten.
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KEY: Affliction.
SYN: Trouble, trial, grief, pain, disease, misery, hardship, sorrow.
ANT: Consolation, relief, alleviation, assuagement, more (or, positively:), boon, blessing, gratification, pleasure.
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KEY: Affluence.
SYN: Abundance, plenty, wealth, riches, opulence.
ANT: Want, scarcity, penury, indigence, poverty, impecuniosity, straitness, lack.
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KEY: Afflux.
SYN: Accession, importation, augmentation, increase, addition, influx.
ANT: Decrease, detriment, detraction, diminution, exhaustion, failure, ebb.
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KEY: Afford.
SYN: Produce, supply, give, yield, grant, confer, bestow, impart, administer, extend.
ANT: Withhold, deny, withdraw, retain, stint, grudge.
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KEY: Affranchise.
SYN: Free, liberate, enfranchise, manumit, qualify, open.
ANT: Enthral, enslave, subjugate, disfranchise, disqualify, close.
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KEY: Affray.
SYN: Broil, tumult, brawl, melee, fracas, disturbance, uproar, quarrel, strife, wrangle, altercation.
ANT: Order, tranquillity, pacification, dispersion, quelling.
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KEY: Affright.
SYN: Startle, astonish, terrify, alarm, dismay, cow, frighten, scare.
ANT: Encourage, embolden, reassure.
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KEY: Affront.
SYN: Outrage, provocation, insult, ill-treatment, abuse, wrong, offence, Indignity.
ANT: Homage, salutation, courtesy, apology, amends, compliment.
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KEY: Afire.
SYN: Ablaze, alight, burning, ignited.
ANT: Out, extinguished, quenched.
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KEY: Afloat.
SYN: Adrift, abroad, at sea, abroach, loose, distracted, dazed.
ANT: Ashore, snug, tight, close, fast, collected, concentrated.
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KEY: Afoot.
SYN: Working, launched, afloat, agoing, inaugurated, started, instituted, established.
ANT: Uncommenced, Incomplete, projected, proposed, contemplated, designed.
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KEY: Afore.
SYN: Precedent, antecedent, foregoing, ahead, afront, before, beyond, sooner.
ANT: Behind, following, subsequently, after, astern, aback, rearwards.
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KEY: Aforesaid.
SYN: Above-mentioned, stated, forenamed, foregoing, preceding, forementioned.
ANT: Following, subjoined, aftercited, forthcoming.
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KEY: Afraid.
SYN: Fearful, apprehensive, timid, timorous, cowardly, fainthearted, cautious, careful, frightened, alarmed, terrified, suspicious, distrustful, anxious.
ANT: Fearless, inapprehensive, unsolicitous, easy, indifferent, secure, confident, bold, hopeful, eager, reckless, audacious, venturesome.
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KEY: Afresh.
SYN: Anew, again, frequently, repeatedly, intermittently.
ANT: Continuously, uniformly, uninterruptedly, unintermittently, connectedly.
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KEY: Aft, [See ABAFT].
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KEY: After.
SYN: Behind, following, succeeding.
ANT: Afore, before, Introducing, preceding.
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KEY: Again.
SYN: Anew, afresh, repeatedly, frequently.
ANT: Continuously, uniformly, uninterruptedly, unintermittently, once.
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KEY: Against.
SYN: Over, opposite, abutting, opposing, resisting, despite, across, athwart, counter.
ANT: With, for, accompanying, aiding, suiting, promoting.
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KEY: Agape.
SYN: Astare, agog, astonished, curious, inquisitive, entertained, amused, eager.
ANT: Incurious, listless, lukewarm, absent.
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KEY: Age.
SYN: Period, generation, era, epoch, date, century, antiquity, senility, eldership, seniority.
ANT: Youth, infancy, boyhood, childhood, moment, instant.
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KEY: Aged.
SYN: Old, ancient, antiquated, elderly, senile, patriarchal, primeval, time-honored, olden.
ANT: Juvenile, youthful, young, upstart, recent, fresh.
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KEY: Agency, [See AGENT].
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KEY: Agent.
SYN: Doer, performer, actor, force, means, instrument, influence, cause, promoter, operator.
ANT: Counteragent, counteractor, counteraction, opponent, neutralizer.
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KEY: Agglomerate.
SYN: Accumulate, conglomerate, lump, agglutinate, entangle, heap, confuse, amalgamate.
ANT: Scatter, dissipate, sift, separate, disentangle, disject, divide, disunite, part, unravel, detach, difference.
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KEY: Aggrandize.
SYN: Promote, dignify, exalt, ennoble, enrich, advance, augment, make great, magnify, elevate, signalize.
ANT: Depress, degrade, enfeeble, Impoverish, debase, humiliate, lower, abase, disgrace, dishonor.
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KEY: Aggravate.
SYN: Exasperate, provoke, wound, heighten, intensify, irritate, make worse, increase, enhance embitter, magnify.
ANT: Soothe, conciliate, assuage, diminish, palliate, neutralize, soften, lessen, alleviate, attenuate, mitigate.
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KEY: Aggregate, Aggregation.
SYN: Sum, result, total, mass, whole, totality, collection, amount, collation, combination.
ANT: Dissipation, dispersion, separation, division, segregation, disunion, individual, unit, element, ingredient, item.
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KEY: Aggression.
SYN: Invasion, attack, offence, onslaught, encroachment, assault, provocation, incursion.
ANT: Resistance, retaliation, repulsion, withdrawal, retreat, evacuation, accession, acceptance, qualification.
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KEY: Aggrieve.
SYN: Wound, trouble, annoy, hurt, vex, disappoint, molest, maltreat, grieve, afflict, injure, wrong.
ANT: Soothe, conciliate, assuage, console, satisfy, compensate.
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KEY: Aghast.
SYN: Affrighted, astonished, astare, dumbfounded, bewildered, horror-struck.
ANT: Cool, fearless, unaffected, unmoved, indifferent, unexcited, unalarmed.
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KEY: Agile.
SYN: Nimble, active, fleet, brisk, alert, featly, lithe, prompt, ready, quick, supple, nimble, swift, sprightly.
ANT: Slow, heavy, awkward, inert, clumsy, bulky, ponderous, elephantine.
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KEY: Agitate.
SYN: Disturb, trouble, excite, ruffle, stir, fluster, oscillate, instigate, convulse, shake.
ANT: Calm, compose, allay, pacify, smooth, It is sometimes used of argumentative consideration, as, to agitate a question.
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KEY: {missing}
SYN: Start, moot, ventilate, propound.
ANT: Solve, settle, determine.
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KEY: Ago.
SYN: Past, gone, since.
ANT: Coming, future, hence, hereafter.
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KEY: Agog.
SYN: Abroad, abroach, astir, adrift, agoing.
ANT: Asleep, indifferent, incurious, somnolent, heedless, collected, cool.
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KEY: Agony.
SYN: Pain, torture, torment, distress, woe, throe, suffering, pang, excruciation.
ANT: Assuagement, comfort, peace, ease, relief, gratification, enjoyment, rapture, ecstasy, composure.
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KEY: Agree.
SYN: Suit, tally, accord, fit, harmonize, combine, assent, concur, acquiesce, admit, consent, conform, consort, comport, coincide.
ANT: Differ, disagree, revolt, protest, decline, refuse, dissent, demur.
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KEY: Agreeable.
SYN: Obliging, pleasant, accommodating, grateful, acceptable, welcome, suitable, consistent, consonant, amiable, gratifying, pleasing, good-natured, complaisant.
ANT: Disobliging, unpleasant, unaccommodating, disagreeable, obnoxious, ungrateful, unwelcome, unacceptable, offensive.
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KEY: Agreeably.
SYN: Suitably, conformably, consistently, accordingly, pleasantly, acceptably, gratefully.
ANT: Unsuitably, inconsistently, impertinently, inappropriately, inharmoniously, unbefittingly, unpleasantly.
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KEY: Agreement.
SYN: Contract, compact, bond, concord, concurrence, conformity, harmony, unison, consonance, bargain, covenant, obligation, undertaking, treaty.
ANT: (As without legal force or bond). Understanding, promise, parole.
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KEY: Agriculture.
SYN: Cultivation, husbandry, farming, tillage.
ANT: Sterility, unproductiveness, waste, fallowness, inculture.
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KEY: Aground.
SYN: Strained, ashore.
ANT: Afloat, off.
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KEY: Ahead.
SYN: Forward, afore, afront, onwards.
ANT: abaft, astern, behind, aback, aft.
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KEY: Aid.
SYN: Help, assist, succour, support, befriend, co-operate, contribute favor, foster, protect, abet, encourage, instigate, subsidize.
ANT: Oppose, resist, counteract, discourage, thwart, withstand, confront, deter, baffle.
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KEY: Ailment.
SYN: Complaint, sickness, illness, disease.
ANT: Recovery, convalescence, sanity, health, robustness, vigor, salubriousness.
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KEY: Aim \n.\
SYN: Tendency, intent, aspiration, bent, drift, object, scope, goal, purpose, mark, end, design, intention.
ANT: Shunning, disregarding, disaffecting, overlooking, avoiding.
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KEY: Aim \v.\
SYN: Seek, level, propose, design, affect, intend, mean, purpose.
ANT: Shun, disregard, disaffect, ignore, overlook, avoid.
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KEY: Airy.
SYN: Light, ethereal, spiritual, joyous, sprightly, lively, animated, frolicsome, fairy-like.
ANT: Dull, inert, stony, ponderous, plow, heavy, cheerless, sullen, dolesome, lugubrious, leaden, wooden.
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KEY: Akin.
SYN: Related, agnate, cognate, homogeneous, similar, consanguineous, congenial, allied, sympathetic.
ANT: Unrelated, unconnected, foreign, alien, heterogeneous, uncongenial, hostile, unallied, antagonistic, unsympathetic, dissimilar.
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KEY: Alacrity.
SYN: Quickness, readiness, briskness, activity, cheerfulness, compliance, willingness, promptitude.
ANT: Slowness, reluctance, repugnance.
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KEY: Alarm \n.\
SYN: Apprehension, fright, fear, timidity, consternation, tocsin, war-cry, war-note, reveille, dread, affright, disquietude, dismay.
ANT: Confidence, security, quiet.
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KEY: Alarm \v.\
SYN: Warn, wake, terrify, intimidate, frighten.
ANT: Compose, embolden, reassure, rally.
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KEY: Alarming.
SYN: Terrible, fearful, frightful, portentous, ominous, threatening.
ANT: Soothing, assuring, encouraging, inviting, propitious, hopeful, alluring, enticing, attractive.
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KEY: Alert.
SYN: Active, brisk, nimble, prepared, prompt, vigilant, ready, wakeful, watchful, on the watch, lively.
ANT: Slow, sleepy, lazy, absent, unready, oblivious, sluggish, inactive, unwatchful, dilatory, drowsy.
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KEY: Alien.
SYN: Foreign, strange, undomesticated, inappropriate, irrelevant, impertinent.
ANT: Pertinent, essential, proper, appropriate, relevant, germane, akin, apropos, naturalized.
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KEY: Alienate.
SYN: Estrange, abalienate, transfer, wean, disaffect, convey.
ANT: Conciliate, retain, endear, entail, bind, secure.
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KEY: Alienation.
SYN: Insanity, aberration, hallucination, derangement, imbecility.
ANT: Sanity, soundness, sobriety, rationality.
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KEY: Alight.
SYN: Perch, drop, descend, dismount.
ANT: Mount, ascend, spring, soar, start.
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KEY: Alike.
SYN: Resembling, similar, together, twin-fellow, analogous, identical, equal, equivalent, same, homogeneous, akin, equally.
ANT: Unlike, heterogeneous, apart, dissimilar, variously, differently, unequally.
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KEY: Aliment.
SYN: Food, sustentation, nutriment, pabulum, victuals, provision, meat, sustenance, nourishment.
ANT: Poison, bane, venom, starvation, exhaustion.
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KEY: Alive.
SYN: Quick, living, breathing, warm, lively, vivacious, alert, existing, existent, safe, subsisting, active, brisk, animated.
ANT: Dead, departed, cold, lifeless, defunct, inanimate, dispirited, du.
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KEY: All.
SYN: Whole, complete, entire, total, every, integral, perfect, full.
ANT: [(preceding)], Some, part.
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KEY: Allay.
SYN: soothe, alleviate, repress, mitigate, quiet, moderate, appease, compose, soften, pacify, mollify, assuage, tranquilize, palliate, culm.
ANT: Excite, rouse, aggravate, stir, kindle, fan, impassion, provoke, incite.
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KEY: Allege.
SYN: Declare, affirm, assert, asseverate, depose, plead, cite, quote, assign, advance, maintain, say.
ANT: Contradict, gainsay, refute, deny, disprove, neutralize, quash, repel.
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KEY: Allegiance.
SYN: Subjection, obedience, loyalty, fealty, homage.
ANT: Disloyalty, rebellion, resistance, disaffection, malcontentment, treason.
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KEY: Allegory.
SYN: Parable, metaphor, fable, illustration, image.
ANT: History, fact, narrative.
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KEY: Alleviate.
SYN: Lighten, lessen, assuage, mitigate, soothe, moderate, relieve, remit, diminish.
ANT: Aggravate, enhance, increase, embitter, augment.
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KEY: Alliance.
SYN: Compact, treaty, cooperation, union, connection, partnership, league, combination, coalition, confederation, friendship, relation, relationship.
ANT: Disunion, enmity, divorce, discord, disruption, antagonism, separation, estrangement, hostility.
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KEY: Allot.
SYN: Assign, grant, award, give, apportion, deal, dispense, parcel, distribute, divide, mete out, portion out.
ANT: Refuse, withhold, retain, appropriate, resume, misapportion, misdeal.
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KEY: Allotment.
SYN: Piece, assignment, parcel, award, apportionment.
ANT: Misappropriation, seizure, encroachment.
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KEY: Allow.
SYN: Concede, apportion, allot, assign, afford, tolerate, authorize, grant, remit, recognize, acknowledge, avow, confess, admit, permit, suffer, sanction, yield.
ANT: Withhold, withdraw, resume, refuse, deny, disallow, repudiate, protest, Withstand, resist, disapprove, reject.
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KEY: Allowance, [See ALLOW].
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KEY: Alloy.
SYN: Admixture, deterioration, adulteration, drawback, diminution, decrement, impairment, debasement, depreciation, disparagement.
ANT: Purity, genuineness, enhancement, integrity.
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KEY: Alloyed.
SYN: Mixed, deteriorated, impaired, diminished, adulterated.
ANT: Pure, absolute, perfect, complete, genuine, unmixed, unimpaired, undeteriorated, undiminished, unadulterated, enhanced.
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KEY: Allude.
SYN: Point, indicate, suggest, hint, signify, insinuate, refer, imply, intimate.
ANT: Specify, demonstrate, declare, mention, state.
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KEY: Allure.
SYN: Entice, seduce, attract, tempt, decoy, inveigle, wheedle, lure, cajole.
ANT: Alarm, deter, terrify, scare, warn.
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KEY: Allurement, [See ALLURE].
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KEY: Allusion.
SYN: Reference, insinuation.
ANT: Specification, demonstration, mention.
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KEY: Ally.
SYN: Friend, companion, supporter, aider, abetter, accomplice, assistant, confederate, helper, associate, accessory, colleague, coadjutor.
ANT: Foe, enemy, opponent, adversary, baffler, counteractor, antagonist.
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KEY: Aloof.
SYN: Apart, away, separately.
ANT: Close, near, together.
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KEY: Aloud.
SYN: Audibly, loudly, clamorously, sonorously, vociferously, obstreperously.
ANT: Softly, silently, inaudibly, suppressedly.
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KEY: Alter.
SYN: Substitute, change, vary, modify, exchange, diversify, remodel.
ANT: Retain, perpetuate, conserve, stereotype, arrest, solidify, stabilitate.
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KEY: Alterable.
SYN: Variable, mutable, changeable, movable, revocable.
ANT: Invariable, immutable, fixed, unchangeable, permanent, perpetual, unalterable, immovable.
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KEY: Alteration.
SYN: Variation, difference, diversification, shifting, modification, change, permutation, mutation, mutability.
ANT: Retention, perpetuation, conservation, changelessness, identity, stabilisation, fixity, permanence.
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KEY: Altercation.
SYN: Dispute, wrangle, contentious, quarrel, dissension, commotion, variance, disturbance, affray, controversy, brawl.
ANT: Unanimity, concord, compromise, agreement, reconciliation, consonance, conversation, harmony.
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KEY: Alternative.
SYN: Choice, resource, opinion.
ANT: Compulsion, quandary, necessity, fix.
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KEY: Altiloquence.
SYN: Bombast, inflatedness, turgidity, euphuism, magniloquence.
ANT: Plain-spokenness, vernacular, mother tongue.
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KEY: Altitude.
SYN: Height, tallness, verticality, ascent, loftiness, eminence, elevation.
ANT: Lowness, depression, descent, declination, depth.
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KEY: Altogether.
SYN: Collectively, combined, in one, totally, entirely, wholly, fully, completely, utterly, thoroughly.
ANT: Separately, individually, partially.
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KEY: Amalgamate.
SYN: Fuse, commix, mix, compound, unite, consolidate, incorporate.
ANT: Separate, disintegrate, decompose, disunite, dissipate, detach, disperse, analyze.
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KEY: Amalgamation, [See AMALGAMATE].
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KEY: amass.
SYN: Collect, accumulate, aggregate, heap, gather, store up, hoard, pile up.
ANT: Divide, dissipate, waste, scatter, disperse, parcel, portion, spend.
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KEY: Amazement.
SYN: astonishment, awe, wonder, bewilderment, surprise, stupefication, marvel.
ANT: Expectation, preparation, anticipation, familiarity, calmness, composure, coolness, self-possession.
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KEY: Amazing.
SYN: Astounding, astonishing, bewildering, marvellous, prodigious, miraculous, vast, portentous, ominous, striking, wonderful, surprising, astounding, extraordinary.
ANT: Common, ordinary, familiar, trivial, commonplace, customary, frequent, usual.
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KEY: Ambagious.
SYN: Tortuous, indirect, anfractuous, circumlocutory, circuitous, periphrastic, ambiguous, unintelligible, pointless, disjointed.
ANT: Simple, straightforward, plain, direct, obvious, intelligible, lucid, condensed, pointed, terse, pungent, telling.
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KEY: Ambiguous.
SYN: Equivocal, vague, doubtful, enigmatical, uncertain, obscure, unintelligible, perplexing, indistinct, dubious.
ANT: Univocal, obvious, plain, clear, unambiguous, indisputable, necessary, unmistakable, unequivocal, lucid.
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KEY: Ambition.
SYN: Aspiration, emulation, appetition.
ANT: Indifference, inappetency, contentment, moderation.
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KEY: Ameliorate.
SYN: Improve, raise, better, advantage, promote, advance, amend, rectify, meliorate.
ANT: Debase, depress, deteriorate, injure, impair, vitiate, spoil, mar.
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KEY: Amenable.
SYN: Liable, dependent, responsible, answerable, accountable, subject, pliant, impressible, ductile, docile.
ANT: Independent, autocratic, unamenable, irresponsible, refractory, obstinate.
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KEY: Amend.
SYN: Improve, mend, repair, correct, rectify, better, ameliorate, reform.
ANT: Deteriorate, degenerate, neglect, aggravate, tarnish, blemish, spoil, corrupt, vitiate, impair, mar.
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KEY: Amends.
SYN: compensation, satisfaction, acknowledgment, atonement, expiation, recompense, indemnity, remuneration, apology, reparation, restitution.
ANT: Insult, fault, offense, injury.
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KEY: Amenity.
SYN: Pleasantness, mildness, blandness, graciousness, gentility, compliableness, courtesy, obligingness.
ANT: Unpleasantness, moroseness, harshness, austerity, roughness, ungraciousness, bearishness, rigor, asperity, angularity, discourtesy.
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KEY: Amerce.
SYN: Find, bind, mulct, condemn.
ANT: Remit, acquit, absolve, indemnify, release.
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KEY: Amiable.
SYN: Lovable, good, kind, benevolent, charitable, delectable, engaging, fascinating, agreeable, lovely, pleading, charming, attractive.
ANT: Churlish, disagreeable, hateful, abominable, ill-natured, ill-conditioned, unamiable.
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KEY: Amicable.
SYN: Friendly, propitious, favorable, kind, cordial, neighborly, sociable.
ANT: Unfriendly, unpropitious, unfavorable, unkind, cold, distant, antagonistic, hostile, adverse.
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KEY: Amidst.
SYN: Between, among, betwixt.
ANT: Outside, without, beyond.
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KEY: Amiss.
SYN: Wrong, untrue, wide, bad, false, defective, short, inappropriate, inopportune, injudicious, untimely, abortive.
ANT: Right, true, good, complete, effective, successful, satisfactory, consummate, expedient, appropriate, opportune.
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KEY: amity.
SYN: Friendliness, peace, sociableness, good will.
ANT: Coolness, distance, indifference, hostility, opposition, acrimony, antagonism, asperity, hatred, dislike, repugnance, unfriendliness.
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KEY: Among, [See AMIDST].
SYN: Pardon, acquittal, remission, condonation, oblivion, dispensation, absolution.
ANT: Penalty, retaliation, punishment, retribution, requital, visitation, infliction, exaction, trial, account.
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KEY: Amorphous.
SYN: Shapeless, unarranged, unformed, incompact, inchoate, incomplete, unordered, floating, unmoulded, natant, discurrent.
ANT: systematized, arranged, compact, finished, shapely, crystallized, de-, stereotyped, moulded.
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KEY: Amount \v.\
SYN: Reach, rise, come, attain, extend.
ANT: Fall, recede, relapse, decline, fail.
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KEY: Amount \n.\
SYN: Total, aggregate, sum, whole, quantity, totality, equality.
ANT: Failure, decrease, deficiency, portion, instalment, deficit, insufficiency.
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KEY: Ample.
SYN: Large, bountiful, liberal, copious, spacious, roomy, diffusive, full, complete, sufficient, plentiful, abundant,.
ANT: Narrow, niggardly, insufficient, stingy, scant, mean, stint, bare.
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KEY: Amplification, [See AMPLIFY].
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KEY: Amplify.
SYN: Enrich, enlarge, increase, augment, multiply, dilate, develop, swell, expatiate, expand, discuss, unfold, extend.
ANT: Retrench, amputate, curtail, condense, abbreviate, epitomize, gath, er, collect, sum.
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KEY: Amplitude, [See AMPLE].
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KEY: Amputate.
SYN: Prune, lop, curtail, clip, remove.
ANT: Extend, enlarge, augment, elongate, amplify, t rain, trail, develop, pra duce.
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KEY: Analogy.
SYN: Relation, resemblance, proportion, similarity, similitude, coincidence, affinity, comparison, parity.
ANT: Disproportion, dissimilarity, disharmony, irrelativeness, heterogeneousness, incongruity, inaffinity.
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KEY: Analysis.
SYN: Dissection, separation, anatomy, segregation, decomposition, resolution, partition.
ANT: Composition, synthesis, aggregation, combination, coalition, amalgamation, coherence.
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KEY: Anarchy.
SYN: Disorder, tumult, rebellion, riot, misgovernment, insubordination.
ANT: Order, subjection, government, organization, control, law.
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KEY: Anatomy.
SYN: Dissection, division, segregation, analysis, resolution, dismemberment.
ANT: Synthesis, collocation, organization, union, construction, structure, form, body.
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KEY: Ancient.
SYN: Old, antiquated, oldfashioned, antique, obsolete, old-time, aged, primeval, primordial, immemorial, time-honored.
ANT: New, young, modern, juvenile, upstart, fresh, parvenu.
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KEY: Ancillary.
SYN: Assistant, subservient, promotive, auxiliary, accessory, conducive, available, useful, applicable.
ANT: insubservient, redundant, inappropriate, irrelevant, alien, inoperative, unconducive, adverse, counteractive, obstructive, impertinent, preventive.
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KEY: Anew.
SYN: afresh, again, repeatedly.
ANT: Of old, continuously, uninterruptedly.
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KEY: anfractuosity.
SYN: Tortuousness, ambiguousness, angularity, ambiguity, circumlocution, disjointedness.
ANT: Straightforwardness, directness.
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KEY: Angelic.
SYN: Pure, ethereal, spiritual, lovely, heavenly, seraphic, rapturous, divine.
ANT: Foul, hideous, demoniacal, diabolical, hellish, fiendish.
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KEY: Anger \n.\
SYN: Ire, incentment, vexation, grudge, pique, exasperation, indignation, enmity, displeasure, irritation, passion, spleen, gall, resentment, rage, animosity, fury, choler, wrath.
ANT: Peace, peacefulness, peaceableness, appeasement, forgiveness, goodwill, patience, forbearance, reconciliation, conciliatoriness, mildness.
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KEY: Anger \v.\
SYN: Enrage, vex, kindle, fret, ruffle, chafe, infuriate, exasperate, provoke, irritate, incense, wound, inflame, imbitter.
ANT: To appease, compose, forbear, allay, soothe, calm, conciliate, heal.
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KEY: Angry.
SYN: Wrathful, irate, resentful, ireful, incensed, furious, irascible, choleric, moody, nettled, touchy, sullen, piqued, excited, provoked, raging, chafed, hasty, hot, exasperated, indignant, passionate.
ANT: Peaceful, forgiving, forbearing, calm, good-tempered, unresentful.
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KEY: Anguish.
SYN: Pain, pang, wound, sorrow, distress, grief, discomfort, torture, excruciation, agony, torment.
ANT: Ease, pleasure, enjoyment, ecstasy, rapture, relief, solace, comfort, assuagement.
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KEY: Animadversion.
SYN: Rebuke, disapproval, censure, blame.
ANT: Praise, approval, encouragement, eulogy.
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KEY: Animate.
SYN: Enliven, Inspirit, instigate, quicken, exhilarate, embolden, rouse, revivify, cheer, gladden, stir, prompt, incite, stimulate.
ANT: Dishearten, deter, cow, stifle, depress, damp, deaden, discourage.
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KEY: Animated.
SYN: Boused, excited, inspirited, exhilarated, enlivened, vivacious, stirred, lively, brisk, enlivening, inspiring, spirited.
ANT: Sluggish, indolent, indifferent, dull, languid, flat, tame.
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KEY: Animation.
SYN: Life, vivacity, liveliness, airlines, cheerfulness, briskness, alacrity, buoyancy, spirit, exhilaration, sprightliness, promptitude, alertness, activity.
ANT: Expiration, spiritlessness, dulness, dolefulness, deadness, stolidity, inertness.
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KEY: Animosity.
SYN: Hatred, antipathy, dissention, aversion, acrimony, feud, strife, rancor, antagonism, bitterness, acerbity, hostility, enmity, malice, anger, malevolence, ill-will, malignity, feeling against.
ANT: Congeniality, companionship, friendship, sympathy, fellow-feeling, unanimity, harmony, concord, regard, alliance, kindliness.
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KEY: Annals.
SYN: Chronicles, memorials, records, registers, history, archives.
ANT: Tradition, legend, romance, lays.
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KEY: Annex.
SYN: Add, attach, fasten, affix, subjoin, append, connect, unite.
ANT: Withdraw, detach, disconnect, separate, disengage, disunite, remove.
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KEY: Annihilate.
SYN: Abolish, destroy, bring to nought, uproot, eradicate, nullify, exterminate, end, extinguish, demolish, obliterate, efface.
ANT: Keep, conserve, preserve, foster, tend, protest, cherish, develope, stabilitate, augment, cultivate, perpetuate.
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KEY: Annotation.
SYN: Explanation, criticism, remark, note, commentary, elucidation, observation, comment.
ANT: Statement, assertion, proposition, narrative, text.
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KEY: Announce.
SYN: Declare, propound, give notice, enunciate, advertise, publish, report, notify, make known, give out, reveal, herald, proclaim, intimate, promulgate.
ANT: Conceal, suppress, hush, stifle, withhold, shroud, bury, burke.
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KEY: Annoy.
SYN: Tease, vex, irritate, disturb, affront, molest, pain, disquiet, incommode, tantalize, bother, weary, inconvenience, plague, discommode, harass, chafe, trouble.
ANT: Soothe, conciliate, appease, regard, quiet, accommodate, study, tend, foster, cherish, smooth, gratify.
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KEY: Annoyance.
SYN: Trouble, discomfort, vexation, worry, nuisance, bother, uneasiness, plague, bore.
ANT: Joy, gladness, gratification, delight, ease, pleasure.
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KEY: Annul.
SYN: Cancel, obliterate, make void, quash, nullify, revoke, rescind, destroy, set aside, abrogate, extinguish, abolish, repeal.
ANT: Foster, protect, conserve, confirm, maintain, enact, re-enact, institute, establish.
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KEY: Anomalous.
SYN: Irregular, abnormal, exceptional, unusual, eccentric.
ANT: Regular, normal, usual, ordinary, common, wonted, in the order of things.
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KEY: Anomaly.
SYN: Irregularity, abnormity, exception, informality, peculiarity, eccentricity.
ANT: Conformity, regularity, illustration, conformance, exemplification, specimen.
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KEY: Anon.
SYN: Soon, shortly, presently.
ANT: Hereafter.
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KEY: Anonymous.
SYN: Nameless, unattested, authorless, unidentified, unauthenticated.
ANT: Authenticated, attested, identified, authorized, verified, signed.
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KEY: Answer.
SYN: Reply, response, counter-argument, confutation, acceptance, (as of a challenge), tally, counterpart, solution, vindication, apology, exculpation, defense, rejoinder, repartee, retort.
ANT: Challenge, question, defiance, summons, interrogation, query.
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KEY: Answerable.
SYN: Liable, amenable, accountable, responsible, correspondent, agreeing.
ANT: Independent, unanswerable, irresponsible, different, unsuitable, disagreeing, dissimilar.
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KEY: Antagonism.
SYN: Hostility, opposition, animosity, enmity.
ANT: Amity, alliance, association.
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KEY: Antagonist.
SYN: Adversary, opponent, rival, competitor, foe, enemy.
ANT: Aider, abettor, accomplice, accessory, ally.
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KEY: Antagonistic.
SYN: Adverse, opposing, inimical, hostile, repugnant, contrary.
ANT: Favoring, aiding, harmonious, friendly, agreeable to.
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KEY: Antecedence.
SYN: Anteriority, priority, precursorship, premonition, Introduction, preparation, pre-existence.
ANT: Posteriority, subsequence, succession, sequel, supervention, consequence.
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KEY: Antecedent, [See ANTERIOR].
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KEY: Anterior.
SYN: Prior, foregoing, antecedent, previous, precursive, precedent, earlier, Introductory, preliminary, former.
ANT: Posterior, later, subsequent, consequent, succeeding.
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KEY: Anticipate.
SYN: Forestall, prejudge, expect, foretaste, apprehend, prevent, prearrange, prepare, prejudge, meet, obviate, intercept, forecast.
ANT: Remember, recollect, remedy, recall, undo, cure, misapprehend.
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KEY: Anticipation.
SYN: Prevention, expectation, forestallment, awaiting, preoccupation, preconception, foresight, forethought, foretaste, prelibation, preclusion, pregustation, antepast, forecast, provision.
ANT: Surprise, unpreparedness, Un-expectedness, inexpectation, actual enjoyment, non-expectation, realization, consummation.
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KEY: Antipathy.
SYN: Repugnance, dislike, hatred, detestation, contrariety, aversion, distaste, uncongeniality, antagonism, hostility, opposition, abhorrence.
ANT: Sympathy, kindliness, congeniality, fellow-feeling, affinity, harmony.
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KEY: Antiquated.
SYN: By-gone, quaint, old-fashioned, obsolete.
ANT: Fashionable, modish, stylish, modern.
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KEY: Antique.
SYN: Archaic, ancient, ancestral.
ANT: Modern, recent, new-fangled.
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KEY: Antithesis.
SYN: Contrast, opposition, contradiction, antagonism.
ANT: Identity, sameness, convertibility, coincidence, coalescence.
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KEY: Anxiety.
SYN: Care, trouble, eagerness, disquiet, apprehension, carefulness, diffidence, solicitude, misgiving.
ANT: Carelessness, ease, confidence, contentment, acquiescence, contentedness, apathy, light-heartedness, nonchalance.
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KEY: Anxious.
SYN: Solicitous, careful, uneasy, concerned, restless, watchful, disturbed, unquiet.
ANT: Without care, careless, inert, ease, unconcerned, calm, composed.
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KEY: Apace.
SYN: Rapidly, fast, astride, eagerly, ahead, expeditiously, speedily.
ANT: Slowly, imperceptibly, leisurely, creepingly, crawlingly, sluggishly, tardily.
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KEY: Apart.
SYN: Aloof, away, separately, secret, asunder, privately, aside, secretly, separate.
ANT: Close, together, united, along with, hand ill hand.
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KEY: Apartment.
SYN: Room, chamber, hall, lodging, berth.
ANT: Resident, dweller, lodger, occupant, inmate, tenant, housebuilding.
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KEY: Apathy.
SYN: Indifference, insensibility, unfeelingness in company, insusceptibility, unconcern, sluggishness, hebetude.
ANT: Anxiety, care, eagerness, interestedness, sensibility, susceptibility, sensitiveness, irritability, curiosity.
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KEY: Apathetic.
SYN: Unfeeling, stoical, cold, frigid, indifferent, impassive, insensible, insensitive.
ANT: Anxious, careful, sympathetic, sensitive, susceptible.
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KEY: Ape \v.\
SYN: Mimic, imitate, simulate, personate, represent.
ANT: Not to imitate, vary, modify, change.
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KEY: Aperture.
SYN: Opening, gap, chasm, fissure, cleft.
ANT: Closure, blocking up, seclusion, imperviousness, blank wall, shutting up.
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KEY: Apex, [See ACME].
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KEY: Aphorism.
SYN: Adage, apothegm, maxim, saying, precept, rule, proverb.
ANT: Lecture, exhortation, dissertation, disquisition.
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KEY: Apiece.
SYN: Distributively, individually, separately, severally, analytically.
ANT: Collectively, together, accumulatively, indiscriminately, confusedly, synthetically.
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KEY: Apocalypse.
SYN: Revelation, manifestation, unveiling, exhibition, divestment, exposure, disclosure.
ANT: Concealment, suppression, obscuration, veiling, shrouding, eclipse, envelopment.
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KEY: Apocryphal.
SYN: Obscure, doubtful, unauthorized, unauthentic, spurious, legendary, uncertain, unauthenticated, unverified.
ANT: Palpable, accepted, authorized, authentic, genuine, current, undisputed, verified, attested.
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KEY: Apologue.
SYN: Fable, fiction, parable.
ANT: Precept, history, narrative.
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KEY: Apology.
SYN: Defense, justification, plea, exculpation, excuse, vindication, acknowledgment, confession.
ANT: Charge, imputation, impeachment, offense, incrimination, injury, accusation, wrong, insult.
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KEY: Apostate, [See FEATURE].
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KEY: Apothegm.
SYN: Proverb, adage, dictum, maxim, saw, saying.
ANT: (As not so condensed), Exhortation, sermon, discourse, disquisition.
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KEY: Appal.
SYN: Affright, alarm, terrify, scare, daunt, cow, shock, frighten, discouraged, dishearten, horrify, dismay, astound.
ANT: Encourage, rally, assure, embolden, reassure.
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KEY: Apparel.
SYN: Clothes, robes, vesture, vestments, raiment, garniture, habiliments, habit, dress, clothing, caparison, trappings, housings.
ANT: Nudity, disinvestiture, deshabille, tatters, rags.
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KEY: Apparent.
SYN: Obvious, plain, conspicuous, manifest, appearing, unmistakable, clear, probable, seeming, presumable, likely, patent, ostensible, visible, evident, indubitable, notorious, certain.
ANT: Uncertain, dubious, inapparent, minute, unobservable, improbable, insupposable, hidden, real.
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KEY: Appeal.
SYN: Accost, address, apostrophize, invite, cite, invoke, urge, refer, call upon, entreat, request, resort.
ANT: Deprecate, repudiate, protest, disavow, disclaim, defy, abjure.
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KEY: Appearance.
SYN: Advent, coming, arrival, presence, apparition, aspect, Manifestatlon, probability, likeness, exhibition, mien, manner, semblance, air, show, look, pretense, likelihood, presumption.
ANT: Departure, disappearance, unlikelihood, non-appearance, concealment, evanition.
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KEY: Appease.
SYN: Pacify, assuage, mitigate, conciliate, propitiate, moderate, satisfy, stay, allay, quiet, soften, calm, compose, soothe, hush, cool, tranquilize.
ANT: Excite, provoke, aggravate, exasperate, inflame, embitter, incense, intensify, stimulate, kindle.
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KEY: Appellation.
SYN: Name, patronymic, cognomen, style, description, designation, title, denomination, term.
ANT: Namelessness, non-description, anonymousness.
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KEY: Append.
SYN: Affix, supplement, subjoin, attach.
ANT: Separate, disengage, disconnect, detach.
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KEY: Appendage.
SYN: Addition, annexation, adjunct, supplement.
ANT: Subtraction, separation, amalgamation, disconnection, detachment, disjunction, division, incorporation.
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KEY: Appended.
SYN: Added, joined, affixed, subjoined, attached, appended, additional, concomitant.
ANT: Detracted, disconnected, separated, disjoined, divided.
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KEY: Appendix, [See APPENDAGE].
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KEY: Appertaining, [See CONCERNING].
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KEY: Appetite.
SYN: Passion, desire, propensity, proclivity, inclination, propension, appetency, want, craving, disposition, tendency, proneness.
ANT: Repugnance, aversion, antipathy, loathing, indifference, apathy.
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KEY: Applaud.
SYN: Laud, praise, extol, approve, eulogize, commend, cry up, magnify, encourage, cheer.
ANT: Disapprove, denounce, decry, censure, execrate.
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KEY: Applause.
SYN: Praise, plaudit, laudation, encomium, commendation, approbation, acclamation, approval, eulogy, acclaim.
ANT: Obloquy, condemnation, denunciation, dissatisfaction, contempt, censure, blame, vituperation, sibilation.
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KEY: Appliance.
SYN: Contrivance, mechanism, arrangement, means, agency.
ANT: Spontaneity, growth, production, evolution, development.
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KEY: Applicable.
SYN: Available, ancilla, ry, convenient, useful, pertinent, conducive, appropriate.
ANT: Useless, unavailable, inconducive, inapplicable, irrelevant.
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KEY: Application, [See DILIGENCE].
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KEY: Apply.
SYN: Adduce, use, employ, allot, dedicate, devote, exercise, apportion, direct, engage.
ANT: Disuse, divorce, discard, supersede, alienate, remove, misapply, misdirect, divert, misappropriate, misemploy.
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KEY: Appoint.
SYN: Fix, determine, instal, allot, order, prescribe, institute, employ, apportion, apply, designate, assign, intrust, invest, ordain, arrange.
ANT: Reverse, cancel, recall, withdraw, reserve, withhold, retain, undo, suspend, disarrange, disappoint.
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KEY: Apportion.
SYN: Assign, deal, allot, grant, share, divide, dispense, administer, distribute, appoint.
ANT: Reserve, retain, refuse, withhold, assume, resume, cancel, divert, suspend, reapportion, reappoint.
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KEY: Apportionment, [See APPORTION].
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KEY: Apposite.
SYN: Suitable, appropriate, befitting, fitting, timely, congruous, consistent, pertinent, seasonable, relevant, fit, meet, adapted, apropos.
ANT: Untimely, irrelevant, impertinent, unfitting, mistimed, misplaced, misspoken, inappropriate, misjudged.
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KEY: Appraise.
SYN: Value, survey, estimate, price.
ANT: Undervalue, discard, condemn, brand, misappreciate, misestimate.
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KEY: Appreciate.
SYN: Esteem, recognize, acknowledge, respect, value, prize, regard, reckon, estimate.
ANT: Undervalue, misconceive, misjudge, ignore, misappreciate.
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KEY: Apprehend.
SYN: Comprehend, understand, take, expect, seize, conceive, arrest, fancy, dread, imagine, presume, anticipate, fear, conjecture.
ANT: Ignore, miss, lose, misconjecture, misconceive, misapprehend, misanticipate.
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KEY: Apprehension, [See APPREHEND].
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KEY: Apprise.
SYN: Tell, inform, disclose, publish, advise, advertise, communicate, enlighten, acquaint.
ANT: Hoodwink, mystify, deceive, mislead.
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KEY: Apprize, [See APPRISE].
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KEY: Approach.
SYN: Access, avenue, entrance, adit, vestibule, arrival, approximation, advent, Bearing, admission, appropinquation, admittance, mode, path, way, advance, similarity.
ANT: Exit, egress, debouchure, outlet, departure, recession, distance, diversity, disparity.
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KEY: Approbation.
SYN: Approval, satisfaction, praise, encouragement, confirmation, assent, consent, permission, commendation, concurrence, acceptance.
ANT: Disapproval, censure, blame, dissatisfaction, discouragement, repudiation, protest, denial, refusal, disclaimer, disavowal, disparity, dissimilarity.
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KEY: Approval, [See APPROBATION].
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KEY: Approve.
SYN: Like, comment, sanction, praise, support, second, promote, encourage, authorize.
ANT: Disapprove, dislike, censure, blame, disown, disavow.
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KEY: Appropriate, [See FIT].
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KEY: Approximate.
SYN: Approach, resemble, border, abut, near, trench.
ANT: Separate, differ, vary, recede, diverge, deviate.
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KEY: Appurtenant.
SYN: Belonging, connected, appropriate, appended, homogeneous, attached, co-ordinate, concomitant.
ANT: Unconnected, disconnected, Inappropriate, detached, isolated, incongruous, unallied, unrelated, independent, heterogeneous.
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KEY: Apt.
SYN: Fit, apposite, clever, meet, liable, becoming, appropriate, ready, fitting, suitable, pertinent, qualified, prompt, adapted, likely.
ANT: Unfitted, ill-timed, awkward, unlikely, inapt.
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KEY: Aptitude.
SYN: Fitness, liability, susceptibility, suitableness, readiness, quickness, cleverness, proneness, tendency.
ANT: Unfitness, unsuitableness, insusceptibility, slowness, stupidity, unreadiness, awkwardness.
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KEY: Arbiter.
SYN: Arbitrator, judge, umpire, moderator, director, referee, adjudicator.
ANT: Appellant, claimant, disputant, litigant.
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KEY: Arbitrary.
SYN: Tyrannical, harsh, dictatorial, imperious, bearing, overbearing, selfish, absolute, irresponsible, tyrannous, domineering, peremptory.
ANT: Mild, modest, lenient, considerate, obliging, limited, equitable, constitutional.
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KEY: Arbitrate.
SYN: Settle, adjust, compose, decide, determine, accommodate, adjudicate.
ANT: Dispute, claim, appeal, misdetermine, litigate, contend, misjudge.
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KEY: Archaic, [See ANCIENT].
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KEY: Architect.
SYN: Constructor, contriver, designer, builder, surveyor, agent.
ANT: Workman carrying out plans, destroyer, extinguisher.
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KEY: Ardent.
SYN: Longing, passionate, aspiring, warm, eager, fervent, excited, fiery, glowing, zealous, fervid, fierce, keen, vehement, hot, affectionate, impassioned, burning, heated.
ANT: Cool, cold, indifferent, dispassioned, apathetic, passionless, unimpassioned, phlegmatic, platonic.
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KEY: Ardor, [See ARDENT].
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KEY: Arduous.
SYN: Difficult, hard, lofty, onerous, laborious, steep, precipitous.
ANT: Easy, practicable, unlaborious, light, trivial.
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KEY: Argue.
SYN: Discuss, debate, prove, question, evidence, establish, imply, sift, dispute, persuade, controvert, contend, demonstrate, reason.
ANT: Dictate, assert, propound, command.
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KEY: Argument.
SYN: Reasoning, controversy, evidence, discussion, topic, dispute.
ANT: Assertion, assumption, without proof or evidence.
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KEY: Arid.
SYN: Dry, parched, sterile, unproductive.
ANT: Moist, dewy, watered, fertile, luxuriant, exuberant, verdant, blooming, productive.
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KEY: Aright.
SYN: Right, well, rightly, correctly, truly, properly, uprightly, unexceptionably, justly, suitably, appropriately.
ANT: Wrongly, awry, incorrectly, improperly, defectively, erroneously.
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KEY: Arm \v.\
SYN: Equip, gird, accoutre, array.
ANT: Disarm, ungird, divest, disarray.
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KEY: Army.
SYN: Troops, soldiery, legion, soldiers, military, phalanx, host, multitude.
ANT: Fewness, a small number, Individual, paucity, single person.
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KEY: Aromatic, [See FRAGRANCE].
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KEY: Around.
SYN: About, environing, encircling.
ANT: Within, amid, among.
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KEY: Arouse.
SYN: Stir, excite, disturb, animate, wake up, stimulate, alarm, provoke, cheer.
ANT: Allay, assuage, mitigate, pacify, compose, moderate, still, quiet.
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KEY: Arraign.
SYN: Summon, accuse, censure, indict, charge, impeach.
ANT: Acquit, condone, discharge, release.
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KEY: Arrange.
SYN: Order, put In order, group, array, place, adjust, range, locate, dispose, assort, deal, sort, parcel, classify.
ANT: Derange, disarrange, confuse, disturb, disperse, jumble, disorder, Arrangement, [See ORDER].
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KEY: Arrant.
SYN: Notorious, consummate, atrocious, vile, flagrant, veritable, unqualified, utter, infamous, emphatic.
ANT: Suspicious, slight, mitigated, likely.
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KEY: Array \v.\
SYN: Vest, deck, equip, decorate, rank, adorn, dress, accoutre, invest, attire, place, arrange, draw up, marshal, set in order, dispose.
ANT: Disarray, disarrange, confuse, jumble, divest, denude, strip.
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KEY: Array \n.\ Arrangement, order, disposition, sight, exhibition, show, parade.
ANT: Disarray, disorder, confusion, confusedness, jumble.
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KEY: Arrest \v.\
SYN: Seize, take, stop, capture, withhold, restrain, hold, detain, apprehend.
ANT: Release, dismiss, liberate, free, discharge, expedite.
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KEY: Arrival, [See ARRIVE].
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KEY: Arrive.
SYN: Reach, attain, come to, enter, get to, land.
ANT: Embark, depart, start.
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KEY: Arrogance.
SYN: Haughtiness, contemptuousness, overbearingness, hauteur, browbeating, loftiness, self-conceit, stateliness, vainglory, insolence, self-importance, assumption, discourtesy.
ANT: bashfulness, servility, considerateness, deference, courtesy, modesty, shyness, diffidence, politeness.
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KEY: Arrogate.
SYN: Claim, assume, vindicate, assert, demand.
ANT: Forego, waive, resign, surrender, abandon, disclaim.
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KEY: Art.
SYN: Science, literature, aptitude, readiness, adroitness, skill, dexterity, cunning, deceit, duplicity, tactics, profession, artifice, management, trade, business, calling.
ANT: Inaptitude, maladroitness, candor, openness, frankness, mismanagement.
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KEY: Artful.
SYN: Cunning, designing, maneuvering, sharp, knowing, subtle, sly, crafty, wily, shrewd.
ANT: Simple, undesigning, artless, open, innocent, unsophisticated.
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KEY: Artifice.
SYN: manoeuvre, cheat, wile, contrivance, craft, trick, fraud, machination, punning, imposture, stratagem.
ANT: Fairness, candor, simplicity, openness.
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KEY: Artificial.
SYN: Invented, fabricated, fictitious, constructed, manufactured, pretended, simulated, false, assumed, concocted, contrived, deceptive, artful, affected, unnatural, constrained.
ANT: Natural, inartificial, genuine, spontaneous, transparent, artless, unaffected, [See ARTFUL].
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KEY: Artless, [See ARTFUL].
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KEY: Ascend.
SYN: Rise, mount, soar, surmount, go up, climb, tower, scale.
ANT: Fall, descend, sink.
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KEY: Ascendancy.
SYN: Superiority, advantage, mastery, control, influence, supremacy, sway, domination, authority.
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KEY: Ascertain.
SYN: Prove, verify, find out, discover, confirm, detect, determine, learn, discern.
ANT: Guess, conjecture, surmise, suppose, presume.
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KEY: Ascribe.
SYN: Assign, attribute, impute, refer, render, allege, charge.
ANT: Deny, refuse, exclude, dissociate, disconnect, dissever.
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KEY: Askant.
SYN: Away, askew, asquint, obliquely, aslant.
ANT: Straightforwards, forwards, rectilinearly, ahead, straight.
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KEY: Aspect.
SYN: Front, face, phase, side, appearance, presentation, exhibition, exposure, feature, view, air, mien, deportment, countenance, bearing, complexion, sight.
ANT: Back, obverse, rear.
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KEY: Asperity.
SYN: Acerbity, harshness, acrimony, bitterness, sharpness, tartness, sourness, roughness, moroseness, severity, crabbedness.
ANT: Mildness, softness, sweetness, gentleness, pleasantness, smoothness.
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KEY: Asperse.
SYN: Slander, calumniate, bespatter, befoul, defy, attack, defame, vilify, traduce, scandalize, malign, detract from, blacken, tarnish, befoul, backbite.
ANT: Clear, defend, eulogize, vindicate, shelter, shield, praise, laud, extol, uphold.
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KEY: Aspiration.
SYN: Longing, desire, aim, wish, craving, ambition, endeavor, hope, appetition, effort, eagerness.
ANT: Apathy, indifference, aimlessness, lulness, inertia, callousness, carelessness, aversion, avoidance, rejection, repudiation.
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KEY: Assail, [See ASSAULT].
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KEY: Assault.
SYN: Onset, attack, aggression, onslaught.
ANT: Defense, resistance, repulsion, retaliation, undermining, sapping, stratagem.
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KEY: Assay.
SYN: Test, endeavor, prove, try.
ANT: Survey, conjecture, guess, scan.
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KEY: Assemble.
SYN: Gather, collect, congregate, amass, muster, call together, convoke, convene.
ANT: Scatter, disperse, go away, dismiss.
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KEY: Assembly.
SYN: Meeting, concourse, assemblage, multitude, group, synod, conclave, conference, convocation, unison, company, congregation, collection, crowd, gathering, convention, aggregate.
ANT: Dispersion, dissipation, disunion, disruption.
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KEY: Assent \n.\
SYN: Coincidence, agreement, concert, acknowledgment, consent, acquiescence, approval, concurrence, approbation, compliance.
ANT: Dissent, disagreement, difference, disavowal, repudiation, declension, disclaimer, protest.
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KEY: Assent \v.\ [See CONCEDE].
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KEY: Assert.
SYN: Asseverate, declare, pronounce, depose, maintain, statement, avow, avouch, affirm, allege, protest, claim.
ANT: Deny, contradict, contravene, waive, abandon.
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KEY: Assets.
SYN: goods, proceeds, possessions, effects, property.
ANT: Debts, liabilities.
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KEY: Asseverate, [See ASSERT].
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KEY: Assiduity.
SYN: Attention, perseverance, pains, patience, exertion, labor, application, effort, politeness, constancy, sedulousness, diligence.
ANT: Indolence, remissness, inattention, desultoriness, inconstancy.
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KEY: Assiduous, [See ASSIDUITY].
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KEY: Assign.
SYN: Attribute, apportion, allege, refer, specify, consign, intrust, commit, point out, allot to, adduce, advance, appoint, convey.
ANT: Withhold, withdraw, resume, retain, refuse, disconnect, dissociate.
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KEY: Assimilate.
SYN: Compare, liken, match, engross, identify, incorporate, absorb, appropriate.
ANT: Separate, segregate, part, contrast, reject.
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KEY: Assist.
SYN: Help, succor, aid, support, relieve, befriend, second, co-operate with, back, benefit, further.
ANT: Hinder, resist, oppose, antagonize, counteract, clog, prevent.
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KEY: Assistance.
SYN: Help, aid, countenance, support, abettance, protection, maintenance, coadjutorship.
ANT: Resistance, obstruction, opposition, counteraction, antagonism, drawback, clog, preventive.
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KEY: Assistant.
SYN: Helper, aider, attendant, coadjutor, auxiliary, ally, associate, contributor, partner, confederate.
ANT: Hinderer, opposer, rival, foe, antagonist.
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KEY: Associate.
SYN: Companion, friend, ally, coadjutor, consort, helpmate, comrade, partner.
ANT: Rival, alien, foe, antagonist.
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KEY: Association.
SYN: Union, connection, conjunction, contortment, companionship, alliance, familiarity, community, membership, society, company, denomination, partnership, fellowship, fraternity, friendship.
ANT: Disunion, disconnection, estrangement, separation, severance, independence, avoidance, disruption, dismemberment, solitude, individuality.
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KEY: Assorted.
SYN: Separated, chosen, selected, clarified.
ANT: Mingled, mixed, confused, unclassified, jumbled, heaped up.
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KEY: Assortment.
SYN: Collection, disposition, distribution, class, quantity, selection, stock, miscellany, lot, variety.
ANT: Misarrangement, disarrangement, displacement, misplacement.
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KEY: Assuage.
SYN: Mitigate, soothe, console, soften, moderate, pacify, lenify, allay, ease, alleviate, abate, diminish, lessen, compose, appease, calm, tranquillize.
ANT: Exasperate, excite, increase, stimulate, incite, provoke, inflame, embitter, aggravate.
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KEY: Assuagement, [See ASSUAGE].
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KEY: Assume.
SYN: Take, appropriate, arrogate, wear, exhibit, postulate, suppose, presume, usurp, claim, pretend, feign, affect.
ANT: Waive, allow, doff, render, surrender, concede, grant, demonstrate, abandon, argue, prove.
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KEY: Assumption.
SYN: Arrogance, boldness, impudence, self-confidence, selfreliance, effrontery, presumption, conviction, certainty, self-assertion.
ANT: Distrust, timidity, bashfulness, misgiving, self-distrust, consternation, dismay, alarm.
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KEY: Assure.
SYN: Advise, advertise, promise, inform, rally, console, encourage, countenance, aid, support, convince, uphold, certify.
ANT: Misinform, misadvise, mislead, deceive, discomfit, disconceit, deter, discourage, warn, dissuade, unsettle, intimidate.
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KEY: Assurance.
SYN: Arrogance, impudence, boldness, self-confidence, selfreliance, promise, assertion, presumption, effrontery, self-assertion.
ANT: Distrust, timidity, bashfulness, self-distrust, consternation.
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KEY: Astonish.
SYN: Startle, surprise, confound, amaze, astound, fill with wonder, stupefy, alarm, terrify, electrify, scare, dumbfounder.
ANT: Rally, encourage, assure, embolden.
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KEY: Astonished.
SYN: Amazed, astounded, overwhelmed, dumbfounded, thunderstruck.
ANT: Calm, tranquil, assured, bold, undisturbed.
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KEY: Astonishing.
SYN: Amazing, wondrous, surprising, wonderful, striking, marvelous.
ANT: Foreseen, unamazed, common, astonished at nothing, ordinary, natural, usual, everyday, trite.
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KEY: Astonishment.
SYN: Wonder, surprise, marvel, amazement, admiration, awe, bewilderment, stupefaction, fascination.
ANT: Expectance, expectation, anticipation, foreseeing, absence of wonder, awe, etc.
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KEY: Astray.
SYN: Loose, abroad, missing, about, at large, wrong, erring, wandering.
ANT: Right, close, at home, safe.
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KEY: Astute.
SYN: Crafty, shrewd, knowing, sharp, discriminating, sagacious, penetrating, acute, discerning, keen.
ANT: Dull, unobserving, undiscriminating, stolid, asinine, anserine, blind.
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KEY: Asunder.
SYN: Separate, apart, disunited, divided, in twain.
ANT: In one, close, united, together.
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KEY: Athletic.
SYN: Strong, vigorous, powerful, stalwart, brawny, muscular, ablebodied, lusty, sinewy, robust.
ANT: Weak, puny, effeminate, nerveless, strengthless, unbraced.
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KEY: Atom.
SYN: Molecule, particle, mote, speck, scrap, bit.
ANT: Mass, whole, aggregate, lump.
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KEY: Atonement.
SYN: Reconciliation, expiation, compensation, preparation, satisfaction, recompense.
ANT: Alienation, separation, enmity, estrangement, division, offense, transgression.
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KEY: Atrocious.
SYN: Monstrous, nefarious, wicked, outrageous, villainous, enormous, shameful, heinous, cruel, flagrant, facinorous, flagitious.
ANT: Laudable, noble, honorable, generous, humane, admirable, chivalrous.
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KEY: Attach.
SYN: Fasten, apply, append, add, fix, subjoin, annex, unite, conciliate, tie, connect, conjoin, attract, win, bind.
ANT: Unfasten, Ioose, disunite, untie, disconnect, detach, alienate, estrange, repel.
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KEY: Attachment, [See ATTACH].
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KEY: Attack. \v.\
SYN: Assail, assault, invade, encounter, charge, besiege, impugn, contravene.
ANT: Defend, resist, repel, protest, withstand on one's own part, or for another, support, aid, shield, uphold, vindicate, shelter.
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KEY: Attack. \n.\
SYN: Invasion, assault, onset, aggression, onslaught.
ANT: Defense, resistance, repulse, protection, aid, vindication, support, maintenance, shelter.
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KEY: Attain.
SYN: Reach, extend, master, arrive at, compass, earn, win, achieve, accomplish, get, obtain, acquire, gain, secure, grasp.
ANT: Lose, fail, forfeit, miss, abandon, resign.
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KEY: Attainment.
SYN: Information, acquirements, accomplishments.
ANT: Intuition, inspiration, genius.
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KEY: Attemper.
SYN: Moderate, subdue, compound, commingle, adapt, adjust, harmonize, modify, blend, attune, mix, mold, work, medicate, amalgamate, accommodate.
ANT: Discompose, confuse, spoil, aggravate, mar.
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KEY: Attempt.
SYN: Try, endeavor, strive, undertake, seek, essay, attack, violate, force.
ANT: Disregard, abandon, pretermit, dismiss, neglect, shun, drop.
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KEY: Attempt \n.\ [See EFFORT].
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KEY: Attend.
SYN: Listen, heed, notice, observe, wait on, serve, mind, watch, accompany, consort, follow, imply, involve.
ANT: Wander, disregard, leave, forsake, abandon, desert, exclude, neutralize.
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KEY: Attention.
SYN: Observation, notice, regard, watchfulness, heed, consideration, circumspection, study, vigilance, care.
ANT: Disregard, inadvertence, remission, indifference, carelessness, abstraction, distraction, absence.
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KEY: Attentive, [See OBSERVANT].
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KEY: Attenuate.
SYN: Educe, elongate, reduce, fine-drawn, narrow, contract, diminish, compress.
ANT: Broaden, increase, expand, dilate, swell, enlarge, develop, amplify.
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KEY: Attest.
SYN: Vouch, aver, assert, certify, witness, vouch for, affirm, testify, evidence, support, confirm, suggest, prove, involve, demonstrate, establish, imply, bespeak.
ANT: Deny, controvert, contradict, contravene, disprove, disestablish, exclude, neutralize, upset, oppugn, refute.
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KEY: Attestation, [See EVIDENCE].
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KEY: Attire.
SYN: Robes, garments, clothing, vestments, habiliment, habit, raiment, clothes, garb, apparel, accoutrement, livery, uniform, costume.
ANT: Nudity, divestment, exposure, denudation, bareness, disarray, dishabille, tatters, rags, patches, shreds.
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KEY: Attitude.
SYN: Posture, position, situation, standing, composition, collocation, aspect, pose, lie.
ANT: Evolution, exercise, bearing, deportment, movement, gesticulation, manoeuvre, gesture.
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KEY: Attract.
SYN: Influence, induce, dispose, incline, tempt, prompt, allure, charm, fascinate, invite, entice.
ANT: Repel, deter, indispose, disincline, estrange, alienate.
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KEY: Attraction.
SYN: Inducement, influence, adduction, inclination, disposition, charm, beauty, allurement.
ANT: Repulsion, disinclination, aversion, indisposition, deformity, repugnance.
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KEY: Attractive.
SYN: Winning, alluring, tempting, inviting, engaging, captivating, fascinating, enticing, interesting, charming, pleasant, beautiful, agreeable.
ANT: Unattractive, repugnant, repulsive, uninteresting, disagreeable, unpleasant, deformed, ugly, deterrent, loathsome, forbidding.
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KEY: Attribute \v.\
SYN: Refer, assign, associate, apply, ascribe, charge, impute, connect.
ANT: Divorce, disconnect, dissociate, dissever.
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KEY: Attribute \n.\
SYN: Property, quality, characteristic, attainment, sign, mark, indication, manifestation.
ANT: correlative, viz, Essence, nature, substance, etc, or, spuriously, affectation, misnomer, semblance, assumption, mask, veil.
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KEY: Attrition.
SYN: Sorrow, repentance, affliction, penitence, compunction, remorse, self-reproach.
ANT: Impenitence, callousness, obduracy, reprobation, relentlessness.
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KEY: Attune.
SYN: Temper, attemper, harmonize, adjust, accommodate.
ANT: Unstring, disharmonize, disarrange, discompose, dislocate, disturb, disconcert.
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KEY: Audacious.
SYN: Insolent, adventurous, venturesome, presumptuous, valiant, rash, bold, daring, reckless, enterprising.
ANT: Timid, cowardly, cautious, inadventurous, unventuresome, unenterprising.
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KEY: Audacity.
SYN: Boldness, rashness, temerity, recklessness, hardihood.
ANT: Caution, self-preservation, timidity, calculation, forethought, foresight, diffidence, inadventurousness.
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KEY: Audience.
SYN: Hearers, assembly, auditory, conference, parley, reception, interview.
ANT: Soliloquy, monologue, apostrophe.
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KEY: Augment, [See ENLARGE].
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KEY: Augmentation.
SYN: Increase, enlargement, amplification, enrichment, supply, enhancement, addition, acquisition, improvement.
ANT: Deduction, detraction, diminution, contraction, withdrawal, reservation, expenditure, loss, waste, detriment, deterioration, impoverishment, reduction, curtailment.
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KEY: Augury.
SYN: Prophecy, prediction, divination, conjecture, omen, prognostication.
ANT: Experience, science, observation.
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KEY: August \a.\
SYN: Majestic, dignified, stately, noble, pompous, imposing, grand, solemn, exalted.
ANT: Mean, undignified, unimposing, common, vulgar, despicable, paltry, unnoticeable, beggarly, commonplace.
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KEY: auspicious.
SYN: Propitious, lucky, favorable, encouraging, satisfactory, successful, hopeful, promising, happy, golden, fortunate, opportune, prosperous.
ANT: Unpropitious, unfavorable, discouraging, unsatisfactory, inauspicious, unpromising, abortive, hopeless.
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KEY: Austere.
SYN: Hard, rigid, stern, severe, morose, unrelenting, unyielding, strict, rigorous, harsh, sour, relentless.
ANT: Mild, affable, kindly, tender, feeling, bland, indulgent, genial.
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KEY: Authentic.
SYN: Genuine, veritable, reliable, real, original, trustworthy, not
spurious, true, legitimate, certain, accepted, current, received.
ANT: Unreliable, spurious, false, apocryphal, disputed, exploded, rejected, counterfeit, unfounded, unauthorized, baseless, fabulous, fictitious.
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KEY: Authenticate.
SYN: Confirm, settle, establish, verify, substantiate, identify.
ANT: Contravene, disprove, disestablish, refute, upset.
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KEY: Author.
SYN: Creator, producer, inventor, originator, parent, cause, constructor, agent, maker, composer, fabricator, committer, perpetrator, doer.
ANT: Destroyer, annihilator, demolisher, spoiler, undoer, reverser.
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KEY: Authoritative.
SYN: Decisive, sure, conclusive, authentic, powerful, firm, potent, dictatorial, imperious, arbitrary, arrogant, imperative, dogmatic, commanding.
ANT: Weak, inconclusive, vague, indeterminate, indefinite, vacillating, undecisive, bland, conciliatory, affable, lenient, persuasive.
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KEY: Authority.
SYN: Ground, justification, authenticity, genuineness, conclusiveness, decisiveness, control, direction, jurisdiction, government, regulation, power, right, rule, sway, sufferance, supremacy, dominion.
ANT: Groundlessness, spuriousness, indecision, inconclusiveness, inoperativeness, incompetency, weakness, usurpation, wrong.
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KEY: Authorize, [See EMPOWER].
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KEY: Autocracy, [See AUTOCRATIC].
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KEY: Autocratic.
SYN: Independent, arbitrary, despotic, irresponsible, absolute.
ANT: Dependent, subordinate, re sponsible, constitutional, limited.
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KEY: Auxiliary.
SYN: Helpful, abetting, aiding, accessory, promotive, conducive, assistant, ancillary, assisting, subsidiary, helping.
ANT: Unassisting, unconducive, unpromotive, redundant, superfluous, obstructive, retardative, irrelevant, cumbersome.
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KEY: Avail \v.\
SYN: Suffice, hold, stand, endure, answer, tell, profit, help, benefit, advantage, service, use, utility.
ANT: Fail, fall, disappoint, betray.
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KEY: Avail.
SYN: Profit, help, benefit, advantage, use, utility, service.
ANT: Disadvantage, hindrance, helplessness.
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KEY: Available.
SYN: Useful, appropriable, convertible, attainable, handy, conducive, applicable, procurable, advantage, helpful, profitable, suitable, serviceable.
ANT: Useless, inappropriate, inapplicable, unprocurable, inconducive, irrelevant, Inoperative, unavailable.
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KEY: Avarice.
SYN: Greed, cupidity, rapacity, penuriousness, niggardliness, miserliness, stinginess, covetousness, acquisitiveness, griping, greediness.
ANT: Large-heartedness, unselfishness, liberality, bountifulness, profuseness, squander, prodigality, extravagance, waste.
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KEY: Avaricious, [See LIBERAL].
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KEY: Avenge.
SYN: Vindicate, right, visit, retaliate.
ANT: Waive, don, forego, condone, remit, forgive, overlook.
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KEY: Avenue.
SYN: Approach, adit, access, entrance.
ANT: Exit, egress.
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KEY: Aver.
SYN: Assert, asseverate, affirm, depose, avouch, protest, oblige, declare.
ANT: Deny, contradict, contravene, disavow, disclaim, repudiate, gainsay, oppugn.
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KEY: Average.
SYN: Mean, medium, middle, mediocre.
ANT: Extreme, excess, defect, perfectness, perfection.
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KEY: Averse.
SYN: Hostile, disinclined, indisposed, repugnant, backward, unwilling, reluctant, loath.
ANT: Ready, disposed, eager, prone, inclined, desirous.
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KEY: Aversion.
SYN: Hatred, dislike, distaste, repugnance, uncongeniality, abhorrence, antipathy.
ANT: Love, desire, affection, liking, congeniality, sympathy, ardor, eagerness, avidity.
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KEY: Avidity.
SYN: Cupidity, avarice, desire, greed, longing, rapacity, eagerness.
ANT: Coldness, indifference, apathy, insensibility, antipathy, nausea, aversion, repugnance, loathing.
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KEY: Avocation.
SYN: Profession, calling, lot, employment, vocation, occupation, business, pursuit, line.
ANT: Holiday, leisure, idleness, self-abandonment, misemployment.
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KEY: Avoid.
SYN: Quit, shun, abandon, desert, forsake, relinquish, fly, eschew, elude, dodge, escape, shirk.
ANT: Seek, court, approach, accost, address, affect.
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KEY: Avouch.
SYN: Aver, protest, declare, propound, asseverate, profess.
ANT: Deny, contradict, oppose, oppugn, contravene, controvert, gainsay.
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KEY: Avow, [See AVOUCH].
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KEY: Awaken, [See BOUSE].
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KEY: Award.
SYN: Assign, apportion, attribute, accord, grant, distribute, divide, allot, give, determine, decree, order, adjudge.
ANT: Refuse, withhold, withdraw, retain, misappropriate, misapportion.
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KEY: Aware.
SYN: Conscious, sensible, informed, certified, assured, known, apprised, cognizant.
ANT: Unconscious, insensible, ignorant, unaware, uninformed.
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KEY: Away.
SYN: Far, afar, separate, detached, loose, abroad.
ANT: Close, near.
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KEY: Awe.
SYN: Fear, dread, veneration, reverence.
ANT: Fearlessness, contempt, disrespect, familiarity, irreverence.
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KEY: Awful.
SYN: Fearful, direful, appalling, terrible, alarming, dreadful, horrible, solemn, portentous, horrific.
ANT: Inocuous, informidable, unimposing, unastonishing, commonplace, unnoticeable, unalarming, alluring.
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KEY: Awhile.
SYN: Briefly, little.
ANT: Ever, always, forever, ever, more.
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KEY: Awkward.
SYN: Ungainly, clownish, clumsy, maladroit, unhandy, uncouth, rough, boorish, bungling, gawky.
ANT: Neat, clever, dexterous, skilful, adroit, handy.
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KEY: Awry.
SYN: Crooked, aslant, askew, atwist, bent, carved, distorted, twisted, wrong.
ANT: Right, straight, true, direct.
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KEY: Axiom.
SYN: Self-evident truth, aphorism, truism, apophthegm, maxim.
ANT: Nonsense, absurdity, soliloquy, absurdness.
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KEY: Azure \a.\
SYN: Blue, cerulean, sky blue, bluish, blue-colored.
ANT: Orange, ochreous, orange-colored, orange-flame.
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KEY: Babble \v.\
SYN: Prate, prattle, dribble, chatter, gabble, twaddle, blab, cackle.
ANT: Enunciate, vociferate, hush, suppress.
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KEY: Babbler.
SYN: Blab, chatterbox, gossip, tattler, telltale.
ANT: Confident, confessor.
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KEY: Babbling.
SYN: Prating, blabbing, talkativeness, tattling, cackling, gossip, loquacity, garrulity.
ANT: Reticence, reserve, secretiveness, closeness, refrain, incommunicativeness, taciturnity.
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KEY: Babel.
SYN: Hubbub, confusion, clamor, jargon, din, discord, clang.
ANT: Elocution, articulation, monotony, distinctness, consecutiveness, intonation, enunciation, unisonousness.
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KEY: Backbiter.
SYN: Detractor, traducer, calumniator, slanderer, cynic, maligner, defamer.
ANT: Vindicator, upholder, palliator, advocate, mitigator, defender, befriender.
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KEY: Backslider.
SYN: Renegade, abjurer, recreant, apostate.
ANT: Professor, confessor, adherent, zealot, bigot.
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KEY: Backsliding, [See BACKSLIDER].
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KEY: Backwardness.
SYN: Reluctance, slowness, shyness, hesitation, unwillingness, repugnance.
ANT: Forwardness, readiness, willingness, promptitude, alacrity.
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KEY: Backward, [See BACKWARDNESS].
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KEY: Bad, [See GOOD].
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KEY: Baffle.
SYN: Frustrate, counteract, estop, disconcert, elude, mock, thwart, confound, defeat, perplex, restrain, upset, foil, mar, balk, neutralize, dodge, counterfoil.
ANT: Point, aid, abet, enforce, promote, assist, advance, encourage.
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KEY: Bait.
SYN: Morsel, snare, decoy, enticement, allurement, inducement.
ANT: Warning, scarecrow, dissuasive, deterrent, prohibition, intimidation, threat.
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KEY: Balance.
SYN: Weigh, poise, pit, et, counterpoise, counteract, neutralize, equalize, estimate, redress, adjust.
ANT: Upset, tilt, cant, subvert, mispoise, overbalance.
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KEY: Balderdash.
SYN: Gasconade, flummery, rhodomontade, bombast, fustian, froth.
ANT: Sense, wisdom, logic, reason, sobriety, truthfulness.
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KEY: Balk.
SYN: Estop, bar, thwart, frustrate, foil, stop, prevent, hinder, neutralize, nullify, mar, counteract, disappoint, defeat, baffle.
ANT: Aid, abet, promote, advance, encourage, instigate.
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KEY: Balmy, [See AROMATIC].
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KEY: Bandy.
SYN: Interchange, exchange, reciprocate, cross, pass.
ANT: Quash, silence, drop, burke, close, stifle, extinguish.
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KEY: Baneful, [See PERNICIOUS].
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KEY: Banish.
SYN: Expel, abandon, dispel, eject, extrude, exclude, relegate, expatriate, repudiate, disclaim.
ANT: Cherish, foster, protect, consider, encourage, locate, retain, entertain, domiciliate, domesticate, harbor.
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KEY: Banishment.
SYN: Outlawry, ostracism, expatriation, expulsion, persecution.
ANT: Remaining, cherishing, fostering, retaining.
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KEY: Banquet.
SYN: Feast, festivity, treat, entertainment, festival, carousal, carouse, regalement, cheer.
ANT: Fast, abstinence, starvation.
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KEY: Banter.
SYN: Badinage, chaff, mockery, derision, ridicule, irony, jeering, raillery.
ANT: Discussion, discourse, argument.
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KEY: Barbarous.
SYN: Rude, strange, uncivilized, brutal, cruel, ferocious, inhuman, merciless, outlandish, savage, uncouth, atrocious, flagitious, unfettered, nefarious, gross.
ANT: Polite, civilized, refined, humane, urbane.
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KEY: Barely, [See HARDLY].
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KEY: Bargain.
SYN: Transaction, negotiation, business, profit, speculation, higgling, gain, hawking, chaffer, haggling.
ANT: Loss, misprofit.
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KEY: Barren, [See STERILE].
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KEY: Base \a.\
SYN: Vile, dishonorable, low, sordid, ignoble, worthiest, mean, infamous, shameful, grovelling, disingenuous, disesteemed, cheap, corrupt, deep.
ANT: Lofty, exalted, refined, noble, esteemed, honored, valued, pure, correct, shrill.
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KEY: Baseless, [See GROUNDLESS].
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KEY: Bashful.
SYN: Modest, diffident, shy, retiring, reserved.
ANT: Bold, impudent, forward, unreserved, pert, conceited, ostentatious, egotistic.
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KEY: Bask.
SYN: Luxuriate, repose, lounge, dally.
ANT: Stir, work, toil, slave, drudge, labor.
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KEY: Baste.
SYN: Buffet, cudgel, pound, beat.
ANT: Soothe, tickle, caress, stroke.
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KEY: Battle.
SYN: Fight, conflict, contest, combat, engagement, encounter, action.
ANT: Peace, truce, pacification, arbitrament, council, mediation.
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KEY: Bauble.
SYN: Toy, trifle, plaything, knicknack, gewgaw, gimcrack, kickshaw.
ANT: Valuable, possession, acquisition, gera, ornament, decoration, jewel.
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KEY: Basis, [See FOUNDATION].
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KEY: Bawl.
SYN: Shout, vociferate, halloo, roar, bellow.
ANT: Whisper, mutter, babble, mumble.
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KEY: Bays.
SYN: Laurels, trophy, success, prize, premium, achievement, victory, triumph.
ANT: Failure, defeat, disgrace, stigma, brand.
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KEY: Beach.
SYN: Shore, coast, strand, seacoast, seaboard, seashore.
ANT: Sea, ocean, deep, main.
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KEY: Beaming.
SYN: Shining, gleaming, bright, radiant, beautiful, transparent, translucid.
ANT: Dull, opaque, dingy, beamless, wan, matt.
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KEY: Bear.
SYN: Carry, lift, transport, convey, maintain, uphold, suffer, undergo, support, tolerate, waft, yield, sustain, hold, harbor, entertain, fill, enact, endure, admit, produce, generate.
ANT: Drop, refuse, decline, resign, expel, eject, resist, repel, protest, resent, reject.
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KEY: Bearing.
SYN: Behavior, deportment, manner, aspect, carriage, mien, demeanour, port, conduct, inclination, position, appearance, direction, course.
ANT: Misbehaviour, jurisdirection, misobservation.
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KEY: Beastly, [See BRUTAL].
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KEY: Beat.
SYN: Strike, pound, batter, surpass, thrash, cudgel, overcome, defeat, conquer, worst, whack, belabor, vanquish.
ANT: Defend, protect, shield, fall, shelter, surrender, stroke, caress, pat.
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KEY: Beatitude.
SYN: Blessedness, bliss, beatification.
ANT: Misery, pain, suffering, punishment.
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KEY: Beautiful, [See BEAUTY, and HANDSOME].
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KEY: Beautify.
SYN: Decorate, adorn, ornament, deck.
ANT: Deform, spoil, mar, stain, deface, disfigure, befoul, soil, denude, bare, strip.
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KEY: Beauty.
SYN: Loveliness, grace, fairness, seemliness, comeliness, picturesqueness, exquisiteness, adornment, embellishment.
ANT: Foulness, ugliness, deformity, hideousness, bareness, unattractiveness.
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KEY: Because.
SYN: Owing, consequently, accordingly.
ANT: Irrespectively, independently, inconsequently, unconnectedly.
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KEY: Beck.
SYN: Nod, sign, signal, symbol, token, indication, authority, orders, instruction, subserviency, influence, call, command, control, mandate.
ANT: Independence, insubservience.
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KEY: Become.
SYN: Befit, grace, beseem, behove.
ANT: Misbeseem, misfit, misbecome, disgrace.
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KEY: Becoming.
SYN: Beseeming, neat, fit, proper, decorous, comely, seemly, befitting, graceful, decent, suitable, improving.
ANT: Unbeseeming, unseemly, uncomely, unbecoming, unbefitting, ungraceful, indecent, unsuitable, unimproving, derogatory.
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KEY: Bedaub.
SYN: Bespatter, befoul, discolor, mar, disfigure, deface, besmear, spoil, soil, stain.
ANT: Cleanse, absterge, purify, embellish, whiten, decorate, beautify.
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KEY: Bedeck, [See DECK].
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KEY: Bedizen.
SYN: Tawdry, betinselled, gaudy, flashy, bespangled.
ANT: Adorned, robed, decorated, beautified.
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KEY: Befall.
SYN: Happen, occur, betide, fall, supervene, bechance.
ANT: Miss, pass, spare, pretermit.
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KEY: Befitting.
SYN: Fitting, decent, becoming, suitable, appropriate, proper, consistent, expedient, desirable.
ANT: Obligatory, compulsory, unbefitting, indecent, unbecoming, unsuitable, inappropriate, incompatible, inexpedient, improper.
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KEY: Befool.
SYN: Deceive, cheat, mystify, bamboozle, ensnare, hoodwink, mislead.
ANT: Guide, enlighten, advise, undeceive, lead.
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KEY: Before.
SYN: Precedently, anteriorly, antecedently.
ANT: After, afterwards, subsequently, posteriorly, later, behind.
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KEY: Befriend.
SYN: Assist, countenance, support, advocate, promote, protect, defend.
ANT: Oppose, di?countenanced, withstand, thwart, decry, defame, oppress, annoy.
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KEY: Beg.
SYN: Ask, request, entreat, supplicate, beseech, implore, pray, petition, crave.
ANT: Insist, exact, extort, require, demand.
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KEY: Beggar.
SYN: Mendicant, petitioner, suitor, suppliant, applicant.
ANT: Exactor, extortioner.
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KEY: Beggarly, Miserable, poor, stinted, wretched, niggardly, stingy, scant, illiberal.
ANT: Noble, princely, stately, prodigal, sumptuous, liberal, profuse, gorgeous, magnificent.
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KEY: Beggary.
SYN: Want, penury, destitution, indigence, mendicancy.
ANT: Affluence, riches, abundance, plenty.
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KEY: Begin.
SYN: Initiate, commence, prepare, start, originate, arise, inaugurate.
ANT: Achieve, complete, terminate, conclude, consummate, finish, close, end.
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KEY: Beginner.
SYN: Tyro, novice, neophyte, learner, pupil.
ANT: Adept, expert, master, authority.
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KEY: Beginning.
SYN: Commencement, start, origin, rise, initiation, preparation, preface, prelude, inauguration, inception, threshold, opening, source, outset, foundation.
ANT: End, close, termination, conclusion, consummation, completion.
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KEY: Beguile, [See BEFOOL].
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KEY: Behalf.
SYN: Side, interest, advantage, aid, bestead.
ANT: [See BESTEAD].
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KEY: Behavior.
SYN: Conduct, bearing, demeanor, proceeding, comportment, action, manner, deportment.
ANT: Misdemeanor, misbehavior, misconduct.
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KEY: Behest.
SYN: Injunction, command, instruction, mandate, commission, requirement, trust.
ANT: Option, liberty, non-interference, discretion.
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KEY: Behind, [See BEFORE].
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KEY: Behold.
SYN: Look, discern, regard, view, descry, look upon, gaze, contemplate, observe, see, scan, survey.
ANT: Overlook, disregard, ignore, miss, blink, wink, connive.
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KEY: Beholden.
SYN: Bound, obliged, indebted, thankful, grateful.
ANT: Unindebted, unobliged, unbound, unthankful, ungrateful.
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KEY: Beholder.
SYN: Spectator, observer, bystander, witness, looker-on.
ANT: [See BEHOLD].
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KEY: Belief.
SYN: Assent, faith, trust, credence, avowal, assurance, admission, conviction, opinion, permission, creed, reliance, concession, confidence.
ANT: Dissent, unbelief, distrust, denial, misgiving, disavowal, rejection, disbelief.
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KEY: Bellicose.
SYN: Quarrelsome, pugnacious, belligerent, irascible, contentious.
ANT: Peaceful, peaceable, unquarrelsome, pacific, unwarlike, unexcitable, good-tempered, genial.
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KEY: Belligerent.
SYN: Contending, engaging, fighting, opposed, adverse, rival, conflicting, antagonist, assailant, hostile.
ANT: Neutral, pacific, peaceful, nonbelligerent, appeased, reconciled.
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KEY: Bellow, [See BAWL].
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KEY: Belonging.
SYN: Related, connected, appertaining, cognate, congenial, obligatory, accompanying.
ANT: Unrelated, unconnected, Irrelevant, impertinent, alien, uncongenial, discretional, optional, uninvolved, unimplied, independent.
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KEY: Belong to.
SYN: Pertain to, appertain to, regard, relate to.
ANT: Not to belong to, not to appertain to, not to relate to.
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KEY: Beloved.
SYN: Cared for, cherished, loved.
ANT: Hated, loathed.
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KEY: Below.
SYN: Under, beneath, adown, underneath.
ANT: Above, over, aloft.
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KEY: Bend.
SYN: Curve, deviate, incline, tend, swerve, diverge, mold, persuade, influence, bias, dispose, direct, lower, subordinate to, lean, deflect, bow, condescend, yield, stoop, submit.
ANT: Proceed, continue, extend, advance, stand, stiffen, break, crush, resist.
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KEY: Beneath.
SYN: Below, underneath, under, adown.
ANT: Above, over, overhead, aloft.
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KEY: Benediction.
SYN: Blessing, commendation, approval, benison, gratitude, thankfulness, thanksgiving.
ANT: Curse, malediction, disapproval, censure, obloquy, execration, ingratitude.
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KEY: Benefaction.
SYN: Grant, gratuity, boon, donation, aims, present, gift, endowment, bequest, favor, presentation.
ANT: Deprivation, reservation, disfavor, presumption, confiscation, disendowment.
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KEY: Benefactor.
SYN: Friend, supporter, contributor, upholder, well-wisher, favorer, well-doer, patron.
ANT: Foe, opponent, disfavorer, antagonist, rival, backfriend, oppressor.
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KEY: Beneficial.
SYN: Profitable, salutary, advantageous, wholesome, salubrious.
ANT: Prejudicial, noxious, hurtful, unprofitable, detrimental.
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KEY: Beneficent.
SYN: Bountiful, benevolent, benignant.
ANT: Hard, uncommiserating, griping, unbeneficent, illiberal, oppressive, cruel.
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KEY: Benefit.
SYN: Boon, behoof, service, utility, avail, use, good, advantage, profit, favor, blessing.
ANT: Evil, loss, disadvantage, detriment, damage, calamity, bereavement, injury, privation.
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KEY: Benevolence.
SYN: Kindness, goodwill, charity, philanthropy, kindliness, kind-heartedness, benignity, beneficence, liberality.
ANT: Unkindness, harshness, barbarity, niggardliness, maleficence, malignity, illiberality, ill-will, churlishness.
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KEY: Benevolent, [See BENEFICIENT].
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KEY: Benignant, [See BENEFICIENT].
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KEY: Benison, [See BENEDICTION].
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KEY: Bent.
SYN: Inclination, angle, direction, bias, determination, disposition, intention, prepossession, propensity, predilection, turn, leaning.
ANT: Indisposition, aversion.
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KEY: Bequeath.
SYN: Give, grant, leave by will, devise, will, bestow, impart, demise, leave \n.\ Legacy, inheritance.
ANT: Withhold, alienate \n.\ Disinheritance, transference, abalienation, dispossession.
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KEY: Bereave.
SYN: Rob, deprive, divest, dispossess, impoverish, reduce, spoil, strip.
ANT: Replenish, compensate, reinstate, satisfy, enrich, benefit.
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KEY: Bereavement.
SYN: Destitution, affliction, deprivation, loss.
ANT: Gift, blessing, donation, benefaction, compensation, reparation, restoration, reinstatement, substitution, restitution, consolation.
ANT: [See [BENEFACTION and BENEFIT].
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KEY: Bereft.
SYN: Robbed, deprived, destitute, denied, spoiled.
ANT: Endowed, enriched, compensated, consoled, possessed.
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KEY: Beseech.
SYN: Entreat, pray, solicit, ask, implore, crave, request, supplicate, petition, beg.
ANT: Insist, demand, exact, intimidate, command, coerce.
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KEY: Beseem.
SYN: Befit, suit, belong, appertain.
ANT: Unbeseem, disgrace.
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KEY: Beseeming.
SYN: Befitting, belonging, suitable, appertaining, consistent, compatible, requisite, decent, graceful.
ANT: Unbefitting, unseemly, unsuitable, improper, indecent, ungraceful.
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KEY: Bound.
SYN: Hem, surround, environ, encircle, besiege, beleaguer, embarrass.
ANT: Liberate, abandon.
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KEY: Beside.
SYN: Close, near, alongside, additionally, over and above, together, moreover.
ANT: Separate, apart, inclusively.
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KEY: Besiege.
SYN: Beset, beleaguer, sit, invest.
ANT: Abandon, (Phrase, “Raise the siege”).
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KEY: Besmear, [See BEDAUB].
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KEY: Besotted.
SYN: Intoxicated, steeped, stupefied, drunk, drenched, doltish, gross, prejudiced.
ANT: Sober, temperate, clear, unbiased, unprejudiced, enlightened, refined.
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KEY: Bespatter.
SYN: Besprinkle, befoul, bedaub, revile, vilify, asperse.
ANT: Absterge, sponge, cleanse, purify, vindicate, defend, clear.
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KEY: Bespeak.
SYN: Betoken, foreorder, forestall, provide, prearrange, indicate, evidence.
ANT: Belie, resign, countermand.
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KEY: Bestead \v.\
SYN: Convenience, serve, uphold, assist, accommodate, benefit.
ANT: Thwart, damage, incommode, oppose, injure.
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KEY: Bestead \n.\
SYN: Interest, behalf, advantage, benefit, part, side.
ANT: Injury, disadvantage, opposition, detriment, damage.
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KEY: Bestir. Commonly used reflexively for, to stir one's self, [See STIR].
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KEY: Bestir \n.\ [See STIR].
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KEY: Bestow.
SYN: Confer, give, present, award, accord, grant.
ANT: Withhold, withdraw, reserve, alienate, transfer, appropriate, usurp, seize.
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KEY: Better \v.\
SYN: Meliorate, improve, amend, emend, ameliorate, rectify, reform.
ANT: Make worse.
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KEY: Betide.
SYN: Befall, occur, happen.
ANT: [See BEFALL].
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KEY: Betimes.
SYN: Early, beforehand, preparedly, readily.
ANT: Behindhand, slowly, sluggishly, belatedly.
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KEY: Betoken.
SYN: Teach, indicate, proclaim, presage, augur, portend, foreshow, signify, forebode, evidence, declare, manifest, involve, imply.
ANT: Misindicate, mislead, misdeclare, misteach, belie, mask, hide.
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KEY: Betray.
SYN: Deceive, delude, dupe, circumvent, ensnare, dishonor, manifest, indicate, reveal.
ANT: Protect, preserve, guard, conserve, foster, cherish, fence, conceal, cover, suppress.
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KEY: Between, Betwixt, [See AMIDST].
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KEY: Bevy \n.\
SYN: Assembly, parterre, galaxy, constellation, nock.
ANT: Gang, crew, herd, mob.
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KEY: Bewail.
SYN: Lament, deplore, rue, bemoan, sorrow, grieve, mourn for.
ANT: Exult, hail, rejoice, welcome, greet.
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KEY: Beware.
SYN: Care, refrain, consider, heed, look, fear, avoid.
ANT: Ignore, overlook, neglect, incur, brave, dare.
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KEY: Bewilder.
SYN: Daze, dazzle, confound, mystify, puzzle, embarrass, astonish, perplex, confuse, mislead.
ANT: Guide, inform, lead, instruct, enlighten, edify.
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KEY: Bewildered, [See CONFUSED].
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KEY: Bewitch.
SYN: Enchant, fascinate, charm, captivate, entrance.
ANT: Exorcise, disillusionize, disenchant.
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KEY: Beyond.
SYN: Over, further, past, more.
ANT: Here, close, near, hither, less, short.
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KEY: Bias, [See BENT].
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KEY: Bicker.
SYN: Wrangle, quarrel, jar, dispute, contend.
ANT: Chat, gossip, converse, agree.
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KEY: Bickering.
SYN: Wrangling, disputing, contention, strife, altercation, dispute.
ANT: Conversing, chatting, agreeing.
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KEY: Bid.
SYN: Tell, request, instruct, direct, order, proffer, charge, command, propose, offer.
ANT: Forbid, deter, prohibit, restrain.
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KEY: Bide.
SYN: Wait, remain, tarry, stay, await, expect, anticipate, continue, bear, abide, endure.
ANT: Quit, depart, migrate, move, resist, resent, repel, abjure, protest, rebel.
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KEY: Big.
SYN: Large, great, wide, huge, bulky, proud, arrogant, pompous, fat, massive, gross.
ANT: Little, small, narrow, minute, slight, lean, affable, easy, unaffected.
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KEY: Bigoted.
SYN: Prejudiced, intolerant, narrow-minded, blindly devoted, onesided, confined.
ANT: Unprejudiced, open-minded, large-minded, broad, comprehensive, liberal.
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KEY: Bigotry.
SYN: Prejudice, Pharisaism, obstinacy, credulity, fanaticism, intolerance, superstition.
ANT: Liberality, charity, enlightenment, toleration, eclecticism, latitudinarianism.
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KEY: Bill.
SYN: Account, reckoning, score, charges, jaw, mandible, beak.
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KEY: Bind.
SYN: Fetter, engage, tie, fasten, secure, lace, twine, oblige, compel, restrict, restrain, secure.
ANT: Untie, loose, unfasten, acquit, free, liberate.
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KEY: Binding.
SYN: Restrictive, obligatory, restraining, stringent, styptic, costive, astringent.
ANT: Loosening, opening, enlarging, distending.
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KEY: Birth.
SYN: Parentage, extraction, nativity, family, race, origin, source, rise, lineage, nobility.
ANT: Death, extinction, plebeianism.
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KEY: Bit.
SYN: Morsel, piece, fragment, part.
ANT: Mass, whole.
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KEY: Biting.
SYN: Pungent, censorious, piercing, gnawing, sarcastic, sardonic, trenchant.
ANT: Pleasant, genial, soothing, complacent, flattering.
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KEY: Bitter.
SYN: Harsh, sour, sharp, tart, acrimonious, sarcastic, severe, sad, afflictive, intense, stinging, pungent, acrid, cutting.
ANT: Sweet, mellow, pleasant, affable, kindly, genial, light, mitigated, trivial.
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KEY: Bitterness, [See ANTIPATHY].
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KEY: Blacken.
SYN: Bespatter, befoul, bedaub, defame, decry, calumniate, dishonor, asperse, traduce, vilify, slander, malign.
ANT: Vindicate, clear, eulogize.
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KEY: Blackguard.
SYN: Scoundrel, rascal, rapscallion, blackleg, villain.
ANT: Gentleman.
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KEY: Blame.
SYN: Censure, chide, rebuke, reproach, vituperate, dispraise, disapprove, condemn, reprehend, reprobate, reprove.
ANT: Acquit, exculpate, exonerate, encourage, praise, approve.
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KEY: Blamable, [See BLAMELESS].
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KEY: Blameless.
SYN: Pure, innocent, irresponsible.
ANT: Criminated, implicated, answerable, blameworthy, faulty, guilty, blamable.
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KEY: Blanch.
SYN: Bleach, whiten.
ANT: Darken, color, obfuscate.
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KEY: Bland.
SYN: Soft, mild, gentle, complaisant, courteous, affable, gracious, tender, benign.
ANT: Harsh, abrupt, rough.
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KEY: Blandiloquence.
SYN: Glossiness, blarney, humbug, flattery, speciousness, adulation.
ANT: Bluntness, roughness, abruptness.
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KEY: Blandishment.
SYN: Coaxing, flattery, wheedling, fawning, cajolery.
ANT: Roughness, bluntness, unmannerliness.
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KEY: Blank.
SYN: Bleak, bare, utter, unmitigated, broad.
ANT: Modified, qualified, mitigated.
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KEY: Blasphemy.
SYN: Swearing, profaneness, impiety.
ANT: Reverence, veneration, godliness.
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KEY: Blast \v.\
SYN: Blight, shrivel, destroy, wither.
ANT: Restore, expand, swell.
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KEY: Blast \n.\
SYN: Breeze, efflation, explosion, blight, burst, blaze, frustration, destruction, squall, gale, tempest, hurricane, affiliation.
ANT: Zephyr, gentle breeze, neutralization.
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KEY: Blatant.
SYN: Noisy, bellowing, vociferous, clamorous, braying.
ANT: Quiet, low-toned, gentle.
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KEY: Blaze, [See BLAST].
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KEY: Blazon.
SYN: Notify, signalize, publicate, adventure, circulate, propagate, disseminate.
ANT: Cover, conceal, hide, suppress, hush, palliate, shroud, bury.
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KEY: Bleach.
SYN: Whiten, blanch.
ANT: Darken, blacken, soil, [See BLANCH].
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KEY: Bleak.
SYN: Blank, bare, open, cold, exposed, stormy, nipping.
ANT: Warm, sheltered, verdant, luxuriant, zephyrous, balmy, halcyonic.
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KEY: Blemish.
SYN: Spot, blur, blot, flaw, speck, fault, imperfection, stain, daub, tarnish, defacement, discoloration, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, defect.
ANT: Purity, unsulliedness, honor, intactness.
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KEY: Blench.
SYN: Start, shy, shudder, recoil, shrink.
ANT: Encounter, dare, venture, face, stand.
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KEY: Blend.
SYN: Mix, harmonize, unite, combine, fuse, merge, amalgamate, mingle, commingle, coalesce.
ANT: Run, separate, divide, dissociate, confound.
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KEY: Bless.
SYN: Felicitate, endow, enrich, gladden, rejoice, cheer, thank.
ANT: Deprive, sadden, impoverish, ignore, curse, anathematize.
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KEY: Blessedness, [See JOY].
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KEY: Blessing.
SYN: Felicitation, benediction, endowment, donation, gift, gratitude, thankfulness, thanks, benefit.
ANT: Impoverishment, deprivation, bereavement, malediction, thanklessness, obliviousness, catastrophe, disaster, calamity, detriment, curse, damn.
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KEY: Blight, [See BLAST].
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KEY: Blind.
SYN: Sightless, unseeing, eyeless, depraved, undiscerning, ignorant, prejudiced, uninformed, unconscious, unaware.
ANT: Farsighted, penetrating, sensitive, keen, discriminating, clearsighted, pure-minded, aware, conscious.
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KEY: Blink.
SYN: Wink, ignore, connive, overlook.
ANT: Notice, visit, note, mark.
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KEY: Bliss.
SYN: Blessedness, joy, ecstasy, rapture.
ANT: Condemnation, accursedness, suffering, misery, woe.
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KEY: Blithe.
SYN: Light, merry, joyous, happy, bright, elastic, gladsome, bonny, vivacious, lively, cheerful, blithesome, gay.
ANT: Heavy, dull, dejected, sullen.
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KEY: Block.
SYN: Stop, arrest, fill, obstruct.
ANT: Free, liberate, open, pave.
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KEY: Blockhead.
SYN: Dolt, dunderhead, jolterhead, dunce, ninny, numskull, dullard, simpleton, booby, loggerhead, ignoramus.
ANT: Sage, adept, luminary, schoolman, philosopher, savant.
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KEY: Bloodshed.
SYN: Slaughter, massacre, carnage, butchery.
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KEY: Bloodthirsty.
SYN: Gory, bloody, murderous, inhuman, cruel, ruthless, savage.
ANT: Humane, kind, merciful.
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KEY: Bloom.
SYN: Blossom, bud, flower, sprout, germinate, beauty, freshness, delicacy.
ANT: Decay, decadence, coarseness, blight, blast, harshness, roughness, toughness, superannuation, cadaverousness, ghastliness.
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KEY: Blooming.
SYN: Flourishing, fair, flowering, blossoming, young, beautiful.
ANT: Fading, waning, blighted, old, blasted, paralyzed, superannuated, unsightly, deformed.
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KEY: Blot \v.\
SYN: Obscure, tarnish, spoil, sully, spot, discolor, pollute, obliterate, erase, blur, stain, blotch, smear, smutch.
ANT: Elucidate, clear, absterge, perpetuate, cleanse, manifest, conserve.
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KEY: Blot out.
SYN: Erase, efface, cancel, expunge, wipe out, obliterate, destroy.
ANT: Restore, replace.
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KEY: Blotch, [See BLOT].
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KEY: Blow.
SYN: Puff, blast, breath, stroke, infliction, wound, disappointment, affliction, knock, shock, calamity, misfortune.
ANT: Assuagement, consolation, relief, comfort, blessing, sparing.
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KEY: Bluff.
SYN: Bare, open, bold, abrupt, frank, plain-spoken, blunt, surly, rude, blustering, swaggering, brusque, hectoring, coarse, discourteous, rough, bullying.
ANT: Undulating, inclined, inabrupt, courteous, polished, reserved.
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KEY: Blunder.
SYN: Error, mistake, misunderstanding, fault, oversight, inaccuracy, delusion, slip.
ANT: Accuracy, truthfulness, exactness, correctness, faultlessness, ratification, atonement, foresight, prevention, hit, success, achievement, correction.
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KEY: Blunt \a.\
SYN: Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless, insensitive, bluff, coarse, impolite, plain-mannered, uncivil, rude.
ANT: Sharp, keen, pointed, acute, aculeated, sensitive, polished, bland, eloquent, courteous, reserved.
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KEY: Blunt \v.\
SYN: To subdue, repress, tranquilize, discourage, ossify, numb, harden.
ANT: Quicken, sharpen, instigate, suscitate, stimulate, animate, excite, vitalize.
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KEY: Blur, [See BLEMISH].
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KEY: Blush.
SYN: Bloom, color, carnation, complexion, aspect, shame, confusion, guiltiness, self-reproach.
ANT: Innocence, purity, guiltlessness, unconsciousness, boldness, effrontery.
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KEY: Bluster.
SYN: Storm, rage, puff, insult, blow, swagger, fume, brag.
ANT: [See BRAG].
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KEY: Blustering, [See BLUFF].
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KEY: Boast \v.\
SYN: Vaunt, brag, swagger, swell, bluster, vapor, triumph, glory.
ANT: [See BRAG].
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KEY: Boasting, [See OSTENTATION].
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KEY: Bode.
SYN: Foretell, betoken, foreshadow, presage, predict, prophesy, promise, forebode, herald, announce, prognosticate, portend, augur.
ANT: Relate, record, narrate, remember.
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KEY: Bodily.
SYN: Collectively, wholly, summarily, unitedly, compactedly, together, corporeal, fleshy, material, physical.
ANT: Piecemeal, partially, ghostly, fragmentarily, gradually, spiritual.
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KEY: Body.
SYN: Substance, mass, whole, substantiality, collectiveness, assemblage, collection, matter, association, organization.
ANT: Spirit, soul, individual.
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KEY: Boggle.
SYN: Halt, hesitate, dubitate, falter, blunder, blotch, botch, spoil, mar.
ANT: Encounter, face, advance, refine, clear, work, perfect, complete, beautify.
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KEY: Boll.
SYN: bubble, effervesce, rage, explode, fume.
ANT: Calm, subside, recover, cool.
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KEY: Boisterous.
SYN: Loud, violent, unrestrained, tempestuous, stormy, uncontrolled, intemperate.
ANT: Peaceful, calm, serene, selfpossessed.
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KEY: Bold.
SYN: Courageous, fearless, adventurous, brave, self-confident, forward, intrepid, dauntless, valiant, daring, audacious, lion-hearted, doughty.
ANT: Timid, fearful, inadventurous, shy, bashful, retiring.
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KEY: Bolster.
SYN: Support, prop, help, aid, sustain, subsidize, patch, tinker, buoy.
ANT: Depress, dispirit, relax.
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KEY: Bombast.
SYN: Rhodomontade, braggadocio, gasconade, bluster, inflatedness, pomposity, exaggerativeness, fustian.
ANT: Truthfulness, moderation, refrain, veracity, modesty, temperateness, humility.
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KEY: Bombastic, [See OSTENTATION].
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KEY: Bond.
SYN: Tie, fastening, chain, association, manacle, fetter, compact, obligation, security.
ANT: Freedom, option, discretion, honor, parole.
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KEY: Bondage.
SYN: Servitude, confinement, imprisonment, incarceration, subjection, serfdom, thraldom, captivity, slavery.
ANT: Freedom, liberty, independence, manumission, liberation.
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KEY: Bondsman.
SYN: Slave, serf, prisoner, captive, vassal.
ANT: Freeman, yeoman, gentleman, lord, master.
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KEY: Bonny.
SYN: Fair, pretty, pleasant, lively, cheerful, shapely, buxom.
ANT: Dull, unseemly, ill-favored, deformed.
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KEY: Bonus.
SYN: Premium, douceur, boon, benefit.
ANT: Fine, penalty, mulct, amercement, discount.
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KEY: Booby.
SYN: Idiot, dunce, numskull.
ANT: Wiseacre, solon, oracle.
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KEY: booklist.
SYN: Studious, erudite, pedantic, learned.
ANT: Unbookish, unstudious, inerudite, unlearned, ignorant, uneducated.
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KEY: Boorish, [See CLOWNISH].
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KEY: Bootless.
SYN: Useless, profitless, unavailing, abortive.
ANT: Useful, profitable, availing, effective, effectual.
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KEY: Booty.
SYN: Plunder, blackmail, loot, spoils, prey, pillage.
ANT: Restitution, fine, confiscation, forfeiture, amercement, penalty.
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KEY: Border.
SYN: Limit, boundary, brink, rim, verge, brim, edge, edging, band, hem, enclosure, confine.
ANT: Land, tract, interior, substance, space, centre.
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KEY: Border on.
SYN: Be contiguous to, be adjacent to, conterminous with, adjoin, adjacent to.
ANT: Remote from, away from.
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KEY: Bore.
SYN: Perforate, pierce, weary, penetrate.
ANT: Please, gratify, delight.
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KEY: Bosom.
SYN: Breast, hollow, valley, deep, bed, centre, heart, mind, soul, will.
ANT: Surface, exterior, manner, deportment, demeanor.
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KEY: Botch.
SYN: Patch, cobble, blunder, clump, disconcert, spoil, jumble, mess, bungle, mar, blacksmith.
ANT: Fine-draw, trim, harmonize, mend, beautify, embroider, manipulate, handle, manage.
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KEY: Both.
SYN: Twain.
ANT: Neither.
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KEY: Bother.
SYN: Fuse, worry, pester, excitement, stir, plague, vex, annoy, tease, confusion, vexation, flurry, trouble.
ANT: Calm, composure, orderliness, peace, quiet.
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KEY: Bottom.
SYN: Deep, profound, floor, groundwork, depth, ground, foot.
ANT: Top, summit, apex, crown, brow, surface.
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KEY: Bound \n.\
SYN: Limit, boundary, inclosure, confine, border.
ANT: [See BORDER].
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KEY: Bound \v.\
SYN: Confine, limit, circumscribe, terminate, restrict, restrain.
ANT: Enlarge, open, extend, spread out.
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KEY: Bound \v.\
SYN: To leap, jump, frisk, spring, skip.
ANT: Hobble, limp, crawl, creep, shamble.
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KEY: Boundary, [See BOUND].
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KEY: Boundless.
SYN: Unbounded, immeasurable, infinite, unlimited, illimitable, unmeasurable.
ANT: Narrow, restricted, limited, confined, circumscribed.
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KEY: Bountiful, [See LIBERAL].
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KEY: Bounty.
SYN: Liberality, bounteousness, benevolence, munificence, donation, gift, generosity, charity, benignity.
ANT: Illiberality, closeness, hardy, hardness, churlishness, stinginess, niggardliness.
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KEY: Bower.
SYN: Shady recess, arbor, retreat, alcove.
ANT: Open place.
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KEY: Brae.
SYN: Boast, vaunt, swagger, bully.
ANT: Cringe, whine, whimper.
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KEY: Braggart, [See BRAG].
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KEY: Braid.
SYN: Bind, tie, weave, plait.
ANT: Unbind, dishevel.
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KEY: Branch.
SYN: Member, bifurcation, bough, limb, offspring, shoot, spray, sprig, twig, ramification, offshoot, relative, scion.
ANT: Trunk, stock, stem, race, family, house.
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KEY: Brand \v.\
SYN: denounce, stigmatize, disgrace, mark.
ANT: Distinguish, honor, decorate.
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KEY: Brand \n.\
SYN: Disgrace, stigma, infamy, mark.
ANT: Decoration, badge, distinction, honor.
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KEY: Brandish.
SYN: Flourish, fence, agitate, wield, whisk, shake, wave.
ANT: Stay, arrest, suspend.
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KEY: Bravado.
SYN: Boasting, bragging, vaunting, bluster.
ANT: [See OSTENTATION].
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KEY: Brave, [See GALLANT].
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KEY: Brawl.
SYN: Wrangle, broil, scold, roar, shout, vociferate.
ANT: Whisper, softness, mellowness, melodiousness, intonation.
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KEY: Brawny.
SYN: Muscular, powerful, strong, athletic, sinewy, herculean, robust, stout.
ANT: Lean, weak, fragile, delicate, effeminate, feeble.
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KEY: Bray.
SYN: Pound, bruise, beat, pulverize.
ANT: Compact, compound, amalgamate, conglomerate.
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KEY: Breach.
SYN: Rupture, divulsion, gap, quarrel, violation, nonperformance.
ANT: Integrity, conservation, healing, reconciliation, inviolateness, fulfillment.
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KEY: Break.
SYN: Fracture, rupture, shatter, shiver, destroy, tame, curb, demolish, tear asunder, rend, burst, sever, smash, split, subdue, violate, infringe.
ANT: Heal, piece, conjoin, protect, conserve, encourage, rally, observe, obey.
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KEY: Breast, [See BOSOM].
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KEY: Breath.
SYN: Respiration, inspiration, expiration, inhalation, exhalation, /Met./ Life.
ANT: To latter, Cessation, passing, departure, perishing, dying, death.
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KEY: Breathe, [See BREATH].
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KEY: Breathless.
SYN: Exhausted, eager, absorbed, fascinated, attentive, bewildered, astounded.
ANT: Cool, calm, collected, unexcited, fresh, indifferent, inattentive, unastonished.
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KEY: Breed \v.\
SYN: Generate, procreate, engender, propagate, produce, beget, hatch, nourish, train, instruct, evolve, cause.
ANT: Destroy, eradicate, extinguish, extirpate, stifle.
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KEY: Breed \n.\ [See LINEAGE].
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KEY: Breeding.
SYN: Nurture, education, training, discipline, instruction, manners, air, demeanor, decorum.
ANT: ill-manners, ill-training, illbehavior, ignorance.
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KEY: Brevity.
SYN: Shortness, closeness, conciseness, succinctness, terseness, compendiousness, pointedness, abbreviation, abridgment.
ANT: Length, protraction, elongation, extension, prolixity, diffusiveness, [See IDENTITY], tediousness.
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KEY: Drew.
SYN: Concoct, compound, mix, hatch, prepare, season, threaten, impend, increase, collect, form, gather, grow.
ANT: Pass, disperse, break, spoil, miscompound, mar.
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KEY: Bridle.
SYN: Curb, restrain, govern, control, master, moderate, compress.
ANT: Loosen, liberate, relax, vent, discharge.
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KEY: Brief, [See SHORT].
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KEY: Bright.
SYN: Shining, brilliant, burnished, luminous, lucid, sparkling, limpid, clever, happy, witty, joyous, cheerful, radiant.
ANT: Opaque, dull, dead, muddy, stupid, slow, sullen, dejected, cheerless, joyless, imbecile.
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KEY: Brilliant.
SYN: Flashing, radiant, shining, lustrous, glorious, luminous, effulgent, beaming, sparkling.
ANT: [See BRIGHT].
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KEY: Bring.
SYN: Fetch, procure, convey, carry, bear, adduce, import, produce, cause, induce.
ANT: Export, remove, abstract, subtract, prevent, exclude, debar, transport.
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KEY: Brisk.
SYN: Quick, lively, vivacious, active, alert, nimble, sprightly, spirited, animated, prompt, effervescent.
ANT: Slow, heavy, dull, inactive, [See in-^k)lent], sluggish, unenergetic, stagnant.
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KEY: Bristling.
SYN: Full, stocked, multitudinous, crowded, swarming, multifarious.
ANT: Bare, nude, scant, devoid, vacant.
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KEY: Brittle, [See FRAGILE].
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KEY: Broach.
SYN: Moot, start, launch, originate, suggest, exhibit, propound.
ANT: Reserve, secrete, seal, repress, cork, bottle.
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KEY: Broad.
SYN: Wide, extensive, expansive, ample, liberal, comprehensive, unreserved, indelicate, coarse, generic.
ANT: Narrow, restricted, confined, limited, bigoted, prejudiced, illiberal, narrow-minded, reserved, veiled, enigmatical, shrouded, shaded, refined, delicate, sketchy, specific, pointed.
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KEY: Broadcast.
SYN: Scattered abroad, dispersed, profusely, unsparingly, indiscriminately, injudiciously, extensively.
ANT: Collectedly, concentratively, sparingly, reservedly, locally, partially, discreetly, charily.
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KEY: Broil, [See AFFRAY].
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KEY: Brook.
SYN: Bear, tolerate, suffer, endure, undergo, submit to, permit.
ANT: Resist, resent, reject.
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KEY: Brotherhood.
SYN: Fraternity, association, fellowship, society, sodality.
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KEY: Brotherly.
SYN: Fraternal, kind, affectionate, tender.
ANT: Unkind, hard, harsh, unfraternal.
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KEY: Browbeat.
SYN: Intimidate, bully, overbear, cow, overawe, boycott, bulldoze.
ANT: Encourage, rally, countenance, support.
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KEY: Bruise \v.\ [See BREAK].
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KEY: Brunt.
SYN: Impulse, attack, aggression, onslaught, onset, assault, shock.
ANT: Resistance, endurance, repulsion.
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KEY: Brutal.
SYN: Savage, inhuman, rude, unfeeling, merciless, ruthless, brutish, barbarous, sensual, beastly, ignorant, stolid, dense, cruel, violent, vindictive, bloodthirsty, intemperate.
ANT: Humane, civilized, generous, intelligent, polished, chivalrous, conscientious, self-controlled.
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KEY: Brutish, [See BRUTAL].
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KEY: Bubble.
SYN: Trifle, toy, fancy, conceit, vision, dream, froth, trash.
ANT: Acquisition, prize, treasury reality, substance, verity, jewel, good, advantage.
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KEY: Bud \v.\
SYN: Sprout, blossom, bloom, germinate.
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KEY: Buffoon.
SYN: Wag, clown, jester.
ANT: Wit, genius, philosopher, pedant, visionary, dissembler, prig, enthusiast, hypocrite.
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KEY: Bugbear.
SYN: Hobgoblin, goblin, gorgon, ghoul, spirit, spook, specter, ogre, scarecrow.
ANT: [See SPECTER].
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KEY: Build, [See CONSTRUCT].
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KEY: Building.
SYN: Edifice, architecture, construction, erection, fabric, structure.
ANT: Ruin, dilapidation, dismantlement, demolition.
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KEY: Builder, [See BUILDING].
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KEY: Bulk.
SYN: Mass, whole, entirety, integrity, majority, size, magnitude, extension, body, volume, bigness, largeness, massiveness, dimension.
ANT: Tenuity, minority, dismemberment, disintegration, diminution, portion, contraction, section, atom, particle.
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KEY: Bulk, [See SIZE].
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KEY: Bulky.
SYN: Huge, unwieldy, heavy, large, ample, ponderous, burly, cumbrous, gigantic, brawny, massive.
ANT: Small, light, slight, airy, thin, delicate, nimble, attenuated, slender, sylphlike, puny, tiny.
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KEY: Bully.
SYN: swashbuckler, swaggerer, braggadocio.
ANT: [See BLUSTERER].
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KEY: Bullying, [See BLUSTERING].
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KEY: Bulwark.
SYN: Rampart, fortress, fortification, palladium, citadel, intrenchment, stronghold, parapet, bastion.
ANT: Storming, siege, investment, bombardment, cannonade, boarding.
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KEY: Bungler.
SYN: Botcher, clown, lubber, fumbler, novice.
ANT: Adept, adroit, master, artist, workman, proficient, professor.
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KEY: Buoy.
SYN: Float, support, sustain, elevate, elate, assure, animate, cheer, inspire.
ANT: Sink, drown, depress, swamp, overcome, deject, crush, fail, betray.
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KEY: Buoyant.
SYN: Sprightly, spirited, vivacious, lively, light, floating, hopeful, cheerful, elastic, [See JOY].
ANT: Heavy, depressed, cheerless, joyless, dejected, moody, desponding.
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KEY: Burden \v.\ [See LOAD].
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KEY: Burden \n.\
SYN: Load, weight, Incubus, obstruction, oppression, grief, difficulty, affliction.
ANT: Ease, lightness, airiness, expedition, facility, acceleration, abjugation, liberation, lightheartedness, alleviation, assuagement, mitigation, consolation, disburdenment.
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KEY: Burdensome, [See TROUBLESOME and PONDEROUS].
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KEY: Burial.
SYN: Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment.
ANT: Exhumation, disinterment.
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KEY: Burke.
SYN: Stifle, shelve, strangle, smother.
ANT: Enucleate, propound, promulge, publicate, promote, foster, reanimate, eliminate, ventilate, bruit, suscitate.
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KEY: Burlesque.
SYN: Parody, travesty, satire, caricature, grotesque, droll, farcical, comic, ludicrous.
ANT: Classic, pure, severe, tragic, historic, grave, truthful.
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KEY: Burly, [See BULKY].
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KEY: Burn.
SYN: Ignite, kindle, brand, consume, cauterize, rage, glow, smoulder, blaze, flash, cremate, incinerate.
ANT: Extinguish, stifle, cool, wane, subside, glimmer, lower, pale.
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KEY: Burning, [See ARDENT].
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KEY: Burnish.
SYN: Brighten, glaze, polish, gloze, gloss.
ANT: Scratch, dull, abrade, bedim, cloud, frost, matt.
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KEY: Burst \v.\
SYN: Extravasate, displode, explode, discharge, shiver, shatter, disrupt, rend, break, split.
ANT: Cohere, hold, stand.
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KEY: Bury.
SYN: Inter, inhume, conceal, repress, suppress, obliterate, cancel, entomb, compose, hush.
ANT: Disinter, exhume, bruit, excavate, expose, resuscitate, publicate, aggravate.
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KEY: Business.
SYN: Occupation, profession, vocation, transaction, trade, calling, office, employment, interest, duty, affair, matter, concern.
ANT: Stagnation, leisure, inactivity.
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KEY: Bustle.
SYN: Business, activity, stir, commotion, energy, excitement, haste, hurry, eagerness, flurry.
ANT: Idleness, vacation, inactivity, Indolence, Indifference, unconcernedness, coolness, calm, stagnation, quiet, desertion.
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KEY: Busy.
SYN: Industrious, diligent, assiduous, engaged, occupied.
ANT: Idle, slothful, lazy, indolent, unoccupied.
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KEY: But.
SYN: Save, except, barring, yet, beside, excluding, still, excepting, notwithstanding.
ANT: With, including, inclusive, nevertheless, however, notwithstanding.
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KEY: Butchery, [See CARNAGE].
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KEY: Buxom.
SYN: Bonny, blithe, shapely.
ANT: Lean, slender, ill-shaped.
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KEY: Buy.
SYN: Purchase, bribe, subsidize, suborn.
ANT: Sell, vend, hawk, retail.
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KEY: Buyer, [See BUY].
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KEY: Cabal.
SYN: Confederacy, conspiracy, combination, coterie, gang, faction, plot, political intrigue, junto, league.
ANT: Parliament, legislation, council, government, empire, synod.
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KEY: Cabalistic.
SYN: Mystic, symbolical, fanciful, occult.
ANT: Patent, practical, instructive, lucid, simple.
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KEY: Cabbage.
SYN: Rob, steal, filch, crib, pocket, shirk, pillage, abstract, purloin.
ANT: [See PURLOIN].
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KEY: Cachinnation.
SYN: Grin, chuckle, giggle, snigger, titter, cackle.
ANT: Longfacedness, whine, whimper.
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KEY: Cackle, [See CACHINNATION].
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KEY: Cadaverous.
SYN: Pale, exsanguineous, bloodless, hueless, pallid, ghastly, ashy.
ANT: Rosy, incarnadine, sanguine, chubby, brawny.
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KEY: Caducity.
SYN: Decline, infirmity, decrepitude, senility, decadence, transience, delicacy.
ANT: Vigor, youth, freshness, vitality, renovation, permanence.
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KEY: Cage.
SYN: Imprison, immure, confine, incarcerate, cabin, crib.
ANT: Liberate, free, dismiss, unbar.
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KEY: Caitiff.
SYN: Rascal, miscreant, rogue, churl, villain, ruffian.
ANT: Worthy, gentleman, patriot, philanthropist.
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KEY: Cajole.
SYN: Tempt, lure, coat, flatter, wheedle, delude, cheat, inveigle, dupe.
ANT: Chide, rate, scold, warn.
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KEY: Calamity.
SYN: Disaster, misfortune, mishap, catastrophe, misadventure, trouble, visitation, affliction, reverse, blight.
ANT: godsend, blessing, boon.
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KEY: Calamitous.
SYN: Disastrous, illfated, fatal, unlucky, hapless, unfortunate, inauspicious, troublous, illstarred, ill-omened.
ANT: Felicitous, fortunate, auspicious, favorable, propitious, advantageous.
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KEY: Calculate.
SYN: Estimate, consider, weigh, number, count, apportion, proportion, investigate, reckon, rate, compute.
ANT: Guess, conjecture, hit, chance, risk, stake, miscalculate.
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KEY: Calculated.
SYN: Fitted, congenial, adapted, conducive.
ANT: Unfitted, unadapted, uncongenial, unconducive, adverse, unqualified, unsuited, miscalculated, ill-adapted.
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KEY: Calculating.
SYN: Wary, cautious, circumspect, sagacious, careful, farsighted, guarded.
ANT: Shortsighted, dull, obtuse, improvident, incautious, rash, careless.
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KEY: Calculation.
SYN: Estimation, consideration, balance, apportionment, investigation, reckoning, computation, anticipation, forethought, regard, circumspection, watchfulness, vigilance, caution, care.
ANT: Inconsiderateness, inconsideration, incaution, indiscretion, miscalculation, misconception, exclusion, exception, omission, carelessness, seposition.
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KEY: Calibre.
SYN: Gauge, diameter, ability, capacity, force, strength, power.
ANT: correlative, as character, mind, etc.
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KEY: callback, [See RECALL].
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KEY: Call out, [See PROCLAIM].
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KEY: Call together, [See CONVENE].
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KEY: Called.
SYN: Named, designated, denominated, Determined.
ANT: Unnamed, undesignated, misnamed, misdesignated.
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KEY: Calling, [See BUSINESS].
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KEY: Callous, [See FAVORABLE].
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KEY: Calm.
SYN: Smooth, pacify, compose, allay, still, soothe, appease, assuage, quiet, tranquilize.
ANT: Stir, excite, agitate, disconcert, ruffle, lash, heat, discompose.
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KEY: Calumniate, [See SLANDER].
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KEY: Calumniator, [See BACKBITER].
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KEY: Calumnious.
SYN: Slanderous, defamatory, scurrilous, abusive.
ANT: [See ABUSIVE].
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KEY: Calumny.
SYN: Slander, defamation, detraction, libel, traducement, backbiting, opprobrium, aspersion.
ANT: Vindication, clearance, eulogy, panegyric.
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KEY: Camp.
SYN: Encamp, bivouac.
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KEY: Cancel.
SYN: Efface, blot out, annul, expunge, nullify, quash, rescind, repeal, revoke, abrogate, obliterate, discharge, erase, abolish, countervail.
ANT: Enforce, enact, re-enact, confirm, perpetuate, contract.
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KEY: Candid.
SYN: Fair, honest, open, sincere, frank, artless, impartial, plain, straightforward, aboveboard, transparent, unreserved, ingenious.
ANT: unfair, close, mysterious, reserve, shuffling, disingenuous, insincere, Jesuitical.
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KEY: Candidate.
SYN: Aspirant, petitioner, canvasser, applicant, claimant, solicitor.
ANT: Waiver, decliner, abandoner, resigner, abjurer, noncompetitor.
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KEY: Canon.
SYN: Rule, measure, regulation, test, law.
ANT: Misguidance, antinomy, Irregularity, misrule.
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KEY: Canvass \v.\
SYN: Question, Investigate, challenge, test, dispute, solicit, sift, examine, discuss, apply for, request.
ANT: Pretermit, allow, ignore, disregard, admit, pass, misexamine, misinvestigate.
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KEY: Capable, [See ABLE].
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KEY: Capability.
SYN: Cleverness, aptitude, talent, capacity, power, facility, faculty.
ANT: Dulness, inaptitude, awkwardness, difficulty.
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KEY: Capacious.
SYN: Spacious, comprehensive, voluminous, ample, accommodative, extensive, wide.
ANT: Narrow, restricted, limited, confined, shallow, contracted, petty.
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KEY: Capacity.
SYN: Space, size, volume, tonnage, calibre, ability, faculty, compatability, cleverness, talents, magnitude, parts, competency, compressiveness, accommodation.
ANT: Narrowness, restriction, Incapacity, coarctation, contractedness.
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KEY: Capital.
SYN: Chief, excellent, important, cardinal, principal, consummate, high.
ANT: Inferior, unimportant, subordinate, minor, defective, mean.
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KEY: Capitulate.
SYN: Stipulate, yield, surrender, submit.
ANT: Resist, struggle, contend.
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KEY: Caprice, [See DRY].
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KEY: Capricious.
SYN: Wayward, uncertain, fanciful, freakish, fitful, fickle, changeful, whimsical, humorsome, inconstant, crotchety.
ANT: Firm, unchanging, inflexible, decided, unswerving, constant.
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KEY: Captious.
SYN: Carping, caviling, censorious, hypercritical, cross, fault-finding, critical, cynical, petulant, irritable, splenetic, touchy, peevish, fretful.
ANT: Appreciative, commendatory, encouraging, complimentary, approving, laudatory, flattering.
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KEY: Captivate, [See BEWITCH].
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KEY: Captivated.
SYN: Taken, charmed, smitten, fascinated, enslaved, captured, enthralled.
ANT: Free, unaffected, uninfluenced, unscathed, insensible, insensitive.
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KEY: Captivating.
SYN: Charming, bewitching, fascinating, alluring, seductive, attractive.
ANT: Hideous, loathsome, repulsive, uncaptivating, uninteresting.
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KEY: Captivity, [See THRALDOM].
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KEY: Capture \v.\ [See SEIZE].
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KEY: Capture \n.\ [See PRIZE].
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KEY: Care.
SYN: Attention, pains, anxiety, concern, trouble, circumspection, regard, solicitude, caution, prevention, custody, preservation, thrift, heed, foresight, wariness, economy, prudence.
ANT: Inattention, neglect, disregard, carelessness, indifference, temerity, remissness, improvidence, unguardedness, incaution.
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KEY: Career.
SYN: Course, success, walk, line, progress, history, way of ill passage, race.
ANT: Misproceeding, misdeportment, unsuccess, miscarriage.
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KEY: Careful, [See COMMON].
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KEY: Careless, [See COMMON].
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KEY: Caress \v.\ [See FONDLE].
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KEY: Caress \n.\
SYN: Endearment, blandishment, wheedling, fondling, stroking.
ANT: Vexation, irritation, annoyance, teasing, persecution, provocation.
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KEY: Cargo.
SYN: Freight, burden, load, consignment, merchandise, lading, goods.
ANT: Conveyance, bearer, carrier.
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KEY: Caricature.
SYN: Mimicry, parody, travesty, burlesque, extravagance, exaggeration, hyperbole, monstrosity, farce.
ANT: Portraiture, representation, resemblance, justice, fidelity, truthfulness.
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KEY: Carnage.
SYN: Massacre, slaughter, bloodshed, butchery.
ANT: Ransom, deliverance, quarter.
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KEY: Carnal.
SYN: Fleshly, sensual, selfindulgent, licentious, animal, coarse, base, worldly, impure, libidinous, secular.
ANT: Spiritual, ethereal, pure, selfcontrolled, temperate, exalted, refined.
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KEY: Carnival.
SYN: Revel, rout, festivity, masquerade.
ANT: Fast, mortification, lent, retirement.
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KEY: Carol.
SYN: Sing, warble, chirp, trill, whistle, chirrup, chant, hum.
ANT: Whine, croak, cry, dirge, lament.
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KEY: Carouse.
SYN: Festivity, feast, banquet, revel, debauch.
ANT: Fast, starvation, maceration, abstinence.
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KEY: Carousal.
SYN: Wassail, revel, banquet, orgies.
ANT: [See BANQUET].
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KEY: Carp.
SYN: Cavil, censure, challenge, overhaul, canvass, hypercriticise, object, catch.
ANT: Allow, concede, admit, compliment, encourage, approve, applaud, endorse, acquiesce, assent.
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KEY: Carpet, (Metaphorical).
SYN: Table, board, consideration, consultation.
ANT: Shelf, rejection, disposal, oblution.
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KEY: Carriage.
SYN: Transportation, conveyance, bearing, manner, conduct, demeanor, walk, gait, mien, behavior, deportment, vehicle.
ANT: Misconveyance, miscarriage, misconduct, misconsignment.
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KEY: Carry, [See BEAK].
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KEY: Carry on, [See TRANSACT].
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KEY: Carry through, [See COMPLETE].
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KEY: Case.
SYN: Occurrence, circumstance, contingency, event, plight, predicament, fact, subject, condition, instance.
ANT: Hypothesis, supposition, fancy, theory, conjecture.
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KEY: Cash.
SYN: Money, specie, coin, currency, capital.
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KEY: Cast \v.\
SYN: Hurl, send down, throw, fling, pitch, impel, project, construct, mold, frame.
ANT: Raise, elevate, recover, erect, accept, approve, retain, carry, ignore, miscalculate, misprovide, break, dissipate, dismember, dislocate.
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KEY: Cast \n.\
SYN: Mould, stamp, kind, figure, form, aspect, mien, air, style, manner, character.
ANT: Malformation, deformity, abnormity.
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KEY: castaway, [See REJECT].
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KEY: Cast down, [See MELANCHOLY].
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KEY: Cast out, [See EJECT].
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KEY: Caste.
SYN: Order, class, rank, lineage, race, blood, dignity, respect.
ANT: Degradation, taboo, disrepute, abasement, reproach.
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KEY: Castigate.
SYN: Whip, flagellate, cane.
ANT: Reward, encourage, decorate, caress.
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KEY: Casual.
SYN: Accidental, occasional, incidental, contingent, unforeseen, fortuitous.
ANT: Regular, ordinary, systematic, periodic, certain, fixed, [See CASUALTY].
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KEY: Casualty.
SYN: Accident, contingency, chance, fortuity, hap, misfortune, occurrence, mischance, [See ACCIDENT].
ANT: Appointment, assignment, provision, ordinance, enactment.
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KEY: Casuistry.
SYN: Sophistry, Jesuitry, fallacy, refinement, quibble, strawsplitting.
ANT: Reason, conscience, commonsense.
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KEY: Catalogue \n.\ [See BAWL].
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KEY: Catastrophe.
SYN: Revolution, disaster, calamity, misfortune, misadventure, reverse, blow, visitation.
ANT: Blessing, victory, triumph, felicitation, achievement, ovation, success, godsend.
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KEY: Catch.
SYN: Take, seize, grip, clutch, capture, secure, ensnare, snatch, hit, arrest, comprehend, overtake, apprehend.
ANT: Lose, miss, misapprehend, escape.
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KEY: Catching, [See PESTIFEROUS].
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KEY: catechism.
SYN: Erotetics, socratics, interrogation, creed, system, compendium.
ANT: Reading, excogitation, elaboration.
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KEY: Catechumen.
SYN: Tyro, learner, pupil, novice, scholar.
ANT: Master, doctor, professor, teacher, savant.
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KEY: Categorical.
SYN: Plain, positive, declaratory, peremptory, affirmative, absolute, demonstrative, distinct.
ANT: Obscure, uncertain, ambiguous, dubious, contingent, hypothetical, hazy, oracular, enigmatical, mystical.
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KEY: Category.
SYN: State, kind, predicament, condition, nature, order, mode, sort, class.
ANT: Essence, truth, being.
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KEY: Causality.
SYN: Eventuality, operativeness, potentiality, effectuality, productiveness, conduciveness.
ANT: Preventiveness, retardativeness, obstructiveness, counteractivity, unproductiveness, ineffectiveness, inoperativeness, barrenness.
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KEY: Causation, [See CAUSALITY].
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KEY: Cause \v.\ [See PRODUCE].
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KEY: Cause \n.\
SYN: Source, origin, producer, agent, creator, purpose, inducement, reason, account, principle, motive, object, suit, action.
ANT: Effect, result, accomplishment, end, production, issue, preventive.
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KEY: Caustic.
SYN: Burning, mordant, pungent, irritating, biting, pointed, sarcastic, trenchant, severe.
ANT: Pointless, mild, soothing, conciliating, vapid, flat, tame.
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KEY: Caution.
SYN: [See CARE and CALCULATION].
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KEY: Cautious, [See CIRCUMSPECT].
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KEY: Cavalier \a.\ [See ARROGANT].
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KEY: Cavil, [See CARP].
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KEY: Cavity, [See OPENING].
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KEY: Caviller, [See CAVIL].
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KEY: Cease.
SYN: Intermit, stop, desist, abstain, discontinue, quit, refrain, end, pause, leave off.
ANT: Ceaseless, never-ending, everlasting, constant, incessant, [See ETERNAL].
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KEY: Ceaseless, [See CEASE].
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KEY: Cede, [See RELINQUISH].
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KEY: Celebrate, [See HONOR].
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KEY: Celebrated.
SYN: Famed, renowned, illustrious, eminent, glorious, famous, noted, distinguished, notable, exalted.
ANT: Unrenowned, obscure, undistinguished, unknown, disgraced, mean.
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KEY: Celebration.
SYN: Commemoration, solemnization, observance.
ANT: Oblivion, inobservance, obsolescence, desuetude.
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KEY: Celebrity.
SYN: Fame, honor, glory, star, reputation, distinction, renown, notability, eminence, notoriety.
ANT: Obscurity, meanness, ingloriousness, ignominy, disgrace, contempt, cipher, nobody.
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KEY: Celerity.
SYN: Rapidity, speed, haste, velocity, swiftness, quickness, fleetness, despatch.
ANT: Slowness, inertness, slaggishness, tardiness, cumbrousness.
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KEY: Celestial.
SYN: Heavenly, ethereal, atmospheric, supernal, angelic, radiant, eternal, immortal, seraphic, divine, godlike, elysian.
ANT: Earthly, terrestrial, terrene, sublunary, human, mortal, hellish, infernal.
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KEY: Cement.
SYN: Bind, bond, unite, perpetuate, consolidate.
ANT: Detach, dissolve, dissociate, disintegrate, divorce.
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KEY: Censorious, [See CAPTIOUS].
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KEY: Censure \v.\ [See BLAME].
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KEY: Censure.
SYN: Blame, stricture, reproach, reprobate, inculpate, reprove, condemn, reprehend, chide, berate, scold, upbraid, disapproval, remonstrance, rebuke, reprimand, dispiaise.
ANT: Praise, eulogy, approbation, encouragement, commendation.
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KEY: Central.
SYN: Mediate, accessible, convenient,.
ANT: Remote, inaccessible, inconvenient.
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KEY: Centralize.
SYN: Concentrate, fix, localize, collect.
ANT: Disperse, disseminate, distribute, apportion, divide, delocalize.
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KEY: Ceremonial.
SYN: Official, ministerial, functional, pompous, imposing, sumptuous, scenic.
ANT: Ordinary, private, unimposing, unostentatious, undramatic.
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KEY: Ceremonious.
SYN: Punctilious, formal, prim, precise.
ANT: Brusque, blunt, supercilious, bluff, unceremonious.
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KEY: Ceremony.
SYN: Display, pageant, solemnity, rite, formality.
ANT: [See FASHION].
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KEY: Certain.
SYN: true, fixed, regular, established, incontrovertible, undoubtful, indubitable, infallible, unmistakable, sure, unfailing, real, actual, undeniable, positive, convinced, assured.
ANT: Uncertain, dubious, exceptional, irregular, casual, occasional, questionable, doubtful, vacillating, undecided, uncertain.
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KEY: Certainly.
SYN: Surely, positively, unquestionably.
ANT: Possibly, probably, perhaps, contingently, doubtfully, occasionally.
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KEY: Certainty.
SYN: Assurance, demonstrableness, positiveness, unquestionableness, confidence, conviction.
ANT: Dubiousness, precariousness, casualty, vicissitude, uncertainty, irregularity, hesitation, doubt, misgiving, conjecture, indecision.
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KEY: Certify.
SYN: Acknowledge, aver, attest, vouch, avow, avouch, testify, protest, declare, demonstrate, prove, evidence, inform, assure.
ANT: Disprove, disavow, misinform, misadvise.
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KEY: Cessation.
SYN: Stopping, halt, discontinuance, quiescence, suspension, intermission, lull, respite, stop, rest, abeyance, pause.
ANT: Continuance, uninterruptedness, unintermission, incessancy.
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KEY: Cession.
SYN: Concession, yielding, surrender, abandonment, relinquishment, grant.
ANT: Retention, claimance, maintenance, appropriation, usurpation, vindication, assumption.
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KEY: Chafe.
SYN: Gall, rub, vex, irritate, chagrin, tease, harass, disappoint, grieve, annoy, worry, calcitrate, re sent, resist, fret, fidget, writhe.
ANT: Soothe, smooth, coax, calm, humor, console, submit, endure, succumb, crouch, truckle.
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KEY: Chaff.
SYN: Banter, badinage, nonsense, frivolity, trash, chaffer.
ANT: Emphasis, seriousness, sense, substance, reason, argument, marrow, pith, gist.
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KEY: Chaffer.
SYN: Haggle, bargain, higgle, stickle, boggle.
ANT: Close, conclude, agree, negotiate.
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KEY: Chagrin \v.\ [See CHAFE].
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KEY: Challenge \v.\
SYN: Defy, summon, dare, question, investigate, brave, canvass.
ANT: Pass, allow, grant, concede.
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KEY: Champion \n.\
SYN: Hero, warrior, combatant, vindicator, challenger, defender, protector.
ANT: Renegade, deserter, poltroon, miscreant, traitor, coward, adversary, opponent.
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KEY: Chance \v.\ [See HAZARD].
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KEY: Chance \n.\
SYN: Accident, fortuity, hazard, haphazard, fortune, random, casualty, befoulment, luck.
ANT: Law, rule, sequence, consequence, causation, effectuation, intention, purpose, design, certainty.
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KEY: Change \v.\
SYN: Vary, alter, modify, diversify, qualify, transmute, substitute, fluctuate, shift, veer, exchange.
ANT: Conserve, retain, stabilitate, fix, clinch, stand, endure, last, hold.
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KEY: Change \n.\ [See VARIATION].
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KEY: Changeable.
SYN: [See CAPRICIOUS].
ANT: [See CHANGELESS].
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KEY: Changeful, [See CHANGEABLE].
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KEY: Changeless.
SYN: Regular, settled, steady, firm, stationary, consistent, resolute, reliable, undeviating, uniform, immutable, immovable.
ANT: Irregular, unsettled, unsteady, wavering, fluctuating, capricious, irresolute, vacillating, variable, mutable, plastic.
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KEY: Chaplet.
SYN: Garland, wreath, coronal.
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KEY: Character.
SYN: Symbol, letter, nature, type, disposition, genius, temperament, cast, estimation, repute, office, reputation, part, capacity, class, order, sort, stamp, kind, quality, species, sign, tone, mark, figure, record.
ANT: Vagueness, anonymousness, nondescription, disrepute.
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KEY: Characteristic.
SYN: Distinction, peculiarity, diagnosis, idiosyncrasy, speciality, individuality, personality, singularity.
ANT: Nondescription, abstractedness, generality, miscellany.
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KEY: Characterize.
SYN: Mark, distinguish, describe, particularize, style, designate, individualize, specify, identify.
ANT: Hint, insinuate, sketch, suggest, adumbrate.
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KEY: Charge.
SYN: Direct, enjoin, advise, admonish, arraign, inculpate, entrust, commit, load, accuse, impeach, attack, assault, impute, carry.
ANT: Clear, free, discharge, acquit, liberate.
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KEY: Chargeable.
SYN: Attributable, ascribable, imputable.
ANT: Not attributable, not ascribable, not imputable.
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KEY: Charity, [See BENEVOLENCE].
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KEY: Charitable.
SYN: Kind, benign, benevolent, beneficent, liberal, considerate, forgiving, compassionate, placable, inexacting, inextreme.
ANT: Uncharitable, unkind, harsh, selfish, churlish, illiberal, censorious, unforgiving, uncompassionate, implacable, extreme, exacting, retaliative, revengeful.
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KEY: Charlatan, [See QUACK], Charm \v.\
SYN: Bewitch, enchant, fascinate, lay, soothe, mesmerize, delight, enrapture, transport, entice, allure, entrance, captivate, subdue.
ANT: Disenchant, disillusionize, excite, rouse, disturb, annoy, Irritate, alarm, terrify, repel, disgust.
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KEY: Charm \n.\
SYN: Spell, incantation, enchantment, fascination, attraction, allurement.
ANT: Disenchantment, repulsion, fear.
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KEY: Chary.
SYN: Careful, cautions, calculating, frugal, shy, wary, sparing, slow, saving, reluctant.
ANT: Liberal, lavish, profuse, eager.
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KEY: Chase \v.\
SYN: Pursue, hunt, follow, drive, prosecute.
ANT: Abandon, relinquish, discard, dismiss, avoid, elude, evade.
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KEY: Chaste.
SYN: Pure, modest, uncontaminated, spotless, immaculate, undented, virtuous, incorrupt, simple, unaffected, nice.
ANT: Impure, corrupt, meretricious, gaudy, flashy, overdecorated.
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KEY: Chasten.
SYN: Purify, discipline, chastise, correct, castigate, improve, spiritualize, afflict, refine.
ANT: Indulge, sensualize, brutalize, degrade, corrupt, pamper, carnalize, spoil, demoralize.
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KEY: Chat, [See BABBLE].
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KEY: Chattels.
SYN: Effects, goods, wares, movables, furniture.
ANT: Freehold.
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KEY: Chatter.
SYN: Rattle, jabber, cackle, prattle, twaddle.
ANT: Reason, sense, argument, reticence, philosophy, conversation.
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KEY: Cheap.
SYN: Common, inexpensive, uncostly, mean, vile, worthless, low-priced.
ANT: Rare, costly, worthy, expensive, honorable, noble, high.
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KEY: Cheat \v.\
SYN: Overreach, fleece, silence, trick, gull, cozen, juggle, defraud, swindle, dupe, beguile, deceive, deprive, hoodwink, prevaricate, dissemble, shuffle, inveigle.
ANT: Enlighten, guide, remunerate, compensate, undeceive, disabuse.
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KEY: Cheat \n.\
SYN: Deception, fraud, imposition, trick, artifice, illusion, imposture, swindle, finesse, deceit, lie, fiction.
ANT: Troth, reality, verity, fact, certainty, genuineness, verification, honesty, authenticity.
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KEY: Check \n.\
SYN: Repulse, hindrance, set back, rebuff.
ANT: Encouragement, freedom, liberty.
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KEY: Check \v.\
SYN: Curb, restrain, stop, stay, repress, hinder, impede, inhibit, cohibit, bridle, control, obstruct.
ANT: Loose, liberate, instigate, accelerate, license, indulge, allow, abet.
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KEY: Cheer \v.\ [See ENCOURAGE].
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KEY: Cheer \n.\
SYN: Hope, happiness, comfort, hospitality, plenty, conviviality.
ANT: Dejection, sullenness, gloom, starvation, niggardliness, dearth, inhospitableness, churlishness, unsociableness.
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KEY: Cheerful.
SYN: Lively, gay, bright, happy, bonny, merry, joyful, pleasant, buoyant, sunny, enlivening, in good spirits, sprightly, blithe, joyous.
ANT: Lifeless, dull, gloomy, unhappy, dejected, depressed, sullen, joyless, melancholy, depressing, dispiriting.
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KEY: Cheerfulness, [See CHEERFUL].
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KEY: Cheerless, [See CHEERFUL].
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KEY: Cherish.
SYN: Foster, nurse, promote, nourish, nurture, comfort, protect, entertain, value, encourage.
ANT: Stifle, abandon, discard, discourage, check.
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KEY: Chew.
SYN: Masticate, munch, eat.
ANT: Gorge, bolt whole.
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KEY: Chicanery.
SYN: Artifice, subtlety, sophistry, subterfuge, prevarication, shift, trickery, dodge, quibble, mystification, pettifogging, underhandedness.
ANT: Openness, candor, fairness, cogency, demonstrativeness, soundness.
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KEY: Chide.
SYN: Rate, scold, trounce, reprove, reprimand, rebuke, blame, admonish, objurgate.
ANT: Applaud, flatter, compliment.
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KEY: Chief \a.\
SYN: Chef, the head, [See CAPITAL].
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KEY: Chief \n.\ [See CHIEFTAIN].
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KEY: Chiefly, [See MAINLY].
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KEY: Chieftain.
SYN: Captain, general, chief, commander, head man, leader.
ANT: Follower, attendant, retainer, subaltern, vassal, satellite, minion, adherent.
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KEY: Childish.
SYN: Weak, silly, puerile, infantine, imbecile, foolish, trifling, paltry, trivial.
ANT: Strong, resolute, manly, wise, judicious, sagacious, chivalrous, profound, politic.
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KEY: Chimerical, [See VISIONARY].
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KEY: Chivalrous.
SYN: Courageous, generous, knightly, gallant, heroic, adventurous, valiant, spirited, handsome, high-minded.
ANT: Unhandsome, dirty, sneaking, pettifogging, scrubby, dastardly, recreant, ungenerous, ungentlemanly.
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KEY: Choice \n.\
SYN: Option, adoption, selection, election, preference, alternative.
ANT: Compulsion, necessity, rejection, refusal, unimportance, indifference, refuse.
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KEY: Choice \a.\
SYN: Select, exquisite, precious, dainty, cherished, valuable, excellent, rare.
ANT: Common, ordinary, Inferior, cheap, valueless, despicable, trumpery.
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KEY: Choke.
SYN: Throttle, strangle, gag, smother, burke, suffocate, stifle.
ANT: Eliminate, educe, promote, demonstrate, discuss, disseminate, moot, bruit, ventilate.
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KEY: Choler, [See ANGER].
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KEY: Choleric.
SYN: Hasty, testy, impetuous, irascible.
ANT: Cool, phlegmatic, serene, placid, dispassionate, stoical.
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KEY: Choose.
SYN: Select, elect, prefer, appropriate, adopt, cull, pick out.
ANT: Leave, dismiss, reject, refuse, disclaim, repudiate, ignore, decline.
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KEY: Chronicle \v.\
SYN: Record, register.
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KEY: Chronicle \n.\ [See ANNALS].
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KEY: Chuckle.
SYN: Grin, crow, cackle.
ANT: Cry, wail, grumble, whimper, whine.
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KEY: Churchyard.
SYN: Buryingground, burial place, cemetery, God's acre, necropolis, graveyard.
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KEY: Churlish.
SYN: Illiberal, niggardly, inhospitable, unsociable, unneighborly.
ANT: Liberal, bountiful, hospitable neighborly, sociable.
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KEY: Cipher.
SYN: Nonentity, dot, nothing, trifle, button, (fig.) straw, pin, rush, molehill.
ANT: Somebody, bigwig, something, notability, celebrity, triton, colossus, star.
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KEY: Circuit.
SYN: Tour, circumference.
ANT: Line, straightness, directness.
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KEY: Circuitous.
SYN: Indirect, tortuous, devious, serpentine, round about, sinuous, winding.
ANT: Linear, direct, straight.
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KEY: Circular.
SYN: Round, spherical.
ANT: Lineal, direct.
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KEY: Circulate.
SYN: Disseminate, disuse, propagate, publish, notify, spread, travel.
ANT: Suppress, avert, hush, cease, stagnate.
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KEY: Circumference.
SYN: Periphery, enclosure, circuit, outline, boundary.
ANT: Diameter, crossing, bisection, transection, transversion.
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KEY: Circumlocution.
SYN: Periphrasis, verbosity, inconciseness, insuccinctness, ambiguousness, anfractuosity.
ANT: Terseness, point, conciseness, succinctness, condensation, directness, plainness, simplicity, coherence.
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KEY: Circumscribe.
SYN: Define, designate, delineate, limit, enclose, confine, restrict, fence.
ANT: Expand, dilate, dissipate, disenclose, distend.
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KEY: Circumscribed.
SYN: Limited, narrow, restricted.
ANT: Limitless, ample, unconfined.
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KEY: Circumspect.
SYN: Cautious, wary, careful, heedful, attentive, prudent, watchful, scrupulous, vigilant.
ANT: Heedless, incautious, careless, reckless, invigilant, incircumspect.
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KEY: Circumstance.
SYN: Detail, feature, point, event, occurrence, incident, situation, position, fact, topic, condition, particular, specialty.
ANT: Deed, case, transaction.
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KEY: Circumstantial.
SYN: Inferential, constructive, minute, detailed, elaborate, specific.
ANT: Jocular, positive, inaccurate, loose, general.
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KEY: Circumvent.
SYN: Ensnare, entrap, outwit, diplomatize.
ANT: Force, subjugate, reduce, compel, circumvention, [See CIRCUMVENT].
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KEY: Citadel.
SYN: Fortress, castle, stronghold, acropolis.
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KEY: Cite.
SYN: Summon, call, quote, adduce, mention, name, select, refer to.
ANT: Discard, dismiss, canvass, dispute, reject, contradict, disprove, discredit, challenge.
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KEY: Citizen.
SYN: Townsman, inhabitant, burgess, subject, denizen.
ANT: Alien, foreigner, visitor, exile.
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KEY: Civic.
SYN: Municipal, corporate, urbane, oppidan.
ANT: Suburban, provincial, rural, cosmopolitan.
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KEY: Civil.
SYN: Well-mannered, political, courteous, well-bred, complaisant, affable, urbane, polite, obliging, accommodating, respectful.
ANT: Disobliging, unaccommodating, disrespectful, boorish, clownish, churlish, uncivil.
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KEY: Civilization.
SYN: Amelioration, culture, cultivation, humanization, refinement.
ANT: Demoralization, savagery, uncivilization, barbarism, rudeness, brutality.
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KEY: Claim \v.\
SYN: Demand, ask, require, insist, pretense, right, privilege, title, request, maintain.
ANT: Forego, waive, disclaim, abjure, disavow, abandon, concede, surrender, repudiate.
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KEY: Claim \n.\
SYN: Assertion, vindication, pretension, title, right, privilege, arrogation, demand.
ANT: Waiving, abjuration, disclaimer, surrender.
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KEY: Claimant.
SYN: Assertor, vindicator, appellant, litigant.
ANT: Relinquisher, resigner, conceder, waiver, renouncer, abjurer.
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KEY: Clamor.
SYN: Contention, contentiousness, squabble, tumult, hubbub, noise, uproar, outcry, obloquy.
ANT: Silence, acquiescence, reticence.
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KEY: Clamorous, [See NOISY].
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KEY: Clandestine.
SYN: Furtive, secret, sly, stealthy, surreptitious, hidden, disguised, concealed, private, underhand.
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KEY: Clasp.
SYN: Grasp, connect, unite, bracket, concatenate, embrace.
ANT: Relax, sever, unclasp, disconnect, detach, exclude.
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KEY: Class, [See ORDER].
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KEY: Classical.
SYN: Pure, refined, elegant, polished, chaste, augustan.
ANT: Corrupt, debased, inelegant, harsh, barbarous, unclassical, uncouth.
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KEY: Classification, taxonomic.
SYN: Order, species, nature, character, cast, stamp, group, kind, section, sect, category, assortment, designation, description, genus.
ANT: Individuality, speciality, isolation, alienation, division, distinction, singularity, exclusion, heterogenity.
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KEY: Classify.
SYN: Arrange, systematize, adjust, rank, class, tabulate, dispose, collocate, assort.
ANT: Derange, confound, disorder, disorganize, intermix.
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KEY: Clause.
SYN: Portion, paragraph, stipulation, provision, article, condition, chapter, section, passage.
ANT: Document, instrument, muniment.
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KEY: Clean \v.\
SYN: Purify, clarify.
ANT: Pollute, befoul, bespatter, defile.
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KEY: Clean \a.\
SYN: Pure, neat, cleanly, clear, purified, cleansed, untarnished, spotless, unclogged, upright.
ANT: Impure, untidy, dirty, entangled, hampered, unclean.
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KEY: Clear \v.\
SYN: Clarify, disencumber, disentangle, disembarrass, vindicate, liberate, set free, release, exonerate, exculpate, justify, retrieve, acquit, absolve, whitewash, extricate, eliminate.
ANT: Befoul, contaminate, pollute, clog, encumber, embarrass, involve, implicate.
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KEY: Clear \a.\
SYN: Open, pure, bright, transparent, free, disencumbered, disentangled, disengaged, absolved, acquitted, serene, unclouded, evident, apparent, distinct, manifest, conspicuous, unobstructed, plain, obvious, intelligible, lucid.
ANT: Thick, muddy, foul, opaque, encumbered, entangled, condemned, convicted, turbid, dubious, indistinct, unintelligible.
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KEY: Clearly.
SYN: Plainly, obviously, distinctly, evidently, palpably, lucidly, explicitly, perspicuously.
ANT: Opaquely, indistinctly, Imperfectly, confusedly.
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KEY: Cleave.
SYN: Sunder, split, divide, adhere, rend, di?sever, stick.
ANT: Conserve, unite, splice, bond, cement, agglutinate, consolidate, separate, depart, desert, apostatize, secede.
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KEY: Clemency, [See MERCY].
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KEY: Clergyman.
SYN: Pastor, divine, parson, preacher, presbyter, minister, elder, deacon, bishop, dominie, rector, prelate, priest, monk, friar, vicar, curate.
ANT: Layman, laic, congregation, laity, flock.
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KEY: Clever.
SYN: Able, ready, talented, quick, ingenious, dexterous, adroit, expert, gifted, quick-witted, skillful, well-contrived.
ANT: Weak, dull, stupid, slow, illcontrived, doltish, uninventive, awkward, clumsy, bungling, botched.
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KEY: Climate.
SYN: Air, atmosphere, temperature, weather, clime, sky, region, sphere, latitude.
ANT: Earth, globe, world, sphere.
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KEY: Climax.
SYN: Summit, height, consummation, acme, point, head, mered, ian, culmination, zenith.
ANT: Base, floor, bathos, anticlimax, depth, gulf, nadir.
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KEY: Climb.
SYN: Ascend, mount, clamber, swarm, surmount, scale, escalade, soar, creep up, rise.
ANT: Descend, drop, fall, slip, tumble, swoop.
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KEY: Cling.
SYN: Fasten, hold, adhere, embrace, stick, cleave, hang, twine, hug.
ANT: Drop, recede, secede, apostatize, abandon, relax, forego, swerve, surrender.
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KEY: Clip.
SYN: Curtail, prune, contract, abridge.
ANT: Elongate, cherish, grow, nourish.
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KEY: Cloak.
SYN: Conceal, disguise, mask, veil, hide, cover, palliate, screen, mitigate, extenuate.
ANT: Exhibit, propound, promulge, portray, aggravate, expose, demonstrate, reveal.
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KEY: Close \a.\
SYN: Narrow, limited, restricted, condensed, packed, secret, compressed, solid, firm, compact, reserved, niggardly, shut, fast, dense.
ANT: Wide, open, ample, spacious, airy, unconfined, dispersed, rarefied, subtle, vaporous, patent, public, advertised, open-handed, liberal, frank.
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KEY: Close \v.\
SYN: Shut, conclude, stop, complete.
ANT: Open, initiate, conduct, protract.
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KEY: Clothe \v.\
SYN: Invest, robe, drape, dress, array, attire, cover.
ANT: Denude, strip, divest.
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KEY: Clothes, [See HABILIMENTS].
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KEY: Cloudy, [See MUGGY and OBSCURE].
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KEY: Clownish.
SYN: Bustic, boorish, bucolic, Boeotian, awkward, clumsy, cloddish, untutored, rude.
ANT: Polite, civil, urbane, affable, graceful, polished, refined, courtly, high-bred, intelligent, educated.
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KEY: Clumsy.
SYN: Awkward, inexpert, uncouth, maladroit, botching, bungling, unskillful, unwieldly, unhandy, ill-shaped.
ANT: Neat, workmanlike, artistic, handy, skillful, clever, expert, adroit, dexterous.
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KEY: Cluster.
SYN: Bunch, group, gathering, muster, throng.
ANT: Scattering, sprinkling, dispersion.
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KEY: Clutch \v.\
SYN: Grasp, grab, seize, catch, grip, grapple with, snatch, pounce.
ANT: Liberate, release, emancipate.
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KEY: Coagulate.
SYN: Mix, blend, fuse, coalesce, amalgamate, condense.
ANT: Rarefy, expand, dissipate, subtilize, discombine.
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KEY: Coadjutor.
SYN: Assistant, ally, cooperator, accessory, accomplice.
ANT: Opponent, counteractor, antagonist, baffler, adversary.
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KEY: Coalesce.
SYN: Harmonize, blend, mix, combine, join, unite, amalgamate, cohere.
ANT: Disagree, discomport.
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KEY: Coalition.
SYN: Combination, consentaneity, compromise, consociation, union, alliance, league, compact, amalgamation, composition, confederacy.
ANT: Dissociation, disruption, disagreement, dissentience.
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KEY: Coarse.
SYN: Common, ordinary, indelicate, vulgar, gross, unrefined, immodest, rough, rude, unpolished.
ANT: Fine, refined gentle, polished, delicate, choice.
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KEY: Coax.
SYN: Wheedle, fawn, flatter, call, ole, persuade, overcome, seduce, allure, circumvent.
ANT: Intimidate, coerce, impel, instigate, drive.
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KEY: Cobble.
SYN: Patch, botch, bungle, clout.
ANT: Repair, manipulate, finedraw.
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KEY: Cobweb.
SYN: Trifle, cipher, moonshine, prejudice, bugbear, phantasy, caprice.
ANT: Substance, verity, axiom, law, reality, perpetuity, institution, truth.
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KEY: Cockney.
SYN: Londoner, citizen, swell.
ANT: Clodhopper, bumpkin, lout.
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KEY: Coddle.
SYN: Spoil, humor, pamper, nurse, caress.
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KEY: Codger.
SYN: Gaffer, churl, curmudgeon.
ANT: Swell, fop, spendthrift, scapegrace, puppy.
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KEY: Codify.
SYN: Summarize, digest, incorporate, embody, condense.
ANT: Expunge, abrogate, annul, disembody, disincorporate, rescind.
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KEY: Coerce.
SYN: Restrain, inhibit, impel, compel, drive, counteract, check, constrain, force, confine, intimidate.
ANT: Permit, persuade, urge, instigate, encourage, liberate, induce, seduce, tempt.
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KEY: coetaneous.
SYN: Coeval, contemporary, synchronous.
ANT: Incoincident, incontemporaneous, anachronistic, asynchronous.
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KEY: Coeval, [See COETANEOUS].
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KEY: Coexist.
SYN: Concur, comport, accompany, coalesce, coincide.
ANT: Disconcur, discomport.
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KEY: Coexistent.
SYN: Concurrent, coetaneous, contemporary, coincident, compatible, correspondent, correlative.
ANT: Discurrent, incontemporaneous, incompatible, adverse, repugnant, antagonistic.
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KEY: coextension.
SYN: Commensurateness, equality, parallelism, conterminousness.
ANT: Incommensurateness, inadequacy, inconterminousness, disparity, divergency, inequality.
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KEY: Coextensive, [See COEXTENSION].
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KEY: Cogent.
SYN: Forcible, powerful, potent, strong, persuasive, influential.
ANT: Weak, ineffectual, powerless, feeble.
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KEY: Cogitate.
SYN: Think, ruminate, reflect, meditate, brood, speculate, contemplate, ponder, muse.
ANT: Idle, maunder, dream.
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KEY: Cogitation, [See COGITATE].
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KEY: Cognizance.
SYN: Notice, observation, recognition, knowledge, experience.
ANT: Inadvertence, neglect, ignorance, inexperience, oversight, connivance.
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KEY: Cognizant.
SYN: Aware, informed.
ANT: Unaware, ignorant, uninformed.
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KEY: Cohere.
SYN: Stick, adhere, conform, unite, coalesce.
ANT: Sever, separate, disunite, disintegrate.
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KEY: Coherent.
SYN: Consecutive, consistent, complete, sensible, compact, logical, close.
ANT: Inconsecutive, rambling, disunited, inconsistent, discursive, loose, silly, illogical, aberrant.
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KEY: Cohibit.
SYN: Prevent, hinder, curb, restrain, inhibit.
ANT: Indulge, permit, incite, instigate, encourage, urge.
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KEY: Coin.
SYN: Fabricate, counterfeit, invent.
ANT: Misform, misconstrue.
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KEY: Coincide, [See AGREE].
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KEY: Coincidence.
SYN: Chance, fortuity, casualty, concurrence, correspondence, contemporaneousness, commensurateness, harmony, agreement, consent.
ANT: Design, purpose, adaptation, synchronism, anachronism, disharmony, incommensurateness, discordance, variation, difference.
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KEY: Cold, [See FRIGID].
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KEY: Collate.
SYN: Adduce, collect, compare, gather, induct, extract, cite.
ANT: Verify, identify, recognize, authenticate.
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KEY: Collateral.
SYN: Indirect, related, connected, parallel.
ANT: Direct, linear, essential, integral.
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KEY: Colleague.
SYN: Helper, companion, associate, ally, confederate, coadjutor, partner, assistant, adjutant, assessor.
ANT: co-opponent, corival, counteragent, co-antagonist, competitor, colluctator.
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KEY: Collect.
SYN: Collate, gather, glean, sum, infer, learn, congregate, assemble, convoke, convene, muster, amass, garner, accumulate.
ANT: Classify, arrange, distribute, dispose, dispense, divide, sort, deal.
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KEY: Collected.
SYN: Calm, composed, cool, attentive, self-possessed, firm, placid, serene, unmoved.
ANT: Excited, distracted, wandering, dazed, scared, bewildered.
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KEY: Collection.
SYN: Assembly, assemblage, store, gathering, collation.
ANT: Dispersion, distribution, dispensation, division, arrangement, disposal, classification.
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KEY: Collision.
SYN: Encounter, conflict, crash, opposition, impact, concussion, clash.
ANT: Interswerving, interdivergence, shave.
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KEY: Collocate.
SYN: Place, locate, arrange, classify, tabulate, allocate.
ANT: Move, dislocate, distribute, dispense, disturb, disperse, confound, confuse, displace, misplace.
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KEY: Collocation, [See COLLOCATE].
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KEY: Colloquy.
SYN: Conference, consultation, conversation, council, confabulation.
ANT: Clamor, outcry, tumult, babel.
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KEY: Colluctation.
SYN: Wrestling, contention, competition.
ANT: Coadjutorship, assistance, support, backing.
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KEY: Collusion.
SYN: Connivance, accompliceship, confederacy.
ANT: Baffling, frustration, counteraction, defeat, discomfiture, discernment, betrayal, exposure, informership, traitorship.
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KEY: Color.
SYN: Hue, tint, complexion, pretense, speciousness, tinge, garbling, falsification, distortion, perversion, varnish.
ANT: Achromatism, paleness, nakedness, openness, genuineness, transparency, truthfulness.
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KEY: Colorable.
SYN: Specious, ostensible, deceptive, dressed, tinged, warped.
ANT: Genuine, candid, open, naked, transparent.
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KEY: Colossal, [See GIGANTIC].
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KEY: Combat \v.\ [See RESIST].
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KEY: Combat \n.\
SYN: Encounter, conflict, contention, struggle, contest, engagement, arms, battle.
ANT: Surrender, submission, mediation, reconciliation, truce, arbitration.
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KEY: Combination.
SYN: Union, association, consortment, concert, confederacy, alliance, league, coalition, cabal, synthesis, co-operation.
ANT: Division, disunion, disruption, dissolution, dispersion, analysis, opposition, resistance, non-location, removal,.
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KEY: Comely.
SYN: Seemly, graceful, elegant, shapely, suitable, fitting, handsome, decent, becoming.
ANT: Unseemly, ungraceful, inelegant, unshapely.
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KEY: Comfortable.
SYN: Snug, satisfied, pleasant, agreeable, cozy, commodious, convenient, consoled.
ANT: Uncomfortable, dissatisfied, troubled, miserable, wretched, cheerless, unhappy, disagreeable, forlorn.
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KEY: Comfortless, [See COMFORTABLE].
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KEY: Comic, [See LUDICROUS].
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KEY: Comity.
SYN: Urbanity, pleasantness, affability, blandness.
ANT: Rudeness, distantness, roughness, churlishness.
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KEY: Command \v.\
SYN: Order, direct, instruct, charge, bid, enjoin.
ANT: Supplicate, entreat, persuade, beg, petition, suggest, represent.
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KEY: Command \n.\ [See MANDATE].
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KEY: Commanding, [See AUTHORITATIVE].
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KEY: Commemorate.
SYN: Perpetuate, celebrate, solemnize, keep.
ANT: Ignore, drop, abolish, forget, obliviate.
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KEY: Commence.
SYN: Begin, start, open, initiate, inaugurate, enter upon, set about, undertake.
ANT: Finish, terminate, conclude, consummate, complete.
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KEY: Commend.
SYN: Praise, laud, extol, approve, recommend, encourage, applaud, eulogize.
ANT: Blame, censure, disapprove, discourage, denounce, condemn, discommend.
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KEY: Commendation, [See APPROBATION].
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KEY: Commensurate.
SYN: Equal, adequate, sufficient, coextensive, conterminous.
ANT: Unequal, short, scant, inadequate, insufficient, incommensurate.
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KEY: Comment \v.\
SYN: Note, observe, interpret, illustrate, expound, dilate, explain, expatiate, criticise.
ANT: Confound, confuse, obscure, mystify, misinterpret, misapprehend, misconceive, misrepresent.
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KEY: Comment \n.\ [See OBSERVATION].
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KEY: Commentator.
SYN: Interpreter, explainer, note-maker, scholiast, expositor, glossary, elucidator.
ANT: Mystifier, misinterpreter, puzzler, enigmatist, Oedipus.
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KEY: Commerce.
SYN: Trade, traffic, merchandize, barter, exchange, business, communication, dealing, intercourse.
ANT: Stagnation, exclusion, inactivity, interdict, embargo, dullness.
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KEY: Commiserate.
SYN: Despise, contemn, pity, compassionate, condole, sympathize.
ANT: Admire, envy, disregard, maltreat, molest, ignore, condemn.
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KEY: Commiseration, [See PITY].
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KEY: Commit.
SYN: Perpetrate, execute, confide, [See DO], relegate, intrust, assign, allocate, consign.
ANT: Miscommit, misconsign, misintrust, omit.
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KEY: Commodious.
SYN: Ample, easy, convenient, spacious, suitable, comfortable.
ANT: Inconvenient, incommodious, narrow, ill-contrived, incommensurate, discommodious.
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KEY: Commodity.
SYN: Staple, ware, article, stock.
ANT: Drug, offal, refuse, garbage.
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KEY: Common.
SYN: Ordinary, familiar, habitual, everyday, frequent, coarse, vulgar, low, mean, universal.
ANT: Unusual, exceptional, scarce, rare, uncommon, refined, partial, infrequent, sporadic, egregious, excellent.
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KEY: Commotion.
SYN: Agitation, disturbance, tumult, excitement, turmoil, perturbation.
ANT: Quiescence, calm, subsidence, pacification, tranquillity, mitigation, appeasement, soothing, allaying, moderating.
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KEY: Communicate.
SYN: Adjoin, join, touch, reveal, disclose, divulge, promulgate, publish, attach, co-operate, unite, impart, tell, announce, declare.
ANT: Separate, disjoin, recede, stop, suppress, conceal, secrete, withhold, reserve.
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KEY: Communication, [See INTERCOURSE].
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KEY: Communion.
SYN: Participation, share, converse, agreement, partnership, comportionment, fellowship, association, intercourse.
ANT: Exclusion, deprivation, nonparticipation, disqualification, disconnection, alienation, disruption.
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KEY: Community.
SYN: Aggregation, association, commonwealth, co-ordination, society, sympathy, order, class, brotherhood, fraternity, polity, unity, nationality, similarity, homogeneity.
ANT: Segregation, secession, independence, dissociation, disconnection, rivalry, hostility, animosity, estrangement, dissimilarity, contrariance, heterogeneity.
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KEY: Commute.
SYN: Alter, mitigate, substitute, exchange, compensate, barter, equalize, balance, modify.
ANT: Misappropriation, misconvert, misappropriate, disallow, stabilitate, perpetuate, stereotype.
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KEY: Compact \n.\ [See AGREEMENT].
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KEY: Compact \a.\
SYN: Dense, close, hard, solid, firm, pithy, concise, condensed, contracted, compendious, convenient, concentrated, consolidated, concrete.
ANT: Ductile, brittle, friable, diffuse, unshapely, straggling, sparse, broadcast, dispread.
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KEY: Companion.
SYN: Associate, mate, comrade, colleague, ally, partner, accomplice, coadjutor.
ANT: Rival, toe, antagonist, adversary.
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KEY: Companionable.
SYN: Pleasant, affable, sociable, convertible, friendly, easy, agreeable, gregarious.
ANT: Disagreeable, churlish, unsociable, distant, reserved, ungenial, cold, inaccessible, unneighborly, solitary.
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KEY: Companionship.
SYN: Converse, acquaintance, familiarity, intimacy, friendliness, association.
ANT: Ignorance, distance, avoidance, estrangement, alienation, unfamiliarity, soitude, isolation.
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KEY: Company.
SYN: Aggregation, association, union, sodality, order, fraternity, guild, corporation, society, community, assemblage, assembly, crew, posse, gang, troop, audience, congregation, concourse.
ANT: Rivalry, opposition, disqualification, antagonism, counteragency, competition, counterassociation.
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KEY: Compare.
SYN: Assimilate, collate, parallel.
ANT: Contrast, oppose, dissociate, disconnect, pit, distinguish.
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KEY: Comparable.
SYN: Resembling, approximate, similar.
ANT: Dissimilar, unlike, remote, inferior.
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KEY: Comparative.
SYN: Relatively, proportionately.
ANT: Absolutely, actually, positively, superlatively.
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KEY: Comparison, [See LIKENESS].
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KEY: Compartment.
SYN: Division, partition, allotment, sphere, space.
ANT: correlative, viz, anything of which it is a compartment.
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KEY: Compass \n.\
SYN: Area, enclosure, circuit, circumference, horizon.
ANT: Common, space, tract, expanse, boundlessness, limitlessness, indefiniteness.
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KEY: Compass \v.\
SYN: Encompass, surround, enclose, environ, circumscribe, embrace, achieve, effect, effectuate, consummate, complete, circumvent.
ANT: Expand, disband, unfold, amplify, display, dismiss, liberate, discard, fail, bungle, botch, misconceive, mismanage, misconstrue.
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KEY: Compassion.
SYN: Pity, sympathy, condolence, tenderness, fellow-feeling, commiseration, pardon.
ANT: Hardheartedness, unforgiveness, cruelty, antipathy, denunciation, condemnation, vindictiveness, retaliation.
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KEY: Compassionate, [See KIND].
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KEY: Compatible.
SYN: Consistent, consentaneous, harmonious, coexistent, correspondent, congruous, accordant, agreeable, congenial, consonant.
ANT: Incompatible, impossible, insupposable, inconsistent, discordant, hostile, adverse, antagonistic, incongruous, destructive, inter-repugnant, contradictory.
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KEY: Compeer.
SYN: Equal, co-ordinate, peer, fellow, mate, compatriot, comrade.
ANT: Inferior, superior, solitary.
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KEY: Compel.
SYN: Force, oblige, drive, constrain, necessitate, make, coerce, bind.
ANT: Persuade, convince, coax, allure, egg, induce, tempt, seduce, acquit, cozen, liberate, release.
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KEY: Compendious.
SYN: Condensed, concentrated, brief, short, succinct, concise, abridged, commodious, convenient, useful, handy, comprehensive, compact.
ANT: Diffuse, vague, prolix, shapeless, cumbrous, undigested.
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KEY: Compendium, [See ABRIDGEMENT].
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KEY: Compensate.
SYN: Atone, satisfy, remunerate, indemnity, reimburse, pay, requite, reward, recompense, make amends for.
ANT: Defraud, deprive, cheat, dissatisfy, injure, damage.
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KEY: Compensation.
SYN: Remuneration, equivalent, wages, pay, allowance, restoration, restitution, satisfaction, atonement, expiation, indemnification, amercement, damages.
ANT: Deprivation, injury, nonpayment, gratuity, donation, fraudulence, damage.
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KEY: Compete.
SYN: Contend, rival, cope, emulate.
ANT: Participate, share.
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KEY: Competence.
SYN: Power, adequacy, sufficiency, wealth, ability.
ANT: Incompetence, weakness, inability, insufficiency, want, poverty, impecuniosity, indigence.
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KEY: Competent, [See ADEQUATE].
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KEY: Competition.
SYN: Rivalry, emulation, race, two of a trade.
ANT: Association, colleagueship, alliance, jointstock, copartnership, confederation.
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KEY: Competitor.
SYN: Rival, emulator, opponent, adversary, antagonist.
ANT: Participator, partner, auxiliary, colleague.
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KEY: Compilation.
SYN: Collation, composition, patchwork.
ANT: Effusion, creation.
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KEY: Complacent.
SYN: Pleased, satisfied, content, pleasant, affable, kind, mannerly, acquiescent, amiable.
ANT: Dissatisfied, irritated, churlish, unmannerly, morose, austere, grudging.
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KEY: Complain, [See GROWL].
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KEY: Complaint.
SYN: Murmur, discontent, repining, grievance, annoyance, remonstrance, expostulation, lamentation, sickness, disease.
ANT: Congratulation, rejoicing, approbation, complacency, boon, benefit, applause, jubilee, health, sanity.
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KEY: Complaisant, [See POLITE].
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KEY: Complement.
SYN: Completion, fulfilment, totality, supply, counterpart, correlative.
ANT: Deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, abatement, detraction, defalcation, diminution, drawback.
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KEY: Complete \v.\ [See ACCOMPLISH].
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KEY: Complete \a.\
SYN: Full, perfect, finished, adequate, entire, consummate, total, exhaustive, thorough, accomplished.
ANT: Incomplete, partial, imperfect, unfinished, inadequate.
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KEY: Completely.
SYN: Fully, totally, altogether, wholly, perfectly, entirely, thoroughly.
ANT: Partially, incompletely, Imperfectly.
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KEY: Completion, [See TINGE].
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KEY: Complex.
SYN: Intricate, multifarious, compound, complicated, multifold, involved, deep, many-sided, abstruse, close, tangled, obscure.
ANT: Obvious, plain, simple, direct, inobscure, superficial, vague, loose, unraveled.
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KEY: Complexion.
SYN: Face, aspect, color, look, feature, appearance, character, hue, interpretation, indication.
ANT: Unindicativeness, concealment, reticence, inexpression, heart, core.
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KEY: Complexity \n.\ [See COMPLEX].
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KEY: Compliance.
SYN: Yielding, submission, obedience, acquiescence, consent, ductility, docility.
ANT: Resistance, repulsion, disobedience, refusal, noncompliance.
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KEY: Compliant, [See SUBMISSIVE].
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KEY: Complicated.
SYN: Confused, intricate, involved, perplexed, entangled.
ANT: Clear, simple, uninvolved, lucid, unraveled.
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KEY: Compliment \v.\ [See PRAISE].
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KEY: Compliment \n.\
SYN: Homage, courtesy, flattery, praise.
ANT: Insult, discourtesy, contempt.
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KEY: Complimentary.
SYN: Commendatory, laudatory, panegyrical, eulogistic, encomiastic, lavish of praise.
ANT: Disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory, denunciatory, reproachful, abusive, objurgatory, vituperative, defamatory.
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KEY: Comply, [See YIELD].
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KEY: Component.
SYN: Ingredient, element, constituent, factor, content, rudiment.
ANT: Aggregate, sum, entirety, adventitious, compound, nonconstituent, foreign, heterogeneous.
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KEY: Comport.
SYN: Demean, conduct, carry, behove, tally, consist, harmonize, match, agree, suit, coincide.
ANT: Misdemean, misconduct, forget, vary, differ, disagree, contrast, militate.
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KEY: Compose.
SYN: Construct, compile, soothe, allay, calm, put together, constitute, draw up, frame, form, pacify, mitigate, settle, adjust, write.
ANT: Analyze, awaken, stir, dissect, criticise, irritate, excite.
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KEY: Composed, [See COLLECTED and PLACID].
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KEY: Composition.
SYN: Compound, conformation, structure, mixture, combination, compromise, adjustment, settlement, commutation.
ANT: Analysis, segregation, examination, criticism, discussion, disturbance, aggravation, perpetuation.
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KEY: Composure.
SYN: Tranquility, sereneness, self-possession, sedateness, calm, repose.
ANT: Perturbation, restlessness, mobility, disturbance.
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KEY: Compound \v.\
SYN: Concert, mix, amalgamate, fuse.
ANT: Resolve, analyze.
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KEY: Compound \n.\
SYN: Mixture, combination, amalgamation, junction, unification, coalescence.
ANT: Decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution.
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KEY: Comprehend.
SYN: Comprise, embody, grasp, understand, conceive, apprehend, enclose, include, involve, embrace.
ANT: Exclude, except, misunderstand.
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KEY: Comprehension.
SYN: Understanding, conception, capacity, perception, apprehension.
ANT: Misunderstanding, misconception.
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KEY: Comprehensive.
SYN: Wide, ample, general, extensive, large, broad, all, embracing, generic, significant, capacious, inclusive, compendious, pregnant.
ANT: Narrow, restricted, shallow, exclusive, adversative, exceptive.
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KEY: Compress.
SYN: Condense, compact, crowd, squeeze, contract, abridge, epitomize, summarize.
ANT: Expand, dilate, diffuse, colliquate, Compression, [See COMPRESS].
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KEY: Comprise \v.\
SYN: Embrace, include, involve, contain, comprehend, imply.
ANT: Exclude, except, discard, bar, omit, reject.
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KEY: Comprobation.
SYN: Induction, co-evidence, co-testimony.
ANT: disproof, counterevidence, refutation, rejoinder, intercontrariance.
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KEY: Compromise \v.\
SYN: Arbitrate, adjust, compose, settle, endanger, implicate, involve.
ANT: Aggravate, excite, foster, perpetuate, exempt, enfranchise, disengage, extricate, exonerate.
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KEY: Compulsion \n.\
SYN: For, ce, restraint, control, coercion.
ANT: Persuasion, coaxing, alluring, Inducing.
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KEY: Compunction.
SYN: Contrition, penitence, misgiving, remorse, regret, sorrow.
ANT: Satisfaction, self-complacency, assurance.
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KEY: Compute.
SYN: Calculate, reckon, count, number, appraise, value, estimate, cast up, rate.
ANT: Conjecture, guess, surmise.
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KEY: Comrade, [See COMPLEX].
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KEY: Concatenation.
SYN: Linking, connection, stringing, continuity.
ANT: Discatenation, unlinking, unchanging, severance, intermission, disconnection.
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KEY: Concave.
SYN: Hollow, scooped, pitted, excavated, retreating, alveolar.
ANT: Convex, tumular, protuberant, relievant, embossed, intumescent.
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KEY: Conceal.
SYN: Hide, secrete, disguise, keep secret, dissemble, screen, suppress.
ANT: Reveal, manifest, exhibit, avow, confess, expose, promulgate, publish, divulge.
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KEY: Concede.
SYN: Surrender, grant, allow, yield, admit, resign.
ANT: Refuse, withhold, deny, contradict, contest, claim, contend.
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KEY: Conceit.
SYN: Idea, notion, thought, affectation, vanity, abstraction, imagination, conception, whim, vagary, egotism.
ANT: Substance, reality, verity, concretion, body, fact, naturalness, simplicity, unaffectedness, humility.
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KEY: Conceited.
SYN: Egotistical, self-conceited, vain.
ANT: Self-deprecating, simple, unassuming, unaffected.
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KEY: Conceive.
SYN: Imagine, apprehend, believe, suppose, design, think, understand.
ANT: Produce, express, propound, declare, execute, misconceive.
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KEY: Conception, [See CONCEIVE].
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KEY: Concentrate.
SYN: assemble, converge, muster, congregate, convene, draw, conglomerate, condense, localize, centralize.
ANT: Disperse, scatter, dismiss, decentralize.
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KEY: Concentration, [See CONCENTRATE].
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KEY: Concern.
SYN: Interest, regard, anxiety, matter, affair, institution, solicitude, moment, regret, sympathy, sorrow.
ANT: Indifference, disregard, carelessness, congratulation, chuckling.
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KEY: Concerning.
SYN: About, of, relating, regarding, touching, in relation to, respecting, with respect to, with regard to, with reference to, relative to.
ANT: Omitting, disregarding.
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KEY: Concert \v.\ [See CONTRIVE].
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KEY: Concert \n.\
SYN: Onion, combination, concord, harmony, agreement, association, co-operation.
ANT: Dissociation, counteraction, opposition.
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KEY: Concession, [See CONCEPT].
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KEY: Conciliate.
SYN: Win, gain, enlist, pacify, make friendly, reconcile, propitiate.
ANT: Lose, estrange, excommunicate, eject, alienate, irritate, displease.
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KEY: Concise.
SYN: Condensed, terse, pregnant, expressive, pointed, neat, compendious, succinct, summary, brief, short.
ANT: Diffuse, prolix, verbose, circumlocutory, rambling, discursive.
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KEY: Conclave.
SYN: Council, assembly, bureau, synod, cabinet, caucus.
ANT: Crowd, multitude, assemblage, population, throng, populace, mob, concourse.
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KEY: Conclude.
SYN: Close, terminate, complete, end, decide, finish, infer, deduce, determine, argue.
ANT: Begin, initiate, start, open, prolong, protract, perpetuate, doubt, dispute.
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KEY: Conclusion, [See CONCLUDE and TERMINATION].
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KEY: Conclusive.
SYN: Definitive, indisputable, final, positive, decisive.
ANT: Uncertain, dubious, questionable, hypothetical, supposititious, problematical, theoretical, vague, indeterminate, inconclusive.
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KEY: Concoct.
SYN: Compound, prepare, mix, hatch, brew.
ANT: Spoil, upset, disconcoct, disconcert, mar, misprepare.
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KEY: Concoction.
SYN: Brew, mixture, compound.
ANT: Crudity, rawness, ingredient.
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KEY: Concomitant.
SYN: Accompanying, attending, attendant, synchronous.
ANT: Precedent, subsequent, diverse, unconnected, independent, irrelative.
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KEY: Concord.
SYN: Harmony, accordance, agreement, peace, union, unity, unanimity, amity.
ANT: Discord, disagreement, variance, animosity.
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KEY: Concordance, [See CONCORD].
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KEY: Concourse.
SYN: Assembly, assemblage, crowd, throng, convergence, mob.
ANT: Cabinet, conclave, cabal, dispersion, desertion, solitude.
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KEY: Concrete.
SYN: Firm, compact, consolidated, indurated, embodied, particularized.
ANT: Loose, sloppy, luteous, shifting, boggy, swampy, yielding, unresisting, abstract, generalize.
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KEY: Concur.
SYN: Approve, acquiesce, assent, coincide, meet, converge, concentrate, agree.
ANT: Diverge, radiate, disagree, dissent, part, differ.
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KEY: Concussion, [See COLLISION and COMMOTION].
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KEY: Condemn.
SYN: Blame, convict, reprove, cast, censure, denounce, doom, sentence.
ANT: Absolve, acquit, exonerate, pardon, justify, approve.
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KEY: Condense, [See ABRIDGE].
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KEY: Condescend.
SYN: Stoop, descend, deign, vouchsafe.
ANT: Disdain, scorn, spurn.
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KEY: Condescension \n.\ [See CONDESCEND].
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KEY: SYN:, Affability, graciousness, favor, stooping.
ANT: Haughtiness, arrogance, pride, superciliousness, disdain, scorn.
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KEY: Condign.
SYN: Deserved, merited, meet, just, adequate.
ANT: Undeserved, unmerited, scant, excessive.
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KEY: Condiment.
SYN: Sauce, pickle, preserve, seasoning.
ANT: Gall, wormwood, ashes, aloe.
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KEY: Condition.
SYN: State, case, mood, term, mode, qualification, requisite, stipulation, predicament, proviso, situation, circumstances, plight.
ANT: Relation, dependence, situation, circumstance, concession, fulfillment, adaptation.
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KEY: Conditionally.
SYN: Provisionally, relatively, provided, hypothetical, contingently.
ANT: Absolutely, unconditionally, categorically, positively.
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KEY: Condole.
SYN: Sympathize, console, commiserate.
ANT: Congratulate, exhilarate, disregard, rally, discompassionate, discommiserate.
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KEY: Condolence, [See CONDOLE].
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KEY: Condonation.
SYN: Indulgence, excuse, amnesty, pardon, forgiveness.
ANT: Expiation, satisfaction, atonement.
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KEY: Conduce.
SYN: Concur, contribute, avail, aid, tend, coincide, converge, assist, help, make for, conspire, lead, subserve.
ANT: Indispose, counteract, defeat, neutralize.
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KEY: Conducive, [See CONDUCE].
SYN: Contributive, promotive, subsidiary, causative, effective, productive.
ANT: Preventive, counteractive, contrariant, repugnant, destructive.
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KEY: Conduct \v.\
SYN: Lead, bring, carry, transfer, direct, guide, control, manage, administer.
ANT: Mislead, miscarry, mismanage, misconduct, misadminister.
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KEY: Conduct \n.\ [See BEHAVIOR].
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KEY: Confabulation, [See COLLOQUY].
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KEY: Confection \n.\ [See CONCOCTION, CONDIMENT, and COMPOUND. (Used
of sweet compounds].
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KEY: SYN:, Sweetmeat, sugarplum, cake, condiment.
ANT: [See CONDIMENT].
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KEY: Confederacy, Confederation.
SYN: Alliance, treaty, league, union, association.
ANT: Disruption, secession, disunion.
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KEY: Confederate \a.\
SYN: Leagued, allied, united, combined.
ANT: Disunited, dissolved.
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KEY: Confederate \n.\ [See COMPANION].
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KEY: Confer.
SYN: Compare, collate, discuss, deliberate, converse, consult, give, present.
ANT: Dissociate, contrast, hazard, conjecture, withhold, withdraw.
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KEY: Conference.
SYN: Discussion, discourse, consultation, parley, contravention, convocation, meeting.
ANT: Monologue, silence. [See CONVENTION].
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KEY: Confess.
SYN: Avow, aver, own, reveal, disclose, acknowledge.
ANT: Disaver, disavow, suppress, silentiate, deny.
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KEY: Confession.
SYN: Creed, catechism, articles, doctrines, tenets, profession, declaration, subscription.
ANT: Heresy, apostacy, protest, condemnation, refutation, index, renunciation, abjuration.
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KEY: Confidant.
SYN: Confessor, adviser, confederate.
ANT: Traitor, betrayer, rival.
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KEY: Confide.
SYN: Trust, lean, hope, believe, depend, rely.
ANT: Doubt, distrust, disbelieve.
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KEY: Confidence.
SYN: Trust, faith, belief, self-reliance, assurance, dependence, reliance.
ANT: Distrust, mistrust, doubt, misgiving.
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KEY: Confident.
SYN: Positive, assured, sure, certain, impudent, bold, sanguine.
ANT: [See CERTAIN].
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KEY: Confidential.
SYN: Private, secret, trustworthy, intimate.
ANT: Public, open, patent, official, treacherous, insidious.
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KEY: Configuration.
SYN: Shape, outline, delineation, form, figure, conformation, contour.
ANT: Shapelessness, amorphousness, formlessness, undelineation, contortion, distortion, deformity.
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KEY: Confine.
SYN: Immure, limit, bound, imprison, circumscribe, restrict, enclose, narrow, incarcerate, bind.
ANT: Dilate, expand, extend, widen, unfasten, liberate, loosen, disenclose.
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KEY: Confined, [See CIRCUMSCRIBE].
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KEY: Confirm.
SYN: Strengthen, stabilitate, establish, substantiate, settle, prove, fix, perpetuate, sanction, corroborate, ratify.
ANT: Weaken, shake, upset, cancel, abrogate, repeal, annul, confute, refute.
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KEY: Confirmation, [See CONFIRM].
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KEY: Confiscate.
SYN: Seize, escheat, dis, possess, sequestrate, distrain.
ANT: Restore, release, refund.
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KEY: Conflagration.
SYN: Ignition, fire, combustion, arson, incendiarism.
ANT: Extinction, smoulder, quenching.
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KEY: Conflict.
SYN: Encounter, engagement, contest, battle, fight, combat.
ANT: Reconciliation, pacification, amity, arbitration.
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KEY: Conflicting.
SYN: Adverse, opposed, opposing, dashing, discordant, irreconcilable, contradictory.
ANT: Harmonizing, consistent, consentaneous, congruous.
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KEY: Confluence.
SYN: Conflux, meeting, concourse, convergence, concurrence.
ANT: Reflux, refluence, dispersion, overflow, diffluence.
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KEY: Conform.
SYN: Agree, consent, harmonize, adapt, fit, tally, suit, obey, comply, unite, yield.
ANT: Disagree, dissent, vary, dissociate, secede, misfit, dissimilate, misadapt.
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KEY: Conformation \n.\ [See CONFORM and CONFIGURATION].
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KEY: Conformity, [See CONFORMATION].
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KEY: Confound.
SYN: Confuse, disorder, trouble, disarrange, intermix, abash, astound, mystify, obscure, stupefy, disconcert, mix, blend, intermingle, perplex, discompose.
ANT: Arrange, classify, order, allocate, distribute, dispense, unravel, enucleate, eliminate, elucidate, rally, enlighten.
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KEY: Confraternity, [See COMPANY].
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KEY: Confront.
SYN: Oppose, face, encounter, resist, intimidate, menace.
ANT: Rally, encourage, abet, countenance.
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KEY: Confuse, [See CONFOUND].
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KEY: Confusion, [See ORDER].
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KEY: Confused.
SYN: Abashed, embarrassed, perplexed, disconcerted, disorganized, promiscuous, chaotic, complex, involved, disarranged, disordered.
ANT: Unabashed, unembarrassed, systematic, unconfused, organized, arranged.
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KEY: Confute, [See REFUTE].
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KEY: Congeal.
SYN: Freeze, benumb, congelate.
ANT: Thaw, relax, melt, chafe, dissolve.
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KEY: Congenial.
SYN: Natural, concordant, consonant, grateful, sympathetic, kindred.
ANT: Unnatural, abbhorant, discordant, dissonant, disagreeable, ungrateful, antagonistic, alien, dissimilar, uncongenial.
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KEY: Congenital.
SYN: Coeval, coetaneous, natural, inherent, innate, immanent, ingrained, incarnate, connate, ingenerate.
ANT: Unnatural, uncongenial, acquired, habitual, extraneous, artificial, adscititious, adventitious, assumed.
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KEY: Congestion.
SYN: Congeries, accumulation, glomeration, redundancy, plethora.
ANT: Dissipation, diffusion, clearance, evacuation, colliquation.
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KEY: Conglomerate, [See AGGLOMERATE].
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KEY: Conglutinate, [See AGGLUTINATE].
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KEY: Congratulate.
SYN: Felicitate.
ANT: [See CONDOLE].
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KEY: Congregate, [See AGGREGATE].
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KEY: Congregation, [See AGGREGATION].
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KEY: Congress.
SYN: Parliament, council, conclave, assembly, synod, legislature, convention.
ANT: Cabal, conclave, mob.
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KEY: Congruous.
SYN: Agreeing, harmonious, coherent, homogeneous, consonant, accordant.
ANT: Discordant, dissonant, incongruous, heterogeneous.
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KEY: Conjecture \v.\
SYN: guest, divination, hypothesis, theory, notion, surmise, supposition.
ANT: Computation, calculation, inference, reckoning, proof, deduction.
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KEY: Conjecture \n.\ [See SUPPOSE].
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KEY: Conjoin, [See CONCATENATE].
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KEY: Conjuncture.
SYN: Crisis, turning-point, contingency, occasion, opportunity, exigency, emergency.
ANT: Arrangement, provision, ordainment, preparation, course.
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KEY: Conjure.
SYN: Implore, importune, crave, entreat, beseech, supplicate.
ANT: Deprecate, protest, remonstrate, expostulate.
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KEY: Connect, [See UNITE].
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KEY: Connection.
SYN: Junction, conjunction, union, association, concatenation, relation, affinity, relevance, intercourse, communication, kinsman, relationship, kindred.
ANT: Disconnection, disjunction, dissociation, independence, irrelevance, disunion.
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KEY: Connive.
SYN: Wink, pretermit, pass, overlook.
ANT: Notice, visit, censure, investigate.
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KEY: Connubial.
SYN: Conjugal, matrimonial, nuptial.
ANT: Single, celibate, illicit, adulterous.
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KEY: Conquer.
SYN: Subdue, vanquish, surmount, overcome, overpower, overthrow, defeat, crush, master, subjugate, prevail over.
ANT: Fail, fall, retreat, succumb, fly, submit, surrender, lose, forfeit, sacrifice, resign, cede.
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KEY: Conquest, [See CONQUER].
SYN: Victory, triumph, overthrow, discomfiture, subjugation.
ANT: Failure, defeat, retreat, surrender, forfeiture, submission, discomfiture.
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KEY: Consanguinity.
SYN: Kindred, blood, lineage.
ANT: Disconnection, dissociation.
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KEY: Conscience.
SYN: Sense, intuition, integrity, principle.
ANT: [See PERTURB and STOICAL], license.
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KEY: Conscientious.
SYN: Scrupulous, exact, equitable, strict, upright, highprincipled.
ANT: Unscrupulous, lax, unprincipled, reprobate, unconscientious.
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KEY: Conscious.
SYN: Aware, cognizant, sensible.
ANT: Unaware, unconscious, insensible.
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KEY: Consciousness.
SYN: Sense, sensation, intelligence, perception.
ANT: Insensibility, unconsciousness.
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KEY: Conscription.
SYN: Impressment, drafting.
ANT: Enlistment, volunteering.
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KEY: Consecrate.
SYN: Dedicate, devote, enshrine, hallow, sanctify.
ANT: Desecrate, secularize, profane.
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KEY: Consecration, [See CONSECRATE and DEVOTION].
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KEY: Consecutive.
SYN: Orderly, arranged, coherent, continuous.
ANT: Disordered, undigested, incoherent, rambling, inconsequent, inconsecutive, discursive.
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KEY: Consent.
SYN: Submit, agree, acquiesce.
ANT: resist, disagree, dissent, deline, refuse.
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KEY: Consentaneous.
SYN: Agreeing, correspondent, consonant, congruous, [See HARMONIOUS].
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KEY: Consequence.
SYN: Effect, issue, result, inference, coherence, deduction, conclusion, outcome, importance, note, moment, dignity.
ANT: Cause, causation, antecedence, premise, origin, datum, postulate, axiom, unimportance, insignificance, inconsequence, inconsecutiveness, irrelevance, meanness, paltriness.
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KEY: Consequent.
SYN: Inferred, deduced, resultant, accruing, attendant.
ANT: Assumed, conjectured, antecedent, conducive, productive, inconsequent.
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KEY: Consequential.
SYN: Coherent, connected, nected, cogent, logical, pompous, arrogant.
ANT: Incoherent, disconnected, in, valid, illogical, inconsequential, affable, conversible, accessible, easy, humble-minded.
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KEY: Consequently.
SYN: Accordingly, therefore, [See ACCORDING].
ANT: Irrelevantly, inconsequently.
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KEY: Conservation.
SYN: Preservation, keeping, protection, guardianship, maintenance, stabilisation, perpetuation.
ANT: Neglect, exposure, abrogation, destruction, abolition.
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KEY: Conservative.
SYN: Undestroyed, unsuppressed, stationary, unrepealed.
ANT: Changed, newfangled, radical, progressive, modifiable, alterable, transitional.
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KEY: Consider.
SYN: Attend, revolve, meditate, think, reflect, investigate, regard, observe, judge, opine, infer, deduce, weigh, cogitate, deliberate, ponder, deem.
ANT: Disregard, ignore, pretermit, despise, guess, conjecture, hazard.
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KEY: Considerable.
SYN: Important, large, extensive.
ANT: Unimportant, trifling, inconsiderable.
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KEY: Considerate.
SYN: Thoughtful, attentive, forbearing, unselfish, judicious, serious, prudent, circumspect, reflective, careful, cautious.
ANT: Thoughtless, inconsiderate, inattentive, rude, overbearing, selfish, injudicious, rash, careless.
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KEY: Consideration.
SYN: Importance, suspect, consequence, motive, inducement, compensation, subsidy, remuneration.
ANT: Meanness, insignificance, unimportance.
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KEY: Considering.
SYN: Because, regarding.
ANT: Irrespectively, independently.
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KEY: Consign, [See ASSIGN].
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KEY: Consignment.
SYN: Custody, commission, delegation.
ANT: Miscommitment, misconsignment.
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KEY: Consist, [See CONSTITUTE].
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KEY: Consistence, [See CONSISTENCY].
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KEY: Consistency.
SYN: Consistence, congruity, composition, substance, material, amalgamation, compound, mass, density, solidity, closeness, compactness, coherence, uniformity, harmony, analogy, proportion.
ANT: Volatility, vaporousness, subtility, tenuity, sublimation, incoherence, inconsistency, incongruity, disproportion, contrariety, contradiction.
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KEY: Consistent.
SYN: Congruous, accordant, consonant, agreeing, compatible, harmonious.
ANT: Incongruous, at variance with, not agreeing with, incompatible, inharmonious.
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KEY: Consociation, [See ASSOCIATION and COMPANY].
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KEY: Console.
SYN: Relieve, soothe, solace, encourage, comfort, assuage.
ANT: Congratulate, felicitate, aggravate, oppress, disturb, trouble, annoy, irritate, irreconcile, dissatisfy.
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KEY: Consolidate.
SYN: Condense, incorporate, conglutinate, cement, solder, bond, weld, thicken, strengthen, fuse.
ANT: Weaken, dissipate, disunite, dismember, disintegrate, colliquate, dissolve, melt, vaporize, sublimate, attenuate, triturate, pulverize.
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KEY: Consonant, [See CONGRUOUS and CONSISTENT].
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KEY: Consort \v.\
SYN: Associate, herd, company, fraternize.
ANT: Avoid, abandon, excommunicate, blackball, banish, exclude.
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KEY: Conspicuous.
SYN: Visible, easily seen, prominent, distinguished, manifest, eminent, famous, noted, salient, observable, noticeable, magnified.
ANT: Invisible, Inconspicuous, in, observable, noticeable, microscopic.
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KEY: Conspiracy.
SYN: Intrigue, cabal, plot, treason, treachery, machination, coalition.
ANT: Legislation, parliament, congress, synod, \Comp.\ Conclave and
cabal.
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KEY: Conspire.
SYN: Concur, conduce, contribute, agree, unite, hang, pull together, co-operate, league, baud.
ANT: Oppose, counteract, withstand, run counter to.
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KEY: Constant.
SYN: Uniform, regular, invariable, perpetual, continuous, firm, fixed, steady, immutable, faithful, true, trustworthy.
ANT: Irregular, exceptional, variable, casual, accidental, incidental, broken, interrupted, inconstant, fickle, untrustworthy, faithless, treacherous, false.
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KEY: Consternation.
SYN: Amazement, bewilderment, astonishment, astounding, horror, terror, dismay.
ANT: Encouragement, boldness, fearlessness, assurance, anticipation, welcome, expectation, greeting, congratulation.
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KEY: Constituent.
SYN: Voter, returner, sender, deputer, appointer, patron, ingredient, element, component.
ANT: Representative, nominee, committee, constitution, system, whole.
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KEY: Constitute.
SYN: Form, make, compose, appoint, depute, organize, institute.
ANT: Dissolve, destroy, discompose, decompose, disorganize, abrogate, annul, unmake.
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KEY: Constitution.
SYN: Temperament, frame, temper, character, habit, nature, government, polity, state, consistence, composition, substance, organization, structure, regulation, law.
ANT: Accident, habituation, modification, Interference, anarchy, despotism, tyranny, rebellion, revolution, dissipation, disorganization, demolition, destruction.
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KEY: Constitutional.
SYN: Fundamental, legal, lawful, legitimate, natural.
ANT: Unconstitutional, illegal, Illegitimate, unnatural, unchanged.
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KEY: Constrain, [See COERCE].
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KEY: Construct.
SYN: Compose, build, fabricate, form, erect, invent, frame.
ANT: Derange, destroy, demolish, overthrow.
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KEY: Construction.
SYN: Composition, fabrication, explanation, rendering, erection, fabric, edifice, reading, understanding, interpretation, view.
ANT: Dislocation, dismemberment, demolition, displacement, misplacement, misconstruction, misunderstanding, misconception, misinterpretation.
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KEY: Construe.
SYN: Parse, resolve, analyze, interpret, understand, render.
ANT: Nullify, neutralize, mystify, distort, falsify, misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, mistranslate.
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KEY: Consult.
SYN: Interrogate, canvass, question, deliberate, confer, advise with, regard, consider, ask advice of, care for, promote.
ANT: Resolve, explain, expound, direct, instruct, dictate, counteract, contravene.
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KEY: Consume.
SYN: Use, appropriate, burn, oat up, devour, spend, squander, assimilate, occupy, absorb, employ, utilize, waste, destroy, spoil, ravage, expend, pine, wither, decay.
ANT: Reject, supersede, disuse, discard.
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KEY: Consummate \v.\
SYN: Complete, perfect, execute, finish, accomplish, conclude, seal, end.
ANT: Neglect, drop, interrupt, nullify, undo, baffle, frustrate, mar, defeat, spoil.
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KEY: Consummate \a.\
SYN: Perfect, egregious, excellent, complete, finished.
ANT: Imperfect, rude, common, mediocre, faulty, defective, ordinary.
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KEY: Consummation, [See CONSUMMATE and COMPLETION].
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KEY: Consumption.
SYN: Decline, decay, expenditure, waste, decrement, lessening, decrease.
ANT: Growth, development, enlargement, augmentation.
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KEY: Contact.
SYN: Touch, contiguity, continuity, apposition, adjunction.
ANT: Proximity, adjacence, interruption, disconnection, separation, distance, isolation, noncontact.
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KEY: Contagious.
SYN: Catching, epidemic, infectious, pestilential, communicated, transferred, transmitted, infections.
ANT: Sporadic, endemic, preventive, antipathetic.
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KEY: Contain.
SYN: Hold, include, comprise, embrace, comprehend, inclose.
ANT: Drop, exclude, extrude, emit, discharge, afford, yield, produce.
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KEY: Contaminate.
SYN: Defile, taint, corrupt, sully, befoul, soil.
ANT: Purify, cleanse, lave, clarify, sanctify, chasten.
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KEY: Contemn.
SYN: Despise, disdain, deride, vilify, slight, disregard, scorn.
ANT: Respect, revere, venerate, regard.
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KEY: Contemplate.
SYN: Meditate, behold, observe, ponder, study, purpose, design, intend, project.
ANT: Ignore, overlook, waive, abandon.
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KEY: Contemporary, [See COETANEOUS].
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KEY: Contempt, [See CONTEMN].
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KEY: Contemptible.
SYN: despicable, mean, vile, pitiful, disreputable, paltry, trifling, trivial.
ANT: Important, grave, weighty, honorable, respectable, venerable.
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KEY: Contemptuous, [See SUPERCILIOUS].
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KEY: Contend.
SYN: Strive, compete, cope, dispute, vie, contest, struggle, grapple, argue, maintain, disagree, wrangle.
ANT: Resign, concede, allow, relinquish, forego, surrender, waive.
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KEY: Content.
SYN: Full, satisfied, pleased, gratified, contented, willing, resigned.
ANT: Unsatisfied, dissatisfied, unwilling, reluctant, discontented.
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KEY: Contented, [See CONTENT].
=
KEY: Contention, [See STRIFE].
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KEY: Contentious, [See CONTEND and QUARRELSOME].
SYN: Litigious, perverse, wayward, splenetic, cantankerous, exceptions.
ANT: Pacific, obliging, considerate, obsequious, accommodating, easy.
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KEY: Conterminous.
SYN: Commensurate, adjoining, contiguous, abutting.
ANT: Unequal, inconformable, adjacent, proximate, remote, inconterminous.
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KEY: Contest \v.\ [See CONTEND].
=
KEY: Contest \n.\ [See CONTENTION].
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KEY: context.
SYN: Tenor, treatment, texture, composition, matter.
ANT: Text, quotation, citation, passage, extract.
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KEY: Contexture, [See TEXTURE].
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KEY: Contiguous, [See CONTAGIOUS, ADJACENT, and CONTERMINOUS].
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KEY: Continence.
SYN: Abstinence, selfcontrol, refrain \n.\ Chastity, sobriety, temperance.
ANT: Licentiousness, self-indulgence, incontinence, dissoluteness, intemperance.
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KEY: Contingency, [See ACCIDENT].
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KEY: Contingent \a.\
SYN: Dependent, incidental, resultant, co-emcient, hypothetical, uncertain, conditional.
ANT: Positive, absolute, independent, unmodified, unaffected, uncontrolled, irrespective.
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KEY: Contingent \n.\
SYN: Contribution, subsidy, supply, succor, reinforcement, auxiliaries, donation, subscription.
ANT: Army, sum, host, campaign, fund, capital.
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KEY: Continual. [See CONSTANT and EVERLASTING].
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KEY: Continually.
SYN: Constantly, persistently, always, ever, perpetually, unceasingly, repeatedly, frequently, continuously.
ANT: Casually, occasionally, contingently, sometimes, rarely, fitfully, intermittently.
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KEY: Continuation.
SYN: Sequence, continuance, continuity, duration, succession, connection, extension, prolongation, perpetuation, concatenation.
ANT: Interruption, cessation, discontinuance, break, gap.
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KEY: Continue.
SYN: Last, persist, endure, remain, abide, stay, persevere, proceed.
ANT: Cease, fail, stop, pause, break, discontinue.
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KEY: Continuity, [See CONTINUATION].
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KEY: Contortion.
SYN: Twisting, writhing, wresting, distortion, deformity, convolution.
ANT: Symmetry, uniformity, shapeliness, configuration, contour.
=
KEY: Contour, [See CONFIGURATION].
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KEY: Contraband.
SYN: Illicit, interdicted, smuggled.
ANT: Licit, uninterstated, free.
=
KEY: Contract \v.\
SYN: Abridge, abbreviate, narrow, lessen, reduce, compress, decrease, retrench, curtail, form, agree.
ANT: Expand, amplify, dilate, elongate, reverse, cancel, abandon.
=
KEY: Contract \n.\
SYN: Covenant, agreement, compact, bond, pact, stipulation, bargain.
ANT: Promise, assurance, parole.
=
KEY: Contradict.
SYN: Oppose, dissent, negative, controvert, deny, disprove, confute, refute, gainsay, contravene.
ANT: State, propound, maintain, argue, confirm, affirm, endorse.
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KEY: Contradiction.
SYN: Repugnance, contrariety, inconsistency, incompatibility.
ANT: Harmony, coincidence, concurrence, affirmation, proof, statement.
=
KEY: Contraposition.
SYN: Oppositeness, confrontment, facing.
ANT: Side, flank, collateralness.
=
KEY: Contrarious, [See CONTENTIOUS].
=
KEY: Contrary.
SYN: Opposed, opposite, repugnant, antagonistic, adverse, incompatible, inconsistent.
ANT: Agreeing, consentaneous, compatible, kindred, coincident, consistent.
=
KEY: Contrast.
SYN: Opposition, contrariety, dissimilarity.
ANT: Harmony, similarity, comparison, similitude.
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KEY: Contribute.
SYN: Conduce, add, subscribe, give, co-operate, assist, tend, supply.
ANT: Refuse, withhold, misconduct, misapply, contravene.
=
KEY: Contribution.
SYN: Donation, oblation, offering, gift, subscription, subsidy, aid, assistance.
ANT: Withholding, retention, disallowance, misappropriation, misapplication, contravention.
=
KEY: Contrition, [See ATTRITION].
=
KEY: Contrivance, [See CONTRIVE and DEVICE].
=
KEY: Contrive.
SYN: Plan, design, arrange, fabricate, adapt, manage, scheme, devise, concert, adjust.
ANT: Hit, hazard, run, chance, venture, bungle, overvault, overdo.
=
KEY: Contriving, [See CONTRIVE].
=
KEY: Control \v.\
SYN: Check, curb, moderate, repress, guide, regulate, restrain, coerce, manage, administer, govern.
ANT: Neglect, abandon, license, berate, free, mismanage, misconduct.
=
KEY: Control \n.\ [See VERB and COMPULSION].
=
KEY: Controversy.
SYN: Dispute, disagreement, quarrel, strife, altercation, contention, disputation, wrangle, bickering, question.
ANT: Agreement, unanimity, coincidence.
=
KEY: controvertible.
SYN: Questionable, dubious.
ANT: Unquestionable, incontrovertible.
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KEY: Contumacy.
SYN: Rebelliousness, stubbornness, restiveness, waywardness, self-will, untractableness.
ANT: Submissiveness, docility, tractableness, servility, cringing, fawning, flattery.
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KEY: Contumely.
SYN: Contemptuousness, scornfulness, arrogance, disrespect, obloquy.
ANT: Respect, regard, obligingness, accommodation, considerateness, flattery, adulation, obsequiousness, fawning.
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KEY: Contusion.
SYN: Bruise, knock, blow.
ANT: Soothing, smoothing, stroking, caress, pat.
=
KEY: Convene.
SYN: Assemble, collect, gather, meet, congregate, call together, summon, muster, levy, convoke.
ANT: Disperse, dismiss, disband.
=
KEY: Convenient.
SYN: Handy, apt, adapted, fitted, suitable, helpful, commodious, useful, timely, seasonable, opportune.
ANT: Inconvenient, awkward, obstructive, useless, superfluous, unseasonable, untimely, inopportune.
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KEY: Convention.
SYN: Assemblage, meeting, gathering, conference, cabinet, convocation, congress, session, synod, treaty, compact.
ANT: Recess, non-convention, dissolution, prorogation, promise, understanding, word, parole.
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KEY: Conventional.
SYN: Customary, usual, ordinary, stipulated, prevalent, social.
ANT: Unusual, unsocial, legal, compulsory, statutable, immutable, natural, invariable.
=
KEY: Conventual.
SYN: CCnobitual, regular, monastic.
ANT: Social, secular, laic.
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KEY: Converge.
SYN: Tend, bear, incline, lead, coincide, conduce, contribute, meet, concentrate, coradiate.
ANT: Diverge, deviate, radiate, mix, foul, entangle.
=
KEY: Conversant.
SYN: Familiar, ae, quainted, proficient, experienced, versed, learned.
ANT: Unfamiliar, unacquainted, ignorant, unversed, unlearned, strange, inconversant.
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KEY: Conversation.
SYN: Converse, dialogue, talk, conference, colloquy, confabulation, chat.
ANT: Speech, oration, harangue, babel, jabber, babble, prattle, dribble, mutter, soliloquy, apostrophe, monologue, interpellation, interruption, silence, taciturnity.
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KEY: Converse \v.\
SYN: Talk, discourse, speak, chat.
ANT: Keep silent.
=
KEY: Converse \a.\
SYN: Opposite, reverse, contrary, opposed, contradictory, counter, relative, correlative.
ANT: Identical, same, one, inseparable, indistinguishable, connate, uniform, direct, primary, uninverted.
=
KEY: Conversion.
SYN: Change, alteration, transmutation, transformation, intercharge.
ANT: Persistence, permanence, conservation, retention, identity.
=
KEY: Convert \v.\
SYN: Change, alter, transmute, transform, apply, appropriate, turn.
ANT: Conserve, perpetuate, stabilitate, [See {Q1409 stereotype}?], clinch, alienate, divert, misappropriate, misapply.
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KEY: Convertible.
SYN: Identical, commensurate, conterminous, equivalent, equipollent.
ANT: Variant, incommensurate, unequivalent, contrary, contradictory, contrariant.
=
KEY: Convey.
SYN: Take, carry, transfer, relegate, bear, transmit, consign, transport, remove.
ANT: Bring, adduce, fetch, drop, house, stow, deposit.
=
KEY: Conveyance, [See CONVEY].
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KEY: Convict.
SYN: Sentence, condemn.
ANT: Acquit, discharge.
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KEY: Conviction.
SYN: Assurance, persuasion, belief.
ANT: Doubt, misgiving, disbelief.
=
KEY: Convince.
SYN: Persuade, enlighten, inoculate, indoctrinate.
ANT: Misguide, mislead, misadvise, mystify, puzzle, perplex, mispersuade, unsettle.
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KEY: Convivial.
SYN: Hospitable, social, festive, gay, festal, jovial, jolly.
ANT: Inhospitable, unsociable, unneighborly, churlish, abstemious, austere, ascetic.
=
KEY: Convocate, [See CONVENE].
=
KEY: Convocation, [See CONVENTION].
=
KEY: Convoke, [See CONVENE].
=
KEY: Convolution.
SYN: Coil, involution, implication, spiral, twist, contortion.
ANT: Unravelling, explication, evolution, enucleation.
=
KEY: Convoy.
SYN: Escort, guard, protection, conduct.
ANT: Loss, betrayal, capture, interception.
=
KEY: Convulse.
SYN: Agitate, shake, perturb, disturb.
ANT: Soothe, collocate, compose, assuage.
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KEY: Cool \v.\
SYN: Ventilate, refrigerate, allay, damp, temper, moderate.
ANT: Warm, heat, chafe, irritate, excite, inflame.
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KEY: Cool \a.\
SYN: Cold, frigid, unimpassioned, calm, indifferent, self-possessed, deliberate, dispassioned, collected, apathetic, composed.
ANT: Warm, hot, ardent, eager.
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KEY: Coolness.
SYN: Coldness, indifference, self-possession, distance, calmness.
ANT: Heat, ardor, eagerness, passion, excitement, warmth, heartiness.
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KEY: Coop, [See CONFINE].
=
KEY: Co-operate.
SYN: Assist, abet, contribute, concur, work together, help, conspire.
ANT: Thwart, oppose, counteract, rival.
=
KEY: Co-operation, [See CO-OPERATE and UNION].
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KEY: Co-ordinate.
SYN: Consociate, coincident, equal, coequal, equivalent, tantamount, equipollent, interequivalent.
ANT: Extraneous, diverse, alien, unequal, unequivalent, incoordinate, disparate.
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KEY: Copartner, [See PARTNER].
=
KEY: Cope.
SYN: Contend, vie, struggle, compete, strive.
ANT: Negotiate, arbitrate, compromise, surrender.
=
KEY: Copious, [See ABUNDANT].
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KEY: Copy \n.\
SYN: Imitation, portraiture, facsimile, counterfeit, duplicate, image, likeness, transcript.
ANT: Original, prototype, model, example, pattern.
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KEY: Cordial.
SYN: Warm, earnest, sincere, reviving, invigorating, affectionate, hearty.
ANT: Cold, distant, formal, ceremonious.
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KEY: Core.
SYN: Heart, kernel, nucleus, centre.
ANT: Face, exterior, aspect, appearance, complexion, ostensibility, pretext.
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KEY: Corner.
SYN: Cavity, hole, nook, recess, retreat.
ANT: Coin, abutment, prominence, salience, angle, protrusion, elbow, protection, convexity.
=
KEY: Cornice.
SYN: Beading, moulding, projection.
ANT: Entablature, fluting, corrugation, cavity, groove.
=
KEY: Corollary.
SYN: Inference, deduction, additament, superaddition.
ANT: Problem, proposition.
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KEY: Corporal.
SYN: Bodily, fleshly, physical, material, corporeal.
ANT: Mental, moral, spiritual.
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KEY: Corps.
SYN: Body, regiment, band, squadron, troop, company.
ANT: Aggregate, army, host, force, mass, organization.
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KEY: Corpse.
SYN: Carcass, remains, dust, clay.
ANT: Soul, person, individual.
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KEY: Corpulent.
SYN: Stout, burly, fat, portly, gross, lusty, plethoric, fleshy.
ANT: Lean, thin, attenuated, slight, emaciated.
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KEY: Corpuscle.
SYN: Atom, particle, monad, jot, molecule.
ANT: mass, body, aggregate, organization, matter.
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KEY: Corpuscular, [See CORPUSCLE].
=
KEY: corradiate, [See CONVERGE].
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KEY: Correct \a.\
SYN: true, exact, faultless, accurate, proper, decorous, right.
ANT: false, untrue, incorrect, faulty, wrong.
=
KEY: Correct \v.\
SYN: Chasten, punish, rectify, amend, reform, emend, redress, set right, improve.
ANT: Spare, falsify, corrupt.
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KEY: correction.
SYN: amendment, discipline, emendation, chastisement, punishment.
ANT: Deterioration, debasement, retrogradation, reward, recompense.
=
KEY: Corrective.
SYN: Regulative, alterative, preventative, restorative.
ANT: Confirmative, conducive, provocative, stimulative, intensitive.
=
KEY: Correlation.
SYN: correspondence, interrelation, interdependence, mutuality, apposition.
ANT: Contradiction, independence, [See LEARNED and RATIONAL].
=
KEY: Correlative, [See CORRUGATION].
=
KEY: Correspond.
SYN: Match, tally, fit, answer, agree, suit, harmonize.
ANT: Vary, differ, disagree, jar, clash.
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KEY: Correspondence.
SYN: Fitness, agreement, adaptation, congruity, answerableness, match, congeniality, communication, letter, writing, despatches.
ANT: Conversation, colloquy, confabulation, reservation, withdrawal, withholding, nonintercourse, difference, repugnance.
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KEY: Correspondent \a.\ [See SUITABLE].
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KEY: Corrigible.
SYN: Amenable, docile, tractable.
ANT: Intractable, stubborn, incorrigible.
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KEY: Corroborate.
SYN: Strengthen, confirm, fortify, support.
ANT: Weaken, invalidate, shake, confute, rebut, enfeeble.
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KEY: corporation.
SYN: Confirmation, fortification, strengthening.
ANT: Counterevidence, contradiction, invalidation, shaking, refutation.
=
KEY: Corrode.
SYN: Eat, rust, gnaw, canker, wear, crumble.
ANT: Repair, renew, furbish, consolidate.
=
KEY: Corrosion, [See CORRODE and RUST].
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KEY: Corrosive, [See CORRODE].
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KEY: Corrugate.
SYN: Furrow, groove, rumple, crumple, wrinkle, ruffle, crease.
ANT: Plane, flatten, roll.
=
KEY: Corrugation, [See CORRUGATE].
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KEY: Corrupt \v.\
SYN: Spoil, deteriorate, impair, putrefy, vitiate, demoralize, debase, defile, contaminate, pollute, deprave.
ANT: Mend, repair, purify, cleanse, correct, ameliorate, better.
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KEY: Corrupt \a.\
SYN: Defiled, polluted, vitiated, decayed, depraved, putrid, rotten, infected, tainted, profligate, contaminated.
ANT: Pure, uncorrupt, undented.
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KEY: Corruption.
SYN: Decomposition, decay, putrescence, adulteration, dev, pravity, rottenness, defilement, deterioration, perversion, debasement, taint, contamination, putrefaction.
ANT: Vitality, organization, purity, purification, amelioration.
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KEY: Coruscate.
SYN: Blaze, flame, flash, scintillate, glisten.
ANT: Pale, smoulder, darken, loom, lower, glimmer, gleam, glare, beam, shimmer.
=
KEY: Coruscation, [See CORUSCATE].
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KEY: Cosmical.
SYN: Universal, general.
ANT: Local, topical, national, persomal.
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KEY: Cost. \v.\
SYN: Require, consume, absorb.
ANT: Bring, produce, yield, afford, fetch, return.
=
KEY: Cost. \n.\
SYN: Expenditure, outlay, disbursement, payment, compensation, price, worth, expense, charge, outgoings.
ANT: Receipt, income, emolument, return, profit, perquisite, revenue.
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KEY: Costly.
SYN: Valuable, expensive, high-priced, rich, precious, sumptuous.
ANT: Valueless, cheap, low-priced, mean, worthless, beggarly, paltry.
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KEY: Costume.
SYN: Uniform, livery, robes.
ANT: Disguise, transformation, incognito.
=
KEY: Cosy.
SYN: Snug, comfortable, chatty.
ANT: Bare, comfortless, cross.
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KEY: contemporary, [See COETANEOUS].
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KEY: Council.
SYN: Cabinet, bureau, chamber, consultation, conclave, parliament, congress, synod, company, assembly, meeting, conference, convention, convocation.
ANT: League, conspiracy, cabal, intrigue, mob, multitude, crowd.
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KEY: Counsel \n.\
SYN: Advice, instruction, monition, admonition, warning, recommendation.
ANT: Misguidance, misinstruction, betrayal.
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KEY: Counsel \v.\
SYN: Advise, instruct, warn, guide, admonish.
ANT: Misguide, misinstruct, betray, counselor, [See COUNSEL].
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KEY: Count.
SYN: Compute, reckon, enumerate, estimate, number, sum, calculate.
ANT: Hazard, conjecture, guess, lump, confound.
=
KEY: Countenance \v.\
SYN: Help, aid, abet, favor, sanction, patronize, support, encourage.
ANT: Oppose, confront, discourage, discountenance, browbeat.
=
KEY: Countenance \n.\
SYN: Aid, abet, encourage, support.
ANT: Discountenance.
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KEY: Counter.
SYN: Opposed, contrary, against.
ANT: According, coincident.
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KEY: Counteract.
SYN: Counterinfluence, counterfoil, foil, baffle, neutralize, oppose, rival, thwart, hinder.
ANT: Aid, help, abet, promote, conserve, co-operate, subserve.
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KEY: Counterevidence.
SYN: Contradiction, confliction.
ANT: Corroboration, confirmation.
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KEY: Counterfeit. \v.\
SYN: Simulate, misrepresent, impersonate.
ANT: Expose, unmask, detect.
=
KEY: Counterfeit. \n.\
SYN: Cheat, trick, juggle, fraud, artifice, fabrication, pretense, ruse, sham.
ANT: Exposure, detection, unmasking, unveiling, reality, verity, fact, truth.
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KEY: Counterfeit. \a.\ [See FALSE].
=
KEY: Counterfoil. [See BAFFLE].
=
KEY: Countermand, [See COMMAND].
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KEY: Counterpart.
SYN: Match, fellow, tally, brother, twin, copy.
ANT: Correlative, complement, supplement, opponent, counteragent, reverse, obverse, opposite, antithesis, contrast, contradiction.
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KEY: Counterpoise \v.\
SYN: Balance, equalize.
ANT: Over-balance, aggravate.
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KEY: Counterpoise \n.\
SYN: Makeweight, equilibrium.
ANT: Preponderance.
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KEY: Counterpressure.
SYN: Resistance, stubbornness, renitency.
ANT: Yielding, giving, resilience.
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KEY: Countervail.
SYN: Counteract, of, pose, withstand.
ANT: Aggravate, intensify, subserve.
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KEY: Countless \a.\
SYN: Innumerable, numberless, unnumbered.
ANT: Few, scant, sparse.
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KEY: Countryman.
SYN: Rustic, clown, boor, compatriot, swain, yeoman, bus, bandman, farmer, agriculturist, laborer, peasant, fellow-countryman, fellow-subject, fellowcitizen, subject, citizen, inhabitant, native.
ANT: Oppidan, townsman, cockney, foreigner, alien, stranger, Couple
\v.\ Bracket, link, conjoin, unite, splice, buckle, button, clasp, pair, yoke, connect, tie, brace.
ANT: Loose, part, isolate, separate, detach, divorce, uncouple, unclasp, untie.
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KEY: Courage.
SYN: Bravery, boldness, valor, pluck, fortitude, resolution, gallantry, fearlessness, intrepidity.
ANT: Timidity, cowardice, pusillanimity, poltroonery, dastardliness.
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KEY: Course.
SYN: Order, sequence, continuity, direction, progress, line, way, mode, race, career, road, route, series, passage, succession, round, manner, plan, conduct, method.
ANT: Disorder, discussion, solution, interruption, deviation, hindrance, error, conjecture, hazard, speculation, caprice.
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KEY: Court \v.\
SYN: Woo, seek, affect, flatter, pursue.
ANT: Repel, abjure, disaffect, insult, avoid, shun, repudiate.
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KEY: Courteous, [See POLITE].
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KEY: Courtesy.
SYN: Politeness, urbanity, civility, affability, graciousness.
ANT: Churlishness, rudeness, arrogance, ungraciousness, incivility.
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KEY: Courtly.
SYN: Dignified, polished, refined, aristocratic, high-bred, mannerly.
ANT: Undignified, rough, unpolished, coarse, unrefined, plebeian, awkward, boorish, rustic, unmannerly.
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KEY: Covenant \n.\
SYN: Agreement, bond, stipulation, compact, contract, league, bargain.
ANT: Promise, intimation, assurance, parole, understanding.
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KEY: Cover \v.\
SYN: Hide, conceal, cloak, screen, secrete, protect, meet, secure, overspread, clothe, shield, shelter, cover.
ANT: Expose, reveal, betray, exhibit, produce, mis-suffice.
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KEY: Covert \a.\ [See COVER and SECRET].
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KEY: Coverture.
SYN: Marriage, matrimony, wedlock.
ANT: Celibacy, virginity.
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KEY: Covet.
SYN: Long for, wish for, yearn for, hanker, desire.
ANT: Despise, dislike, undervalue, mislike.
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KEY: Covetous.
SYN: Acquisitive, avaricious, greedy, grasping, rapacious.
ANT: Unselfish, liberal, self-sacrificing, profuse, bountiful, charitable.
=
KEY: Covetousness, [See COVETOUS and AVARICE].
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KEY: Cow \v.\
SYN: Frighten, abash, intimidate, oppress, brow-bent.
ANT: Countenance, rally, encourage, inspirit.
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KEY: Coward.
SYN: Craven, dastard, recreant, poltroon, renegade.
ANT: Champion, hero, daredevil, desperado.
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KEY: Cowardly, [See TIMID].
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KEY: Cower.
SYN: Shrink, stoop, crouch.
ANT: Rise, stand, dare, face, confront.
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KEY: Coxcomb.
SYN: Fop, dandy, puppy, prig, pedant.
ANT: Genius, savant, authority, celebrity, philosopher, sage.
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KEY: Coxcombical.
SYN: Vain, affected, conceited, dandified, pedantic, priggish.
ANT: Unaffected, unconceited, sensible.
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KEY: Coy.
SYN: Shy, reserved, bashful, shrinking, retreating, modest.
ANT: Bold, forward, rompish, hoydenish.
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KEY: Cozen.
SYN: Circumvent, wheedle, swindle, gull, cheat, dupe, overreach, coax, seduce, deceive.
ANT: Enlighten, undeceive, disabuse.
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KEY: Crabbed.
SYN: Sour, morose, crossgrained, petulant, churlish, irritable, crusty.
ANT: Pleasant, open, easy, genial, conversable, warm, cordial, heart.
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KEY: Crack \t.\.
SYN: Split, break, splinter, chip, snap.
ANT: Mend, repair, unite, piece, splice.
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KEY: Cracked.
SYN: Crazy, flighty, queer, deranged, creaky, touched, cranky, chinky.
ANT: Sound, sensible, clear-headed, shrewd, strong-minded, sane.
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KEY: Craft.
SYN: Art, artifice, cunning, guile, stratagem, manoeuvre, wiliness, trickery, duplicity, chicanery, intrigue, underhandedness, dodge.
ANT: Openness, fairness, candor, honesty, frankness, sincerity, artlessness, ingenuousness, straightforwardness.
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KEY: Crafty, [See CRAFTY].
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KEY: Cram.
SYN: Stuff, choke, squeeze, ram, pack, gorge.
ANT: Disgorge, vent, discharge, unload, unpack, eviscerate, empty, eliminate.
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KEY: Cramp \v.\
SYN: Bind, narrow, restrict, confine, clog, hamper, fetter, cripple.
ANT: Free, liberate, loose, relieve, extricate, enlarge, widen, expand, ease, unfetter.
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KEY: Cranky.
SYN: Crotchety, queer, [See CRACKED].
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KEY: Crapulence.
SYN: Surfeit, headache, dissipation, debauchery, excess, muddiness.
ANT: Temperance, sobriety, clearness, freshness.
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KEY: Crash \n.\
SYN: Jar, clang, clash, resonance.
ANT: Murmur, whisper, babble, rumbling, reverberation, din.
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KEY: Crassitude.
SYN: Density, thickness, corpulence, obesity, burliness, brawniness, animalism, pinguitude, lumpishness, besottedness.
ANT: Tenuity, spareness, slightness, agility, activity, spirituality, intellectuality.
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KEY: Crave.
SYN: Intreat, implore, beg, ask, beseech, supplicate, cry.
ANT: Demand, insist, require, seize.
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KEY: Craven, [See COWARD].
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KEY: Crazy.
SYN: Idiotic, broken-down, mad, crazed, crack-brained, lunatic, demented, daft, insane, aberrant.
ANT: Sound, robust, vigorous, unimpaired.
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KEY: Cream.
SYN: Marrow, pith, gist, acme.
ANT: Refuse, offal, dregs, dross, garbage.
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KEY: Crease, [See CORRUGATE].
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KEY: Create.
SYN: Form, produce, make, compose, constitute, beget, engender, generate, fashion, originate, educe, invent, imagine, cause.
ANT: Annihilate, destroy, demolish.
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KEY: Creature.
SYN: Being, animal, thing, body, brute.
ANT: Chimera, ghost, bugbear.
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KEY: Credence.
SYN: Belief, faith, trust, credit, confidence.
ANT: Disbelief, distrust, denial.
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KEY: Credential, or Credentials.
SYN: Missive, diploma, title, testament, seal, warrant, letter, vouchers, certificates, testimonials.
ANT: Self-license, Belt-constitution, self-appointment, autocracy.
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KEY: Credible.
SYN: Probable, likely, trustworthy.
ANT: Improbable, incredible, unlikely, untrustworthy.
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KEY: Credit \n.\
SYN: Belief, trustworthiness, reputation, security, honor, praise, merit, confidence, faith.
ANT: Disbelief, distrust, untrustworthiness, shame, insecurity, disgrace, censure.
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KEY: Creditor.
SYN: Claimant, lender, mortgagee.
ANT: Debtor, borrower, mortgagor.
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KEY: Credulity.
SYN: Gullibility, simplicity, acceptativeness, openmouthedness.
ANT: Incredulity, scepticism, suspiciousness, shrewdness.
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KEY: Creed.
SYN: Belief, catechism, articles, confession, subscription.
ANT: Protest, abjuration, recantation, retractation, disbelief, nonsubscription.
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KEY: Crest.
SYN: Top, summit, apex, bead, crown.
ANT: Base, foot, bottom, sole.
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KEY: Crestfallen.
SYN: Castdown, humiliated, abashed.
ANT: Inspirited, elated, confident.
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KEY: Crew.
SYN: Complement, company, gang, herd, set, miscellany, horde, swarm, band.
ANT: Supercargo, bevy, galaxy, constellation, picking, cream, elite.
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KEY: Crime.
SYN: Offense, misdeed, wrong, misdemeanor, felony, enormity.
ANT: Good deed, well-doing, duty, obligation, exploit, achievement.
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KEY: Criminal.
SYN: Illegal, felonious, vicious, culpable, wrong, iniquitous, sinful, immoral, guilty, nefarious, flagitious.
ANT: Lawful, virtuous, right, jury innocent, moral, meritorious, creditable, honorable, praiseworthy, laudable.
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KEY: Criminality, [See CRIMINAL and GUILT].
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KEY: Criminate.
SYN: Charge, implicate, accuse, impeach, arraign.
ANT: Acquit, extricate, absolve.
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KEY: Crimp \v.\ [See CORRUGATE].
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KEY: Crimp \a.\
SYN: Brittle, friable, crisp.
ANT: Tough, stubborn, viscous, pasty, lentous.
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KEY: crimple, [See CRUMPLE].
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KEY: Cringe.
SYN: Crouch, bend, bow, fawn, grabble, grub.
ANT: Face, confront, defy, dare.
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KEY: Crinkle, [See CRIMPLE].
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KEY: Cripple.
SYN: Weaken, impair, curtail, cramp, disable.
ANT: Strengthen, renovate, augment, liberate, free, ease, enlarge, expedite.
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KEY: Criterion.
SYN: Test, touchstone, proof, standard, measure.
ANT: Eye, glance, intention, conjecture, scan.
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KEY: Critic.
SYN: Judge, censor, arbiter, savant.
ANT: Author, writer, performer, artist.
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KEY: Critical.
SYN: Nice, delicate, exact, fastidious, discriminating, censorious, accurate, dubious, precarious, ticklish, crucial, important, momentous, hazardous.
ANT: Inexact, popular, loose, easy, undiscriminating, safe, determined, decided, settled, retrieved, redressed.
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KEY: Criticise.
SYN: Examine, scan, perpend, analyze, discuss, anatomize, animadvert.
ANT: Slur, survey, overlook, skim.
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KEY: Criticism.
SYN: Stricture, censure, animadversion.
ANT: Approval, praise, [See APPROBATION].
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KEY: Croak.
SYN: Complain, murmur, grumble.
ANT: Crow, whistle, sing, chirp, chuckle, cackle, rejoice.
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KEY: Crone.
SYN: Hag, witch, beldame.
ANT: Lass, damsel, maiden, belle.
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KEY: Crony.
SYN: Ally, chum, mate.
ANT: Foe, rival, backfriend.
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KEY: Crooked.
SYN: Bent, incurved, angular, deformed, bowed, disfigured, turned, curved, awry, anfractuous, tortuous, underhanded.
ANT: Straight, linear, direct, honest, straightforward.
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KEY: Crop \v.\
SYN: Hew, reap, reduce, shave, shorten, curtail.
ANT: Elongate, grow, foster, raise, trail, train.
=
KEY: Crop \n.\
SYN: Reaping, harvest, ingathering.
ANT: Produce, yield, abundance, growth, fruit.
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KEY: Cross.
SYN: Ill-tempered, fretful, illhumored, crusty, peevish, pettish, snarling, snappish, spleeny, splenetic, petulant, fractious.
ANT: Amiable, good-tempered, goodhumored, blithesome, genial.
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KEY: Cross-grained.
SYN: Perverse, wayward, peevish, morose, cantankerous, ill-conditioned.
ANT: Genial, pleasant, agreeable, jolly, obliging, accommodating.
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KEY: Crotchety, [See CAPRICIOUS].
=
KEY: Crouch, [See CRINGE and COWER].
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KEY: Crow \v.\ To make a noise like a cock. Used metaphorically.
SYN: Exult, rejoice, cackle, chuckle, boast.
ANT: Whine, howl, grumble, croak, cry, whimper.
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KEY: Crowd.
SYN: Throng, mob, swarm, pack, herd.
ANT: Cream, elite, bevy, galaxy, constellation, cabinet.
=
KEY: Crown \n.\
SYN: Top, crest, summit, head, brow, apex.
ANT: Basement, base, bottom, floor, pavement, pedestal, foundation, foot, sole.
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KEY: Crown.
SYN: Complete, consummate, seal, conclude.
ANT: Mar, spoil, frustrate.
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KEY: Crucial.
SYN: Searching, probing, severe, discriminating, sharp, critical, piercing.
ANT: Superficial, indifferent, mild, uncritical, lenient, lax.
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KEY: Crude.
SYN: Raw, undigested, unconsidered, half-studied, harsh, unshaped, unchastened, unfinished, unrefined, ill-prepared.
ANT: Well-prepared, well-digested, well-considered, well-studied, ripe, well-adapted, well-proportioned, well-expressed, classical, finished, refined, artistic, elaborate, highlywrought.
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KEY: Cruel.
SYN: Savage, barbarous, pittiless, inexorable, unrelenting, ruthless, truculent, hard-hearted, harsh, unmerciful, brutal, inhuman, maleficent, malignant.
ANT: Humane, forbearing, generous, merciful, forgiving, benevolent, beneficent.
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KEY: Crumble.
SYN: Disintegrate, pulverize, triturate.
ANT: Consolidate, conglutinate, bond, amalgamate.
=
KEY: Crumple, [See CRINKLE and CORRUGATE].
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KEY: Crush \v.\
SYN: Pulverize, triturate, pound, bray, crumble, overpower, demolish.
ANT: Consolidate, compact, cake, solidify, compress, amalgamate, upraise, stabilitate, aggrandize.
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KEY: Crusty, [See CALM].
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KEY: Cudgel \v.\
SYN: Pound, bruise, buffet, batter.
ANT: Stroke, pat, clap, tickle.
=
KEY: Cuff \v.\
SYN: Slap, box, smack, punch, pummel, hustle, buffet.
ANT: Cudgel, flagellate, thrash, cane, strap, lash, whip.
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KEY: Cull.
SYN: Bunch, gather, pick, collect.
ANT: Scatter, drop, throw, disseminate.
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KEY: Culmination.
SYN: Consummation, zenith, acme, meridian, apex, success, completion.
ANT: Fall, descent, decline, failure, downfall, degradation, defeat, abortion.
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KEY: Culpability, [See CULPABLE and GUILT].
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KEY: Culpable.
SYN: Blamable, blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
ANT: Blameless, innocent, excusable, laudable, praisworthy.
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KEY: Culprit.
SYN: Offender, criminal, delinquent, malefactor.
ANT: Example, pattern, model, hero, saint.
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KEY: Cultivate.
SYN: Promote, foster, study, improve, fertilize, till, advance, refine, improve, civilize, nourish, cherish.
ANT: Neglect, desert, abandon, stifle, prevent, discourage, abolish, blight, blast, paralyze, eradicate, extirpate, uproot.
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KEY: Cumber.
SYN: Clog, impede, oppress, load, incommode, obstruct.
ANT: Liberate, expedite, alleviate, extricate, lighten, relieve, support, free, rid.
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KEY: Cunning, [See CRAFT].
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KEY: Cupidity \n.\
SYN: Avarice, acquisitiveness, covetousness, stinginess.
ANT: Prodigality, extravagance, liberality.
=
KEY: Curb \v.\
SYN: Restrain, cohibit, hold, repress, check, moderate.
ANT: Indulge, liberate, release, emancipate, loose, urge, free, incite, instigate, impel.
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KEY: Curdle.
SYN: Coagulate, condense, thicken.
ANT: Colliquify, diffuse, circulate.
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KEY: Cure \n.\
SYN: Remedy, alleviation, restorative, heal-all, amelioration, reinstatement, restoration, renovation, convalescence.
ANT: Aggravation, confirmation, complaint, disease, ailment, inoculation, contagion, corruption.
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KEY: Cure \v.\ [See HEAL].
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KEY: Curiosity.
SYN: Inquisitiveness, interest, wonder, marvel, interrogativeness, rarity, phenomenon, celebrity, oddity, lion.
ANT: Indifference, heedlessness, disregard, abstraction, absence, weed, drug, dirt, cipher, bagatelle, song.
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KEY: Curious.
SYN: Inquiring, inquisitive, scrutinizing, prying, meddling, singular, searching, interrogative, peeping, peering, rare, unique, odd, recondite.
ANT: Indifferent, uninquiring, incurious, uninterested, trite, common, superficial.
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KEY: Curmudgeon.
SYN: Miscreant, wretch, rascal, churl, ill-conditioned fellow.
ANT: Trump, good fellow, brick.
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KEY: Currency.
SYN: Circulation, vogue, publicity, prevalence.
ANT: Suppression, repression, recall, stagnation, rejection, disbelief, withdrawal.
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KEY: Current.
SYN: Running, prevalent, ordinary, present, popular, general, floating, exoteric, vulgar.
ANT: Rejected, obsolete, exploded, confined, private, secret, esoteric.
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KEY: Curse. \n.\
SYN: Malediction, execration, imprecation, denunciation, anathema, bane, blight.
ANT: Blessing, benediction, joy, crown, glory.
=
KEY: Curse. \v.\
SYN: Execrate.
ANT: Bless.
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KEY: Cursory.
SYN: Rapid, hasty, desultory, careless, superficial, slight, summary.
ANT: Searching, minute, elaborate, profound.
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KEY: Curtail. [See ABBREVIATE].
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KEY: Curve \v.\
SYN: Incurve, bend, inflex, falcate, arcuate.

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