Исторический словарь английских синонимов и антонимов. Том I. A – I.

VOLUME I

A – I

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, em.

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, h2, 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, i.

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, h2, 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.