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Support of an Idea or Cause.
The nominee's advocacy of higher taxes may have cost him the election.
Antonym: opposition |
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A likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship.
Having suffered himself, he felt an affinity for the homeless.
Antonym: repulsion |
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Prompt and cheerful response.
I accepted his invitation to the prom with alacrity.
Antonym: indolence |
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Friendly, congenial and sociable; civil and urbane.
She was blessed with having such an amiable friend who was almost always good-natured and obliging.
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The quality of lacking higher
values.
We were shocked at the baseness of the criminal.
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Brutal, without reason, having the attributes of a savage.
The bestial traits of the man were offensive to refined ladies.
Antonym: civilized |
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Blatant, Clamerous.
The boisterous child was running through the store screaming and laughing.
Antonym: serene |
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Using inflated language, pompous.
The politician was bombastic as he railed against big government.
Antonym: meek; humble |
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Blunt, sincere honesty.
His candid response to the question surprised us all.
Antonym: reserved |
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Marked by sexuality that is often frank and unrelieved by higher emotions.
The man's carnal actions prompted his dismissal from the social gathering.
Antonym: spiritual |
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To punish or to subdue by punishment; to criticize with drastic severity.
The psychologist suggested that the father might begin to castigate his unruly son for his belligerent behavior.
Antonym: to salute |
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Careful to consider consequences,
cautious, prudent.
Her circumspect behavior kept her alive during the long and dangerous trip.
Antonym: reckless, careless |
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Given to faultfinding, sneering, and sarcasm.
Some people are so cynical they sneer at everything that would make life worthwile.
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No longer existing, dead.
The company went bankrupt and is now defunct.
Antonym: existing |
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Delaying, slow.
The senator is employing the filibuster as a dilatory tactic.
Antonym: proceeding. |
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