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| (v) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy) |
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| ant: hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate |
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| (v) to affirm, declare confidently |
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| syn: assert, asseverate, avouch |
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| ant: deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim |
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| (adj) noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense |
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| syn: flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud |
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| ant: inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty |
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| (v) to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the water; to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce (a keg or cask) in order to draw off liquid; (n) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks |
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| (v) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n) a supporting structure |
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| syn: (v) bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up |
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| ant: (v) undermine, weaken, impair |
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| (n) noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking) |
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| syn: drinking bout, drunken revel, binge |
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| (v) to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for some specific purpose |
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| syn: sort out, cross-check, rearrange |
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| (n) an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical |
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| syn: authority, savant, pundit |
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| ant: ignoramus, philistine, yahoo |
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| (adj) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation |
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| syn: grief-stricken, inconsolable, comfortless |
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| ant: cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty |
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| (v) to weigh down or burden ( with difficulties, cares debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder |
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| syn: overload, saddle, hamper, clog |
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| ant: unburden, unload, relieve |
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| (v) to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm |
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| syn: instigate, incite, stir up |
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| ant: quell, quash, squelch, suppress |
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| (adj) frightful, horrible, ghastly |
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| syn: gruesome, gory, hideous |
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| ant: pleasant, delightful, attractive |
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| (adj) (capital H) relating to Hercules; (lowercase h) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength |
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| syn: mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous, colossal |
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| ant: puny, Lilliputian, bantam |
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| (adj) showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless |
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| syn: emotionless, stoical, unemotional, insensible |
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| ant: emotional, passionate, excitable |
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| (adj) unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future |
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| syn: unpropitious, unpromising, untimely |
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| ant: propitious, favorable |
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| (adj) unquestionable, beyond dispute |
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| syn: incontestable, indisputable, indubitable |
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| ant: debatable, dubious, open to question |
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| (adj, part.) puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss |
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| syn: perplexed, baffled, stumped, flabbergasted |
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| ant: poised, confident, assured |
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| (adj) suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occurring at an appropriate time |
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| syn: timely, appropriate, felicitous |
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| ant: untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate |
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| (adj) abundantly productive; abundant, profuse |
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| syn: fruitful, fecund, proliferous |
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| (n) a reply to a reply, especially from a defendant in a legal suit |
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| syn: answer, reply, response, riposte, retort |
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