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Skillfull, expert in the use of hands or mind
Syn: clever, deft, dextrous, slick
Ant: clumsy, inept, all thumbs |
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Peacable, friendly
Syn: congenial, neighborly, cordial
Ant: hostile, antagonistic |
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Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
Syn:disinclined, loath
Ant: favorably disposed, eager, keen |
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Given to fighting, warlike; combative, agressive
Syn: assertive, truculent, pugnacious
Ant: peaceful, concilatory, placid |
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Kindly, charitable
Syn: benign, well-meaning
Ant: malicious, spiteful, malevolent |
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Hasty, not thorough
Syn: quick, superficial, perfunctory
Ant: thorough, painstaking, careful |
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Treachery, deceitfulness
Syn: fraud, double-dealing, chicanery |
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To praise extravagantly
Syn: glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail
Ant: criticize, belittle, disparage |
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Possible, able to be done
Syn: workable, practicable, viable
Ant: unworkable, impractical |
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A wry face; facial distortion
Syn: pained expression, facial contortion
Ant: smile, grin; beam |
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A large scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter
Syn: conflagration, devastation, annihilation
Ant: deluge, inundation |
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not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
Syn: impenetrable, resistant, proof against
Ant: porous, permeable, vulnerable |
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A moving force, stimulus, impulse
Syn: impulse, incentive, spur
Ant: curb, hindrance, impediment, constraint |
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Danger
Syn: risk, hazard, peril
Ant: safety, security |
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Extremely careful; particular about details
Syn: fastidious, painstaking, fussy
Ant: careless, negligent, sloppy |
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| A longing for something past; homesickness |
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The purest essence of something
Syn: paragon, exemplar |
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To move backwards; to return to an earlier condition
Syn: revert, degenerate, decline
Ant: advance, evolve, progress |
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To examine closely
Syn: inspect, pore over
Ant: skim, scan, glance at |
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| Lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest |
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