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to make shorter example: Travel by air abridge the time needed to reach far-distant places.
Synonyms:shorten, condense, abbreviate
Antonyms:expand, enlarge, augment |
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a follower, supporter or attached, sticking to.
Example: the senators loyal adherent campaigned long and hard for her reeelection.
before we could repaint the walls of our living room, we had to remove an adherent layer of wallpaper.
Synonyms: diciple
Antonyms:opponent,adversary,critic,
detractor |
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an angry argument
Example:a noisy altercation in the next apartment kept me awake for hours.
Synonyms:quarrel,dispute,squabble
Antonyms:agreement,accord |
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resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful,round, or chubby face;sweet and innocent.
Example:How well those photographs of the month-old twins capture the cherubic expressions on their faces!
Synonyms:angelic,seraphic,beatific
Anytonyms:impish,devilish,diaolic,
feindish |
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to pardon or overlook
Example:our parents have always made it clear to us that they do not condone rude behavior.
Synonyms:ignore,wink at,turn a blind eye to
Antonyms:censure,condemn,disapprove, deprecate |
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to disagree or disagreement
Example:Justices have an opinion to dissent from a ruling issued by a majority of the Supreme Court.
Some people give their dissent on issues of public policy by writing letters to newspapers.
Synonyms:differ,dispute
Antonyms:agree,concur,unanimity,harmony |
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famous,outstanding,distinguished, projecting
Example:a group of eminent scientists met to discuss long-term changes in earth's climate
Synonyms:illustrioius,reowned
Antonyms:obscure,nameless,unsung,lowly,humble |
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to drive out by magic;to dispose of something troublesome,menacing or oppressive
Example:we must do all we can do exorcise the evils of hatred and prejudice from our society.
Synonyms:expel,dispel |
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to make,manufacture;to make up,invent
Example:threads from the cocoons of caterpillars called silkworms are used to fabricate silk.
Synonyms:put together,devise,contrive, concoct
Antonyms:take apart,undo,destroy,
demolish |
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lond delays cause by bad weather are likely to make even the most unflappable travelers irate.
Synonyms:incensed,infuriated,enraged,
livid
Antonyms:calm,composed,cool,unruffled |
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a raider,plunderer
Example:Edgar Allen Poe's story "The Gold Bug" concerns treasure buried by the marauder Captain Kidd.
Synonyms:looter,pirate,freebooter |
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excessive fatness
Example:sooner or later,obesity leads to all sorts of serious health problems
Synonyms:serious overweight, extreme corpulence
Antonyms:emaciation,gauntness, scrawniness |
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an extremely poor person
Example:during the Great Depression, many people were reduced to leading the desperate lives of paupers
Synonym:destitute person
Antonyms:millionare,tycoon |
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to steal in small quanities
Example:an employee who pilfers from the petty cash box will get caught sooner or later.
Synonym:filch,rob,swipe,purloin |
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