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| (adj) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
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| ant: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable |
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| (v) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater |
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| syn: augment, amplify, enhance, exalt |
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| (adj) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion |
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| (n) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality |
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| syn: ambience, atmosphere |
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| (n) illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj) illegal, prohibited |
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| syn: (adj) illicit, bootleg, unlawful |
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| ant: (adj) legal, lawful, licit |
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| (adj) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic |
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| syn: profoundly educated, well-read |
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| (adj) thin, light, delicate; (n) a very thin, light cloth |
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| syn: (adj)filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy |
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| (v) to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply |
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| syn: gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate |
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| (adj) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically |
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| syn: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic |
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| (adj) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience |
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| syn: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial |
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| ant: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal |
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| (adj) incapable of being changed or called back |
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| syn: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable |
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| (n) a natural inclination or predilection toward |
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| syn: natural bent, proclivity, penchant |
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| (adj) peevish, complaining, fretful |
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| (v) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to |
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| syn: reason against, expostulate |
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| (v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of |
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| syn: disavow, abjure, renounce |
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| (v) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or to be reflected repeatedly |
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| syn: rumble, thunder, boom, echo |
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| (adj) coarsely abusive, vulgar, or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed |
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| syn: obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative |
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| ant: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified |
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| (adj) persistent, showing industry and determination |
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| syn: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable |
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| ant: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose |
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| (adj) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable |
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| syn: inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty |
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