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| (adj) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor |
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| syn: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued |
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| ant: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant |
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| (adj) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good |
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| syn: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable |
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| ant: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious |
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| (adj) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
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| syn: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly |
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| ant: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health |
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| (v) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish);to devise, invent, fabricate |
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| syn: create, fashion, rustle up |
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| (adj) coarse, unfeeling; stupid |
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| syn: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse |
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| ant: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant |
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| (v) to lower in character, quality or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate |
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| syn: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate |
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| ant: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance |
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| (v) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute |
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| syn: profane, defile, violate |
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| ant: revere, honor, venerate, consecrate |
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| (v) to confuse; to disturb the composure of |
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| syn: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb |
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| ant: relax, calm, put at ease |
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| (adj) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated |
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| syn: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin |
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| ant: simple, modest, unaffected, humble |
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| (adj) trifling, unimportant |
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| syn: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry |
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| ant: important, essential, crucial, vital |
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| (n) a breaking of a law or obligation |
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| syn: violation, transgression, breach, offense |
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| (v) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensify |
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| syn: lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish |
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| ant: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate |
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| (v) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n) the act of looting; booty |
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| syn: (v) ravage, sack, loot; (n) booty |
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| (v) to talk to a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion |
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| syn: chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver |
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| ant: come to the point, not waste words |
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| (adj) very careful and exact, attentive to the fine points or etiquette or propriety |
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| syn: precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky |
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| ant: careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory |
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| (adj) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent |
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| syn: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august |
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| ant: laughable, risible, contemptible |
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| (v) to find fault with, scold, rebuke |
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| syn: chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach |
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| ant: praise, commend,laud, pat on the back |
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| (n) the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage |
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| syn: compensation, reimbursement, redness, restoration |
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| (adj) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who take an uncompromising position |
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| syn: (adj) sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant; (n) mainstay |
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| ant: (adj) weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating |
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| (adj) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damage unprotected |
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| syn: defenseless, exposed, unguarded |
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