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(adj.) moderate, sparing(as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
Syn:Temperate, sober, moderate
Ant:Indulgent, immoderate, intemperate |
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(adj) deserving of blame or correction
Syn:blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible
Ant:Commendable,laudable, meritorious |
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(adj) likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncetain events or conditions; happening by chnce; (n)a representative group forming part of a larger body
Syn:conditional, dependent
Ant:independent of, unconnected with, certain |
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(v)to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, cerify
Ant:refute, contradict.discredit, undermine |
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(n)an inhabitant,resident;one who frequents a place
Syn:resient,dweller,habitue
Ant:alien,ousider,stranger,foreigner |
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(adj)passing aimessly from one plave or subject to another, rambling,roving,nomadic
Syn:digressive,diffuse,wandering,episodic
Ant:short and to the point,succinct |
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(v) to scatter or spread widely
Syn:disperse,publicize,broadcast
Ant:bring together,concentrate |
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(adj)poorly dressed, shabby;lacking smartness and good taste
syn:frumpy,tacky,drab
Ant:chic,stylish,elegant |
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(adj)highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate,showy
Syn:flushed,ruddy,flowery
Ant:pale,ashen,pallid |
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(v)to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth. dishonesty,or coercion
Syn:pass off, palm off |
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(adj)awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
Syn:inept,uncouth,maladroit
Ant:adroit,tactful,politic |
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(n)an opiniondifferent from accepted belief; te denial of an idea that is generally held scared
Syn:unorthodox belief,heterodoxy
Ant:orthodoxy |
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(v)to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly
Syn:instill,implany,infuse,ingrain
Ant:efface,root out |
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(adj)capable of being touched or felt;easilyseen,heard,or recognized
Syn:tangible,plain,obvious
At:intangible,insubstantial |
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(adj)having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
Syn:insight,observant
Ant:dense,thick |
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(adj)extremely harmful; deadly,fatal
Syn:injurious,baleful
Ant:harmless,salutary |
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(v)to satisfy competly;to fill to excess; (adj)full,satisfied
Syn:gratify,cloy
Ant:starve |
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(adj)leaping,jumping,or springing forth;prominent,standing out,conspicuous; (n)a projection or bulge,a land form that projects upward or ouward
Syn:striking,notable
Ant:inconspiculous,recessive |
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| (v)to make or becomedry and withered; to char or scorch the surfacce of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch,dessicate,singe |
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(adj)deceptive,apparently good or calid but lcking real merit
Syn:sophistic,casuistic
Ant:valid,sound |
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