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(v) to improve, make better, correct a flaw, or shortcoming,ammend or better
antonyms: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate |
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(n) poise assurance, great self-confidence, perpendicularity, composure, self possesion, levelheadedness
antonyms:confusion, embarassment, abashment |
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(adj)pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intending to conceal a lack of ideas, inflated, high-falutin, high-flown, pretentious
antonyms: unadorned, simple, plain, austere |
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(adj) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers, green, raw,unfledged, inexperienced
antonyms: mature, grown-up, sophisticated, polished |
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(n)saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking, balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot
(v) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle, to waste or twitter away foolishly, slaver |
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| (n) summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality, abstract, digest, model, archetype |
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(v) to urge strongly, advise earnestly, entreat, implore, adjre
antonyms: discourage, advise against, deprecate |
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| (adj, adv) by the virtue of holding a certain office |
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(v) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds, enroach, impinge, intrude, poach
antonyms: stay in bounds |
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(v) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others ( sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
synonym: cozy up to, curry favor with
antonym: alienate, hmiliate oneself, mortify oneself |
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| (n) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted ot has no right to be, an intruder, trespasser, meddler, buttinsky |
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(adj) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent, originating in a bodily organ or part, immanent, organic
antonyms: extrinsic, external, outward |
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(v) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval, rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
antonyms: acclaim, glorify, extol |
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(n) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy, fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
antonyms: energy, viality, animation, liveliness |
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(n)a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy, chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
antonyms: doomsday, day of judgement |
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| (adj) mysterious, magical, supernatural, secret, hidden from view, not detectable by ordinary means, supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane; (n) matters involving the antonyms: mundane, common, public, exoteric |
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| (v) to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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(v)to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to provoke, produce; (adj) characterized by excessive haste, reackless, impetuous; (n) moisture; the product of an action or process
antonym:wary cautious circumspect (adj) |
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(adj) strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste, stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
antonyms: lenient, mild, lax, permissive |
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| (v) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess, infer, gather (n) likely idea that lacks definite proof, inference, presumption |
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