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Def: suffering; great distress
syn: adversity
Ant: peace
The wife of Bath knows about tribulation in married life. |
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Def: Law
syn: regulation
The statue limited the penalty for burglary to three years in prison. |
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Def: to beg or plead
Syn: beseech
Ant: Offer
Anne implored her mother to allow her to attend the dance. |
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Def: to grant or acknowledge often inwillingly
syn: yield
Ant: Dent
After viewing the election returns the politician decided to concede defeat. |
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Def: to treat a pet; pamper
syn: indulge
Ant; neglect
Do not cosset your student or they will never learn anything. |
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Def; sad; depressed
syn: depressed
Ant: elated
After the fight with his girlfriend, Bob felt dejected. |
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Def: an ugly old woman
SYn: witch
Ant: ingenue
During the french revolution, the crone sat beside the guillotine knitting hats. |
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Def: scornful; openly disrespectful
syn: disdainful
Ant: respectful
The contemptuous young women disrupted class with her rude comments. |
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Def: unpleasantly
syn: awfully
Ant: superbly
"You are behaving abominably." |
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Def: to leave in a will; give as an inheritance
Syn: endow
Ant; disown
Andrew decided to bequeath his money to the old teachers retirement home. |
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Def: superior skill; great ability
Syn: talent
ANt: ineptitude
The Irish wolf hound is known for its hunting prowess. |
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Def: of the material world; not eternal
syn: worldly
Ant: spiritual
Mother Teresa had little interest in temporal pleasures. |
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Def: to disable or permanently wound
Syn:scar
Ant: Heal
Improvised explosives continue to kill and maim ore soldiers in Iraq. |
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Def: to criticize
Syn: reprimand
Ant: Praise
President Bush delivered a rare and stinging rebuke of Trent Lottis comments. |
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Def: Intense joy or delight
Syn: bliss
Ant: misery
After discovering the old hag was really a princess, the knight lived in ecstasy the rest of his days. |
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