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emaciated
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adj. thin and wasted.
His long period of starvation had left him _____________.
Synonyms: cadaverous, gaunt, skeletal, wasted
Antonyms: fleshy |
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v. adorn.
His handwriting was _____________ with flourishes.
Synonyms: beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress up, garnish, ornament, prank, trim
Antonyms: bare, denude, divest, strip |
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v. rival; imitate.
As long as our political leaders _______ the virtues of the great leaders of this country, we shall flourish.
Synonyms: compete, rivalize
Antonyms: none |
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v. weaken.
She was slow to recover from her illness; even a short walk to the window left her _________.
Synonyms: unnerve, castrate, emasculate, unman, unstring
Antonyms: activate, energize, vitalize, galvanize, quicken, stimulate |
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v. cause; produce.
To receive praise for real accomplishments ___________ selfconfidence in a child.
Synonyms: generate, breed, cause, hatch, induce, muster up, occasion, produce, provoke, work up
Antonyms: none |
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n. puzzle.
Despite all attempts to decipher the code, it remained an _______.
Synonyms: mystery, Chinese puzzle, closed book, conundrum, mystification, puzzle, puzzlement, riddle, why
Antonyms: none |
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ephemeral
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adj. short-lived; fleeting.
The mayfly is an ___________ creature.
Synonyms: transient, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, transitory, volatile
Antonyms: perpetual |
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equivocal
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adj. doubtful; ambiguous.
Macbeth was misled by the ___________ statements of the witches.
Synonyms: obscure, ambiguous, amphibological, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unexplicit, unintelligible, vague
Antonyms: unequivocal, clear, distinct |
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adj. known only to the chosen few.
Those students who had access to his ________ discussions were impressed by the breadth of his knowledge.
Synonyms: recondite, abstruse, acroamatic, deep, heavy, hermetic, occult, orphic, profound, secret
Antonyms: none |
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n. praise.
All the __________ of his friends could not remove the sting of the calumny heaped upon him by his enemies.
Synonyms: encomium, citation, panegyric, salutation, tribute
Antonyms: vilification |
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n. mild expression in place of an unpleasant one.
The expression "he passed away" is a _________ for "he died."
Synonyms: nice Nelly, nice-nellyism
Antonyms: dysphemism |
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exacerbate
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v. worsen; embitter.
This latest arrest will ____________ the already existing discontent of the people and enrage them.
Synonyms: acerbate, embitter, envenom
Antonyms: assuage |
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exemplary
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adj. serving as a model.
Her __________ behavior was praised at Commencement.
Synonyms: good, blameless, guiltless, inculpable, innocent, irreprehensible, pure, righteous, unblamable, virtuous
Antonyms: evil, corrupt, unworthy |
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adj. thorough; comprehensive.
We have made an _____________ study of all published SAT tests and are happy to share our research with you.
Synonyms: complete, full-dress, thorough, thoroughgoing, wholehog
Antonyms: 1. superficial
2. cursory, shallow; incomplete, partial; slipshod, unthorough |
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exonerate
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v. acquit; exculpate.
I am sure this letter naming the actual culprit will _____________ you.
Synonyms: exculpate, absolve, acquit, clear, disculpate, vindicate
Antonyms: incriminate |
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expedient
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adj. suitable; practical; politic.
A pragmatic politician, he was guided by what was ____________ rather than by what was ethical.
Synonyms: advisable, politic, prudent, tactical, wise
Antonyms: inexpedient |
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adj. definite; open.
Your remarks are ___________; no one can misinterpret them.
Synonyms: categorical, clean-cut, definite, definitive, express, specific, unambiguous
Antonyms: ambiguous |
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v. praise; glorify.
The astronauts were ________ as the pioneers of the Space Age.
Synonyms: praise, bless, celebrate, cry up, eulogize, glorify, hymn, laud, magnify, panegyrize
Antonyms: decry |
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