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| Synonyms: Tart, Acrid, Caustic, Sarcastic, Stinging, Biting. |
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| Antonyms: Bland, Gentle, Mild |
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| Synonyms: Assuage, Allay, Paliate, Abate, Mitigate, Moderate |
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| Antonyms: Aggravate, Intensify, Increase, Magnify |
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| similarity or comparability |
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| Synonyms: similarity, likeness, correspondence |
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| Antonyms: dissimilarity, unlikeness |
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| severe in manner or appearance |
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| Synonyms: Stern, strict, rigid, rigorous, harsh, inflexible |
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| Antonyms: Gentle, Mild, Affable, tolerant, indulgent |
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| offensively self-assertive |
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| Synonyms: Supercilious, arrogant, conternelious, imperious, overbearing, presumptious, aggresive |
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| Antonyms: diffident, modest, humble, meek, obsequious, fawning, cringing |
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| a person who pretends to more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses |
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| pleased, especially with oneself |
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| Synonyms: quack, mounteback, impostor, humbug |
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| synonyms: content, smug, gratified |
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| antonyms: dissatisfied, discontented |
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| to cooperate secretly; conspire |
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| synonyms: collude, conspire, plot |
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| open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations |
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| synonyms: equivocal, obscure, vague, amphilbolic |
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| antonyms: unequivocal, clear, vivid |
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| poor; lack of necessities |
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| synonyms: destitute, impecunious, needy, poor, necessities, pennieless, penurious |
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| antonyms: wealthy, affluent, moneyed, rich, opulent |
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| belonging to a thing by its very nature |
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| synonyms: inherent, innate, inbred, inborn, real |
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| antonym: extrinsic (um, HARD.) |
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| synonyms: commendable, praiseworthy |
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| antonyms: condemnatory, objectionable |
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| synonyms: worldy, earthy, terrestrial, secular, temporal |
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| antonyms: spiritual, heavenly, ecclesiastical, religious |
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| synonyms: banish, bar, exile, expatriate |
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| antonyms: include, return |
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| synonyms: avaricious, miserly, niggardly, thrifty, pernurious, tight-fisted, iliberal |
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| antonyms: lavish, generous, magnamious, bountiful, extravagant, liberal, prodigal |
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| synonyms: partially, prejudice, prepossession |
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| antonym: dislike, antipathy, aversion, distaste (for) |
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| exceptional valor, bravery, or ability, |
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| synonyms: daring, courage, valor, gallantry, intrepidity, pluck |
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| antonyms: cowardic, timidly, pusillanimity |
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| synonyms: deluge, flood, overwhelm, swamp |
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| synonyms: brand, mark, denounce |
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| antoyms: decorate, honor, cite |
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| to place close together or side by side |
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| synonyms: adjacent, parallel, constant, compare, relate |
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| antonyms: isolate, separate |
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| craving or consuming large quantities of food |
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| synonyms: gluttous, rapacious, insatiable, omnivorous |
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| antonyms: termperate, moderate |
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| synonyms: perspicacity, discernment |
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| antonyms:obtuseness, dullness |
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| of, pertaining to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols |
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| synonyms: meaning, clarity of ideas |
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| happening or produced by chance |
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| synonyms: accidental, chance, adventitious, random, casual |
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| antonyms: deliberate, considered |
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| hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible |
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| synonyms: odious, hateful, adominable, loathsome, gross, flagrant, villainous, nefarious, abbhorent, execrable, flagitious |
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| antonyms: laudatory, praseworthy, commendable |
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| synonyms: deadlock, cul-de-sac |
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| antonyms: progress, evolution |
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| settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling |
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| synonyms: chronic, habitual, ingrained, persistent, hardened |
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| antonyms: temporary, transitory, novice |
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| unenergetic, drowsy or dull |
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| synonyms: inaction, indifference, dullness, listlessness |
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| antonyms: alertness, nimbleness, readiness, alacrity |
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| natural or habitual inclination or tendency |
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| synonyms: inclination, disposition, bent, penchant, propensity, proneness |
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| antonyms: disinclination, aversion, repugnance, dislike |
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| to criticize or reprimand severely. |
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| synonyms: chasten, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, reprehend (Note to self: think Andrew Jackson after he raided Florida). |
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| antonyms:praise, eulogize, laud |
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| resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner |
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| synonyms: clamorous, vociferous, turbulent, unruly, uproarious, disorderly |
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| antonyms: orderly, soft, muffled, faint, muted |
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define: avarice
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| excessive desire for wealth |
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| synonyms: cupidity, greed, covetousness, parsimony, niggardliness, miserlieness |
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| antonyms: generosity, liberality, open-handedness, prodigality, magnanimity |
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| to persuade or influence by flattery or deceit |
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| synonyms: wheedle, inveigle, coax, allure |
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| antonyms: dissuade, deter |
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| the existing of mutually conflicted feelings or thoughts |
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| synonyms: irresolution, indecision |
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define: egregious
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| distinguished from the rest of the group by undesireable qualities |
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| synonyms: flagrant, shocking, outragious, conspicuous, extroardinary, gross, enormous |
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| antonyms: subtle, inconspicious |
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| being capable of double or doubtful interpretation |
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| antonyms: ambigious, evasive, dubious, enigmatic, indefinite |
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| antonyms: unequivocal, straightofrward, clear, frank, unquestionable |
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| to grow together or fuse into one mass or body |
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| antonyms: diffuse, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve, diunite |
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| evenness of temper and mind |
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| synonyms: composure, calmness, placidity, self-possession, stoicism, serenity, imperturbability |
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| antonyms: impatience, irascibility, fretfulness, passion, disquietude, wrath |
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| offering services where they are nto invited or required |
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| synonyms: meddlesome, interfering, obtrusive, "bossy" |
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| antonyms: neglectful, indifferent, heedless |
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| synonyms: misty, shadowy, obscure, confused, indefinite, indistinct |
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| antonyms:clear, distinct, comprehensible, certain, luminous |
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| anything thta causes a sharp sensation (such as smell/taste) |
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| synonyms: tart, piquant, biting, piercing, sharp, caustic, incisive, acrid, nippy, racy |
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| antonyms: insipid, vapid tasteless, unsavory, flat |
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| to veer or swerve from one opinino to antoher |
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| synonyms: hesitate, waver, oscillate, falter, fluctuate |
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| antonyms: adhere, persist, stick |
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| cannot be searched into or understood |
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| synonyms: incomprehensible, mysterious, impenetrable, esoteric |
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| not normal; distortion of an image |
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| synonyms: deviation, divergence, disorientation, insanity, distortion, abnormality |
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| antonyms: precision, exactitutde, lucidity, sanity, normality |
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| of savage or cruel character |
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| synonyms: pugnacious, defiant, fierce, ferocious, scathing, belligerent |
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| antonyms: mollifying, appeasing, peaceable, conciliatory |
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| synonyms: fawning, toadyish, slavish, sycophantic, abject, subservient |
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| antonyms: disobedient, dominant, independent, autonomous |
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| soundness of judgement; sharpness or quickness of sense perception |
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| synonyms: perspicacity, astuteness, acuteness, shrewdness, wisdom, penetration |
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| antonyms: obtuseness, dullness, stupidity |
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| attainment by anything of its highest point |
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| synonyms: climax, acme, zenith, consummation, apogee, height, apex, crown, summit, peak, top, pinnacle, crest |
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| to turn aside from a customary direction or the right course |
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| no longer productive beacuse of age; worn out |
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| antonyms: fertile, productive, fecund, fruitful |
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| advantageous, based on the desire for a special advantage or selfish profit |
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| synonyms: convenient, suitable, fit, favorable, opporutne, seasonable, timely, propitious, meet, befitting, politic, practical, wise, profitable |
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| antonyms: inexpedient (wow, hard.), disadvantageous, impolitic, inadvisable, unfit, unseemly, inept, improper |
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| antonyms: menacing, redoubtable, dangerous, terrible, fearful, dreadful, tremendous, awful |
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| antonyms: contemptible, powerless, weak, helpless, encouraging, friendly |
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| worn out through frequent use; hence, commonplace or meaningless |
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| antonyms: original, fresh |
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| synonyms: oddity, foible, vagary, queerness, aberration, peculiarity, quirk, whimsey, singularity |
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