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| (v) to produce change in somebody or something SYN: impact |
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(n) a slow person, especially one who falls behind
ANT: speedster SYN: dawdler |
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(n) anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation
ANT: blessing SYN: catastrophe; devastation |
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| (v) to attract by offering reward or pleasure ANT: repel SYN: lure; tempt |
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| (v) to please ANT: disappoint SYN: satisfy |
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| (n) pieces of material that are left behind after something has been destroyed SYN: rubble; junk |
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| (v) to take willingly something that is offered; to say ‘yes’ to an offer, invitation, etc ANT: reject SYN: bear; receive willingly |
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(v) to try to make somebody believe that you will do something that you do not really intend to do, or that you know something that you do not really know
SYN: pretend ANT: to be sincere |
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| (v) to sink in; to absorb into (from LATIN mergere - to sink in) SYN: combine; mingle ANT: separate |
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| (n) a change that somebody/something causes in somebody/something else SYN: result; outcome ANT: source; beginning |
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| (preposition) not including; other than SYN: exclude ANT: include |
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