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DEF: CIVIL SERVANT, GOVNT OFFICIAL
SYN: OFFICIAL BUREACRAT, PUBLIC SERVANT |
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DEF: JOLLY, MERRY SYN: FUNNY, JOKING, HUMOROUS, PLAYFUL ANT: FORMAL, GRAVE, SERIOUS, MOROSE, UNFUNNY |
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DEF: NO LIVING
SYN:LIFELESS, DULL, SPIRITLESS
ANT: ALIVE, ANIMATE, LIVING, EXISTING |
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DEF: NOT OPEN TO QUESTIONS, BEYOND DISPUTE
SYN: UNDENIABLE, INDISPUTABLE, ACCURATE, CERTAIN, UNQUESTIONABLE
ANT: CHANGEABLE, CONTROVERTIBLE, QUESTIONABLE |
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DEF: GOOD, RELIGIOUS
SYN: DEVOTED, RELIGIOUS, FAITHFUL, HOLLY
ANT: INSINCERE, RELIGIOUS, UNBELIEVING
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DEF: PERSON WHO LIVES IN RECLUSION
SYN: HERMIT, ODBALL, SOLITARY, LONER
ANT: EXSTROVERTED, FRIENDLY, SOCIALBLE |
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DEF: HAVING A DISTINCTIVE, USUALLY FRAGRANT SMELL
SYN: FRAGRANT, SWEET-SMELLING, PUNGENT
ANT:ACRID, BLAND, UNSAVORY |
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DEF: HARD TO DEAL WITH
SYN: STUBBORN, INFLEXIBLE, UNYIELDING
ANT: AMENABLE, GENTLE, SUMISSIVE |
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DETERIORATION, ESP OF MURALITY OR CULTURE
SYN: DETERIORATION, DECLINE, DEGENERATION, SELF-INDULGENCE, DECAY, ABONDON
ANT: HUMALITY, MORALITY
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DEF: BEHAVIOR OR ACTION THAT'S WICKED RUTHLESS, EXTEME CRUELTY SYN: BRUTALITY, INHUMANITY, VIOLENCE, CRUELTY ANT: KINDNESS, PLEASANTNES |
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| Definition: |
economizing |
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carefulness, conservation, economy, good management, moderation, providence, prudence, saving, stinginess, thriftiness |
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generosity, lavishness, wastefulness |
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loyalty |
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adherence, ardor, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, devotion, duty, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, homage, honor, obedience, obligation, piety |
| Antonyms: |
disloyalty, enmity, sedition, treachery, treason |
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| Definition: |
prig, person who affects or shows an excessively modest, proper attitude, esp regarding sex |
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Mrs. Grundy, Victorian, goody two-shoes, goody-goody, old maid, puritan |
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| Definition: |
beginner |
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abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, greenhorn, learner, new kid on the block, newcomeR, recruit, rookie, starter, student, trainee
ANT: PROFESSIONAL
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| Definition: |
aggressive woman |
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amazon, beldame, fishwife, harpy, scold, shrew, termagant, vixen |
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| Definition: |
person who chose to live alone |
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outside of human society anchoret, pillarist, recluse, skeptic, solitaire, solitarian, solitary, stylite
ANT: TOGETHER
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| Definition: |
collection |
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cluster, heap, jumble, load, mass, pile
ANT: ONE, INDIVIDUAL, SCATTERING
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| Definition: |
nook, secluded spot |
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anteroom, bay, bower, compartment, corner, cubbyhole, cubicle, niche, recess, study |
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| Definition: | attack | | Synonyms: | aggression, assailment, assault, blitz, charge, incursion, invasion, offense, offensive, onfall, onrush, onset | | Antonyms: | defense |
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| Definition: |
corps |
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cadre, control, order, troops |
| Notes: |
a regime is the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; a regiment is an army unit smaller than a division
ANT: OPONENT, ENEMY
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| Definition: | irreverent | | Synonyms: | cocky, disrespectful, flighty,fresh, frivolous, impudent, lippy, nervy, offhand, playful, rude, sassy*, smart*, smart-alecky, superficial | | Antonyms: | courteous, respectful, reverent, serious |
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glowing |
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bright, brilliant, luminous, radiant, resplendent, shining
ant: dark, dim, ugly, dull
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| Definition: | angry | | Synonyms: | angered, annoyed, blown a gasket, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irritated, livid, mad, piqued, provoked, riled, steamed, ticked off, up in arms, worked up, wrathful, wroth | | Notes: | irate means 'angry' while irascible means 'disposed toward or easily provoked to anger' (both are from Latin ira 'anger') | | Antonyms: | calm, cheerful, happy, pleased |
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| Definition: |
excuse, clear of responsibility or blame |
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absolve, acquit, disburden, discharge, dismiss, except, exculpate, exempt, free, justify, let off hook, let off, liberate, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize, vindicate, whitewash, wipe slate clean |
| Notes: |
to exculpate is 'to free from accusation or blame' while exonerate is literally 'to free from a burden' |
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accuse, blame, charge, condemn, incarcerate, incriminate, sentence |
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| Definition: |
enduring, perpetual |
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abiding, annual, ceaseless, chronic, constant, continual, continuing, deathless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, lifelong, long-lasting, long-lived, longstanding, never-ending, seasonal, sustained, undying, yearlong, yearly |
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changing, intermittent, interrupted |
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| Definition: |
same |
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alike, as good as, duplicate, equal, equivalent, identical, same as, selfsame, synonymous |
| Notes: |
paramount means 'primary, top'; tantamount means 'equivalent to, same as'; paramount first meant 'highest in jurisdiction' |
| Antonyms: |
different, opposite, polar, reverse |
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exactly |
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accurately, direct, directly, literally, literatim, precisely, sic, to the letter, word-for-word |
| Antonyms: |
different |
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| Definition: |
avoid an issue |
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beat around the bush, beg the question, blow hot and cold, cavil, cloud the issue, con, cop a plea, cop out, cover up, dodge, double-talk, elude, escape, give run around, hedge, hem and haw, jive, lie, mince words, pussyfoot, run around, shuck, sit on the fence, stonewall, tell white lie, tergiversate, tergiverse |
| Antonyms: |
face, meet, speak on |
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| Definition: |
large fire |
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blaze, bonfire, burning, flaming, holocaust, inferno, rapid oxidation, up in smoke, wildfire |
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| Definition: |
craziness, commotion, chaos, mass confusion |
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anarchy, babel, bedlam, bluster, brouhaha*, chaos, clamor, clatter, confusion, din, hassle, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo*, jangle, noise, racket, riot, ruckus*, rumpus, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar |
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calm, peace |
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| Definition: |
omen |
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augury, auspice, bodement, boding, foreboding, forerunner, foretoken, harbinger, indication, portent, prefigurement, premonition, presage, prognostic, prophecy, sign*, straw, warning, writing, writing on the wall |
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| Definition: |
noticeable, important |
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arresting, arrestive, conspicuous, famous, impressive, intrusive, jutting, notable, obvious, outstanding, prominent, pronounced, protruding, remarkable, signal, significant, striking, weighty |
| Antonyms: |
inconspicuous, unimportant, unnoticeable |
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| Definition: | erotic, sensual | | Synonyms: | animal, bodily, corporal, corporeal, earthly, fleshly, genital, impure, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, physical, prurient, salacious, sensuous, temporal, unchaste, venereal, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton, worldly | | Antonyms: | chaste, clean, intellectual, pure, spiritual |
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| Definition: |
liking or inclination toward something |
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affection, attraction, closeness, compatibility, cotton, cup of tea, druthers, fondness, good vibrations, leaning, partiality, rapport, same wavelength, simpatico, sympathy, thing*, weakness* |
| Notes: |
an affinity is a relationship by marriage and consanguinity is a blood relationship |
| Antonyms: |
dislike, hatred |
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| Definition: |
inborn |
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complete, connate, connatural, constitutional, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, intrinsic, inveterate, latent, native, natural, thorough, unacquired, utter |
| Antonyms: |
contracted |
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traversing |
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expedition, hiking, jaunt, journey, roaming, roving, travels, trip |
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| Definition: |
pillage and plunder |
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despoil, forage, foray, harass, harry, loot, raid, ransack, ravage, sack |
| Antonyms: |
behave |
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obtainment
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acquirement, acquirement, acquisition, appropriation, attainment, procuring |
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chime |
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bell, proclaim, ring, signal, sound, summon, toll, warning |
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| Definition: | undernourished; thin | | Synonyms: | anorexic, emaciated, attenuate, attenuated, bony, cadaverous, consumptive, famished, gaunt, haggard, lank, lean, like a bag of bones, meager, peaked, pinched, scrawny, skeletal, skeletonlike, skin-and-bones, skinny, starved, thin as rail, underfed, wasted, wizened | | Antonyms: | fat, heavy, overnourished, overweight, plump |
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opposing |
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adversative, adverse, antagonistic, antipathetic, opposed |
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| Definition: | careless, spendthrift | | Synonyms: | extravagant, heedless, imprudent, inconsiderate, lavish, negligent, prodigal, profligate, profuse, reckless, shiftless, shortsighted, thoughtless, thriftless, uneconomical, unthrifty, wasteful | | Antonyms: | careful, miserly, provident, thrifty |
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| Definition: | derogative | | Synonyms: | defamatory, depreciatory, derogatory, detractory, epithetical, minimizing, pejorative, snide, unfavorable | | Antonyms: | complimentary |
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arrogance |
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airs, audacity, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, cockiness, conceitedness, contemptuousness, disdain, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, self-importance
ant: humility, modesty, shyness,timidity, meekness
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nickname |
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AKA, alias, anonym, appellation, assumed name, byname, handle*, label, moniker, nom de guerre, nom de plume, nomenclature, pen name, pet name, professional name, pseudonym, tag* |
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| Definition: | hairy | | Synonyms: | bearded, furry, shaggy, woolly ant: bald, neat, well-kept |
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| Definition: |
joyful hymn |
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Christmas song, ballad, canticle, canzonet, chorus, ditty, lay, carol , noel, song, strain |
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| Definition: |
naive, trusting |
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being a sucker, believing, biting, credulous, easily taken in, easy mark, falling hook line and sinker, foolish, green*, innocent, kidding oneself, mark*, silly, simple, sucker, susceptible, swallowing whole, taken in, taking the bait, trustful, tumbling for, unskeptical, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, wide-eyed |
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astute, discerning, knowledgeable, perceptive, suspicious, unbelieving, untrusting, wise |
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shamed, sorrowful |
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abject, apologetic, atoning, attritional, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, penitential, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorry |
| Antonyms: |
happy, unashamed, unrepentent |
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| Definition: |
decorative, especially architecture |
| Synonyms: |
bizarre, convoluted, elaborate, embellished, extravagant, flamboyant, florid, gilt, grotesque, ornamented, ornate, overdecorated, rich, rococo |
| Antonyms: |
plain, unadorned, undecorated |
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horrible, sickening |
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abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, confounded, cursed, damnable, defective, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgusting, foul, hateful, heinous, horrific, loathsome, low, monstrous, nauseous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, vile, wretched |
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nice, pleasant |
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| Definition: |
mark off, delimit |
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bar, bound, confine, define, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, hem in, limit, nail down, outline, prelimit, restrain, restricted, surround, trammel |
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free, loose, open |
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| Definition: |
forgive |
| Synonyms: |
absolve, acquit, amnesty, clear, condone, discharge, disculpate, dismiss, excuse, exonerate, explain, free, justify, let off, pardon, rationalize, release, remit, vindicate, wipe slate clean |
| Notes: |
to exculpate is 'to free from accusation or blame' while exonerate is literally 'to free from a burden' |
| Antonyms: |
blame, condemn, sentence |
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| Definition: | back up information, story | | Synonyms: | approve, authenticate, bear out, certify, check on, check out, check up, confirm, declare true, document, double check, endorse, establish, give nod, justify, okay, prove, ratify, rubber-stamp, strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, validate, verify | | Notes: | corroborate is used in a narrower context, usually by way of providing support for testimony in a legal proceeding; confirm is to lend support to a much wider array of things | | Antonyms: | contradict, deny, disallow, disclaim, refute, reject |
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| Definition: |
establish as real, genuine |
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accredit, attest, authorize, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, endorse, guarantee, justify, prove, substantiate, validate, verify, vouch, warrant |
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| THEFT, THE TAKING OF SOMETHING WITHOUT CONSENT |
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| REQUIRED, BINDING, COMPULSORY |
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| A MODEL OF EXCELLENCE OR PERFECTION |
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| Definition: | incomparable, matchless, impossible to copy, without peer | | Synonyms: | consummate, matchless, nonpareil, peerless, perfect, supreme, unequalled, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassable | | Antonyms: | comparable, indistinctive, matchable |
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| DAILY, OF OR BELONGING TO DAYTIME |
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| TO IMPEDE (bar, block, blow whistle on, brake,) OR PROHIBIT |
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| DESTROY, TO PLUNDER (SOMETHING STOLEN, TAKE) |
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| OVERUSED, HACKNEYED, UNINTERESTING |
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| MIXTURE OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, A MEDLEY |
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| CAUTIOUSLY, WARILY, WITH EXTREME CARE |
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| OUTCOME, RESULT, ESPECIALLY THE FINAL RESOLUTION |
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| ESSENCE, MAIN POINT OR IDEA, THE ESSENTIAL PART |
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| CONDESCEND, TO LOWER ONESELF |
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| REMEDY, TO GIVE COMPENSATION, TO REPAIR OR SET RIGHT |
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| AN OUTPOURING (OUTFLOW, FLOOD, FLOW) , A TORRENT (HEAVY FLOW), A GREAT QUANTITY |
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| CAUTIOUS, WATCHFUL, CAREFUL, WARY |
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IMPRESS UPON BY FREQUENT REPETITION, PERSISTENLY TEACH
(INFUSE INFO, BRAINWASH*, IMPRESS) |
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TENDENCY, AN INCLINATION, A LEANING
(bent*, bias, cup of tea, disposition) |
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SYN: ALACRITY, QUIKNESS
ANT: TORPOR, SLOWNESS |
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SYN: OPTIMISTIC, ENTHUSIASTIC, HOPEFUL, CHEERFUL,
POSITVE
ANT:DEPRESSED
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SYN: MOURNFUL, DOWN HEARTED, SOMBER, SORROWFUL
ANT: HAPPY, CHEERFUL, GLAD, JOYFUL |
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SYN: TRANSLUCENT, SEE THROUGH, TRANSPARENT
ANT: MURKY, VAGUE, OBSCURE, MUDDY |
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SYN: PREVENT, OPOSE, DEFEAT
ANT: FACILITATE, ALLOW, ASSIST, ENCOURAGE |
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SYN: MOLLIFY, MAKE BETTER, IMPROVE
ANT: EXACERBATE, WORSEN |
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SYN: HOSTILE, BRUTAL, ABUSIVE, AGRESIVE,BULLYING
ANT: COMPLIANT, WILLING, FLEXIBLE, EASY |
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SYN: AVOID, DESPISE, NEGLECT, REJECT
ANT: WELCOME, ACCEPT, ALOW, APPROVE, LIKE, LOVE |
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SYN: BANISH, SHUN, EXCLUDE
ANT: TAKE IN, WELCOME, PERMIT, INCLUDE, ACCEP, ALLOW |
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SYN: TARNISHED, DISHONOR, DISPLACE
ANT: IMMACULATE, HONOR, CLEAN, ENHANCE, IMPROVE |
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SYN: BELOW, UNDER, BENEATH, LOWER
ANT: ABOVE |
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SYN: FERVOR, DETERMINATION, DEVOTION, PASSION, DILIGENCE, EAGERNESS
ANT: LETHARGY, APATHY, LAZINESS, DIS INTEREST, DISCOURAGEMENT, UNENTHUSIASM |
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SYN: INDIFFERENT, UNINTERESETED, PASSIVE,UNRESPONSIVE, (DNT CARE ABOUT SOMETHING)
ANT: ADVOCATE, INTERESTED, COMPASSIONATE, RESPONSIVE, (HAVE AN OPINNION, A FAN) |
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SYN: UNEMOTIONAL, APATHETIC, DETACHED, ALOOF, LONG-SUFFERING ANT: EMOTIONAL, CARING, CONCERNED, FEELING |
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SYN: PACIFY, SATISFY, MOLLIFY, SOOTHE, RECONCILE
(MAKE SUM1 FEEL GOOD, CALM THEM, SOOTHE THEM)
ANT: BELLICOSE, AGRESSIVE, IRRITATE, THREATENING |
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SYN: PUTRID, REEKING, SMELLY, STINKY, BLAND
ANT: AROMATIC, FRAGRANT, PERFUMED, SWEET, PUNGENT, SCENTED |
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SYN: TERSE, BRIEF, SHORT TO THE POINT, PITHY, BRUSQUE
ANT: VOLUBLE, CHATTY, BIG MOUTHED |
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SYN: DIPIRITED, DROWSY, LIFELESS, DULL ANT: ANIMATED, ACTIVE, ALERT, ALIVE, ENERGETIC, SPIRITED |
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SYN: CONDEMN, MINIMIZE, BELITTLE, DENOUNCE, TO SPEAK AGAINST
ANT: CONDONE, EXCUSE, FORGET, FORGIVE, IGNORE |
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SYN: STUBBORN, OPPOSING, REBELLIOUS, UNRULY
ANT: AMENABLE, MANAGEABLE, OBEDIENT, COMPLIANT, AGREEABLE |
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SYN: MEAGER, SMALL AMOUNT, INSUFFICIEN, LITTLE, POOR, MERE (SMALL), WANTING
ANT: RICH |
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SYN: DISTINCT, DIFFERENT, VARIOUS, DISCONNECTED
ANT: BOISTEROUS, ROWDY,LOUD, RAMBUNCTIOUS |
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SYN: OBSTRUCT, BLOCK, CHOKE OFF, STONEALL, PREVENT
ANT: ASSIST, ALLOW, SUPPORT, HELP |
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| THEREFORE, SO, THEN, ACCORDINGLY |
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| SHEER, FILMY, GAUZY, TRANSLUCENT, SILKY |
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| SELF-ASSURANCE, POISE, CONFIDENCE |
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| STIPULATION, A CONDITION, A REQUIREMENT |
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| TO HAVE A NATURAL TENDENCY |
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| STOP OR CHECK A FLOW, TO STOP THE FLOW OF BLOOD OR OTHER LIQUID FROM (A WOUND OR LEAK) |
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| AN INVASION, A SUDDEN ATTACK |
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| MIXTURE, A MEDLEY, A HODGEPODGE, CONFUSION |
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| SPLIT, A CRACK, A CREVICE |
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| LEARNED OR WISE PERSON, INTELLECT, BRAIN, ACADEMIC |
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| HOBBY, OR A SECONDARY JOB |
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| SHYNESS, LACK OF SELF-CONFIDENCE |
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FORTRESS, A STRONGHOLD, A REFUGE, ANY STRONGLY FORTIFIED BUILDING OR PLACE OR SAFETY
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| CLOTHING OR GARMENTS (ATTIRE) |
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LACKING, WANTING, ENTIRELY WITHOUT,
NOT POSSESSING, VOID, UNTOUCHED BY |
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LEWD, OBSCENE, INDECENT, COURSE OR INDECENT OR RAUNCHY TALK OR WRITING
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| SWING TO AND FRO LIKE A PENDULUM |
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MISTAKEN, ERONEOUS, ILLOGICAL
DECEPTIVE; MISLEADING: FALLACIOUS TESTIMONY
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| PRETEND, TO PUT ON A FALSE APPEARANCE |
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| Definition: | excitement, enthusiasm | | Synonyms: | animation, ardency, devoutness, eage, fire*, heartiness, heat*, seriousness, sincerity, solemnity, warmth, weakness, wholeheartedness, zeal, zealousness | | Notes: | the intensity of heat or feeling can be described as fervency (from Latin fervere 'boil'); an instance of this heat or feeling is fervor | | Antonyms: | apathy, coolness, discouragement |
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fashionable |
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faddy, in, latest, mod, modish, now, popular, prevalent, rage*, state-of-the-art*, trendy, up-to-the-minute, with it |
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out, unfashionable, unpopular, unstylish |
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| Definition: | calumny | | Synonyms: | abuse, animadversion, aspersion, bad press, censure, criticism, defamation, disgrace, humiliation, ignominy, insult, invective, reproach, slander, vituperation Antonyms: acclamation, approval, praise, commendation, calmness |
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fight |
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altercation, assault, attack, battle, brawl, clash, disturbance, donnybrook, encounter, fracas, melee, quarrel, riot, ruckus, scuffle, skirmish
Antonyms: truse, peace
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old-fashioned |
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antiquated, belated, dated, dead, disused, démodé, extinct, has-been, obsolete, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, superseded, unfashionable, yesterday |
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current, fashionable, in, in vogue, modern, new |
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slack, remiss |
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asleep on job, behindhand, careless, delinquent, derelict, devil-may-care, disregardful, easygoing, flaccid, forgetful, imprecise, inaccurate, indefinite, indifferent, inexact, neglectful, negligent, nonspecific, oblivious, overindulgent, paying no mind, regardless, sloppy, unmindful, vague |
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hard, rigid, strict, tight |
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sarcastic |
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acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, chaffing, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, double-edged, exaggerated, incongruous, pungent, ridiculous, satirical, scoffing, uncomplimentary, unexpected |
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sincere |
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clumsy, uncultivated |
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awkward, barbaric, clownish, discourteous, disgracious, gawky, graceless, gross, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, inelegant, loud-mouthed, raunchy, rough, rude,tacky*, uncalled-for, uncivil, uncivilized, unrefined, vulgar |
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agile, couth, cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated |
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noisy |
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blusterous, disorderly, loud, out of hand, raising Cain, raising the roof, rambunctious, riotous, rowdy, screaming, strepitous, tumultous, unmanageable, unruly, uproarious, vociferous, wild
Antonyms: quiet, silent, calm
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| Definition: | snappy answer | | Synonyms: | back answer, back talk, comeback, crack*, jest, joke, lip, parting shot, rejoinder, reply, reprisal, respond, response, retaliation, return, revenge, riposte, snappy comeback | | Notes: | rejoin implies a sharp answer, but retort suggests the addition of criticism or an explicit charge | | Antonyms: | question, request |
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secretive, quiet |
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bashful, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, dried up, dummied up, hesitant, mum, reserved, restrained, shy, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unspeaking, uptight* |
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communicative, forward, unrestrained |
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harass, besiege |
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annoy, badger, bedevil, beset, blockade, bother, gnaw, harry, nag, persecute, pester, plague, put upon, set upon, siege, storm, tease, vex, worry
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joining, mingling, open, public, sociable, socializing |
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| Definition: |
notice of person's death |
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announcement, death notice, eulogy, mortuary tribute, necrology, obit, register |
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birth announcement |
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lowest point |
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all-time low, base, bottom, floor, low point, record low, rock bottom, zero level |
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zenith derived from Arabic samt ar-ras 'the way or road above one's head'; zenith technically is the point directly above the observer and nadir is the point directly below
Atonym: top
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false name |
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AKA, alias, ananym, anonym, assumed name, handle*, incognito*, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, professional name, stage name, summer name |
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an allonym is a pen name that is borrowed, not made-up like a pseudonym |
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name |
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| Definition: |
strong praise, recognition of achievement |
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approval, award, badge, decoration, distinction, honor, kudos*, laurels
ANT: unimportance, insignificanse
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| Definition: | command | | Synonyms: | beseech, charge, entreat, implore, obligate, order, require, supplicate | | Notes: | abjure is 'swear off' or 'swear away' and adjure is 'command earnestly'; abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or | Antonyms: | deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke |
abandoning often made under oath
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| Definition: |
deceive; stretch the truth |
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beat around the bush, beg the question, belie, cavil, con, distort, dodge, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, fabricate, falsify, fib, garble, hedge, invent, jive, lie*, misrepresent, misspeak, palter, phony up, put on*, quibble, shift, shuffle, tergiversate |
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tell truth |
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excite, stimulate |
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amuse, arouse, entertain, grab, grapple, hook, interest, palpate, provoke, switch on, tantalize, tease, thrill, tickle, tickle pink, turn on |
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titillate means to arouse, stimulate, or tickle in a pleasant way; titivate means to adorn or spruce up |
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disenchant, repulse, turn off |
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| Definition: |
go beyond; surpass |
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be superior, beat, best, better, eclipse, exceed, excel, go above, leave behind, leave in the dust, outdo, outrival, outshine, outstrip, outvie, overstep, overtop, rise above, top, transform |
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fail, lose |
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sarcastic, scathing |
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acerbic, acid, acidulous, acute, astringent, biting, caustic, clear, clear-cut, crisp, critical, crushing, dynamic, effective, effectual, emphatic, energetic, explicit, forceful, forcible, graphic, hurtful, impressive, intense, penetrating, powerful |
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frivolous, gentle, impotent, kind, nice, weak |
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judge |
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adjudicator, appraiser, arbiter, assessor, authority, bench, chancellor, conciliator, court, critic, evaluator, expert, honor, inspector, intercessor, intermediary, interpreter, judiciary, jurist, justice, justice of peace, justice of the peace, legal official, magister, magistrate, marshal, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, reconciler, referee, umpire, warden |
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counterfeit |
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artificial, dummy, ersatz, fake, false, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, imitation, not what it is cracked up to be, phony, pretended, pseudo, sham, simulated, spurious |
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authentic, genuine, real |
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disobedient, uncontrollable |
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contrary, contumacious, defiant, fractious, indomitable, insubmissive, insubordinate, intractable, obstinate, opposing, radical, rebellious, refractory, resistant, resisting, stubborn, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, unwilling, wayward, wild, willful, withstanding |
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amenable, obedient, passive |
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general |
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all-comprehensive, all-inclusive, all-pervading, catholic, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, global, inclusive, planetary, unifying, universal, worldwide
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childish |
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babyish, babylike, callow, foolish, green*, immature, inane, inexperienced, infantile, irresponsible, jejune, juvenile, naive, petty, ridiculous, silly, trivial, unfledged, ungrown, weak, young |
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adult, mature |
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| Definition: |
taken for granted; not said aloud |
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alluded to, allusive, assumed, hinted at, implicit, implied, inarticulate, indirect, inferred, intimated, silent, suggested, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, unvoiced, wordless |
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explicit, express |
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dedicated, religious |
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born-again, clerical, devoted, devout, divine, ecclesiastical, godly, goody-goody, orthodox, prayerful, priestly, reverent, righteous, sacred, saintly, sanctimonious, spiritual |
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atheist, impious, irreligious, sinful, wicked |
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dictatorial |
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absolute, authoritarian, autocratic, oppressive, tyrannical
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creep by |
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coast, cower, glide, glissade, go stealthily, gumshoe, lurk, meander, pass quietly, prowl, pussyfoot, shirk, sidle, skitter, skulk, slick, slide, slip, snake, sneak, steal, undulate |
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inactive |
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asleep, at rest, deactivated, dormant, fallow, idle, immobile, in abeyance, inert, inoperative, latent, motionless, passive, quiet, slumbering, stagnant, still |
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respected |
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admirable, aged, august, dignified, esteemed, estimable, experienced, grand, grave, honorable, honored, imposing, matriarchal, noble, patriarchal, philosophical, revered, reverenced, reverend, sacred, sage, sedate, serious, stately, venerated, wise, worshipful, worshipped |
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unrespected |
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infuse, saturate |
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bathe, diffuse, impregnate, inculcate, infix, ingrain, inoculate, instill, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, steep, suffuse |
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drain, take out |
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infirm |
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decrepit, enervated, enfeebled, feeble, frail, incapacitated, sapped, weakened |
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invigorated, restored |
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have nothing to do with |
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abandon, abjure, abstain, avoid, double, duck, elude, evade, forgo, forswear, give up, have no truck with, let well enough alone, not touch, refrain, renounce, sacrifice, shun, shy, shy away from, steer clear of, swear off |
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embrace, like, love |
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prevent, slow down |
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arrest, balk, bar, block, bottleneck, box in, burden, check, choke, clog, contravene, counteract, crab, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, deter, encumber, fetter, frustrate, get in the way, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, louse up, muzzle, neutralize, obstruct, offset, oppose, preclude, prohibit, resist, retard, shut out, snafu, stay, stop, stymie*, terminate, thwart, trammel |
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advance, aid, allow, assist, encourage, facilitate, forward, further, help, permit, promote, push |
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make known; confess |
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admit, betray, blab, blow the whistle, broadcast, communicate, cough up, declare, disclose, discover, exhibit, expose, fess up, give away, go public, gossip, impart, leak, let hair down, let slip, mouth, open up, own up, proclaim, promulgate, publish, reveal, spill, spill the beans, spring, tattle, tell, tip off, uncover |
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conceal, hide, keep, secrete |
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| Definition: | die or surrender | | Synonyms: | accede, bow, break down, buckle, capitulate, cave, cave in, cease, collapse, croak, decease, defer, demise, depart, drop, eat crow, expire, fall, fall victim to, flake out, fold, give in, give in to, give out, give up the ghost, give way, go, go down, go under, knuckle, knuckle under, meet waterloo, pack it in, pass, pass away, perish, quit, show white flag, submit, take the count, throw in the towel, wilt, yield | | Antonyms: | conquer, create, overcome, win |
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distribute; scatter |
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banish, besprinkle, break up, broadcast, cast forth, circulate, diffuse, disapear, disburse, dismiss, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, dole out, eject, intersperse, measure out, partition, propagate, scatter, scramble, separate, shed, split up, spray, spread, take off in all directions, |
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to disburse means 'to pay out or expend'; to disperse is 'to scatter something' |
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arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather |
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make known |
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advertise, announce, annunciate, broadcast, call, circulate, communicate, declare, decree, disseminate, drum, issue, make public, notify, pass the word, proclaim, promote, publish, sound, spread, toot, trumpet |
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conceal, hide |
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revenge |
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avengement, avenging, counterblow, counterstroke, eye for an eye, paying back, requital, retaliation, retribution, vengeance |
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kindness, sympathy |
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state of being unequal |
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injustice, unfairness, wrong |
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inequity is 'injustice, unfairness'; iniquity refers to 'immorality, sin, wickedness' |
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equity |
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strong want |
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craving, desire, hankering, hunger, itch, longing, lust, passion, thirst, urge, yearning |
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dislike, hate, hatred |
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sin, evil |
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abomination, baseness, crime, evildoing, heinousness, immorality, infamy, injustice, miscreancy, misdeed, offense, sinfulness, unfairness, unrighteousness, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing |
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inequity is 'injustice, unfairness'; iniquity refers to 'immorality, sin, wickedness' |
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good, goodness, virtue |
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group sharing a belief or cause |
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band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, caucus, cell, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, combo, concern, conclave, confederacy, conspiracy, crew, crowd, division, gang, insider, junta,minority, mob, partnership, party, pressure group, ring, schism, section, sector, splinter group, team, unit, wing |
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a faction is a group of people forming a cohesive, usually contentious, minority from within a larger group; a fraction is a small part or item of something forming a piece of a whole |
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entirety, total, whole |
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censure |
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blame, criticism, obloquy, rebuke, reprobation,
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family relationship |
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affinity, blood, clan, family, flesh, folk, kin, kindred, lineage, relations, tribe
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detached, uninvolved |
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aloof, candid, casual, dispassionate, equitable, even-handed, impartial, impersonal, incurious, indifferent, not giving a damn, unbiased, unconcerned, uncurious, unprejudiced, unselfish, withdrawn |
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if you are disinterested , you have no stake in the outcome of an event and you are impartial - but if you are uninterested , you simply don't care; disinterested is 'impartial, neutral' and uninterested is 'bored, lacking interest'
uninterested means 'having no interest in, being indifferent to'; disinterested means 'having no personal interest or stake in; being unbiased toward' |
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biased, concerned, interested, involved, passionate, prejudiced |
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brave, nervy |
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audacious, bodacious, bold, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, heroic, impavid, lionhearted, nerveless, plucky, resolute, spunky*, stalwart, unafraid, undaunted, unflinching, valiant, valorous |
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cowardly, meek, timid |
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wise |
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astute, aware, careful, clever, contemplative, cunning, discerning, educated, enlightened, experienced, foresighted, informed, insightful, intelligent, intuitive, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, perceptive, reflective, sagacious, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, sound, thoughtful, understanding |
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reckless, daring |
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adventurous, aweless, bold, brassy, brave, cheeky*, courageous, daredevil, dauntless, enterprising, fearless, foolhardy, gutty, intrepid, nervy, rash, resolute, risky, smart ass, unafraid, uncurbed, undaunted, ungoverned, valiant, venturesome |
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cautious, gentle, humble, meek, mild, modest, reserved, timid, yielding |
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| Definition: | lascivious | | Synonyms: | bawdy, carnal, erotic, fast*, horny, hot*, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lubricious, lustful, nasty, obscene, orgiastic, prurient, raunchy, sensual, smutty, steamy, suggestive, voluptuous, wanton | | Notes: | salacious means characterized by lust or suggestive of or tending to moral looseness, while salubrious means favorable to health or promoting health ANT: clean, decent, proper, virginal |
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difficult, crabby |
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bad-tempered, bearish, captious, choleric, contrary, cranky, critical, cross, crotchety, crusty, disagreeable, dour, grouchy, grumpy*, huffy, ill-humored, ill-natured, irascible, irritable, morose, obstinate, ornery*, peevish, perverse, petulant, prickly, quarrelsome, snappish, sour, stuffy, testy, vinegarish, vinegary |
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easy, good-natured, happy, nice, pleasant |
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philosophic |
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aloof, apathetic, calm, cool, detached, dispassionate, dry, enduring, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, indomitable, long-suffering, matter-of-fact, patient, phlegmatic, resigned, self-controlled, sober, stoical, stolid, unconcerned, unemotional, unflappable, unmoved
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careless, spendthrift , improvident |
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extravagant, heedless, imprudent, inconsiderate, lavish, negligent, prodigal, profligate, profuse, reckless, shiftless, shortsighted, thoughtless, thriftless , uneconomical, unthrifty, wasteful |
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careful, miserly, provident, thrifty |
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| to suspend, until a later time (of a court), to close, end of session |
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| the AGGRIEVED: (Legal Term) |
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| the ARRAIGNMENT: (Legal Term) |
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| the reading of the compliant, the charges |
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| attorney in charge of case |
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| BENCH WARRANT: (Legal Term) |
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| to BEQUEATH: (Legal Term) |
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| to transfer (give something to someone after they die, or trust what they want to leave) |
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| accused of BILKING: (Legal Term) |
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| swindling, deception, cheat, scam, fraud (to cheat someone of money, to obtain money by fraud) |
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| to serve a CONCURRENT SENTENCE: (Legal Term) |
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| CONTEMPT OF COURT: (Legal Term) |
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| AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE: (Legal Term) |
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| not deny the charges, but present circumstances to avoid responsibility |
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| COMMUTATION: (Legal Term) |
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| COMULATIVE SENTENCES: (Legal Term) |
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