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| difficult to understand, recondite, concealed Synonyms: complex, completed, intricate, knotty Antonyms: readily understood; clear |
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| friendly, courteous, amiable Synonyms: cordial, genial, gracious, sociable Antonyms: surly; aloof; infriendly |
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| excessive boldness, rashness, daring Synonyms: gall, cheek, chutzpah Antonyms: meekness |
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| extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant. Synonyms: penitent Antonyms: unrepentant |
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| believing on slight evidence, gullible. Antonyms: suspicious |
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| moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act Synonyms: abasement, corruption, debasement, debauchery Antonyms: noble behavior |
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| to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval. Antonyms: to endorse |
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| instructive, designed to teach Antonyms: uninstructive |
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| inactive, sleeping. Synonyms: abeyant, latent, quiescent Antonyms: active |
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| mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling Synonyms: abstruse, ambiguous, cryptic, equivocal, obscure Antonyms: clear |
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| scholarly Antonyms: ignorant |
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| foreign, unfamiliar Antonyms: native |
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| to mix or join (usually by melting) Synonyms: blend, merge Antonym: to divide |
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| unchanging; Antonyms: fickle |
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| incapable of reformed or improved; Antonyms: amenable to improvement |
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| to detest; Synonyms:abhor abominate Antonyms: to adore |
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| to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe; Synonyms: assuage, lighten, alleviate Antonyms: to intensify; to aggravate |
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| to cause not to be in effect, to negate; Synonyms: abrogate, annul, invalidate Antonyms: to make effective |
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| opposed to war or use of force; Synonyms: appeased, placated Antonyms: martial |
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| making an extravagant outward show, self-important; Synonyms: ostentatious, pompous Antonyms: meek; humble; shy |
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| introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action. |
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| to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke Synonyms: abjure, forswear, renounce, retract Antonyms: to avow; to reaffirm belief |
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| overly submissive; Synonyms: obsequious, slavish Antonyms: authoritative |
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| fear, trembling, agitation; Antonyms: fearlessness |
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| to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against |
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