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Apparel

(n.) clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration(v.) to put clothes on, dress up

winter apparel should be warm and cozy.

Lets apparel our cats for the party.

Synonyms: (n.) attire, garments; (v.) deck out

Antonyms: (v.) undress, unclothe, strip,denude

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Besiege

(v.) to attract by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble

If troops besiege their stronghold, the rebel forces may be forced to surrendor.

Synonyms: blockade, encircle, pressure, hound

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Compress

(v.) to press together; to reduce in size or volume; (n.) A folded cloth or pad applied to an injury.

The editor helped to compress my rambling 25-page mystery into an 8-page thriller. 

Synonyms: (v.) condense, shrink, shorten

Antonyms: (v.)expand, enlarge

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Denounce

(v.) to condemn openly; to accuse formally

The United Nations decided to publicly denounce the tyrant's crimes against his people.

Synonyms:criticize, censure

Antynomns: hail, acclaim

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Dispatch

(v.) to send off or out for a purpose; to kill; (n.) an official message; promptness, speed; and the act of killing

We'll dispatch a repair crew right away.

Synonyms: (v.) sley; (n.) report, communication

Antonyms: (v.) recall, withold

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Douse

(v.) to plunge into a liqiud, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish

I'll douse the flames with the hose.

Synonyms: submerge,soak.dunck, immerse

Atonyms: dry out, dehydrate, kindle, ignite

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Expressly

(adv.) plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose

At the meeting, parents expressly stated their approval of students wearing school uniforms.

Synonyms: clearly, pointedly, explicitly

Antonyms: implicity, accidently

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Famished

(adv.,part.) Suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something.

The Vietnamese immagrants, new to a strange American city, were famishedfor news of home.

Synonyms: hungry, starving, ravenous

Antonyms: well fed, full, satisfied, satiated

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Forsake

(v.) to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon

I will never forsake my childre, no matter what they do or say

Synonyms: desert,disown

Antonyms: keep, hold on to, stand by

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Gainful

(adj.) profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

I hope to find gainful employment that si pleasing to me.

Synonyms: Moneymaking, paying

Atonynms: unprfitable, enrewarding, nonpaying

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Immense

(adj.) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurment.

Alaska enjoys immense natural resourses but its serve climate makes those resources difficult to use.

Synonyms: vast, enormous, immeasurable, gigantic

Antonyms: small, tiny, minute, infinitesimal

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Inept

(adj.) totally without skill or appropriatness

The scientist is brilliant in the research laboratory but is inept at dealing with people.

Synonyms: clumsy, unskilled, bungling, incompetent

Antonyms: skillful, accomplished, adroit

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Ingenious

(adj.) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

The students found an ingenious solution to the math problem.

Synonyms: imaginative, inventive, resourceful

Antonymas:unimgainitive, unoriginal,univentive

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Instantaneous

(adj.) done in an instant; immmediate

Most computer software is desinged so that users can obtain nearly instantaneous responses.

Synonyms:prompt, quick, speedy

Antonyms:delayed, slow, gradual

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Irk

(v.) toa nnoy, trouble,make weary

Questions that show a students lack of attention irk the teacher

Synonyms: bother, irritate, vex

Atonnyms:please, delight, cheer, gladden

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Libel

(n.) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made; (v.) to write or publish such a statement

The celebrity accused her biographer of libel.

Synonyms: (n.) slur; (v.) smear, defame

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Misgiving

(n.) a feeling of fear, doudbt, or uncertainty

They had midgiving about joing the chorus because of its demanding schedule.

Synonyms: worry, qualm, hesitation

Antonyms: felling of confindence, assurance

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Oaf

(n.) a stupid person; a big, clumsy slow indiviusal

He generally moved like an oaf so i was surprised to see how graceful he was on the dance floor.

Synonyms: bonehead, dunce, clod, lout

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Recede

(v.) to go or move backward; to become more distand

The town residents must wait for the flood waters tp recede before they can deal with the terrible mess it left behind.

Synonyms: retreat, go back, back up, ebb

Antinyms: advance, come closer

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Repast

(n.) a meal; food

Lets get together after the show at Callie's cafe for a late night repast

Synonyms: victuals