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(verb) to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
SYNONYMS: contaminate, pollute, sully
ANTONYMS: purify, purge, expurgate |
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(adj.) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical
SYNONYMS: versatile, facile
ANTONYMS: clumsy, all thumbs, maladroit |
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(verb) to make larger, increase
SYNONYMS: enlarge, supplement, amplify
ANTONYMS: decrease, diminish |
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(adj. part.) deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
SYNONYMS: bereaved
ANTONYMS: replete, well provided |
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(verb) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
SYNONYMS: station, organize |
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| (adj.) stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored |
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(noun) courage in facing difficulties
SYNONYMS: resolve, steadfastness, mettle
ANTONYMS: fearfulness, timidity, faintheartedness |
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(verb) to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide
SYNONYMS: gawk, ogle |
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(verb) to utter taunting words;
(noun) an expression of scorn
SYNONYMS: (v.) ridicule, mock, deride, jeer
ANTONYMS: (noun) compliment, praise |
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(noun) an external appearance, cover, mask
SYNONYMS: costume, semblance, pretense |
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(adj.) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous
SYNONYMS: cunning, underhanded, perfidious
ANTONYMS: frank, ingenuous, aboveboard |
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(noun) a hint, indirect suggestion
SYNONYMS: clue, indication, inkling |
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(adj.) wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose
SYNONYMS: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant
ANTONYMS: poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute |
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(adj.) easily bend, flexible; easily influenced
SYNONYMS: supple, adaptable, resilient
ANTONYMS: rigid, inflexible, recalcitrant |
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(verb) to say again, repeat
SYNONYMS: restate, rehash, recapitulate |
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(adj.) not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
SYNONYMS: impassive, phlegmatic
ANTONYMS: emotional, oversensitive, high-strung |
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(adj.) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
SYNONYMS: provisional, inconclusive
ANTONYMS: emotional, oversensitive, high-strung |
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(adj.) not combined; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude
SYNONYMS: sloppy, disheveled, disordered, rough
ANTONYMS: well-groomed, tidy, neat, natty |
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(adj., adv.) word for word; exactly as written or spoken
SYNONYMS: (adj.) exact; (adv.) precisely
ANTONYMS: (adj.) paraphrased |
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(adv.) cautiously, with great care
SYNONYMS: carefully, prudently, gingerly
ANTONYMS: recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously |
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(adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
SYNONYMS: clever, deft, dexterous, slick
ANTONYMS: clumsy, inept, all thumbs |
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(adj.) peacable, friendly
SYNONYMS: congenial, neighborly, cordial
ANTONYMS: hostile, antagonistic |
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| (adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling |
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(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggresive;
(noun) one at war, one engaged in war
SYNONYMS: (adj.) assertive, truculent, pugnacious
ANTONYMS: (adj.) peaceful, conciliatory, placid |
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(adj.) kindly, charitable
SYNONYMS: benign, well-meaning
ANTONYMS: malicious, spiteful, malevolent |
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(adj.) hasty, not thorough
SYNONYMS: quick, superficial, perfunctory
ANTONYMS: thorough, painstaking, careful |
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(noun) treachery, deceitfulness
SYNONYMS: fraud, ouble-dealing, chicanery |
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(verb) to praise extravagantly
SYNONYMS: glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail
ANTONYMS: criticize, belittle, disparage |
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(adj.) possible, able to be done
SYNONYMS: workable, practicable, viable
ANTONYMS: unworkable, impractical |
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(noun) a wry face, facial distortion;
(verb) to make a wry face
SYNONYMS: (noun) pained expression, facial contortion
ANTONYMS: (noun) smile, grin; (verb) beam |
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(noun) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burn offering
SYNONYMS: conflagration, devastation, annihilation
ANTONYMS: deluge, inundation |
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(adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
SYNONYMS: impenetrable, resistant, proof against
ANTONYMS: porous, permeable, vulnerable |
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(noun) a moving force, impulse, stimulus
SYNONYMS: impulse, incentive, spur
ANTONYMS: curb, hindrance, impediment, constraint |
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(noun) danger
SYNONYMS: risky, hazard, peril
ANTONYMS: safety, security |
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(adj.) extremely careful; particular about details
SYNONYMS: fastidious, painstaking, fussy
ANTONYMS: careless, negligent, sloppy |
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| (noun) a longing for something past; homesickness |
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(noun) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
SYNONYMS: paragon, exemplar |
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(verb) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
SYNONYMS: revert, degenerate, decline
ANTONYMS: advance, evolve, progress |
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(verb) to examine closely
SYNONYMS: inspect, pore over
ANTONYMS: skim, scan, glance at |
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(adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
SYNONYMS: insipid, halfhearted, wishy-washy
ANTONYMS: heated excited, enthusiastic |
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(noun) an enemy, opponent
SYNONYMS: antagonist, rival, foe
ANTONYMS: friend, ally, supporter, confederate |
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(verb) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
SYNONYMS: separate, drive apart, estrange
ANTONYMS: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile |
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(noun) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
SYNONYMS: ruse, stratagem, contrivance |
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(verb) to compel, force
SYNONYMS: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain
ANTONYMS: persuade, cajole |
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(adj.) cowardly; (noun) a coward
SYNONYMS: (adj.) fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous
ANTONYMS: (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant |
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| (adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen |
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(verb) to erase, wipe out, cut out
SYNONYMS: remove, cancel, expunge
ANTONYMS: insert, add, retain, include |
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(noun) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
SYNONYMS: decease, passing away
ANTONYMS: birth, beginning, commencement |
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(verb) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
SYNONYMS: stimulate, excite gladden
ANTONYMS: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit |
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(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yelow;
(noun) land left unseeded;
(verb) to plow but not seed
SYNONYMS: (adj.) unproductive, inert, dormant
ANTONYMS: (adj.) productive, fertile, prolific |
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(verb) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
SYNONYMS: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer |
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(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
SYNONYMS: blustery, tempestuous, implacable
ANTONYMS: mild, gentle, balmy, tranquil |
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(verb) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
SYNONYMS: meditate, contemplate, daydream |
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(adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded
SYNONYMS: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant
ANTONYMS: significant, crucial, momentous |
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(verb) to make permanent or long lasting
SYNONYMS: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely
ANTONYMS: discontinue, abolish, abandon |
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(noun) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
SYNONYMS: guide, tradition, model |
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(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment
SYNONYMS: penalizing, retaliatory |
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(verb) to set right, remedy;
(noun) relief from wrong or injury
SYNONYMS: (verb) rectify, correct, mitigate |
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(noun) a temporary stay;
(verb) to stay for a time
SYNONYMS: (noun) visit, stopover, brief stay |
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(adj.) refined in manner or style, suave
SYNONYMS: elegant
ANTONYMS: crude, uncouth, boorish |
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