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(v.) to run off and hide.
Synonyms: bolt, make off, skip town. |
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(n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase.
Synonyms: entry, admittance, entree.
Antonyms: total exclusion.
(v.) to get at, obtain. |
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(n.) a lack of government and law; confusion.
Synonyms: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium.
Antonyms: law and order, peace and quiet. |
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(adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort.
Synonyms: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing.
Antonyms: easy, simple, effortless. |
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(adj.) favorable; fortunate.
Synonyms: promising, encouraging, propitious.
Antonyms: ill-omened, ominous, sinister. |
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(adj.) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced.
Synonyms: unfair, partial, bigoted.
Antonyms: fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just. |
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(v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage.
Synonyms: dismay, cow.
Antonyms: encourage, embolden, reassure. |
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(v.) to free from tangles or complications.
Synonyms: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl.
Antonyms: tangle up, ensnarl, snag. |
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(adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune.
Synonyms: destined, preordained, doomed.
Antonyms: accidental, fortuitous, chance, random. |
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(v.) to mislead by a trick, deceive.
Synonyms: dupe, put one over on.
Antonyms: undeceive, disabuse, clue in. |
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(adj.) not having life without energy or spirit.
Synonyms: lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless.
Antonyms: living, alive, energetic, lively, sprightly. |
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(v.) to burn to ashes.
Synonyms: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes. |
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(adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable.
Synonyms: valiant, courageous, audacious, daring.
Antonyms: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous. |
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(n.) theft.
Synonyms: stealing, robbery, burglary. |
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(adj.) bending readily; easily influenced.
Synonyms: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic.
Antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone. |
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(adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious.
Synonyms: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic.
Antonyms: unpretentious, unaffected, plain. |
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(n.) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster.
Synonyms: cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge.
Antonyms: abyss, chasm, gorge. |
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(v.) to make right, correct.
Synonyms: remedy, set right.
Antonyms: mess up, botch, bungle. |
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(n.) a temporary relief or delay;
Synonyms: stay, respite.
(v.) to grant a postponement.
Synonyms: postpone, delay.
Antonym: proceed. |
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(v.) to attack with words, call bad names.
Synonyms: inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce.
Synonyms: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize. |
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