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(n.) a person who takes part in a crime.
Synonyms: partner in crime, confederate. |
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(v.) to destroy completely.
Synonyms: obliterate, decimate, demolish.
Antonyms: foster, promote, encourage, nurture. |
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(adj.) unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness.
Synonyms: capricious, high-handed, autocratic.
Antonyms: reasoned, rational, objective, equitable. |
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(adj.) shameless, impudent; made of brass
Synonyms: saucy, bold.
Antonyms: deferential, respectful, self-effacing. |
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| (n.) a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change. |
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(n.) a large-scale departure or flight.
Synonyms: emigration, escape, hegira.
Antonyms: immigration, influx, arrival, entrance. |
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(v.) to make easier; to assist.
Synonyms: ease, smooth the way, simplify.
Antonyms: hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede. |
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(adj.) not able to be corrected; beyond control.
Synonyms: unruly, intractable, incurable, inveterate.
Antonyms: tractable, docile, curable, reparable. |
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(adj.) hidden, present but not realized.
Synonyms: dormant, inactive, undeveloped.
Antonyms: exposed, manifest, evident. |
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(adj.) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause;
Synonym: truculent.
Antonyms: unassertive, peaceable, passive.
(n.) an activist. |
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(adj.) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable.
Synonyms: morbid, doleful.
Antonyms: cheerful, blithe, jaunty, buoyant. |
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(adj.) not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid
Synonyms: hazy, cloudy, foggy, murky, dull, obtuse.
Antonyms: transparent, clear, bright, perceptive. |
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(adj.) chief in importance, above all others
Synonyms: supreme, foremost, primary, dominant
Antonyms: secondary, subordinate, ancillary. |
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(v.) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble;
Synonyms: (v.) chatter.
(n.) baby talk, babble. |
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(v.) to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts and assertion, to refute.
Synonyms: disapprove, confute, shoot holes in.
Antonyms: confirm, corroborate, substantiate. |
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(v.) to scold; find fault with;
Synonyms: reprove, reproach.
Antonyms: praise, pat on the back.
(n.) a rebuke.
Synonym: reproof |
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(n.) slavery, forced labor.
Synonyms: captivity, bondage, thralldom.
Antonyms: freedom, liberty. |
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(adj.) careless and hasty.
Synonyms: cursory, perfunctory, sloppy, slipshod.
Antonyms: painstaking, meticulous, thorough, in-depth. |
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(adj.) not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull.
Synonyms: still, motionless, inert, fetid.
Antonyms: flowing, running, fresh, sweet. |
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(v.) to give way to superior force, yield.
Synonyms: submit, die, expire.
Antonyms: overcome, master, conquer. |
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