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KEY: Gaze.

SYN: Stare, contemplate, scan, behold, regard, view, glower, gloat.

ANT: Wink, ignore, overlook, ogler disregard, glance.

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KEY: Gelatinous.

SYN: Viscous, albuminous, mucilaginous, gummy, [See {[glairy-tfltiaous % ]?}], semifluid, lentous.

ANT: Limpid, sparkling, crystalline.

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KEY: Gelid.

SYN: Frigid, cold, icy.

ANT: Warm, genial.

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KEY: Generality.

SYN: Mass, bulk, body, majority.

ANT: Section, minority, exception, Individuality.

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KEY: Generalization, [See ABSTRACTION].

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KEY: Generate.

SYN: Engender, produce, propagate, originate, beget, breed.

ANT: Stifle, extinguish, terminate.

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KEY: Generation.

SYN: Age, period, era, epoch, lifetime, offspring, stock, race, origination, breed, progeny, formation.

ANT: Perpetuity, eternity, immortality.

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KEY: Generic.

SYN: General, common, collective.

ANT: Particular, personal, specific.

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KEY: Generous.

SYN: Noble, chivalrous, liberal, disinterested, bountiful, magnanimous, open-hearted, munificent, honorable.

ANT: Mean, ignoble, illiberal, selfish, churlish.

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KEY: Genial.

SYN: Warm, cordial, balmy, cheering, merry, festive, joyous, nearly, revivifying, restorative.

ANT: Cold, cutting, harsh, deleterious, noxious, deadly, blighting, destructive, ungenial, lethal.

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KEY: Genius.

SYN: Talent, cleverness, inventiveness, creativeness, intellect, skill, giftedness, ideality, endowment, nature, gift, character, faculty.

ANT: Stolidity, stupidity, inanity, imbecility.

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KEY: Genteel.

SYN: Polite, well-bred, refined, courteous, fashionable, elegant, aristocratic, polished, graceful.

ANT: Rude, boorish, ill-bred, clownish, unfashionable, unpolished, inelegant, plebeian.

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KEY: Gentility, [See GENTEEL].

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KEY: Gentle.

SYN: Courteous, polite, highbred, mild, bland, tame, docile, amiable, meek, soft, placid, tender.

ANT: Rough, rude, coarse, fierce, savage.

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KEY: Genuine.

SYN: Authentic, true, real, pure, unalloyed, natural, unaffected, sincere, unadulterated, veritable, sound.

ANT: Spurious, fictitious, adulterated, apocryphal.

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KEY: Germ.

SYN: Seed, nucleus, embryo, origin, bud.

ANT: Fruit, development, result.

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KEY: Germane.

SYN: Allied, kindred, related, homogeneous, appropriate, akin, pertinent, relative.

ANT: Unconnected, foreign, alien, irrelevant.

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KEY: Germinate.

SYN: Sprout, shoot, bud, vegetate.

ANT: Rot, decay.

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KEY: Gesticulate, [See ATTITUDE].

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KEY: Gesture, [See ATTITUDE].

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KEY: Get.

SYN: Gain, procure, acquire, earn, obtain, attain, secure, achieve.

ANT: Lose, forfeit, surrender, forgo.

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KEY: Gewgaw, [See GAUD].

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KEY: Ghastly.

SYN: Deathlike, {[-wan]?}, grim, cadaverous, spectral, pallid, hideous, shocking.

ANT: Blooming, fresh, comely, seemly, buxom, ruddy.

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KEY: Ghost.

SYN: Spectre, apparition, spirit, vision, shade, phantom.

ANT: Body, animal, organism.

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KEY: Gibe.

SYN: Sneer, scoff, ridicule, jeer, mock, deride, rail at, taunt.

ANT: Salute, compliment.

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KEY: Giddy.

SYN: Whirling, vertiginous, thoughtless, inconstant, unsteady, lofty, beetling, dizzy, hare-brained, flighty.

ANT: Stationary, slow, ponderous, thoughtful, earnest, steady, low, unelevated, wary, circumspect.

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KEY: Gift.

SYN: Donation, present, grant, boon, gratuity, benefaction, endowment, talent, faculty, alms, douceur.

ANT: Reservation, refusal, wages, purchase, earnings, compensation, remuneration, inanity, stupidity, forfeit, penalty, fine, surrender.

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KEY: Gigantic.

SYN: Colossal, huge, enormous, herculean, giant, cyclopean, vast.

ANT: Puny, dwarfish, feeble.

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KEY: Giggle \n.\

SYN: Cachinnation, grin, titter.

ANT: Sob, whimper, whine, blubber.

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KEY: Giggle \v.\ [See GIGGLE \n.\].

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KEY: Gild, [See ADORN].

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KEY: Gird.

SYN: Surround, encircle, hem, environ, belt, enclose, engirdle, encompass, girdle, begird.

ANT: Disclose, open, expand, disencircle, disentangle, ungird.

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KEY: Girdle, [See GIRD].

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KEY: Girth, [See GIRD].

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KEY: Gist.

SYN: Essence, pith, marrow, substance, kernel, force, main point.

ANT: Surplusage, redundancy, additament, environment, accessories, garb, clothing.

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KEY: Give.

SYN: Bestow, grant, confer, impart, yield, produce, surrender, concede, present, afford, communicate, furnish.

ANT: Withhold, withdraw, refuse, retain, grasp, fail, restrain, deny.

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KEY: Glabrous.

SYN: Smooth, polished, bald, shiny, sleek, glacial, glassy.

ANT: Rough, hairy, bristly, hank, wrinkled, shaggy, hirsute.

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KEY: Glad.

SYN: Happy, joyous, pleased, gratified, blithesome, gleeful, gladsome, delighted, cheerful, elated, joyful.

ANT: Unhappy, sorrowful, disastrous, sorry, disappointed, dismal.

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KEY: Gladden.

SYN: rejoice, cheer, gratify, exhilarate.

ANT: Grieve, dispirit, disappoint, depress, afflict, trouble, wound.

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KEY: Glance, [See GAZE].

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KEY: Glare.

SYN: Beam, shine, gleam, ray, radiate, glow.

ANT: Shimmer, scintillate, glitter, smoulder, glimmer, glisten, glister, sparkle, flash, flicker.

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KEY: Glassy.

SYN: Vitreous, smooth, polished, glacial, glabrous, brittle, transparent, crystalline, pellucid, limpid, glossy, silken.

ANT: Rough, uneven, rugged, pliant, tough, opaque, luteous, muddy, turbid, scabrous.

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KEY: Glaze.

SYN: Vitrefy, gloss, polish, burnish, furbish.

ANT: Roughen, corrugate, rumple, crumple, Gleam, [See GLARE].

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KEY: Glee, [See GLAD].

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KEY: Glib.

SYN: Slippery, voluble, smooth, fluent, ready, talkative, flippant.

ANT: Rough, abrupt, hesitating, stammering, Glimmer, [See GLARE].

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KEY: Glimpse.

SYN: Sight, inkling, glance, glimmering, survey.

ANT: Observation, scrutiny, investigation, inspection, analysis, examination, exposure.

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KEY: Glisten, [See GLARE].

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KEY: Glister, [See GLARE].

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KEY: Glitter, [See GLARE].

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KEY: Gloat.

SYN: Revel, glut, feast.

ANT: Avoid, shun, loathe, abominate.

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KEY: glomeration, [See CONGLOMERATION].

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KEY: Gloom.

SYN: Gloaming, twilight, obscurity, shadow, obscuration, dullness, cloudiness, cloud, dejection, sadness.

ANT: Light, radiance, clearness, brightness, daylight.

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KEY: Glorify.

SYN: Exalt, honor, elevate, laud, praise, signalize, magnify, aggrandize, adore, panegyrize, extol.

ANT: Depress, debase, abuse, censure, degrade, decry, abase, defame.

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KEY: Glorious, [See CELEBRATED].

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KEY: Glory.

SYN: Brightness, radiance, effulgence, honor, fame, celebrity, pomp, luster, magnificence, splendor, renown.

ANT: Obscurity, ignominy, cloud, dishonor, degradation.

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KEY: Gloss \n.\

SYN: Polish, luster, misinterpretation, distortion, perversion, twist, plea, pretense, speciousness.

ANT: Nebulousness, haze, literalness, truth, representation, interpretation, reality, verity, Glow, [See GLARE].

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KEY: Glowing.

SYN: Shining, intense, hot, ardent, fiery, fervent, fervid.

ANT: Dull, languid, cool.

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KEY: Gloze, [See GLOSS].

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KEY: Glut \v.\

SYN: Gorge, fill, stuff, cram, satiate, cloy, surfeit.

ANT: Disgorge, empty, void.

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KEY: Glut \n.\

SYN: Surplus, redundancy, superfluity, overstock.

ANT: Scarcity, drainage, exhaustion, dearth, failure, scantiness.

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KEY: Glutinous, [See GELATINOUS].

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KEY: Gluttony.

SYN: Greed, gormandizement, voracity, deglutition.

ANT: Abstinence, frugality, abstemiousness, temperance, vegetarianism.

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KEY: Go.

SYN: Move, depart, pass, travel, vanish, reach, extend, proceed, stir, set out, budge.

ANT: Stand, stay, come, remain, persist, abide, rest, endure, lack, fail.

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KEY: Godless, [See WICKED].

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KEY: Godliness, [See PIETY].

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KEY: Good \a.\

SYN: Right, complete, {[ vietnous]?}, sound, pious, benevolent, propitious, serviceable, suitable, efficient, sufficient, competent, valid, real, actual, considerable, honorable, reputable, righteous, proper, true, upright, just, excellent.

ANT: Wrong, imperfect, unsound, vicious, profane, niggardly, unpropitious, unserviceable, unsuitable, inefficient, inadequate, incompetent, invalid, unctious, supposititious, inconsiderable, mean, disgraceful, disreputable, bad, evil.

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KEY: Good \n.\

SYN: Boon, benefit, advantage, gain, blessing, mercy, virtue, prosperity, weal, profit, interest, welfare.

ANT: Hurt, injury, loss, detriment, evil, disadvantage, ill, calamity, infliction, curse.

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KEY: Good-humored.

SYN: Good-natured, good-tempered, amiable, cheerful.

ANT: Ill-humored, ill-natured, cross, unamiable.

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KEY: Goodly.

SYN: Pleasant, desirable, excellent, fair, comely, considerable, graceful, fine.

ANT: Unpleasant, undesirable, uncomely, inconsiderable.

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KEY: Goods, [See CHATTELS].

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KEY: Gorge, [See GLUT and SWALLOW].

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KEY: Gorgeous.

SYN: Magnificent, splendid, costly, rich, superb, grand, strong.

ANT: Poor, naked, bare, cheap, dingy, threadbare.

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KEY: Govern.

SYN: Rule, direct, control, moderate, guide, sway, supervise, manage, command, conduct.

ANT: Misrule, misdirect, miscontrol.

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KEY: Governor, [See GOVERN], Grab, [See SNATCH].

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KEY: Grabble, [See GROVEL].

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KEY: Grace.

SYN: Favor, beauty, condescension, kindness, elegance, charm, excellence, pardon, mercy.

ANT: Disfavor, deformity, unkindness, pride, inelegance, awkwardness, gawkiness.

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KEY: Graceful, [See GRACE].

SYN: [See GOODLY].

ANT: [See GRACELESS].

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KEY: Graceless.

SYN: Ungraceful, vicious, scampish, reprobate, abandoned, worthless.

ANT: Graceful, virtuous, conscientious, upright, worthy.

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KEY: Gracious.

SYN: Affable, courteous, benignant, kind, civil, condescending, merciful, friendly, tender, gentle, beneficent.

ANT: Haughty, discourteous, illdisposed, ungracious, churlish.

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KEY: Gradation.

SYN: Stage, tier, degree, rank, standing, graduation, ordination, arrangement, precedency.

ANT: Equality, uniformity, fraternity, abruptness, saltation.

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KEY: Grade, [See GRADATION].

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KEY: Gradual.

SYN: Slow, continuous, unintermittent, gradational, regular, step by step, progressive.

ANT: Sudden, momentary, instantaneous, periodic, recurrent, intermittent, discontinuous, broken, disconnected.

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KEY: Graduate, [See CLASSIFY].

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KEY: Grand.

SYN: Large, dignified, imposing, important, eventful, magnificent, grandly, majestic, august, exalted, stately, splendid, lofty, elevated, pompous, gorgeous, sublime, superb.

ANT: Little, undignified, unimposing, secondary, interior, unimportant, petty, paltry, beggarly, mean, common, insignificant.

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KEY: Grandeur.

SYN: Dignity, magnificence, display, pomp, ostentation.

ANT: Meanness, paltriness.

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KEY: Grandiloquence.

SYN: Verbosity, pomposity, mouthiness, grandiosity, antiloquence, stiltedness, euphuism, turgidity, fustian, bombast.

ANT: Simplicity, plain-spokenness, naivete, unaffectedness, vernacular.

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KEY: Grandiose, [See GRAND].

SYN: [See Grandiloquence].

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KEY: Grant.

SYN: Give, allot, bestow, confer, transfer, admit, allow, concede, convey, impart, yield, cede.

ANT: Withhold, withdraw, reserve, resume, deny.

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KEY: Graphic.

SYN: Picturesque, illustrative, descriptive, pictorial, forcible, vivid, feeling, described, picturesquely.

ANT: Unpicturesque, unillustrative, undescriptive.

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KEY: Grapple, [See CONTEND].

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KEY: Grasp.

SYN: Seize, hold, clasp, retain, comprehend, catch, grip, clutch, grapple.

ANT: Loose, lose, abandon, relinquish, surrender, release, miss, misunderstand.

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KEY: Grasping, [See AVARICIOUS].

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KEY: Orate.

SYN: Bub, scrape, jar, scratch.

ANT: Glide, slip, lubricate.

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KEY: Crateful.

SYN: Pleasant, acceptable, agreeable, thankful, obliged, welcome.

ANT: Unpleasant, unacceptable, disagreeable, ungrateful, disobliged.

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KEY: Gratification.

SYN: Pleasure, enjoyment, satisfaction, indulgence, delight, reward.

ANT: Pain, dislike, disappointment, abstinence, abnegation, stinting, inurement, discipline.

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KEY: Gratify.

SYN: Please, satisfy, indulge, humor.

ANT: Displease, dissatisfy, disappoint, stint, discipline, inure, harden, deprive, deny.

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KEY: Gratitude.

SYN: Thankfulness, gratefulness.

ANT: Unthankfulness, ingratitude, thanklessness, oblivion, resentment, indignation.

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KEY: Gratuitous.

SYN: Free, uncompensated, voluntary, unwarranted, groundless, wanton, unnecessary, unsought.

ANT: Compulsory, involuntary, obligatory, necessitated, warranted, well-founded.

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KEY: Gratuity, [See GRATUITOUS and BONUS].

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KEY: Gratulation, [See CONGRATULATION].

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KEY: Grave.

SYN: Sad, serious, momentous, weighty, pressing, sedate, demure, thoughtful, sober, sombre, solemn, important, aggravated, heavy, cogent.

ANT: Joyous, merry, facetious, unimportant, ridiculous, trivial, light, frivolous, futile.

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KEY: Gravity, [See WEIGHTY and SOLEMNITY].

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KEY: Gravely, [See GRAVE].

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KEY: Graze.

SYN: Shave, scrape, skim, abrade, shear.

ANT: Strike, impinge, collide, encounter.

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KEY: Great.

SYN: Big, wide, huge, numerous, protracted, excellent, large, immense, bulky, majestic, gigantic, vast, grand, sublime, august, eminent, magnanimous, noble, powerful, exalted, noticeable.

ANT: Little, narrow, puny, scanty, few, short, mean, ignoble, weak, unimportant.

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KEY: Greediness.

SYN: Voracity, rapacity, eagerness, [See AVIDITY].

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KEY: Greed.

SYN: Gluttonous, voracious, hungry, desirous, avaricious.

ANT: Abstemious, abstinent, indifferent, contented.

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KEY: Greet, [See ADDRESS].

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KEY: Gregarious.

SYN: Social, sociable, consociative.

ANT: Unsocial, unsociable, solitary.

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KEY: Grief.

SYN: Trouble, tribulation, woe, mourning, regret, affliction, sorrow, sadness.

ANT: Joy, exultation, delight, elation, hilarity.

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KEY: Grievance.

SYN: Burden, injury, complaint, trouble, oppression, hardship, injustice.

ANT: Congratulation, boon, rejoicing, benefit, alleviation, disburdenment, riddance, privilege.

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KEY: Grieve.

SYN: Trouble, burden, annoy, distress, bewail, wound, pain, sorrow, hurt, afflict, mourn, lament, complain, deplore.

ANT: Ease, console, soothe, please, rejoice, exult, gratify, alleviate.

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KEY: Grievous.

SYN: Sad, heavy, afflictive, lamentable, deplorable, sorrowful, painful, burdensome, calamitous, baleful, hurtful, disastrous, unhappy.

ANT: Joyous, delightful, pleasant, glad, consolatory, grateful, welcome, acceptable, trifling, light, trivial.

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KEY: Grievously, [See GRIEVOUS].

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KEY: Grim.

SYN: Fierce, ferocious, terrible, hideous, ugly, ghastly, sullen, stern.

ANT: Mild, docile, attractive, placid, benign.

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KEY: Grind.

SYN: Crush, pulverize, [See OPPRESS].

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KEY: Gripe.

SYN: Grasp, seize, clutch, gnaw, pain, squeeze, screw, pinch, lay hold of.

ANT: Abandon, relax, soothe, ease, relieve.

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KEY: Grisly, [See GHASTLY].

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KEY: Groan.

SYN: Moan, whine, growl, grumble.

ANT: Giggle, cackle, chuckle, titter, laugh.

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KEY: Grope.

SYN: Feel, search, grabble, fumble.

ANT: Grasp, seize, hold, expose.

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KEY: Gross.

SYN: Entire, vulgar, vicious, impure, coarse, bloated, sensual, animal, bulk, indelicate, outrageous, unseemly, shameful.

ANT: Partial, net, pure, refined.

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KEY: Grotesque.

SYN: Whimsical, quaint, old, burlesque, archaic, caricatured, distorted.

ANT: Classic, chaste, fina, fashionable, graceful, severe.

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KEY: Ground \v.\ [See FOUND].

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KEY: Ground \n.\

SYN: Basis, foundation, premise, reason, cause, account, plea.

ANT: Superstructure, statement, argument, inference, deduction.

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KEY: Grounded.

SYN: Rooted, established, initiated, inaugurated, prepared, indoctrinated, trained.

ANT: Ungrounded, untangled, unprepared, uninitiated, baseless, unfounded, unauthorized, groundless.

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KEY: Groundless.

SYN: Vain, supposititious, unfounded, baseless, fanciful, gratuitous, chimerical, false.

ANT: Well-founded, substantial, authoritative, actual, authentic.

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KEY: Group.

SYN: Cluster, bunch, knot, assemblage, collocation, class, collection, clump, order, assembly.

ANT: Isolation, individual, crowd, confusion, medley.

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KEY: Grovel.

SYN: Crawl, cringe, wallow, creep, grub, fawn, grabble.

ANT: Soar, aspire, mount, rise.

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KEY: Grow.

SYN: Increase, advance, extend, expand, enlarge, gain ground, accrue, become, develop, amplify.

ANT: Dimmish, recede, contract, fail, stop, die, wane.

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KEY: Growl.

SYN: Snarl, grumble, complain, remonstrate, murmur, grunt.

ANT: Chuckle, cackle, grin, purr, acquiesce, Growth, [See ADVANCEMENT and PROGRESS].

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KEY: Grudge \v.\

SYN: Spare, retain, covet, envy, withhold.

ANT: Spend, impart, welcome, satisfy, gratify.

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KEY: Grudge \n.\

SYN: Spite, grievance, aversion, rancor, hatred, pique, dissatisfaction, discontent, refusal.

ANT: Welcome, satisfaction, approval, contentment, complacency, bestowal, benefaction.

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KEY: Gruff.

SYN: Rough, surly, bearish, harsh, rude, blunt.

ANT: Smooth, mild, affable, courteous.

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KEY: Grumble, [See GROWL].

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KEY: Grumpy, [See GRUMBLE and SURLY].

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KEY: Grunt, [See GROWL].

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KEY: Guarantee \v.\

SYN: Insure, answer for, pledge, [See WARRANT].

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KEY: Guard, [See PROTECT].

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KEY: Guarded, [See CALCULATING].

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KEY: Guardian.

SYN: Keeper, protector, conservator, custodian, preserver, warder.

ANT: Traitor, betrayer, pupil, ward.

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KEY: Guess.

SYN: Conjecture, surmise, divine, suppose, suspect, fancy, imagine.

ANT: Examine, prove, investigate, establish, demonstrate, elaborate, deduce.

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KEY: Guest.

SYN: Visitor.

ANT: Entertainer, host.

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KEY: Guidance.

SYN: Direction, control, [See MANAGEMENT].

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KEY: Guide.

SYN: Lead, direct, conduct, pilot, regulate, superintend, influence, train, manage.

ANT: Mislead, misconduct, misdirect, mismanage, misregulate, misguide, miseducate, betray, deceive.

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KEY: Guile.

SYN: Craft, treachery, deceit, cunning, insidiousness, artifice, fraud, hypocrisy, trickery.

ANT: Honesty, simplicity, frankness, generosity, candor, sincerity.

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KEY: Guileless, [See GUILE and CRAFT].

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KEY: Guilt.

SYN: Criminality, sin, offence, culpability, [See GUILE and CRIME].

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KEY: Guiltless, [See GUILE and INNOCENT].

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KEY: Guise.

SYN: Aspect, garb, semblance, plea, demeanor, dress, appearance, fashion, mien, manner.

ANT: Character, person, individual, sentiment, disposition, opinion, life, mind, soul, self.

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KEY: Gulf, [See ABYSS].

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KEY: Gull, [See CHEAT].

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KEY: Gulp, [See SWALLOW].

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KEY: Gumption.

SYN: Shrewdness, cleverness, [See ACUTENESS].

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KEY: Gush.

SYN: Burst, stream, flow, gush, spout, rush, pour out, flow out.

ANT: Drip, drop, dribble, trickle, strain, drain, ooze, filter, [See {[percolt{]?}].

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KEY: Gust \n.\

SYN: Squall, blast, puff, fit, outburst, gale, breeze.

ANT: Calm, tranquillity, subsidence, restraint, composure, zephyr.

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KEY: Gut \v.\

SYN: Disembowel, eviscerate.

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KEY: Guts.

SYN: Entrails, viscera, bowels, intestines.

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KEY: Guzzle, [See GORGE].

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KEY: Habilement.

SYN: Dress, vestments, robes, uniform, apparel, garb, clothing, clothes.

ANT: Deshabille, undress.

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KEY: Habilements, [See HABILEMENT].

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KEY: Habilitate, [See HABILIMENT and CLOTHES].

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KEY: habitation.

SYN: Qualification, entitlement, empowerment.

ANT: Disqualification, depression, debasement, dishabitation.

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KEY: Habit.

SYN: Habituation, custom, familiarity, association, inurement, usage, practice, way, manner.

ANT: dishabituation, inexperience, inconversance, desuetude, [See HABILIMENTS].

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KEY: Habitation, [See ABODE].

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KEY: Habitual.

SYN: Regular, ordinary, perpetual, customary, usual, familiar, accustomed, wonted.

ANT: Irregular, extraordinary, occasional, unusual, exceptional, rare.

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KEY: Habituate, [See HABIT and ACCUSTOM].

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KEY: Haggard.

SYN: Wild, wasted, worn, attenuated, wrinkled, ghastly, holloweyed, lean, gaunt.

ANT: Sleek, smug, chubby, plump.

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KEY: Haggle.

SYN: Higgle, chaffer, bargain, stickle.

ANT: Yield, deduct, abate, reduce, discount.

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KEY: Hail.

SYN: Accost, address, salute, call, welcome, greet.

ANT: Ignore, pass, cut, avoid.

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KEY: Hale, [See BEHALF].

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KEY: Halcyon.

SYN: Calm, serene, balmy, unruffled.

ANT: Stormy, troublous, tempestuous, blustering, boisterous.

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KEY: hall.

SYN: Moiety, bisection, dimidiation.

ANT: Integrity, entirety, totality, whole.

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KEY: Hallow.

SYN: Consecrate, venerate, reverence, enshrine, sanctify, dedicate.

ANT: Desecrate, profane, blaspheme, abominate, execrate.

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KEY: Halt.

SYN: Stop, rest, limp, falter, hammer, stammer, demur, dubitate, pause, hold, stand still, hesitate.

ANT: Advance, decide, determine, speed, flow, career.

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KEY: Hamper.

SYN: Hinder, [See CONTEMPTIBLE and PALTRY].

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KEY: Hand.

SYN: Laborer, workman, operative, artisan, agency, influence, index.

ANT: Employer.

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KEY: Handle.

SYN: Feel, treat, use, manage, manipulate, touch, wield, discuss.

ANT: Drop, mismanage, bungle.

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KEY: Handmaid.

SYN: Servant, auxiliary, supporter.

ANT: Antagonist, opponent.

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KEY: Handsome.

SYN: Comely, good-looking, generous, liberal, beautiful, ample, pretty, graceful, lovely, elegant.

ANT: Uncomely, ill-looking, ungenerous, illiberal, unhandsome.

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KEY: Handy.

SYN: Near, convenient, useful, helpful, manageable, dexterous, ready, expert.

ANT: Remote, Inconvenient, awkward, useless, cumbrous, unwieldy, unhandy.

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KEY: Hang.

SYN: Rest, lean, depend, suspend, poise.

ANT: Stand.

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KEY: hanker.

SYN: Long, yearn, crave, hunger.

ANT: Dislike, shun, loathe, abominate, detest, abhor, avoid, {[Hap]?}, [See LUCK].

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KEY: Hapless, [See LUCKLESS].

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KEY: Haply, [See PERHAPS].

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KEY: Happen, [See LUCK and BEFALL].

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KEY: Happiness.

SYN: Enjoyment, wellbeing, [See BLISS].

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KEY: Happy.

SYN: Lucky, fortunate, felicitous, successful, delighted, joyous, merry, blithesome, prosperous, glad, blissful.

ANT: Unlucky, unfortunate, infelicitous, unsuccessful, sorrowful, sorry, disapointed, dull, lugubrious, desponding, unhappy.

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KEY: Harangue.

SYN: Speech, oration, declamation, effusion, rant.

ANT: Stammer, stutter, mutter, mumble, drawl, insinuation, suggestion, reasoning, blandiloquence.

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KEY: Harass.

SYN: Weary, annoy, fatigue, jade, tease, irritate, chafe, molest, worry, vex, harrow, pester, tora, ent, tire, perplex, distress.

ANT: Refresh, comfort, solace, relieve, soothe, animate, inspirit.

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KEY: Harbinger.

SYN: Announcer, herald, precursor, forerunner.

ANT: Reporter, narrator, relator, historian, follower, attendant.

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KEY: Harbor \n.\

SYN: Haven, rest, refuge, shelter, anchorage, home, asylum, port.

ANT: Labor, toil, peril, exposure, voyage, roving, roaming, wandering, pilgrimage, tossing.

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KEY: Harbor \v.\

SYN: Cherish, accommodate, entertain, encourage, indulge, shelter, foster, lodge.

ANT: Eject, expel, discard, discourage, stifle, exclude, banish, dismiss.

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KEY: Hard.

SYN: Firm, dense, solid, compact, unyielding, impenetrable, arduous, difficult, grievous, distressing, rigorous, oppressive, exacting, unfeeling, stubborn, harsh, forced, constrained, inexplicable, flinty, severe, {[cmel]?}, obdurate, hardened, callous.

ANT: Soft, fluid, liquid, elastic, brittle, penetrable, easy, mild, lenient, tender, ductile, uninvolved, simple, intelligible, perspicuous.

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KEY: Harden.

SYN: Inure, train, habituate, confirm, indurate, consolidate, compact.

ANT: Disinure, relax, enervate, debilitate, dishabituate, soften, melt, mollify, colliquate, vaporize.

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KEY: Hardened, [See FAVORABLE].

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KEY: Hardihood.

SYN: Resolution, intrepidity, pluck, [See AUDACITY].

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KEY: Hardly.

SYN: Barely, just, scarcely, narrowly, merely.

ANT: Fully, amply, easily, largely, abundantly.

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KEY: Hardship.

SYN: Trouble, burden, annoyance, grievance, calamity, infliction, endurance, affliction.

ANT: Pleasure, amusement, alleviation, recreation, gratification, relief, assuagement, facilitation, boon, treat.

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KEY: Hardy.

SYN: Inured, robust, strong, resolute, stout-hearted, vigorous, intrepid, brave, manly, valiant.

ANT: Weak, uninured, delicate, irresolute, enervated, debilitated, tender, fragile.

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KEY: Harm.

SYN: Hurt, mischief, injury, detriment, damage, evil, wrong, misfortune, ill, mishap.

ANT: benefit, boon, amelioration, improvement, reparation, compensation, healing, remedy.

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KEY: Harmless.

SYN: Innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, innocent, gentle.

ANT: Nocuous, noxious, hurtful, savage, cruel, deadly, violent, mischievous, destructive, pernicious.

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KEY: Harmonious.

SYN: Congruous, accordant, proportioned, uniform, melodious, musical, dulcet, tuneful, consistent, peaceful, agreeable, amicable, friendly, concordant.

ANT: Incongruous, discordant, disproportioned, unshapely, harsh, unmelodious, sharp, grating, unfriendly, riotous, unpeaceful, quarrelsome.

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KEY: Harmonize, [See ACCORD].

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KEY: Harmony, [See AGREEMENT and CONCORD].

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KEY: Harness \n.\ [See ACCOUTREMENTS].

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KEY: Harp \v.\ (Metaphor.)

SYN: Strum, hammer, drum, peg.

ANT: Touch, handle, treat, manage, illustrate, Harrow, [See HARASS].

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KEY: Harsh.

SYN: Rough, grating, severe, sharp, rugged, acrimonious, abusive, soul-jarring, rancorous, rigorous, discordant, gruff.

ANT: Smooth, melodious, lenient, suave, bland, gentle, genial, kindly.

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KEY: Harshly, [See HARSH].

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KEY: Haste.

SYN: Speed, celerity, expedition, hurry, despatch, excitement, heedlessness, swiftness.

ANT: Slowness, tardiness, delay, coolness, reflection, moderation, steadiness.

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KEY: Hasten.

SYN: Accelerate, urge, expedite, speed, press, hurry, haste, quicken.

ANT: Retard, impede, obstruct, demur, hesitate, halt.

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KEY: Hasty.

SYN: Speedy, rapid, superficial, hurried, irascible, impetuous, reckless, headlong, crude, incomplete, undeveloped, immature, swift, precipitate, fiery, passionate, slight, quick, excitable, rash, cursory.

ANT: Slow, leisurely, careful, close, reflective, developed, matured, complete, elaborate, thoughtful, deliberate.

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KEY: Hatch.

SYN: Prepare, concoct, devise, scheme, brew, plot, contrive, incubate.

ANT: Disconcert, upset, expose, dissipate, counteract, baffle, mar, spoil, frustrate, neutralize.

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KEY: Hate, [See ABHOR].

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KEY: Hateful.

SYN: Abominable, detestable, vile, odious, heinous, execrable, loathsome, repulsive.

ANT: Lovable, lovely, desirable, delightful, attractive, enticing, enjoyable, tempting, pleasant.

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KEY: Haughty, [See AFFABLE], Hant, [See DRAG], Haunt, [See ABANDON].

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KEY: Have.

SYN: Own, possess, feel, entertain, accept, bear, enjoy, keep.

ANT: Want, need, lose, forego, discard, reject, miss, desiderate, covet, desire.

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KEY: Haven, [See HARBOR].

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KEY: Havoc.

SYN: Desolation, ruin, waste, wreck, ravage, demolition, destruction, devastation.

ANT: Conservation, enhancement, enrichment, augmentation, development, productiveness, luxuriance, prosperity.

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KEY: Hawk.

SYN: Sell, peddle, retail.

ANT: Reserve, store, suppress, withhold, house, bond.

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KEY: Hawker \n.\ [See HAWK].

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KEY: Hazard.

SYN: Peril, risk, jeopardy, danger, chance, imperil, dare.

ANT: Safety, security, protection, warrant, certainty, calculation, law.

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KEY: Hazy.

SYN: Foggy, nebulous, misty, filmy, gauzy, cloudy, murky, caliginous.

ANT: Diaphanous, clear, crystalline, transparent.

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KEY: Head.

SYN: Top, crown, chief, leader, ruler, mind, source, section, division, topic, gathering, culmination, crisis, leadership, guide, commander, acme, summit.

ANT: Tail, bottom, foot, follower, servant, retainer, subordinate, subordination, inferiority, body, bulk, subject, continuation.

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KEY: Heading, [See TITLE].

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KEY: Headlong, [See HASTY].

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KEY: Headstrong, [See OBSTINATE].

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KEY: Heal.

SYN: Cure, repair, restore, remedy, assuage, cicatrize, reconcile.

ANT: Harm, hurt, wound, pierce, ulcerate.

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KEY: Healthy.

SYN: Vigorous, sound, robust, strong, hale, salubrious, wholesome, hearty, healthful.

ANT: Unhealthy, unsound, weak, delicate, fragile, noxious, pernicious, insalubrious.

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KEY: Health, [See BEHALF].

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KEY: Heap, [See ACCUMULATE].

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KEY: Hearsay.

SYN: Report, rumor, gossip.

ANT: Personal knowledge.

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KEY: Heart.

SYN: Core, nucleus, kernel, interior, center, character, disposition, courage, hardihood, nature, life, feeling, benevolence.

ANT: Exterior, hand, action, aspect, manifestation, conduct, deed, timidity.

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KEY: Heartbroken.

SYN: Disconsolate, broken-hearted, woe-begone, inconsolable.

ANT: Cheerful, hopeful, trusting.

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KEY: Heartiness, [See HEARTY].

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KEY: Hearty.

SYN: Healthy, robust, cordial, sound, warm, honest, earnest, genuine, well, sincere, heartfelt, hale.

ANT: Unhealthy, delicate, infirm, cold, insincere.

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KEY: Heartily.

SYN: Cordially, zealously, sincerely, earnestly.

ANT: Halfheartedly, insincerely.

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KEY: Heat.

SYN: Warmth, ardor, passion, excitement, fever, ebullition, intensity.

ANT: Coolness, indifference, subsidence, calmness, composure, reflection.

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KEY: Heathenish.

SYN: Unconverted, unchristian, pagan, uncivilized, unbelieving.

ANT: Christian, believing, polished, refined, civilized.

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KEY: Heave.

SYN: Lift, raise, uplift, upraise, sublevate, hoist.

ANT: Dash, sink, lower, detrude, precipitate.

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KEY: Heavenly, [See CELESTIAL and ANGELIC].

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KEY: Heaviness, [See HEAVY].

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KEY: Heavy.

SYN: Weighty, ponderous, inert, slow, stupid, dull, impenetrable, stolid, cumbrous, grievous, afflictive, oppressive, burdensome, sluggish, laborious, depressed, [See {[180 HUT]?}].

ANT: Light, trifling, trivial, agile, active, quick, brisk, joyous, alleviative, condolatory, inspiriting, animating, buoyant.

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KEY: Hector \v.\

SYN: Bully, swagger, annoy, bluster, boast, vaunt, harass, threaten, tease, worry.

ANT: Cower, shrink, hide, skulk, abscond.

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KEY: Hector \n.\ [See HECTOR].

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KEY: Heed \v.\

SYN: Mind, regard, notice, attend to, observe.

ANT: Disregard, slight, ignore.

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KEY: Heed \n.\ [See HEED \v.\].

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KEY: Heedful.

SYN: Mindful, careful, considerate, cautious, wary, circumspect.

ANT: Unmindful, careless, heedless, reckless, unheedful.

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KEY: Heedless, [See HEEDFUL].

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KEY: Height.

SYN: Altitude, elevation, tallness, summit, exaltation, culmination, top, apex, climax, acme, crisis.

ANT: Depth, lowness, depression, littleness, base, abasement.

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KEY: Heighten.

SYN: Exalt, increase, enhance, intensify, color, vivify, aggravate, raise, exaggerate, lift up, amplify.

ANT: Lower, depress, diminish, deteriorate, abase, temper, tone, extenuate, modify, quality.

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KEY: Heinous.

SYN: Hateful, fragrant, Jo testable, flagitious, atrocious, odious, abominable, execrable, enormous.

ANT: Excellent, laudable, meritorious, praiseworthy, distinguished, justifiable, excusable, palliable.

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KEY: Hellish, [See ANGELIC].

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KEY: Help \v.\

SYN: Aid, succor, remedy, prevent, avoid, assist, promote, cooperate, relieve, second.

ANT: Oppose, obstruct, aggravate, incur.

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KEY: Help \n.\ [See HELP].

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KEY: Helpless, [See FORLORN].

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KEY: Hem \v.\ [See BORDER].

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KEY: Herald \n.\ [See HARBINGER].

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KEY: Herculean, [See GIGANTIC].

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KEY: Herd \v.\ [See CONGREGATE].

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KEY: Hereditary.

SYN: Inherited, ancestral, lineal.

ANT: Conferred, acquired, won.

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KEY: Heresy.

SYN: Schism, unorthodoxy.

ANT: Orthodoxy, catholicity.

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KEY: Heritage.

SYN: Inheritance, entailment, legacy, {[Uoquvst]?}.

ANT: Acquisition, merit, wages, compensation.

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KEY: Hermetically.

SYN: Air-tight, closely.

ANT: Loosely, misfittingly.

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KEY: Hero, [See CHAMPION].

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KEY: Heroic.

SYN: Brave, undaunted, chivalrous, daring, romantic, gallant, fearless, courageous, intrepid, dauntless.

ANT: Dastardly, cowardly, cravenly, poltroonish.

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KEY: Hesitate.

SYN: Dubitate, waver, demur, scruple, falter, stammer, pause, doubt.

ANT: Decide, determine, run, flow, career.

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KEY: Heterodox.

SYN: Unsound, hereto ical.

ANT: Sound, orthodox.

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KEY: Heterogeneous.

SYN: Strange, dissimilar, alien, discordant.

ANT: Accordant, congruous, homogeneous, {[sLuilar]?}.

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KEY: Hew.

SYN: Cut, hack, chop, fall.

ANT: Mould, model, form, carve, engrave, sculpture, levigate, turn.

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KEY: Hibernal.

SYN: Wintry, arctic, brumal, glacial.

ANT: Summerly, zephyrous, balmy, halcyonic.

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KEY: Hide.

SYN: Conceal, secrete, mask, dissemble, store, protect, disguise, ensconce, screen, cover, burrow.

ANT: Expose, discover, exhibit, manifest, betray, strip.

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KEY: Hideous.

SYN: Frightful, unshapely, monstrous, horrid, horrible, ugly, grisly, grim, ghastly.

ANT: Graceful, beautiful, captivating, attractive.

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KEY: Hie.

SYN: Fly, haste, speed.

ANT: Falter, stop, stay, lag, stick.

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KEY: Higgle, [See HAGGLE].

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KEY: High.

SYN: Elevated, lofty, tall, eminent, excellent, noble, haughty, violent, proud, exalted.

ANT: Depressed, low, stunted, ignoble, mean, base, affable.

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KEY: Highly.

SYN: Greatly, exceedingly, extremely, very much.

ANT: Hardly, barely, scarcely.

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KEY: Hilarity, [See DESPAIR].

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KEY: Hinder.

SYN: Prevent, interrupt, obstruct, retard, debar, embarrass, impede, thwart, block, stop.

ANT: Accelerate, expedite, enable, promote, facilitate, hinderance, [See HINDER].

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KEY: Hinge.

SYN: Move, turn, hang, depend, work, rotate, circulate.

ANT: Halt, crepitate, jar, grate.

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KEY: Hint \n.\ [See CUE].

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KEY: Hint \v.\ [See SUGGEST].

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KEY: Hire.

SYN: Engage, commission, employ, rent.

ANT: Buy, purchase.

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KEY: Hit.

SYN: Strike, succeed, chance, reach, hazard, mistake, touch.

ANT: Fail, mischance, err, miss.

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KEY: Hitch.

SYN: Stick, stickle, oar, jam, catch, hang.

ANT: Run, glide, elide, rotate, flow.

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KEY: Hoard.

SYN: Treasure, accumulate, husband, store up, amass, heap up, lay up.

ANT: Waste, squander, dissipate.

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KEY: Hoarse.

SYN: Harsh, grating, husky, raucous, rough, gruff.

ANT: Mellifluous, mellow, rich, sweet, melodious.

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KEY: Hoary.

SYN: White, gray, silvery, frosty.

ANT: Dark, raven, jet.

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KEY: Hoax.

SYN: Befool, gammon, bamboozle, dupe, trick, trepan.

ANT: Guide, enlighten, undeceive, inform, direct, correct, regulate.

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KEY: Hobby.

SYN: Limp, falter.

ANT: Bun, course, speed, leap.

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KEY: Hobble.

SYN: Pursuit, whim, amusement, specialty, idiosyncrasy.

ANT: Nuisance, horror, aversion, bugbear, scarecrow, incubus.

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KEY: Hoyden.

SYN: Romp, tomboy.

ANT: Prude.

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KEY: Hold.

SYN: Keep, grasp, retain, support, restrain, defend, maintain, occupy, possess, sustain, regard, consider, cohere, continue, have.

ANT: Drop, abandon, surrender, fail, release, desert, forego, vacate, concede, break, cease.

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KEY: Hollow \a.\ (Metaphor)

SYN: Empty, concave, foolish, weak, faithless, insincere, artificial, unsubstantial, void, flimsy, transparent, senseless, vacant, unsound, false.

ANT: Full, solid, well-stored, strong, firm, sincere, true, genuine, substantial, sound.

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KEY: Holy.

SYN: Sacred, reverend, pure, consecrated, religious, saintly, [See {[pioUB]?}], devout, divine, hallowed, devout.

ANT: Profane, evil, impure, unholy.

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KEY: Homage.

SYN: Fealty, allegiance, submission, worship, deference, al, fiance, respect, veneration.

ANT: Treason, rebellion, disaffection, insubordination, defiance.

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KEY: Home, [See ABODE].

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KEY: Homely.

SYN: Plain, course, uncomely.

ANT: Handsome, beautiful, refined, courtly.

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KEY: Homogeneous, [See HETEROGENEOUS].

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KEY: Honest.

SYN: Honorable, upright, virtuous, proper, right, sincere, conscientious.

ANT: Dishonest, dishonorable, vicious, improper, wrong, insincere.

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KEY: Honesty.

SYN: Integrity, probity, uprightness, straightforwardness, fairness, sincerity, honor, rectitude, virtue, justice, veracity.

ANT: Dishonest, chicanery, trickery, insincerity, deception, fraud, unfairness, guile.

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KEY: Honor.

SYN: Respect, reverence, nobility, dignity, eminence, reputation, fame, high-mindedness, spirit, selfrespect, renown, grandeur, esteem.

ANT: Disrespect, contempt, irreverence, slight, obscurity, degradation, disgrace, abasement, demoralization, cowardice, dishonor, infamy.

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KEY: Honorable.

SYN: High-minded, upright, [See FALLIBLE].

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KEY: Honorary.

SYN: Gratuitous, unofficial, unremunerative, nominal, titular.

ANT: Official, remunerative, professional, jurisdictional.

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KEY: Hoot.

SYN: Hiss, execrate, denounce, sibilate, decry.

ANT: Cheer, honor, acclaim, eulogize, salute, welcome.

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KEY: Hope.

SYN: Anticipation, prospect, vision, longing, confidence, desire, expectation, trust.

ANT: Despair, despondency, distrust, disbelief, abandonment, abjuration.

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KEY: Horrible.

SYN: Abominable, detestable, dreadful, fearful, hideous, ghastly, terrific, hateful, direful, horrid, awful, frightful.

ANT: Lovely, desirable, enjoyable, attractive, beautiful, fair, pleasant, amiable.

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KEY: Horrid, [See HORRIBLE].

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KEY: Horror.

SYN: Fear, dread, shrinking, loathing, detestation, awe, dismay, fright, terror, excessive fear.

ANT: Love, attraction, allurement, enticement.

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KEY: Horse.

SYN: Steed, charger, courser, {[Rozinante]?}, nag, barb.

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KEY: Hospitable.

SYN: Sociable, neighborly, charitable.

ANT: Unsociable, exclusive, retired, unneighborly, churlish, recluse.

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