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SYN: Indiscernible, inappreciable, minute, confused.

ANT: Distinguishable, conspicuous.

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KEY: Indite.

SYN: Prompt, suggest, dictate, word, compose.

ANT: Write, transcribe, pen (as un amanuensis).

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KEY: Individual.

SYN: Personal, specific, peculiar, indivisible, identical, singular, idiosyncratic, special, single, separate, particular.

ANT: General, common, collective, plural.

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KEY: Invisible.

SYN: Minute, atomic, ultimate.

ANT: Divisible, discerptible, separable.

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KEY: Indocility \n.\

SYN: Inefficiency, incompetence, inaptitude, ineptitude, imbecility, incapacity, obstinacy, doggedness, stubbornness,.

ANT: Efficiency, competency, aptitude, power, pliancy, teachableness, willingness.

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KEY: Indoctrinate, [See INSTRUCT].

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KEY: Indolence, [See ACTIVITY].

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KEY: Indolent, [See ACTIVE].

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KEY: Indomitable.

SYN: Invincible, untamable, irrepressible, indefatigable.

ANT: Effortless, feeble, languid.

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KEY: Indorse.

SYN: Sanction, approve, subscribe, accept.

ANT: Protest, repudiate, cancel, abjure, renounce.

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KEY: Indubitable, [See DOUBT and INCONTESTABLE].

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KEY: Indubious.

SYN: Unambiguous, plain, apparent, clear, [See EQUIVOCAL].

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KEY: Induce \v.\ Produce, cause, prompt, persuade, instigate, impel, actuate, urge, influence, move, prevail on.

ANT: Slave, prevent, disincline, dissuade.

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KEY: Induction.

SYN: Collection, collation, gathering, application (as correlative to

it).

ANT: Statement, generalization, proposition, class, principle, law, deduction, inference, argumentation, discourse.

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KEY: Indue, [See DIVEST].

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KEY: Indulge.

SYN: Spoil, pamper, humor, gratify, cherish, bask, revel, grovel, foster, favor, allow.

ANT: Thwart, deny, contradict, disappoint, discard, abjure, counteract, renounce, mortify, discipline.

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KEY: Indulgent.

SYN: Compliant, forbearing, tender, tolerant.

ANT: Harsh, severe, rough, [See SUBMISSIVE].

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KEY: Indurate, [See HARDEN].

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KEY: Industrious.

SYN: Diligent, laborious, busy, assiduous, active, hardworking.

ANT: Lazy, shiftless, idle.

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KEY: Industry.

SYN: Activity, toil, assiduity, diligence, perseverance.

ANT: Inactivity, ease, indiligence, indolence.

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KEY: Inebriety, [See EBRIETY].

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KEY: Ineffable.

SYN: Inexpressible, inconceivable, insurpassable, indeclarable, indescribable, exquisite, perfect.

ANT: Common, trivial, superficial, vulgar, conversational, colloquial, obvious, commonplace.

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KEY: Ineffectual.

SYN: Fruitless, useless, vain, idle, unavailing, abortive, inoperative, ineffective.

ANT: Effective, effectual, successful, [See EFFECTIVE].

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KEY: Inelastic, [See ELASTIC].

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KEY: Inelegant, [See ELEGANCE].

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KEY: Ineligible, [See ELIGIBLE].

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KEY: Inept, [See APT].

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KEY: Inequality.

SYN: Disparity, disproportion, unevenness, inadequacy, dissimilarity, imparity.

ANT: Equality, parity, coextension, adequacy, similarity, level, balance, identity.

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KEY: Inequitable, [See EQUITABLE].

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KEY: Inert.

SYN: Indolent, slothful, lazy, sluggish, heavy, inactive, passive, dormant.

ANT: Active, energetic, alert, brisk.

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KEY: Inertness, [See INFECT].

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KEY: Inestimable.

SYN: Priceless, precious, invaluable, [See ESTIMABLY].

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KEY: Inevitable.

SYN: Unavoidable, infallible, certain, irresistible, fixed.

ANT: Avoidable, uncertain, indeterminate.

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KEY: Inexact, [See ACCURATE].

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KEY: Inexcitable, [See EXCITABILITY].

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KEY: Inexcusable.

SYN: Unmitigated, unpardonable, indefensible, unjustifiable.

ANT: Mitigable, {[paliable]?}, justifiable, vindicable, defensible, pardonable.

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KEY: Inexhaustible.

SYN: Incessant, unwearied, Indefatigable, perennial, illimitable.

ANT: Limited, scant, poor.

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KEY: Inexistence, [See EXISTENCE].

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KEY: Inexorable.

SYN: Merciless, unrelenting, implacable, unalterable.

ANT: Lenient, exorable, indulgent, benignant, clement.

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KEY: Inexpedient.

SYN: Undesirable, inadvisable, disadvantageous.

ANT: Advisable, profitable, expedient.

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KEY: Inexpensive, [See EXPENSIVE].

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KEY: Inexperience.

SYN: Ignorance, inconversance, unfamiliarity, strangeness.

ANT: Experience, familiarity.

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KEY: Inexpert, [See EXPERT].

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KEY: Inexpiable.

SYN: Unatonable, unpardonable.

ANT: Expiable, redeemable, pardonable, atonable.

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KEY: Inexplicable.

SYN: Mysterious, enigmatical.

ANT: Obvious, plain, easy.

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KEY: Inexpressible, [See INDESCRIBABLE].

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KEY: Inexpressive.

SYN: Characterless, blank.

ANT: Expressive, telling, speaking.

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KEY: Inextensive, [See RECORD].

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KEY: Inextension, [See EXTEND and SPACE].

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KEY: Inextinguishable, [See EXTINGUISH].

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KEY: Inextricable.

SYN: Overwhelming, irredeemable, fatal.

ANT: Remediable, redeemable.

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KEY: Infallible, [See FALLIBLE].

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KEY: Infamous.

SYN: Disgraceful, vile, shameful, dishonorable, scandalous, [See HONORABLE].

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KEY: Infamy.

SYN: Despair, degradation, disgrace, ignominy, obloquy, extreme vileness, dishonor.

ANT: Honor, reputation, celebrity, glory, renown.

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KEY: Infantile.

SYN: Puerile, childish, imbecile.

ANT: Manly, mature, vigorous, robust.

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KEY: Infatuation.

SYN: Fatuity, hallucination, madness, self-deception.

ANT: Clear-sightedness, sagacity, wisdom, sanity, soundness.

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KEY: Infeasible, [See FEASIBLE].

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KEY: Infect.

SYN: Taint, corrupt, contaminate, pollute, defile, [See CONTAMINATE].

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KEY: Infection.

SYN: Taint, poison, contamination, corruption, contagion.

ANT: Purification, disinfection, antidote.

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KEY: Infectious, [See CONTAGIOUS].

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KEY: infelicity.

SYN: Unhappiness, misery.

ANT: Felicity, happiness, blessedness, joyousness.

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KEY: Infer.

SYN: Gather, collect, conclude, derive, deduce, argue.

ANT: State, enunciate, propound, anticipate, prognosticate, conjecture, assume, guess.

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KEY: Inference.

SYN: Deduction, corollary, conclusion, consequence.

ANT: Statement, proposition, enunciation.

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KEY: Inferiority.

SYN: Subordination, minority, poverty, mediocrity, subjection, servitude, depression.

ANT: Superiority, majority, excellence, eminence, independence, mastery, exaltation, elevation.

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KEY: Infernal, [See ANGELIC].

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KEY: Infertility.

SYN: Barrenness, poverty, sterility, unproductiveness, waste.

ANT: Richness, exuberance, fruitfulness, productiveness.

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KEY: Infest.

SYN: Trouble, harass, tease, annoy, pester, molest, plague, disturb.

ANT: Comfort, gratify, regale, refresh.

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KEY: Infidel.

SYN: Skeptic, unbeliever, heretic, freethinker.

ANT: Believer, Christian, devotee.

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KEY: Infidelity.

SYN: Unbelief, disbelief, skepticism.

ANT: Belief, faith, religiousness, [See FIDELITY].

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KEY: Infiltrate.

SYN: Instil, inoculate, permeate, saturate, soak.

ANT: Strain, draw off, defiltrate.

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KEY: Infinite, [See IMMEASURABLE].

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KEY: Infinitesimal.

SYN: Inappreciable, inconspicuous, minute, microscopic, indiscernible, atomic.

ANT: Enormous, immeasurable, vast.

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KEY: Infirm.

SYN: Weak, decrepit, lame, {[inforcible]?}, unsound, failing, irresolute, feeble, enfeebled.

ANT: Firm, strong, sure, cogent, forcible, sound.

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KEY: Infirmity.

SYN: Weakness, decrepitude, unsoundness, [See INFIRM].

ANT: Strength, vigor, healthfulness, soundness.

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KEY: Infix, [See FIX].

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KEY: Inflame.

SYN: Fire, kindle, excite, rouse, fan, incense, madden, infuriate, exasperate, Irritate, Imbitter, auger, enrage.

ANT: Quench, extinguish, allay, cool, pacify, quiet.

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KEY: Inflate.

SYN: Distend, expand.

ANT: Exhaust, empty, squeeze, flatten, compress.

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KEY: Inflated.

SYN: Pompous, turgid, bombastic.

ANT: Plain, unaffected, simple.

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KEY: Inflect, [See ACCUMULATION].

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KEY: Inflection.

SYN: Bend, curvature, inflexion, flexion.

ANT: Straightness, rectilinearity, directness.

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KEY: inflexible, [See FLEXIBLE].

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KEY: Inflexion, [See INFLECTION].

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KEY: Inflict.

SYN: Impose, put, lay on.

ANT: Remove, alleviate, suspend, spare.

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KEY: Infliction.

SYN: Grievance, trouble, nuisance.

ANT: Gratification, pleasure, accommodation, sparing, remission, condonation.

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KEY: Influence \n.\

SYN: Effect, control, causation, affection, impulse, power, credit, character, sway, weight, ascendancy, prestige, authority.

ANT: Inefficiency, ineffectiveness, imperativeness, nullity, neutrality, inemancy.

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KEY: Influence \v.\

SYN: Move, affect, sway, persuade, direct, bias, [See MOVE and AFFECT].

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KEY: Influential.

SYN: Potent, powerful, {[etficucion]?}, forcible, persuasive, controlling, guiding, considerable.

ANT: Weak, ineffective, inoperative, unpersuasive, inconsiderable.

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KEY: Influx, [See ACCESSION].

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KEY: Infold, [See ENFOLD].

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KEY: Inform.

SYN: Enlighten, instruct, edify, educate, acquaint, apprise, communicate, notify, tell, impart.

ANT: Misjudge, misinstruct, mislead, deceive, hoodwink, mystify, misinform.

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KEY: Informal, [See FORMAL].

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KEY: Information.

SYN: Instruction, advice, counsel, notice, notification, knowledge.

ANT: Concealment, biding, occultation, mystification, ignorance.

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KEY: Infraction.

SYN: Violation, infringement, breaking, disturbance, breach, nonobservance.

ANT: Observance, maintenance, conservation, respect, integrity.

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KEY: Infrangible, [See FRANGIBLE].

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KEY: Infrequency.

SYN: Rarity, fewness, paucity, dearth, scantiness.

ANT: Multitude, abundance, frequency, recurrence.

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KEY: Infrigidation, [See INCANDESCENCE].

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KEY: Infringe.

SYN: Break, violate, transgress, contravene.

ANT: Observe, conserve, preserve, keep within bounds.

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KEY: Infuriate, [See INFLAME].

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KEY: Infuse.

SYN: Steep, soak, water, instil, infiltrate, insinuate, breathe into, introduce, inspire, impart.

ANT: Strain, dry, drain, unteach, retract, divert.

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KEY: Ingenious.

SYN: Skillful, adept, clever, inventive, ready, frank, sincere.

ANT: Unskillful, slow, uninventive, unready.

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KEY: Ingenuous.

SYN: Noble, candid, generous, frank, sincere, straightforward, honorable, open, artless, honest.

ANT: Mean, reserved, sly, disingenuous, insincere.

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KEY: Inglorious.

SYN: Shameful, disgraceful, unrenowned.

ANT: Illustrious, glorious, renowned.

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KEY: Ingraft, [See GRAFT].

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KEY: Ingratiate.

SYN: Recommend, insinuate.

ANT: Discommend, alienate, estrange.

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KEY: Ingratitude, [See GRATITUDE].

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KEY: Ingredient.

SYN: Element, ingredient, component, constituent.

ANT: Non-ingredient, refuse, residuum, counteragent, incongruity.

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KEY: Ingress, [See EGRESS].

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KEY: Ungulp, [See GULP].

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KEY: Ingurgitate, [See SWALLOW].

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KEY: Inhabile, [See ABILITY and AWKWARD].

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KEY: Inhabit.

SYN: Tenant, colonize, settle, dwell in, reside in, live in, occupy.

ANT: Abandon, forsake, migrate.

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KEY: Inhabitant.

SYN: Occupant, tenant, resident, native, inmate.

ANT: Stranger, traveler, foreigner, visitor, intruder.

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KEY: Inhale.

SYN: Inspire, snuff, absorb.

ANT: Exhale.

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KEY: Inharmonious, [See HARMONIOUS].

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KEY: Inherent.

SYN: Innate, congenital, imminent, ingrained, inborn, intrinsic, natural, inbred.

ANT: Foreign, ascititious, temporary, separable, extraneous.

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KEY: Inherit.

SYN: Occupy, possess, enjoy.

ANT: Acquire, earn, gain, squander, alienate, dissipate, bequeath, leave, demise, devise.

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KEY: Inheritance.

SYN: bequest, legacy, heritage, hereditament, patrimony, possession.

ANT: Purchase, donation, acquisition, dissipation, alienation, forfeiture, lapse, escheatment.

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KEY: Inheritor.

SYN: Heir, successor, devisee, legatee.

ANT: Devisor, testator.

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KEY: Inhesion.

SYN: Introsusception, innateness, inherence, indwelling, ingrainedness, immanence.

ANT: Emanence, emission, ejection, extrusion, extraction.

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KEY: Inhibit.

SYN: Prevent, hinder, prohibit, restrain, debar.

ANT: {[TJrge:]?}, incite, permit, encourage, impel.

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KEY: Inhospitable, [See HOSPITABLE], Inhuman, [See HUMAN], Inhume, [See INTER].

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KEY: Inimical, [See FALSE and GROUNDLESS].

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KEY: Inimitable.

SYN: Transcendent, matchless, incomparable.

ANT: Ordinary, mediocre.

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KEY: Iniquity.

SYN: Injustice, wrong, sir, evil-doing, wickedness, crime, grievance.

ANT: Justice, integrity, virtue, holiness.

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KEY: Initiate, [See INAUGURATE].

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KEY: Initiative.

SYN: Start, leadership, commencement, example.

ANT: Wake, rear, prosecution, termination.

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KEY: Inject, [See EJECT].

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KEY: injustice, [See JUDICIOUS].

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KEY: Injunction.

SYN: Mandate, order, command, exhortation, precept.

ANT: Disobedience, Insubordination, noncompliance, nonobservance.

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KEY: Injure.

SYN: Damage, wound, hurt, wrong, impair, maltreat, cripple, mar, spoil, sully, harm.

ANT: {[Benellt]?}, profit, repair, advance, advantage.

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KEY: Injurious.

SYN: Hurtful, deleterious, prejudicial, noxious, detrimental, baleful, pernicious, wrongful, mischievous, damaging, baneful.

ANT: Helpful, beneficial, advantageous, [See PERNICIOUS].

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KEY: Injustice, [See JUSTICE and INIQUITY].

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KEY: Inlet.

SYN: Opening, ingress, commencement, entrance.

ANT: Outlet, egress, debouchure.

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KEY: innate, [See INHABITANT].

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KEY: Inn.

SYN: Hotel, tavern, public house.

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KEY: Innate, [See CONGENITAL].

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KEY: Inner, Inmost.

SYN: Interior, vital, secret, close.

ANT: Exterior, outer, outermost, open.

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KEY: Innocence.

SYN: Innocuousness, Inoffensiveness, guilelessness, guiltlessness, simplicity, purity, sinlessness.

ANT: Hurtfulness, offensiveness, guile, guilt, contamination, corruption, impurity, sinfulness.

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KEY: Innocent.

SYN: Sinless, harmless, innoxious, lawful, [See BLAMELESS].

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KEY: Innocuous.

SYN: Inoffensive, harmless, wholesome.

ANT: Obnoxious, hurtful, deleterious, insidious.

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KEY: Innovation.

SYN: Alteration, reversal, novelty, newfangledness.

ANT: Conservation, maintenance, archaism, old-fashion, obsoleteness.

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KEY: Innoxious.

SYN: Wholesome, harmless, [See NOISOME].

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KEY: Innumerable, [See NUMBERLESS].

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KEY: Innutritions.

SYN: Indigestible, harmful, ungenial, uncongenial.

ANT: Digestible, healthful, congenial.

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KEY: Inobservance, [See OBSERVANCE].

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KEY: Inoculate.

SYN: Impregnate, indoctrinate, tinge, insert, imbue, instil, ingrain, ingraft.

ANT: Disabuse, unteach, prune, divest.

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KEY: Inodorous.

SYN: Inodorate, scentless, without smell, wanting smell.

ANT: Odorous, odoriferous, strong scented, redolent, {[nidorous]?}, pungent.

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KEY: Inoffensive, [See OFFENSIVE].

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KEY: Inofficious, [See OFFICIOUS].

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KEY: Inoperative, [See OPERATIVE].

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KEY: Inopportune, [See OPPORTUNE].

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KEY: Inordinate.

SYN: Extravagant, disproportionate, unregulated, exorbitant, excessive, Immoderate, irregular.

ANT: Regular, just, moderate.

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KEY: Inorganic.

SYN: Inanimate, azoic, mineral.

ANT: Organic, organized.

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KEY: Inosculate.

SYN: Blend, unite, intertwine, solidify, anastomose, intersect, interpenetrate.

ANT: Separate, diverge, bifurcate, disunite, divorce.

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KEY: Inquietude, [See QUIET].

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KEY: Inquiry.

SYN: Interrogation, question, asking, investigation, search, examination, research, scrutiny, exploration.

ANT: Conjecture, guess, intuition, hypothesis, assumption, supposition.

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KEY: Inquisitive.

SYN: Prying, peeping, meddling, curious, [See CURIOUS].

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KEY: Inquisitorial.

SYN: Minute, arbitrary, overcurious, scrutinizing.

ANT: Superficial, perfunctory, uninquisitive, incurious, Inobservant, unscrutinizing.

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KEY: Inroad.

SYN: Invasion, raid, incursion, dragonnade, irruption, trespass, infringement.

ANT: Occupation, settlement, evacuation, retreat, sally, outbreak, excursion, egress.

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KEY: Insalubrity, [See SALUBRITY], Insane, [See MAP].

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KEY: Insanity.

SYN: Mental aberration, mental unsoundness, [See LUNACY].

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KEY: Insatiable.

SYN: Voracious, unappeasable, omnivorous, ravenous, rapacious greedy.

ANT: Moderate, delicate, fastidious, dainty, squeamish.

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KEY: Inscribe.

SYN: Letter, write, label, designate, delineate, mark, imprint, engrave, dedicate, address.

ANT: Erase, efface, cancel, obliterate, expunge.

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KEY: Inscroll.

SYN: Enlist, register, enroll, pattern, flourish, record, calendar.

ANT: Erase, disenroll, cashier, expunge, obliterate, efface, deface.

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KEY: Inscrutable.

SYN: Unintelligible, untraceable, mysterious, unfathomable, profound, insolvable, impenetrable, hidden.

ANT: Obvious, self-evident, familiar, intelligible, explainable.

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KEY: Insecure, [See SECURE].

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KEY: Insensate.

SYN: Brute, insensitive, insensible, unfeeling, stolid, insusceptible, unimpressible.

ANT: Sensitive, feeling, quick, sagacious, discriminating, observing, susceptible, acute, impressible.

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KEY: Insensibility, [See SENSIBILITY].

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KEY: Insensible, [See SENSIBLE].

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KEY: Inseparable, [See SEPARABLE].

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KEY: Insert, [See INTRODUCE].

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KEY: Inside.

SYN: Within, internally.

ANT: Without, outside, extraneously, externally.

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KEY: Insidious.

SYN: Wily, treacherous, designing, dangerous, deceitful, {[ely]?}, crafty, artful.

ANT: Straightforward, sincere, undesigning, innocuous.

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KEY: Insignificant, [See SIGNIFICANT].

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KEY: Insincere, [See HARD].

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KEY: Insinuate.

SYN: Introduce, insert, worm, ingratiate, intimate, suggest, infuse, hint.

ANT: Withdraw, retract, alienate, extract.

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KEY: Insipid.

SYN: Tasteless, vapid, uninteresting, characterless, flavorless, flat, insulse, lifeless, prosy, stupid.

ANT: Tasty, sapid, relishing, racy, interesting, engaging.

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KEY: Insist.

SYN: Stand, demand, maintain, contend, persist, persevere, urge.

ANT: Abandon, waive, concede, surrender, yield, forego.

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KEY: Insnare.

SYN: Intrap, cajole, decoy, allure, catch, inveigle, net, enmesh, entoil, entangle, entrap.

ANT: Enlighten, warn, deter, dissuade, rescue, liberate, release, extricate.

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KEY: Insobriety, [See SOBRIETY].

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KEY: Insolence.

SYN: Arrogance, assumption, impudence.

ANT: Deference, consideration, politeness, modesty, bashfulness.

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KEY: Insolent.

SYN: Haughty, overbear, ing, contemptuous, abusive, saucy, impertinent, opprobrious, offensive, pert, outrageous, scurrilous, rude, [See ABUSIVE and PERT].

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KEY: Insoluble, [See SOLUBLE].

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KEY: Insolvable, [See INSCRUTABLE].

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KEY: Insolvent.

SYN: Bankrupt, ruined, penniless, beggared.

ANT: Flush, flourishing, monied, thriving.

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KEY: Inspect.

SYN: Scrutinize, examine, investigate, search, overhaul, look into, supervise.

ANT: Overlook, connive, dismiss, glance, misobserve, misinvestigate, pretermit.

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KEY: Inspector, [See INSPECT].

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KEY: Inspiration.

SYN: Poesy, frenzy, impulse, revelation, intuition, afflatus.

ANT: Study, elaboration, learning, acquirement, observation, education.

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KEY: Inspire.

SYN: Animate, inspirit, inflame, imbue, impel, encourage, inhale, enliven, cheer, breathe in, infuse, exhilarate.

ANT: Depress, dispirit, discourage, deter.

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KEY: Inspissation.

SYN: Thickening, turbidity, incrassation, densification.

ANT: Helming, straining, percolation, precipitation, clarification, tenuity.

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KEY: Instability.

SYN: Mutability, wavering, fickleness, inconstancy.

ANT: Stability, firmness, constancy.

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KEY: Install.

SYN: Establish, institute, induct, invest, inaugurate, invest with office.

ANT: Deprive, disinstall, strip, degrade, disinvest, eject.

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KEY: Instalment.

SYN: firstfruits, part-payment, driblet.

ANT: Payment, reimbursement, acquittal, liquidation, cancelment.

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KEY: Instance.

SYN: Entreaty, request, prompting, persuasion, example, solicitation, case, illustration, exemplification, occurrence, point, precedence.

ANT: Dissuasion, deprecation, warning, rule, statement, principle, misexemplification.

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KEY: Instant.

SYN: Moment, second, minute, twinkling, trice, flash.

ANT: Period, duration, cycle, time, permanence, perpetuity, eternity.

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KEY: Instantaneous.

SYN: Immediate, instant, momentary, [See IMMEDIATE].

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KEY: Instantly.

SYN: Immediately, forthwith, straightway, directly, presently, at once, without delay.

ANT: At a future time, with delay, in the future, [See DIRECTLY].

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KEY: Instigate, [See URGE].

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KEY: Instil.

SYN: Pour, infuse, introduce, import, implant, insinuate, inculcate.

ANT: Drain, strain, extract, eradicate, eliminate, remove, extirpate.

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KEY: Instinct.

SYN: Prompting, impulse, intuition, inclination.

ANT: Reason, reasoning, abstraction, deliberation, experience, experiment, elaboration, judgment.

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KEY: Instinctive.

SYN: Natural, voluntary, spontaneous, intuitive, impulsive.

ANT: Cultivated, forced, reasoning, rationalistic.

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KEY: Institute.

SYN: Found, establish, invest, erect, instal, appoint, induct, ordain, originate, begin, form, organize.

ANT: Disestablish, subvert, disinvest, degrade, deprive.

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KEY: Instruct.

SYN: Enlighten, educate, inform, indoctrinate, acquaint, teach, edify, train, discipline, direct, initiate, command.

ANT: Misinform, miseducate, misinstruct, misguide, mislead, misacquaint, deceive, neglect, barbarize, brutalize.

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KEY: Instruction.

SYN: Teaching, education, information, counsel, advice, direction, order, command.

ANT: Misteaching, misinformation, misguidance, misdirection, misinstruction, obedience, pupilage.

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KEY: Instructor, [See INSTRUCT].

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KEY: Instrument.

SYN: Implement, utensil, tool, document, deed, record, medium, muniment, means, channel, machine, agent.

ANT: Misapplication, counteraction, counteragent, neutralizer, opponent, bar, obstruction, preventive, stop.

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KEY: Instrumentality.

SYN: Agency, intervention, medium, use, employment, means.

ANT: Nonintervention, spontaneity, efficacy, virtue, property, quality, force, counteragency, neutralization.

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KEY: insuavity, [See SUAVITY].

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KEY: Insubordinate.

SYN: Resistant, recalcitrant, rebellious, undutiful, refractory.

ANT: Submissive, dutiful, docile, obedient, subject.

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KEY: Insubstantial, [See SUBSTANTIAL], insubstantiality, [See SUBSTANTIAL].

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KEY: Insufferable.

SYN: Intolerable, impermissible, unallowable, unendurable, unbearable.

ANT: Tolerable, allowable, endurable, supportable.

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KEY: Insufficient, [See SUFFICIENT].

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KEY: Insult \v.\

SYN: Affront, outrage, dishonor, provoke, mock, ridicule.

ANT: Respect, salute, honor, praise, flatter, compliment, gratify.

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KEY: Insult \n.\

SYN: Affront, abuse, [See INDIGNITY].

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KEY: Insuperable, [See SUPERABLE].

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KEY: Insupportable.

SYN: Unbearable, intolerable, insufferable, unendurable.

ANT: Endurable, comfortable, to be borne.

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KEY: insuppressible, [See SUPPRESSIBLE].

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KEY: Insure.

SYN: Provide, stabilitate, guarantee, secure, warrant.

ANT: Imperil, jeopardize, shake, stake.

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KEY: Insurgent \n.\

SYN: Malcontent, rebel, traitor, mutineer, rioter.

ANT: Patriot, adherent, supporter, constabulary, executive, ruler, magistrate.

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KEY: Insurgent \a.\

SYN: Rebellious, unruly.

ANT: Loyal, patriotic, obedient.

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KEY: Insurmountable, [See INSUPERABLE].

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KEY: Insurrection.

SYN: Rebellion, riot, rising, anarchy, tumult, mutiny, sedition, emeute, pronouncement, revolt.

ANT: Law, peace, order, obedience, government, submission, subjection, servitude, bondage, subsidence, pacification, acquiescence.

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KEY: Insusceptible, [See SUSCEPTIBLE].

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KEY: Intact.

SYN: Pure, undented, uncontaminated, uncorrupted, Raise, uninjured, unhurt, scatiness, inviolate, sacred.

ANT: Foul, defiled, contaminated, corrupt, hurt, touched, affected, injured.

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KEY: Intangible, [See TANGIBLE].

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KEY: Integrate.

SYN: Sum, complete, solidity, consolidate, incorporate, unite, combine, mix, blend.

ANT: Disintegrate, discompound, analyze, dismember, amputate, disunite, detach, remove.

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KEY: Integration, [See INTEGRATE].

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KEY: Integrity.

SYN: Uprightness, honor, honesty, probity, truthfulness, candor, single-mindedness, {[con]?}, conscientiousness, entireness, rectitude, completeness, parity.

ANT: Unfairness, sleight, underhandedness, meanness, chicanery, duplicity, fraud, roguery, rascality.

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KEY: Integument.

SYN: Covering, protection, envelope, crust.

ANT: Nudity, bareness, callowness, abrasion, exposure.

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KEY: Intellect.

SYN: Understanding, mind, reason, instinct, consciousness, sense, brains, ability, talent, genius.

ANT: Matter, mechanism, organization, force, growth, propension, passion.

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KEY: Intellectual.

SYN: Mental, metaphysical, psychological, inventive, learned, cultured.

ANT: Unintellectual, unmetaphysical, unlearned.

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KEY: Intelligence.

SYN: Understanding, apprehension, comprehension, conception, announcement, report, rumor, tidings, news, information, publication, intellectual capacity, mind, knowledge, advice, notice, instruction, intellect.

ANT: Misunderstanding, misinformation, misconception, stupidity, dullness, suppression, ignorance, darkness, concealment, silence, nonpublication, misguidance, misintelligence, misreport, misapprehension.

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KEY: Intelligible, [See INSCRUTABLE].

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KEY: Intemperate \a.\ [See TEMPERATE].

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KEY: Intend, [See PURPOSE].

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KEY: Intensity.

SYN: Tension, force, concentration, strain, attention, eagerness, ardor, energy.

ANT: Laxity, debility, relaxation, languor, indifference, coolness, hebetude, diminution.

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KEY: fulfill \n.\

SYN: Design, purpose, intention, drift, meaning, purport, aim, view.

ANT: Chance, lot, fate, accident.

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KEY: Intent \a.\

SYN: Eager, fixed, Urgent.

ANT: Indifferent, diverted, distracted.

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KEY: Intention, [See PURPOSE].

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KEY: Intentional.

SYN: Purposed, designed, deliberate, intended, done on purpose, contemplated, premeditated, studied.

ANT: Undesigned, casual, unintentional, accidental, fortuitous.

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KEY: Inter.

SYN: Bury, inhume, entomb.

ANT: Exhume, disinter.

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KEY: Intercede.

SYN: Mediate, interpose, interfere, advocate, plead.

ANT: Abandon, incriminate, charge, inculpate, accuse.

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KEY: Intercept.

SYN: Arrest, stop, catch, seize, neutralize.

ANT: Send, despatch, forward, depute, commission, delegate, interchange, exchange, neglectful, unmindful,.

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KEY: Intercession, [See INTERCEDE].

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KEY: Interchange \n.\

SYN: Barter, reciprocation, reciprocity, intercommunication, correspondence, intercourse, mutuality.

ANT: [See INTERCEPT].

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KEY: Intercommunication, [See INTERCHANGE].

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KEY: Intercourse.

SYN: Correspondence, dealing, intercommunication, intimacy, connection, commerce.

ANT: Reticence, suspension, cessation, disconnection, interception, interpellation.

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KEY: Intercurrence.

SYN: Intervention, intrusion, intervenience, interception.

ANT: Nonintervention, non-interception, unobstructedness.

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KEY: Interdict.

SYN: Prohibit, restrain, estop, disallow, debar, proscribe, forbid.

ANT: Concede, indulge, grant, airflow.

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KEY: Interest \n.\

SYN: Concern, business advantage, profit, attention, curiosity behalf, cause, share.

ANT: Unconcern, disconnection, repudiation, disadvantage, loss, inattention, incuriosity, indifference.

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KEY: Interfere, [See INTERPOSE].

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KEY: Interior.

SYN: Inside, {[innei]?}, toward, internal, inland.

ANT: Exterior, outside.

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KEY: Interjacent, [See INTERMEDIATE].

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KEY: Interject, [See INJECT].

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KEY: Interlace.

SYN: Cross, reticulate, intertwine, interweave, intersect.

ANT: Radiate, diverge, unravel, disconnect.

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KEY: Interlocution.

SYN: Interruption, interpellation.

ANT: Speech, oration, flow, uninterruptedness.

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KEY: Interloper.

SYN: Intruder, supernumerary.

ANT: Member, constituent.

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KEY: Intermeddle, [See INTERPOSE].

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KEY: Intermediate.

SYN: Intervening, included, interposed, comprised, middle, moderate, interjacent.

ANT: Circumjacent, surrounding, enclosing, embracing, outside, extreme, excluded, exclusive.

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KEY: Interment, [See INTER].

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KEY: interminable.

SYN: Unending, endless, everlasting, perpetual, infinite, boundless, illimitable, limitless.

ANT: Terminable, brief, moderate, curt, short, momentary.

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KEY: Intermingle, [See MINGLE].

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KEY: Intermission.

SYN: Cessation, interruption, discontinuance, suspension, recurrence, pause, rest, stop, interval.

ANT: Continuity, continuance, permanence, perpetuity, constancy, uninterruptedness.

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KEY: Intermit.

SYN: Suspend, relax, discontinue, break.

ANT: Continue, prosecute, urge, dispatch.

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KEY: Intermix, [See MINGLE].

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KEY: Intermutation \n.\

SYN: intervariation, interdiscrepancy, interreciprocity, interchange, mutuality.

ANT: Unity, uniformity, interresistance, interdependence.

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KEY: Internal.

SYN: Inner, interior, Inside.

ANT: Outer, exterior, outside.

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KEY: International.

SYN: Interpolitical, interdiplomatic.

ANT: Independent, non-interventive, intestine, domestic.

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KEY: Internecine.

SYN: Exterminating, deadly, irreconcilable, inextinguishable.

ANT: Desultory, incursive, maraud, ing, buccaneering, freebooting, filibustering, skirmishing, guerilla.

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KEY: Interpellation.

SYN: Interlocution, suspension, interference.

ANT: Promotion, prosecution, flow, conduct, uninterruptedness.

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KEY: Interpenetration.

SYN: interregression, interdigitation, dovetail, inoculation.

ANT: Interseparation, interrecurrence, interdivergence.

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KEY: Interpolate.

SYN: Interlard, interweave, import, garble, gloss, intersperse, furbish, introduce.

ANT: Expunge, elide, erase, verify, authenticate, expurgate.

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KEY: Interpose.

SYN: Introduce, insert, intervene, interfere, meddle, intercede, arbitrate, mediate.

ANT: Withdraw, retract, retire, recede, remove, extract.

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KEY: Interpret.

SYN: Translate, render, construe, explain, expound, expone, represent, declare, understand, elucidate, decipher, solve.

ANT: Misinterpret, misunderstand, mistake, misconceive, falsify, distort, misdeclare, misrepresent.

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KEY: Interpretation.

SYN: Version, explanation, rendering, exposition, definition, sense, solution.

ANT: Misinterpretation, misrendering, problem, difficulty, text.

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KEY: Interpreter, [See INTERPRET].

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KEY: Interrogate, [See QUESTION].

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KEY: Interrupt.

SYN: Break, disconnect, discontinue, intersect, disturb, stop, hinder.

ANT: Continue, prosecute, expedite.

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KEY: Intersect, [See INTERLACE].

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KEY: Intersperse.

SYN: Interlard, powder, scatter.

ANT: Expunge.

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KEY: Interstice.

SYN: Chink, interval, interspace, cleft, cranny, fissure, gap, crack.

ANT: Seam, suture, stop-gap.

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KEY: Intertwine, [See INTERLACE].

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KEY: Interval.

SYN: Interim, meantime, period, gap, intermission, Interspace, cessation, space between, season.

ANT: Continuity, simultaneousness, uninterruptedness.

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KEY: Intervention.

SYN: Intrusion, insinuation, interference, intercession, mediation, agency, interposition.

ANT: Continuance, nonintervention, uninterruptedness, noninterference.

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KEY: Interview.

SYN: Colloquy, confabulation, consultation, conference, meeting.

ANT: Isolation, independence, exclusion, avoidance.

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KEY: Interweave, [See INTERLACE].

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KEY: Intestate.

SYN: Unwilled, undevised, unbequeathed.

ANT: Willed, bequeathed, devised.

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KEY: Intestine.

SYN: Interior, domestic, civil.

ANT: External, foreign, international.

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KEY: Inthrall.

SYN: Confine, cage, imprison, incarcerate, intomb, enslave.

ANT: Liberate, release, disengage, free, unfetter.

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KEY: Intimate \v.\

SYN: Impart, communicate, announce, declare, tell, suggest, hint, insinuate, mention briefly.

ANT: Reserve, repress, withhold, conceal.

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KEY: Intimate \a.\

SYN: Close, familiar, exact, nice, near, friendly, conversant.

ANT: Distant, unfamiliar, superficial.

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KEY: Intimidate.

SYN: Frighten, alarm, threaten, deter, dishearten, scare, appall, browbeat, cow.

ANT: Encourage, inspirit, animate, reassure.

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KEY: Intolerable, [See INSUFFERABLE].

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KEY: Intolerant, [See TOLERANT].

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KEY: Intomb.

SYN: Inter, bury, inhume, incarcerate, imprison, immure.

ANT: Exhume, disinter, disentomb, liberate, release.

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KEY: Intonation.

SYN: Melody, accentuation, resonance, ring.

ANT: Jar, jabber, gabble, babel, gibber, rattle.

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KEY: Intoxication.

SYN: Venom, poison, obfuscation, bewilderment, delirium, hallucination, ravishment, ecstasy, inebriation, drunkenness, inebriety.

ANT: Antidote, clarification, sobriety, sanity, ebriety, melancholy, depression.

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KEY: Intractable, [See TRACTABLE].

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KEY: Intransient, [See TRANSIENT].

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KEY: Intrenchment.

SYN: Ditch, dyke, moat, circumvallation, encroachment, infringement, trespass.

ANT: Wall, rampart, mound, mole, embankment, glacis, bastion, forbearance, deference, respect.

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KEY: Intrepid.

SYN: Fearless, brave, unterrified, courageous, valorous, heroic, chivalrous, doughty, [See DAUNTLESS].

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KEY: Intricacy.

SYN: Complexity, complication, entanglement, perplexity, confusion.

ANT: Directness, obviousness, method, disposition, array, system.

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KEY: Intricate.

SYN: Complicated, involved, mazy, labyrinthine, entangled, tortuous.

ANT: Simple, uninvolved, plain, direct, obvious.

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KEY: Intrigue.

SYN: Cabal, plot, conspiracy, machination, artifice, design, manoeuvres, cunning, duplicity, trickery, chicanery, love affair, amour, ruse.

ANT: Insurrection, rebellion, congress, assembly, force, violence, assault, openness, candor, sincerity, honesty, probity, straightforwardness.

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KEY: Intrinsic.

SYN: Native, inherent, innate, genuine, immanent, natural, true, real, inward.

ANT: Extrinsic, acquired, adventitious, borrowed, pretended, ascititious, external, added, assumed.

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KEY: Introduce.

SYN: Present, usher in, conduct in, make known, bring in, preface, begin.

ANT: Come after, succeed, follow, end, conclude.

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KEY: Introduction.

SYN: Induction, importation, leading, taking, presentation, insertion, commencement, preliminary, preface, initiative, portico, vestibule, entrance, gate, preamble, prelude.

ANT: Eduction, extraction, exportation, elimination, ejection, encircleation, estrangement, conclusion, completion, end, egress.

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KEY: Introductory.

SYN: Prefatory, initiatory, commendatory, precursory, preliminary, preparatory.

ANT: Completive, final, conclusive, alienative, supplemental, terminal, valedictory.

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KEY: Introvert.

SYN: Involve, invert, replicate.

ANT: Explicate, evolve, encircleate, eliminate.

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KEY: Intrude, [See INTERFERE].

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KEY: Intrusion, [See INTRUDE].

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KEY: Intrust.

SYN: Put in trust, consign, commit, [See CONFIDE].

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KEY: Intuition.

SYN: Instinct, apprehension, recognition, insight.

ANT: Information, learning, instruction, elaboration, acquirement, induction, experience.

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KEY: Intuitive, [See INSTINCTIVE].

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KEY: Intumescence.

SYN: Swelling, protuberance, turgescence.

ANT: Subsidence, evenness, attenuation, concavity.

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KEY: Intwine.

SYN: Twist, wreath, plait, interlace, braid, bind.

ANT: Untwist, disengage, untie, unlace, unravel, unbind.

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KEY: Inundate.

SYN: Overflow, submerge, deluge, flood, overwhelm.

ANT: Drain, reclaim, dry, desiccate, parch.

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KEY: Inurbanity.

SYN: boorishness, coarseness, rudeness.

ANT: Urbanity, politeness, refinement.

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KEY: Inure, [See ACCUSTOM].

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KEY: Inutility.

SYN: Uselessness, inefficacy, futility.

ANT: Utility, usefulness, efficiency, efficacy.

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KEY: Invade.

SYN: Attack, assault, encroach, occupy, assail, violate, encroach upon, intrude upon, infringe upon, trench upon.

ANT: Vacate, abandon, evacuate, relinquish.

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KEY: Invalid.

SYN: infirm, sick, weakly, frail, feeble.

ANT: Strong, vigorous, healthy, well.

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KEY: Invalidate.

SYN: Annul, overthrow, [See ANNUL].

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KEY: Invaluable.

SYN: Inestimable, precious, priceless, [See VALUABLE].

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KEY: Invasion.

SYN: Irruption, encroachment, [See INCURSION].

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KEY: Invective.

SYN: Obloquy, denunciation, castigation, vituperation, reprobation, abuse, railing, sarcasm, satire, diatribe, reproach.

ANT: Commendation, encomium, eulogy, panegyric, laudation.

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KEY: Inveigh.

SYN: Denounce, reprobate, attack, vituperate, abuse.

ANT: Exculpate, advocate, defend, laud, eulogize, panegyrize.

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