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ANT: Complacent, contented, acquiescent, genial, facile.

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KEY: Litter.

SYN: Scatter, mislay, discompose, disorder, derange.

ANT: Clear, clean, order, lay, methodize, arrange.

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KEY: Little.

SYN: Small, tiny, pigmy, diminutive, short, brief, scanty, unimportant, insignificant, slight, weak, inconsiderable, trivial, illiberal, mean, petty, paltry, dirty, shabby, dwarf.

ANT: Big, bulky, large, enormous, huge, monstrous, full-sized, long, full, developed, much, important, grave, serious, momentous, liberal, generous, noble, high-minded, handsome.

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KEY: Live \v.\

SYN: Vegetate, grow, survive, continue, abide, dwell, last, subsist, behave, act, breathe, exist.

ANT: Die, perish, wither, demise, migrate, vanish, fade, fail, languish, depart, drop, decease.

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KEY: Live \a.\

SYN: Animate.

ANT: Inanimate, defunct.

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KEY: Livelihood.

SYN: Maintenance, support, living, substance, sustenance.

ANT: Privation, starvation, want, inanition, beggary.

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KEY: Lively.

SYN: Brisk, animated, keen, eager, blithe, alert, vivid, vivacious, quick, spirited, vigorous, sprightly, active.

ANT: Lifeless, torpid, dull, inanimate, indifferent, listless, insensate.

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KEY: Livery.

SYN: Uniform, garb, badge, dependence, servitude, retainership, retinue, subservience.

ANT: Freedom, immunity, insubservience.

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KEY: Living \a.\ [See LIVE, \a.\].

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KEY: living, [See LIVELIHOOD].

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KEY: Load \n.\

SYN: Weight, lading, cargo, oppression, incubus, drag, burden.

ANT: Refreshment, support, solace, alleviation, emptiness, lightness.

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KEY: Load \v.\

SYN: Burden, charge, lade, cargo, cumber, oppress.

ANT: Disburden, unload, disencumber, lighten, alleviate, believe.

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KEY: Loan.

SYN: Advance, mortgage, hypothecation.

ANT: Recall, resumption, foreclosure.

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KEY: Loathe, [See ABOMINATE].

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KEY: Loathsome, [See ABOMINABLE].

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KEY: Locality, [See PLACE].

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KEY: Locate.

SYN: Place, establish, settle, fix, dispose, lodge.

ANT: Displace, disestablish, dislodge, remove.

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KEY: Location, [See LOCALITY].

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KEY: Locomotion.

SYN: Movement, migration, travel, passage.

ANT: Stationariness, stoppage, rest, abode, remanence, fixture.

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KEY: Locomotive.

SYN: Migratory.

ANT: Stationary.

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KEY: Lodge, [See LOCATE].

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KEY: Lofty.

SYN: Elevated, towering, high, dignified, eminent, stately, haughty, majestic, airy, tall.

ANT: Depressed, low, stunted, undignified, ordinary, unstately, mean, unimposing, unassuming, affable.

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KEY: Logical.

SYN: Close, argumentative, sound.

ANT: Inconclusive, illogical, fallacious.

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KEY: Logomachy.

SYN: Wrangle, strife, contention, debate.

ANT: Chat, colloquy, conversation, confabulation.

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KEY: Loiter, [See LAD].

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KEY: Loll.

SYN: Lounge, recline.

ANT: Rise, stir.

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KEY: Lonely, [See LONESOME].

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KEY: Lonesome.

SYN: Forlorn, dreary, forsaken, Wild, solitary, desolate, lonely.

ANT: Cheerful, befriended, festive, frequented, populous, gay, animated, bustling.

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KEY: Long.

SYN: Protracted, produced, dilatory, lengthy, tedious, prolix, extensive, diffuse, far-reaching.

ANT: Short, curt, curtailed, brief, speedy, quick, concise, condensed.

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KEY: Longing.

SYN: Eagerness, desire, aspiration, craving, yearning, wishing.

ANT: Indifference, repugnance, aversion.

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KEY: Look \n.\ [See ASPECT].

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KEY: Look \v.\

SYN: See, behold, contemplate, observe, seem, appear, face.

ANT: Overlook, miss, misobserve, misbeseem, lurk, smoulder.

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KEY: Look at.

SYN: See, view, eye, gaze at, behold, witness, inspect.

ANT: [See LOOK].

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KEY: Loom.

SYN: Glimmer, lower, gloam.

ANT: Dwindle, pale, recede, fade, vanish, disappear.

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KEY: Loose \v.\

SYN: Untie, unfasten, let.

ANT: Tie, fasten, hold, retain.

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KEY: Loose \a.\

SYN: Unbound, detached, flowing, scattered, sparse, incompact, vague, inexact, rambling, dissolute, licentious.

ANT: Bound, tied, fastened, tight, moored, lashed, secured, thick, close, dense, compact, pointed, accurate, exact, consecutive, strict, logical, scientific, conscientious.

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KEY: Lop.

SYN: Prune, curtail, shorten, retrench, amputate, truncate.

ANT: Grow, trail, train, elongate, lead.

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KEY: Loquacity.

SYN: Talkativeness.

ANT: Taciturnity.

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KEY: Lordly.

SYN: Lofty, magnificent, majestic, noble, proud, imperious.

ANT: Mean, beggarly, ignoble, unimposing, humble, servile, lowly.

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KEY: Lordship.

SYN: Rule, dominion, jurisdiction.

ANT: Homage, subjection, subservience.

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KEY: Lore, [See LEARNING].

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KEY: Lose.

SYN: Miss, drop, mislay, forfeit.

ANT: Keep, retain, find, recover, locate, earn, guard, treasure, economize, utilize, preserve, abandon, discard, reject.

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KEY: Loss.

SYN: Mislaying, dropping, forfeiture, missing, privation, waste, detriment, damage.

ANT: Preservation, recovery, earning, satisfaction, restoration, economy, augmentation, advantage, gain.

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KEY: Lot.

SYN: Chance, fortune, fate, hazard, ballot, doom.

ANT: Law, provision, arrangement, disposal, design, purpose, plan, portion, allotment.

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KEY: Loth.

SYN: Reluctant, unwilling.

ANT: Ready, willing, lief.

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KEY: Loud.

SYN: Sounding, sonorous, resonant, noisy, audible, vociferous, clamorous, obstreperous.

ANT: Soft, gentle, subdued, whispering, rustling, murmuring, babbling, pattering, tinkling, dulcet, inaudible, quiet.

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KEY: Lounge, [See LOLL and LOITER].

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KEY: Lout.

SYN: Clown, looby, clodhopper, clod.

ANT: Dandy, fop, cockney, prig.

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KEY: Love.

SYN: Affection, attachment, passion, devotion, benevolence, charity, kindness.

ANT: Hatred, dislike, disaffection, alienation, estrangement, bitterness, coldness, Indifference, repugnance, infidelity, desertion, unkindness, malice, uncharitableness.

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KEY: Lover.

SYN: Suitor, wooer, sweetheart, swain, beau.

ANT: Husband, wife, mate.

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KEY: Lovely.

SYN: Amiable, lovable, enchanting, beautiful, pleasing, delightful, charming.

ANT: Unamiable, unlovable, hateful, hideous, plain, homely, unattractive, unlovely.

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KEY: Low.

SYN: Abated, sunk, depressed, stunted, declining, deep, subsided, inaudible, cheap, gentle, dejected, degraded, mean, abject, base, unworthy, lowly, feeble, moderate, frugal, reprieved, subdued, reduced, poor, {[kwnUe]?}.

ANT: Elevated, lofty, tall, amending, rising, high, exorbitant, violent, loud, excited, elated, eminent, considerable, influential, high-minded, honorable, proud, strong, aggravated, intensified, raised, wealthy, rich.

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KEY: Lower \v.\

SYN: Depress, decrease, reduce, bate, abate, drop, humiliate, sink, debase, humble, diminish.

ANT: Hoist, raise, heighten, exalt, increase, aggrandize, elevate.

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KEY: Lower \a.\

SYN: Inferior.

ANT: Higher, superior.

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KEY: Lowering.

SYN: Dark, threatening, gloomy, murky, lurid, overcast.

ANT: [See MUGGY].

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KEY: Lowly.

SYN: Mean, low, common, humble, meek.

ANT: Lofty, elevated, eminent, {[li>nlly]?}, proud.

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KEY: Lowness, [See LOW].

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KEY: Loyal.

SYN: Submissive, obedient, faithful, allegiant, true, constant.

ANT: Insubmissive, insurgent, mal, content, rebellious, disobedient, unfaithful, unallegiant, untrue, inconstant, disaffected.

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KEY: Loyalty.

SYN: Fidelity, fealty, allegiance, faithfulness.

ANT: Disloyalty, unfaithfulness, treason.

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KEY: Lubricate.

SYN: Oil, ease, grease, levigate, gloze, glaze.

ANT: Rust, clog, indent, roughen, corrugate.

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KEY: Lucent, [See LIMPID and LUCID].

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KEY: Lucid.

SYN: Shining, bright, resplendent, Incident, luminous, clear, trans parent, crystalline, pellucid, distinct, intelligible, rational, perspicuous, orderly, limpid, lucent, easily under, stood.

ANT: Dark, unlustrous, opaque, turbid, muddy, obscure, unintelligible, confused, unsolved, insane, mystified.

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KEY: Luck, [See CHANCE].

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KEY: luckiest, [See CHANCE and LUCKY].

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KEY: Lucky.

SYN: Fortunate, auspicious, prosperous, successful, favorable.

ANT: Unlucky, unfortunate, inauspicious, unprosperous, adverse, illfated, disastrous, luckless.

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KEY: Lucrative, [See PROFITABLE].

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KEY: Lucre.

SYN: Gain, profit, greed, mmm, mon, wealth, money.

ANT: Loss, poverty, failure, privation, [See TOM], refuse.

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KEY: Lucubration.

SYN: Study, meditation, work, cogitation.

ANT: Idleness, vacuity, incogitancy, torpor.

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KEY: Luculent, [See LUCID].

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KEY: Ludicrous.

SYN: Ridiculous, farcical, laughable, comic, droll, funny, comical.

ANT: Serious, momentous, grave, {[ead]?}, sorrowful, mournful, tragic, lugubrious, melancholy, sombre, doleful.

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KEY: Lugubrious, [See LUDICROUS].

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KEY: Lull \v.\

SYN: Calm, quiet, hush, still, tranquilize, [See ASSUAGE].

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KEY: Lull \n.\

SYN: Quiet, assuagement, cessation, quiescence, subsidence.

ANT: Tumult, excitement, storm, tempest.

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KEY: Lumber \n.\

SYN: Trash, rubbish, refuse.

ANT: Valuables, commodities, stock.

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KEY: Lumber \v.\

SYN: Choke, crowd, obstruct, encumber.

ANT: Clear, disencumber, utilize, economize.

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KEY: Luminary.

SYN: Sage, savant, celebrity, light, genius.

ANT: Fool, ignoramus, dunce, lout, blockhead.

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KEY: Luminous, [See LUCID].

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KEY: Lump.

SYN: Mass, hunk, hunch, slice.

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KEY: Lumpish.

SYN: Heavy, cloddish, sluggish, clumsy.

ANT: Light, airy, agile, sylph-like, nimble, active.

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KEY: Lunacy.

SYN: Madness, Insanity, derangement, craziness, mania, aberration, hallucination.

ANT: Sanity, reason, intellect, intelligence, rationality, lucidity.

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KEY: Lunatic.

SYN: Madman, maniac, monomaniac.

ANT: Solon, philosopher, luminary, genius.

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KEY: Lure \n.\

SYN: Allurement, [See ATTRACTION].

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KEY: Litre \v.\ [See DECOY].

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KEY: Lurid.

SYN: Murky, lowering, wan, dismal, gloomy.

ANT: Bright, luminous.

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KEY: Lurk.

SYN: Hide, lie, skulk, abscond, lie hid, lie in wait.

ANT: Rise, spring, show, emerge, flash.

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KEY: Luscious.

SYN: Sweet, delicious, sugary, honied, delightful, toothsome, delightsome.

ANT: Sour, sharp, tart, bitter.

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KEY: Lustration.

SYN: Purification, expurgation, expiation.

ANT: Desecration, defilement, contamination.

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KEY: Lustre.

SYN: Brightness, splendor, brilliancy, effulgence, glory, renown, [See EFFULGENCE].

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KEY: Lusty.

SYN: Robust, vigorous, strong, stout, able-bodied, burly, brawny, muscular, healthy, corpulent.

ANT: Infirm, weak, disabled, ailing, effete, listless.

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KEY: Lutose, [See LIMPID].

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KEY: Luxuriant, [See EXUBERANT].

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KEY: Luxuriate, [See BASK].

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KEY: Luxurious.

SYN: Voluptuous, selfindulgent, pleasurable, sensual, pampered.

ANT: Hard, painful, self-denying, ascetic, hardy.

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KEY: Luxury.

SYN: Effeminacy, epicurism, voluptuousness, wantonness, selfindulgence, softness, animalism, delicacy, dainty, profuseness.

ANT: Hardness, asceticism, stoicism, self-denial, hardship.

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KEY: Lying.

SYN: Mendacious, false, untrue, untruthful.

ANT: true, veracious.

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KEY: Macerate.

SYN: Attenuate, rot, waste, wither, steep, madefy.

ANT: Fatten, replenish, pamper, repair, swell.

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KEY: Maceration, [See MACERATE].

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KEY: Machination.

SYN: Contrivance, plot, intrigue, conspiracy, stratagem, artful scheme, design.

ANT: Detection, counteraction, overthrow, baffling defeat, exposure, defiance, challenge, conflict, competition.

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KEY: Maculated.

SYN: Spotted, speckled, mottled, dotted.

ANT: Unspotted, spotless, speckless, immaculate.

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KEY: Mad.

SYN: Insane, demented, furious, lunatic, infuriated, crazy, maniacal, frantic, rabid, wild, distracted.

ANT: Sane, sound, sensible, quiet, composed, unexcited, sober.

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KEY: Madden.

SYN: Infuriate, enrage, exasperate, inflame.

ANT: Calm, pacify, assuage, mesmerize, lay.

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KEY: madefaction.

SYN: Wetting, maceration, {[moUteniug]?}, moisture, humectation.

ANT: Exsiccation, drying, arefaction.

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KEY: Madman, [See LUNATIC].

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KEY: madness.

SYN: Insanity, frenzy, rage, fury.

ANT: Sanity, calmness, soberness, [See LUNACY].

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KEY: magic.

SYN: Enchantment, sorcery.

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KEY: magisterial.

SYN: Dictatorial, consequential, authoritative, imposing.

ANT: Submissive, docile, undignified, unimposing, unassuming, modest, magistrate, [See JUDGE].

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KEY: magnanimous.

SYN: Noble, highminded, exalted, high-souled, great-souled, lofty, honorable.

ANT: Mean, little-souled, [See NOBLE].

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KEY: Magnanimity.

SYN: High mindedness, generosity, forbearance, softness, clemency.

ANT: Meanness, pettiness, paltriness, spitefulness, spleen.

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KEY: magnificent.

SYN: Grand, magnanimous, noble, splendid, superb, august, imposing, gorgeous, stately, majestic, dignified, sublime, pompous.

ANT: Petty, mean, little, paltry, flat, beggarly, small minded, ordinary, tawdry, uninposing, tame.

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KEY: magnify.

SYN: Enlarge, amplify, increase, augment, exaggerate, laud, extol.

ANT: Diminish, contract, curtail, palliate, extenuate, decry.

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KEY: magniloquent.

SYN: High-flown, altiloquent, bombastic, tumid, turgid, boastful.

ANT: Simple, unaffected, vernacular, plain-spoken, magnitude, [See SIZE].

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KEY: maid.

SYN: Maiden, girl, damsel, lass, virgin.

ANT: Matron, married woman.

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KEY: maim.

SYN: Disable, cripple, mar, mutilate, mangle, disfigure, lame.

ANT: Restore, reinvigorate, mend, strengthen.

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KEY: Main.

SYN: Bulk, majority, body, principal, trunk, chief, leading, most important, first.

ANT: Portion, section, minority, branch, limb, tributary, member, subordinate, inferior.

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KEY: mainly.

SYN: Principally, largely, chiefly, primarily.

ANT: Somewhat, partially, slightly, subordinately.

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KEY: maintain, [See SUPPORT].

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KEY: maintenance.

SYN: Livelihood, defence, subsistence, means of support.

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KEY: majestic, [See MAGNIFICENT].

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KEY: majesty.

SYN: Dignity, grandeur, augustness, stateliness, [See GRANDEUR].

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KEY: majority.

SYN: Superiority, eldership, priority, bulk, preponderance, seniority.

ANT: Inferiority, juniority, minority.

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KEY: make.

SYN: Create, produce, fashion, frame, fabricate, construct, effect, do, perform, execute, find, gain, compel, establish, constitute, reach, mould, shape, form, bring about.

ANT: Annihilate, unmake, undo, dismember, disintegrate, destroy, defeat, miss, lose, mar, disestablish.

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KEY: maker.

SYN: Creator, manufacturer.

ANT: Destroyer.

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KEY: maladministration.

SYN: Misrule, misgovernment, malversation.

ANT: Rule, government, administration.

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KEY: malady.

SYN: Disorder, distemper, sickness, ailment, disease, complaint, illness.

ANT: Health, sanity, soundness, heartiness, vigor, bloom.

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KEY: malcontent, [See INSURGENT].

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KEY: malediction, [See BENEDICTION].

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KEY: malefactor, [See CULPRIT].

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KEY: Maleficent, [See BENEFICIENT].

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KEY: malevolent, [See BENEFICIENT].

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KEY: malformation, [See DEFORMITY].

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KEY: Malice, [See SPITE].

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KEY: malign, [See TRADUCE].

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KEY: malignant, [See BENEFICIENT].

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KEY: Malignity, [See SPITE].

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KEY: Malleable, [See DUCTILE].

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KEY: maltreat, [See INJURE].

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KEY: malversation.

SYN: Malpractice, corruption.

ANT: Integrity, uncorruptness, upright.

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KEY: Manacle.

SYN: Shackle, hand-cuff, fetter, chain.

ANT: Unbind, unfetter, unchain.

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KEY: Manage.

SYN: Handle, manipulate, control, conduct, administer, mould, regulate, contrive, train, husband, direct, wield.

ANT: Mismanage, misconduct, upset, derange, misuse.

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KEY: manageable.

SYN: Easy, feasible, possible, docile, tractable, practicable.

ANT: Difficult, impracticable, Impossible, unmanageable, intractable, refractory, untameable.

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KEY: management.

SYN: Treatment, conduct, administration, government, address, skill, superintendence, skillful treatment.

ANT: Maltreatment, misconduct, maladministration, misgovernment, maladroitness.

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KEY: manager.

SYN: Director, superintendent, overseer, supervisor.

ANT: Workman, follower, workingman.

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KEY: mandate.

SYN: Command, edict, order, bidding, injunction, behest, rule, precept.

ANT: Suggestion, petition, request, entreaty, manful, [See MANLY].

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KEY: Mangle, [See MAIM and LACERATE].

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KEY: Manhood.

SYN: Humanity, virility, maturity, manfulness, manliness.

ANT: Divinity, womanhood, childhood, childishness.

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KEY: Mania, [See LUNACY].

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KEY: Maniac, [See LUNATIC].

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KEY: manifest \a.\

SYN: Visible, obvious, distinct, conspicuous, indubitable, clear, evident, plain, patent, apparent, open.

ANT: Invisible, dubious, inconspicuous, indistinct.

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KEY: Manifest \v.\ [See EXHIBIT].

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KEY: manifold.

SYN: Numerous, multiplied, multigenous, multifarious, varied, various, multitudinous, sundry, divers.

ANT: Few, scant, rare, scarce, uniform, limited.

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KEY: Manipulate, [See HANDLE and MANAGE].

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KEY: mankind.

SYN: Humanity, society, man, men.

ANT: Divinity, Deity, God, Heaven, nature, earth, world, creation, cattle.

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KEY: manlike.

SYN: [See MANLY, a corruption of manlike].

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KEY: manly.

SYN: Bold, courageous, generous, open, chivalrous, frank, firm, noble, stately, fine, mature, masculine, brave, fearless, hardy, vigorous, manlike, manful, dignified.

ANT: Womanish, childish, timid, unmanly, dastardly, weak, puny, ungrown, boyish.

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KEY: Manner.

SYN: Mode, method, style, form, fashion, carriage, behavior, deportment, habit, sort, kind.

ANT: Work, project, design, performance, life, action, proceeding, appearance, being.

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KEY: Mannerism.

SYN: Self-repetition, affectation, euphuism, self-consciousness.

ANT: Naturalness, unaffectedness, character, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, genuineness, specialty.

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KEY: mannerly.

SYN: Polite, well-behaved, well-bred, courteous, civil.

ANT: Unmannerly, rude, coarse, rough.

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KEY: manners.

SYN: Deportment, behavior, carriage, courtesy, politeness, intercourse, demeanor.

ANT: Misdemeanor, misbehavior, unmannerliness.

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KEY: manoeuvre.

SYN: Operation, tactics, contrivance, movement.

ANT: Counteraction, defeat, bafflement, detection, countermovement, neutralization, check.

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KEY: mansuetude.

SYN: Docility, mildness, gentleness, tameness.

ANT: Ferocity, wildness, fierceness, savageness, untamableness.

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KEY: manufacture.

SYN: Make, production, fabrication, composition, construction, manipulation, molding.

ANT: Use, employment, consumption, wear, manumit, [See ENSLAVE].

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KEY: manumission.

SYN: Liberation, release, emancipation, enfranchisement, discharge, dismissal.

ANT: Restraint, coercion, slavery, cohibition, repression.

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KEY: Manure \v.\

SYN: Fertilize, enrich.

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KEY: many.

SYN: Numerous, abundant, frequent, manifold, divers, sundry, multifarious.

ANT: Few, scarce, rare, infrequent.

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KEY: Mar.

SYN: Spoil, hurt, damage, injure, defeat, impair, maim, deform.

ANT: Make, restore, mend, improve, reinstate, promote, enhance, conserve.

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KEY: marauder.

SYN: Plunderer, invader, rover, free-booter, moss-trooper, filibuster, pillager, guerilla, bushwhacker.

ANT: Ranger, guard, sentry, keeper, outpost, marcher.

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KEY: Margin.

SYN: Edge, lip, boundary, latitude, room, loophole, brink, extremity.

ANT: Figure, space, centre, limitation, restriction, stringency.

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KEY: Marine.

SYN: Oceanic, sea, neptunan, maritime, naval, salt-water, nautical.

ANT: Terrestrial, terrene, laud, fresh-water.

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KEY: Marital.

SYN: Matrimonial, conjugal, connubial, nuptial, hymeneal.

ANT: Single, celibate, unwedded, non-connubial.

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KEY: Maritime, [See MARINE].

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KEY: Mark \n.\

SYN: Trace, token, sign, symptom, impression, vestige, indication, note.

ANT: Erasure, obliteration, effacement, unindicativeness, plainness.

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KEY: Mark \v.\

SYN: Stamp, label, sign, indicate, decorate, brand, stigmatize, signalize, note, observe, regard, heed, specify, specialize.

ANT: Ignore, overlook, omit, mislabel, mismark, misindicate, misobserve, misspecify.

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KEY: Marked.

SYN: Notable, remarkable, noticeable, conspicuous.

ANT: [See REMARKABLE].

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KEY: Marriage.

SYN: Nuptials, matrimony, espousals, wedding, wedlock.

ANT: Celibacy, virginity.

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KEY: Marrow.

SYN: Pith, gist, substance, essence, life, cream, kernel.

ANT: Surplusage, redundancy, excrescence, superfluity, clothing, dressing, amplification, volume, mass, body.

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KEY: Marsh.

SYN: Swamp, fen, quagmire, bog, slough, morass.

ANT: Solid ground.

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KEY: Marshal, [See ORDER and ARRANGE].

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KEY: Martial.

SYN: Military, brave, warlike.

ANT: Unmartial, unmilitary, peace, full.

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KEY: Martyrdom.

SYN: Confession.

ANT: Renegation, abjuration.

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KEY: Marvel.

SYN: Wonder, prodigy, admiration, portent, miracle, astonishment, amazement, phenomenon.

ANT: Incuriosity, unconcern, joke, trifle, farce, bagatelle, moonshine, cipher, drug, imposture, juggle.

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KEY: Marvellous, [See SUCCUMB].

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KEY: Masculine.

SYN: Male, manly, manful, hardy, courageous, virile.

ANT: Female, feminine, womanish, womanly, effeminate.

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KEY: Mash.

SYN: Mix, knead, compound, amalgamate.

ANT: Discompound, sift, winnow, disamalgamate.

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KEY: Mask \n.\

SYN: Pretext, screen, pretence, ruse, cover, hypocrisy.

ANT: Truth, nakedness, detection, exposure, unmasking, verity, openness, candor.

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KEY: Mask \v.\

SYN: Hide, screen, blink, cloke, disguise.

ANT: Expose, unmask, detect.

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KEY: Mass.

SYN: Lump, body, bulk, concretion, magnitude, majority, heap.

ANT: Fragment, bit, portion, morsel, section, minority.

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KEY: Massacre, [See CARNAGE].

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KEY: Massive.

SYN: Solid, huge, colossal, weighty, mighty, vast.

ANT: Slight, petty, stunted, frail, slender, airy.

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KEY: Master \n.\

SYN: Lord, ruler, governor, owner, possessor, proprietor, teacher, professor, adept, chief.

ANT: Servant, slave, subject, property, learner, pupil, tyro.

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KEY: Master.

SYN: Conquer, overcome, subdue, overpower.

ANT: Yield, fail, surrender, succumb.

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KEY: Masterly.

SYN: Finished, artistic, consummate, skillful, clear, dexterous, expert.

ANT: Clumsy, rude, bungling, unskilled, botchy, maladroit.

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KEY: Mastery.

SYN: Authority, leadership, headship, proficiency, success, superiority, victory, advantage.

ANT: Subservience, tutelage, submission, guidance, obedience, inexpertness, ignorance, failure, defeat, surrender.

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KEY: Masticate.

SYN: Manducate, chew.

ANT: Bolt, gobble.

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KEY: Match \n.\

SYN: Equal, mate, companion, contest, competition, tally, equality, pair.

ANT: Superior, inferior, mismatch, oddity, disparity, inequality.

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KEY: Match \v.\ Equal, compare, oppose, pit, adapt, sort, suit, mate.

ANT: Fail, exceed, preponderate, surpass, mismatch, dissociate, separate, {[tuisflt]?}, misadapt, missort.

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KEY: Matchless.

SYN: Consummate, incomparable, peerless, surpassing, inimitable.

ANT: Common, ordinary, everyday, commonplace.

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KEY: Mate, [See MATCH].

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KEY: material \n.\

SYN: Substance, stuff.

ANT: Work, production, design.

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KEY: Material \a.\ [See ESSENTIAL].

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KEY: Matrimony, [See WEDLOCK].

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KEY: matron.

SYN: Mother, woman, dowager, dame.

ANT: Girl, lass, damsel, spinster, miss, virgin, maid, maiden.

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KEY: Matter.

SYN: Substance, stuff, subject.


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