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body, importance, the visible, tangible, substantial, corporal, physical, ponderable.

ANT: Immateriality, spirituality, mind, intellect, spirit, the invisible, unseen, spiritual, moral, mental, intellectual.

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KEY: Mature, [See RIPE].

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KEY: Matutinal.

SYN: Early, morning, waking, dawning.

ANT: Vespertinal, late, slumbering, evening, waning.

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KEY: Maudlin.

SYN: Intoxicated, temulent, sentimental, mawkish, mellow.

ANT: Sensible, unromantic, unsentimental, dry, sober.

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KEY: Mawkish.

SYN: Sickly, sentimental, maudlin, insipid, loathsome, nauseous, flat.

ANT: Savory, sensible, sound, fine, pungent, palatable.

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KEY: Maxim.

SYN: Adage, rule, axiom, apothegm, proverb, precept, saying.

ANT: Absurdity, sophism, quibble, paradox, enigma.

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KEY: Maximum.

SYN: Ultimatum, climax, zenith, apex, completion, utmost, consummation, culmination, acme.

ANT: Initiative, commencement, indication, incompletion, abortion, decrease, wane, minimum, morsel, fragment.

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KEY: Maybe.

SYN: Perhaps, possibly, mayhap, perchance.

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KEY: Maze, [See LABYRINTH].

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KEY: Meagre.

SYN: Thin, lean, lank, scanty, barren, dry, tame.

ANT: Stout, fat, brawny, abundant, fertile, copious.

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KEY: Mean \a.\

SYN: Common, low, base, spiritless, dishonorable, contemptible, despicable, beggarly, sordid, vulgar, niggardly, vile.

ANT: High, exalted, eminent, spirited, honorable, lordly, princely, munificent, liberal, generous.

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KEY: Mean \a.\

SYN: Middle, intermediate, average.

ANT: Extreme, excessive, exorbitant.

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KEY: Mean \n.\

SYN: Medium, moderation, balance, average.

ANT: Extreme, excess, preponderance, disproportion, deficiency, shortcoming, inadequacy.

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KEY: Mean \v.\

SYN: Intend, purpose, design, signify, denote, indicate, hint, suggest.

ANT: Say, state, enunciate, [See DO], execute, perform.

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KEY: Meaning.

SYN: Signification, import, significance, purport, sense, aim, [See IMPORT].

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KEY: Meanness.

SYN: Penuriousness, littleness, selfishness, baseness, smallness, illiberality, ungenerousness, sordidness.

ANT: Nobleness, unselfishness, liberality, generousness, large-heartedness.

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KEY: Means.

SYN: Resources, instrument, media.

ANT: End, purpose, object.

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KEY: Measure \n.\ [See DIMENSION].

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KEY: Measure \v.\

SYN: Mete, estimate, gauge, value, appraise.

ANT: Misfit, misconform, mismeasure, misdeal, misapportion.

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KEY: Measureless, [See INFINITE].

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KEY: Mechanic.

SYN: Artisan, craftsman, workman, artificer.

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KEY: Mechanical.

SYN: Habitual, automatic, unreflective, spontaneous, effortless, unimpassioned.

ANT: Labored, self-conscious, feeling, forced, spirited, appreciative, lifelike, lively, animated, impassioned.

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KEY: Meddle, [See INTERPOSE].

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KEY: Meddlesome.

SYN: Officious, obtrusive, intrusive, interfering.

ANT: Unofficious, unobtrusive, unmeddlesome.

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KEY: Mutilate.

SYN: Intercede, interpose, [See INTERPOSE].

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KEY: Mediation.

SYN: Interference, interposition, reconciliation, atonement, arbitration, adjustment.

ANT: Neutrality, non-interference, indifference.

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KEY: Medicament, [See REMEDY].

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KEY: Medicate.

SYN: Treat, compound, amalgamate, adulterate, sophisticate, drug.

ANT: Clarify, analyze, purify, defecate, stupify, disadulterate.

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KEY: Medicine.

SYN: Remedy, physic, antidote, therapeutics, salve, cure, corrective.

ANT: Aggravation, poison, virus, bane.

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KEY: Mediocrity.

SYN: Mean, commonplace, medium, average, sufficiency.

ANT: Excellence, superiority, rarity, brilliance, distinction.

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KEY: Meditate.

SYN: Think, cogitate, purpose, ruminate, contemplate, plan, revolve, consider.

ANT: Execute, enact, complete, consummate.

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KEY: Medium, [See MEAN \n.\].

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KEY: Medley.

SYN: Jumble, tumult, confusion, mixture, hodge-podge, litter, diversity, miscellany.

ANT: Assortment, arrangement, disposition, classification, interdistinction, grouping, collocation.

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KEY: Meed.

SYN: Guerdon, premium, prize, reward.

ANT: Penalty, punishment, brand, stigma, amercement.

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KEY: Meek.

SYN: Mild, gentle, submissive, modest, yielding, unassuming.

ANT: Bold, arrogant, self-asserting, irritable, proud, high-spirited.

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KEY: Meet.

SYN: Encounter, confront, engage, as, [See {[-v-inhK-]?}], unite, coalesce, converge.

ANT: Miss, pass, escape, elude, decline, avoid, disperse, diverge, separate, vary, disagree.

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KEY: Melancholy \a.\

SYN: Gloomy, sad, dejected, disconsolate, dismal, moody, hypochondriacal, cast down.

ANT: Lively, sprightly, gladsome, gleesome, blithesome, happy, cheerful, gamesome, mirthful, merry.

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KEY: Melancholy \n.\ [See MELANCHOLY].

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KEY: Meliorate, [See AMELIORATE].

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KEY: Mellifluous.

SYN: dulcet, euphonious, silvery, flowing, smooth.

ANT: Harsh, hoarse, abrupt, rancorous, rough, discordant, broken.

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KEY: Mellow.

SYN: Ripe, rich, full-flavored, jovial, mature, soft.

ANT: Unripe, harsh, sour, acid, acrid, crabbed, sober, dry.

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KEY: Melodious, [See MUSICAL].

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KEY: Melody.

SYN: Music, song, tune, air, minstrelsy.

ANT: Discord, dissonance.

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KEY: Melt.

SYN: Dissolve, liquify, colliquate, run, flow, fuse.

ANT: Consolidate, crystallize, indurate.

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KEY: Member.

SYN: Limb, part, portion, constituent, component.

ANT: Body, whole, entirety, constitution, organization, community, association.

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KEY: Memoir.

SYN: Biographical sketch, personal narrative, familiar biography, narrative, chronicle, record, register, journal, life.

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KEY: Memorable.

SYN: Great, striking, remarkable, conspicuous, prominent, noticeable, illustrious, extraordinary, famous, distinguished.

ANT: Petty, trifling, ordinary, insignificant, unnoticeable, trivial, mediocre, slight.

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KEY: Memorial.

SYN: Monument, record, memento, celebration, remembrance, relic, inscription.

ANT: Obliviation, silentiation, obliteration, effacement, erasure.

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KEY: Memory.

SYN: Remembrance, reminiscence, perpetuation, recollection, retention, retrospect, fame.

ANT: forgetfulness, oblivion.

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KEY: Menace \n.\

SYN: Threat, denunciation, threatening.

ANT: good will, blessing.

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KEY: Mend.

SYN: Repair, restore, correct, promote, improve, rectify, reform, amend, ameliorate, better.

ANT: Damage, impair, pervert, retard, deteriorate, falsify, spoil, corrupt.

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KEY: Mendacity.

SYN: Falsehood, lying, untruthfulness, deception, prevarication, duplicity.

ANT: Veracity, truthfulness, frankness, candor, Ingenuousness.

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KEY: Mendicity.

SYN: Mendicancy, beggary.

ANT: Industry, labor.

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KEY: Menial.

SYN: Domestic, attendant, dependent, servile, drudge.

ANT: Paramount, sovereign, supreme, lordly, independent, uncontrolled, autocratic.

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KEY: mensuration.

SYN: Geometry, surveying, geodesy, [See MEASURE].

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KEY: Mental.

SYN: Intellectual, subjective, metaphysical, psychical, psychological.

ANT: Corporal, objective, physical, bodily.

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KEY: Mention \n.\

SYN: Declaration, notice, announcement, observation, remark, hint, communication.

ANT: Silence, suppression, forgetfulness, omission.

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KEY: Mephitic.

SYN: Malarious, miasmatic.

ANT: Balmy, genial, salubrious.

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KEY: Mercantile.

SYN: Commercial, Interchangeable, wholesale, retail, marketable.

ANT: Stagnant, unmarketable, unmercantile.

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KEY: Mercenary.

SYN: Sordid, venal, selfish, avaricious, griping.

ANT: Liberal, generous, disinterested, profuse, prodigal.

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KEY: Merchandise.

SYN: Goods, commodities, wares, stock.

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KEY: Merchant.

SYN: Trader, dealer, importer, tradesman, trafficker.

ANT: Shopman, salesman, hawker, huckster, pedler, chandler, costermonger.

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KEY: Merciful.

SYN: Compassionate, kindhearted, clement, gracious, kind.

ANT: Pitiless, unrelenting, remorseless, inexorable, [See KIND].

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KEY: Mercy.

SYN: Compassion, clemency, forgiveness, forbearance, grace, benefit, gift, pity, leniency, tenderness.

ANT: Exaction, harshness, cruelty, vengeance, unpityingness, unforgiveness.

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KEY: Mere.

SYN: Pure, unmixed, absolute, uninfluenced, unadulterated, unaffected, simple.

ANT: Mixed, compound, impure, biased.

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KEY: Meretricious.

SYN: Tricksy, unchaste, gaudy, impure, tawdry, flashy.

ANT: Solid, good, chaste, simple, pure.

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KEY: Merge, [See SINK].

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KEY: Meridian.

SYN: Zenith, summit, culmination, height, apex, acme, pinnacle.

ANT: Nadir, depth, depression, profundity, base.

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KEY: Merit.

SYN: Goodness, worth, worthiness, desert, excellence.

ANT: Badness, demerit, unworthiness, worthlessness, weakness, imperfection, error, defect, fault, failing.

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KEY: Merry, [See MELANCHOLY].

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KEY: Mesh.

SYN: Intricacy, entanglement, involution, snare.

ANT: Extrication, escape, deliverance.

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KEY: Message.

SYN: Communication, intimation, missive, notice.

ANT: Non-communication, interception.

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KEY: Messenger.

SYN: Courier, carrier, emissary, harbinger, herald, forerunner.

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KEY: Metaphor.

SYN: Similitude, image.

ANT: Letter, literalness.

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KEY: Metaphorical.

SYN: Figurative, symbolical, allegorical, typical.

ANT: Literal.

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KEY: Metaphysical.

SYN: Mental, intellectual, abstract, Ideal, conceptional, subjective, relational, notional, abstruse, psychical.

ANT: Physical, physiological, palpable, external, substantial, practical, corporal, material, objective.

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KEY: Mete.

SYN: Measure, apportion, distribute.

ANT: Misdeal, misapportion.

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KEY: Meteoric.

SYN: Momentary, flashing, displosive, phosphorescent, pyrotechnic, coruscant, volcanic.

ANT: Permanent, beaming, burning, steady, persistent, enduring.

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KEY: Method.

SYN: Order, system, rule, way, manner, mode, course, process, regularity, arrangement.

ANT: Disorder, conjecture, quackery, empiricism, experimentation, assumption, guess-work.

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KEY: Methodical.

SYN: Methodic, orderly, systematical, systematic, regular.

ANT: Disorderly, unmethodical, {[untematical]?}, irregular, [See METHOD].

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KEY: methodize.

SYN: Shape, arrange, order, marshal, enucleate, eliminate, organize.

ANT: Confuse, jumble, disorder, disorganize.

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KEY: Mettle.

SYN: Ardor, spirit, life, fire, animation.

ANT: Hebetude, insensibility, callousness, placidity, stoicism, cowardice, submissiveness, slavishness.

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KEY: mettlesome.

SYN: Spirited, fiery, ardent, lively, gay, brisk, [See ARDENT and GALLANT].

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KEY: Mew.

SYN: Imprison, shut up, coop, incase, [See CONFINE].

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KEY: Miasmatic.

SYN: Effluvious, malarious, foetid, polluted, noxious, mephitic.

ANT: Balmy, pure, untainted, salubrious.

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KEY: Middle, [See MEAN].

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KEY: Middling.

SYN: Ordinary, average, pretty well, not bad, well enough, [See TOLERABLE].

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KEY: Midst.

SYN: Middle, centre, thick, throng, heart.

ANT: Outskirt, confine, edge, limit, extreme, purlieu, margin.

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KEY: Mien.

SYN: Look, aspect, air, manner, appearance, carriage, bearing, deportment.

ANT: Character, disposition, temperament, {[i]?}, constitution, nature, being, personality.

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KEY: Might.

SYN: Strength, force, power, ability.

ANT: Weakness, infirmity, feebleness.

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KEY: Mighty, [See MIGHT].

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KEY: Migratory.

SYN: Nomadic, wandering, roving, vagrant.

ANT: Settled, fixed, permanent.

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KEY: Mild.

SYN: Moderate, lenient, calm, gentle, genial, tempered, soft, meek, tender, placid.

ANT: Violent, wild, fierce, savage, strong, severe, merciless, harsh, bitter.

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KEY: Military.

SYN: Soldierly, soldierlike, [See MARTIAL].

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KEY: Militate \v.\ int, [See MILITARY].

SYN: Contend, conflict, jar, clash, disagree.

ANT: Harmonize, agree, suit, coincide.

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KEY: Milky.

SYN: White, {[emulcont]?}, chalky.

ANT: Inky, irritant, luteous.

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KEY: Mimic.

SYN: Copy, ape, imitate, ridicule, mock, follow.

ANT: Praise, lead, [See IMITATE].

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KEY: Minatory.

SYN: Menacing, threatening.

ANT: Warning.

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KEY: Mince.

SYN: Attenuate, comminute, palliate, extenuate.

ANT: Exaggerate, amplify, magnify.

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KEY: Mincing.

SYN: Slow, affected, pedantic, syllabical, euphuistic.

ANT: Rapid, voluble, unaffected, natural, bluff.

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KEY: Mind.

SYN: Soul, spirit, intellect, understanding, opinion, sentiment, judgment, belief, choice, inclination, desire, will, liking, purpose, spirit, impetus, memory, remembrance, recollection.

ANT: Body, limbs, organization, action, proceeding, conduct, object, indifference, coolness, aversion, forgetfulness, obviousness.

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KEY: Mindful.

SYN: Regardful, attentive, thoughtful, careful, recollective.

ANT: Regardless, inattentive, mindless, oblivious.

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KEY: Mingle.

SYN: Mix, compound, blend, confound, confuse, intermingle, associate, amalgamate.

ANT: Separate, segregate, sift, sort, analyze, discompound, eliminate, classify, unravel, avoid, Minimum, [See MAXIMUM].

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KEY: Million.

SYN: Favorite, darling, pet.

ANT: Antipathy, horror, aversion, bugbear.

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KEY: Minister \n.\

SYN: Servant, officer, delegate, official, ambassador, subordinate, ecclesiastic, clergyman, priest, parson, divine, preacher, pastor, shepherd, reverend, curate, vicar.

ANT: Monarch, government, master, superior, principal, head, layman, told, flock, congregation.

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KEY: Minister \v.\

SYN: Attend, subserve, wait, supply.

ANT: Lead, rule, command, exact.

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KEY: Ministry.

SYN: Cabinet, council, administration, office of a minister or clergyman, ecclesiastical function, [See MINISTER].

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KEY: Minor.

SYN: Less, inferior, junior, younger, unimportant.

ANT: Major, greater, superior, elder, senior, main, important.

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KEY: Minstrel.

SYN: Singer, musician, bard.

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KEY: Minute.

SYN: Diminutive, microscopic, tiny, exact, searching, specific, detailed.

ANT: Monstrous, enormous, huge, inexact, superficial, general, broad, comprehensive.

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KEY: Miraculous.

SYN: Supernatural, hyperphysical.

ANT: Ordinary, natural.

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KEY: Misacceptation.

SYN: Misunderstanding, misinterpretation, misuse.

ANT: Acceptation, meaning.

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KEY: Misadventure.

SYN: Failure, mishap, misfortune.

ANT: Success, achievement.

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KEY: Misanthropy.

SYN: Egotism, incivism, man-hating, cynicism, woman-hating.

ANT: Philanthropy, humanity, humanitarianism, universal benevolence.

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KEY: Misapply, [See APPLY].

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KEY: Misapprehend, [See APPREHEND].

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KEY: Misappropriate.

SYN: Misassign, purloin, misdistribute, abuse, misuse.

ANT: Assign, distribute, employ, use.

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KEY: Misarrange, [See ABRIDGMENT].

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KEY: Misbecome, [See BECOME].

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KEY: Misbehaviour, [See BEHAVIOR].

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KEY: Misbelief, [See BELIEF].

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KEY: Miscalculate, [See CALCULATE].

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KEY: Miscall.

SYN: Misname, misindicate.

ANT: Name, call, indicate, denote, specify, denominate.

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KEY: Miscellany.

SYN: Mixture, Intermixture, jumble, medley, variety, diversity.

ANT: System, collection, classification, assortment, group, selection.

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KEY: Mischance.

SYN: Misfortune, misadventure, mishap, [See CHANCE and MISADVENTURE].

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KEY: Mischief.

SYN: Damage, hurt, detriment, disservice, annoyance, injury, ill-turn, damage, barm.

ANT: Compensation, good-turn, benefit, favor, gratification.

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KEY: Mischievous.

SYN: Detrimental, injurious, spiteful, wanton.

ANT: Beneficial, advantageous, reparatory, conservative, careful, protective.

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KEY: Miscible.

SYN: Compoundable, amalgamate.

ANT: Uncompoundable, immiscible.

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KEY: Miscompute, [See COMPUTE].

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KEY: Misconceive, [See CONCEIVE].

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KEY: Misconduct, [See CONDUCT].

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KEY: Misconjecture.

SYN: Miscalculation, missupposition.

ANT: Hit, discovery, ascertain.

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KEY: Misconstrue, [See CONSTRUE].

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KEY: Miscount, [See COUNT].

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KEY: Miscreant.

SYN: [See ROGUE].

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KEY: Misdeed, [See DEED and CRIME].

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KEY: Misdemeanor.

SYN: Transgression, trespass, fault, misdeed, [See CRIME and FAULT].

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KEY: Misdirect, [See STRAIGHT].

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KEY: Misdoing, [See MISDEED].

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KEY: Misemploy, [See EMPLOY].

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KEY: Miser.

SYN: Niggard, churl, skinflint, curmudgeon, screw, scrimp, hunks.

ANT: Prodigal, spendthrift, rake.

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KEY: Miserable.

SYN: Abject, forlorn, pitiable, wretched, worthless, despicable, disconsolate.

ANT: Respectable, worthy, happy, contented, comfortable.

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KEY: Miserly, [See LIBERAL].

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KEY: Misery.

SYN: Wretchedness, heartache, woe, broken heart, bleeding heart, great unhappiness, [See CALAMITY and MISFORTUNE].

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KEY: Misestimate, [See ESTIMATE and VALUE].

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KEY: Misfortune, [See DISASTER and MISADVENTURE].

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KEY: Misgiving, [See DOUBT and DISTRUST].

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KEY: Misgovern, [See GOVERN].

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KEY: Misguide, [See GUIDE].

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KEY: Mishap \n.\ [See HAZARD and MISADVENTURE].

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KEY: Misinform, [See INFORM].

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KEY: Misinstruct, [See INSTRUCT].

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KEY: Misintelligence, [See INTELLIGENCE].

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KEY: Misinterpret, [See INTERPRET].

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KEY: Misjoin, [See JOIN and MATCH].

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KEY: Mislay, [See LAY and LOSE].

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KEY: Mislead, [See LEAD].

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KEY: Mislike, [See LEARNED].

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KEY: Mismanage, [See MANAGE], Mismatch, [See MATCH], Misname, [See NAME], Misnomer, [See NAME].

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KEY: Mispersuade, [See PERSUADE].

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KEY: Misplace, [See PLACE].

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KEY: Mispronounce, [See PRONOUNCE].

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KEY: Misproportioned.

SYN: Ungainly, {[minfuriut'tl]?}, ill-shaped.

ANT: Well-proportioned, elegant, harmonious, shapely.

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KEY: Misquote, [See QUOTE].

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KEY: Misreckon, [See RECKON].

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KEY: Misreport, [See REPORT].

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KEY: Misrepresent, [See REPRESENT].

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KEY: Misrule, [See RULE].

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KEY: Miss, [See LOSE and MEET].

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KEY: Misshapen, [See FIGURE and MODEL].

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KEY: Missile.

SYN: Projectile.

ANT: Artillery, band-arms, sidearm, Mission.

SYN: Commission, trust, office, delegation, ministry, embassy, legation, deputation, errand, message.

ANT: Assumption, usurpation, self-appointment.

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KEY: Missive.

SYN: Communication, despatch, message, [See MISSION].

ANT: [See MESSAGE].

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KET: Misspend, [See SPEND].

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KEY: Misstate, [See STATE].

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KEY: Misstatement.

SYN: Misrepresentation, wrong statement, falsification.

ANT: Correct statement, true statement.

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KEY: Mist.

SYN: Fog, obscurity, bewilderment, perplexity, haze.

ANT: Brightness, clearness, lucidity.

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KEY: Mistake, [See ERROR].

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KEY: Misteach, [See TEACH].

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KEY: Mistranslate.

SYN: Misconstrue, misrender, [See CONSTRUE].

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KEY: Mistrust \v.\ [See ENCIRCLE].

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KEY: Misunderstanding, [See UNDERSTANDING].

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KEY: Misuse \v.\ [See USE].

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KEY: Misuse \n.\

SYN: Abuse, perversion, prostitution, [See ABUSE].

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KEY: Mitigate, [See AGGRAVATE].

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KEY: Mix, [See MINGLE].

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KEY: Moan, [See BEWAIL].

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KEY: Mob.

SYN: Disorderly crowd, tumultuous rabble, rude multitude, [See BEVY].

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KEY: Mobile.

SYN: Movable, sensitive, fickle, inconstant, variable, ductile.

ANT: Immovable, inexorable, unfeeling, unvarying.

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KEY: Mock.

SYN: Jeer, ridicule, flout, mimic, insult, ape, deride, deceive, imitate.

ANT: Salute, welcome, respect, admire, compliment, Mode, [See METHOD].

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KEY: Model.

SYN: Standard, pattern, example, type, mould, design, copy.

ANT: Imitation, copy, production, execution, work.

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KEY: Moderate.

SYN: Control, soften, allay, regulate, repress, govern, temper.

ANT: Disturb, disorganize, excite, misconduct.

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KEY: Moderate \a.\

SYN: Limited, temperate, calm, dispassionate, sober, abstinent, sparing, steady, ordinary.

ANT: Extravagant, intemperate, rigorous, excessive, violent, extraordinary.

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KEY: Moderation.

SYN: Temperance, sobriety, frugality, calmness, sedateness, mildness, coolness, deliberateness.

ANT: Immoderation, intemperance, hastiness, rashness, precipitation.

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KEY: Moderator.

SYN: chairman, regulator, conductor, manager, president.

ANT: Disturber, agitator.

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KEY: Modern.

SYN: Present, existent, new, new-fangled, new-fashioned, recent, late, novel, later.

ANT: Past, bygone, former, olden, ancient, old-fashioned, antiquated, obsolete.

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KEY: Modest, [See CHASTE and MEEK].

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KEY: Modesty.

SYN: Sobriety, diffidence, bashfulness, humility, pure-mindedness.

ANT: Vanity, conceit, self-sufficiency, self-admiration, foppery, coxcombry, wantonness, shamelessness, effrontery.

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KEY: Modification.

SYN: Alteration, revision, variation, qualification, species.

ANT: Retention, stereotype, stabilisation.

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KEY: Modish.

SYN: Fashionable, stylish, modern.

ANT: Unfashionable, quaint, unstylish, gawky, dowdy.

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KEY: Modulation.

SYN: Harmonization, harmonies.

ANT: Intonation, recital, monotone.

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KEY: Moil.

SYN: Daub, stain, dirt, muck, soil.

ANT: Cleanse, clean, absterge, purify.

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KEY: Moist.

SYN: Damp, humid, dank, wet.

ANT: Arid, dry.

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KEY: moisture.

SYN: Dampness, humidity.

ANT: Drynes.

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KEY: molecule.

SYN: Atom, monad.

ANT: Body, bulk, organism, compound, structure.

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KEY: Molest.

SYN: Trouble, disturb, tease, annoy, irritate, vex, plague, worry, discommode.

ANT: Soothe, caress, pacify, assuage, pet, mollify.

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KEY: Mollify, [See MOLEST].

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KEY: Moment.

SYN: Instant, second, importance, twinkling, trice, weight, force, gravity, consequence, avail.

ANT: Age, period, century, generation, triviality, insignificance, worthlessness, unimportance, inefficacy.

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KEY: Momentary.

SYN: Instantaneous, fleeting, transitory, [See INSTANT].

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KEY: Momentous.

SYN: Significant, important, material, weighty, [See IMPORTANT].

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KEY: Monad, [See MOLECULE].

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KEY: Monarch.

SYN: King, sovereign, despot, tyrant, czar.

ANT: Peer, subject.

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KEY: Monarchical.

SYN: Kingly, royal, despotic.

ANT: Republican, democratic, oligarchical, autocratic.

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KEY: Monastic.

SYN: Conventual, cenobitical, regular, monkish.

ANT: Unconventual, social, secular.

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KEY: Monition, [See ADMONISH].

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KEY: Monitor.

SYN: Adviser, instructor, mentor, warner.

ANT: Misadviser, misinstructor, deceiver, misdirector, back-friend, seducer.

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KEY: Monitory.

SYN: Advisory, hortatory.

ANT: Deceptive, seductive.

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KEY: Monkish, [See MONASTIC].

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KEY: Monopoly.

SYN: Privilege, engrossment, appropriation, exclusiveness, preoccupancy, impropriation.

ANT: Participation, partnership, community, competition, free-trade.

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KEY: Monotheism.

SYN: Deism.

ANT: Polytheism.

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KEY: Monotonous.

SYN: Uniform, unvaried, dull, humdrum, undiversified, tedious.

ANT: Varying, changing.

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KEY: Monotony.

SYN: Sameness, unvaryingness, tedium.

ANT: Variation, relief, diversion.

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KEY: Monster.

SYN: Prodigy, portent, marvel, deformity, abnormity, fright, colossus, monstrosity, leviathan, fiend, brute.

ANT: Beauty, Venus, Adonis, Narcissus, gem, pet, jewel, angel, augury, harbinger.

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KEY: Monstrous.

SYN: Prodigious, portentous, marvellous, deformed, abnormal, hideous, preposterous, intolerable.

ANT: Ordinary, familiar, unnoticeable, fair, comely, shapely, regular, natural, reasonable, just.

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KEY: Monument, [See MEMORIAL].

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KEY: Mood.

SYN: State, temper, humor, feeling, vein, disposition.

ANT: Mind, character, disposition, nature.

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KEY: Moody.

SYN: Sullen, humorsome, gloomy, morose.

ANT: Blithe, genial, sociable, merry.

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KEY: Moot.

SYN: Agitate, discuss, ventilate, argue.

ANT: Suppress, stifle, burke, hush, shelve.

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KEY: Moral.

SYN: Mental, ideal, intellectual, spiritual, ethical, probable, inferential, presumptive, analogous, virtuous, well-conducted.

ANT: Physical, material, practical, demonstrative, mathematical, immoral, vicious.

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KEY: Morals.

SYN: Manners, conduct, behavior, morality, habits, [See {[MASNEKS]?}].

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KEY: Morass, [See MARSH].

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KEY: Morbid.

SYN: Diseased, unsound, unhealthy, sickly.

ANT: Wholesome, healthy, sound.

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KEY: Mordent.

SYN: Biting, keen, pun, gent.

ANT: Mellow, mild, soothing.

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KEY: Moreover.

SYN: Besides, also, likewise, furthermore, [See LIKEWISE].

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KEY: Morose.

SYN: Sullen, austere, moody, crabbed, surly, crusty.

ANT: Genial, indulgent, kindly.

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KEY: Morsel, [See BIT].

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KEY: Mortal.

SYN: Human, ephemeral, sublunary, short-lived, deadly, fatal, perishable, destructive.

ANT: Divine, Immortal, celestial, life-giving, venial, salutiferous, superficial, Mortality, [See DEATH].

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KEY: Mortify.

SYN: Deaden, subdue, master, vex, disappoint, annoy, rot, fester, humble, abash, chagrin, displace, putrefy.

ANT: Feed, pamper, indulge, plea?e, gratify, delight, satisfy, heal, recover.

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KEY: Mostly.

SYN: Mainly, chiefly, in great measure, for the most part, for the greatest part, [See MAINLY].

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KEY: Motherly.

SYN: Maternal, affectionate, tender, kind, [See KIND].

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KEY: Motion, [See MOVEMENT].

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KEY: Motionless, [See STILL].

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KEY: Motive.

SYN: Inducement, purpose, design, prompting, stimulus, reason, impulse, incitement.

ANT: Execution, action, effort, deed, attempt, project, preventive, deterrent, dissuasive.

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KEY: Motley.

SYN: Parti-colored, variegated, mixed, medley, heterogeneous, diversified.

ANT: Uniform, homogeneous, alike, monochromatic, mottled, [See MOTLEY and MACULATED].

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KEY: Mold.

SYN: Fashion, shape, manipulate, for, {[n]?}, cast, configure.

ANT: Distort, strain, pervert, mis shape.

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KEY: Moldy.

SYN: Green, rusty, fusty, musty, over-ripe.

ANT: Fresh, wholesome, pure, sweet, receipt.

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KEY: Mount, [See ASCEND].

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KEY: Mourn, [See GRIEVE and BEWAIL].

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KEY: Mournful.

SYN: Sad, melancholy, tearful, doleful, depressing, wailing, lugubrious.

ANT: Joyous, mirthful, exhilarating.

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KEY: Movable, [See STATIONARY].

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KEY: Move.

SYN: Change, [See CONTROL and GOVERN], progress, stir, affect, agitate, actuate, impel, propose, advance, propel, instigate, provoke.

ANT: Stand, stop, lie, rest, stay, allay, deter, prevent, arrest, withdraw.

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KEY: Movement.

SYN: Motion, move, change of place.

ANT: Stop, rest, pause, stillness, quietness.

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KEY: Much.

SYN: Abundant, plenteous, greatly, abundantly, fur, considerable, ample.

ANT: Little, scant, slightly, shortly, short, near.

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KEY: Mucilaginous.

SYN: Gelatinous, albuminous, creamy, glairy, viscous, lentous.

ANT: Limpid, crystalline, bubbling, frothing, foaming, effervescent, sparkling, spirituous.

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KEY: Muddle.

SYN: Fail, waste, fritter away, confuse, derange, misarrange.

ANT: Clarify, manage, economize, classify, arrange.

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KEY: Muddy.

SYN: Luteous, swampy, turbid, clayey.

ANT: Dry, arid, rocky, arenaceous, sandy, limpid, pellucid, crystalline.

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KEY: Muffle.

SYN: Shroud, enfold, disguise, conceal, envelop.

ANT: {[Unmuole]?}, unfold, exhibit, reveal.

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KEY: Muggy.

SYN: Foggy, misty, dank, damp, murky, dim, vaporous, cloudy.

ANT: Clear, bright, vaporless.

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KEY: Mulct \n.\

SYN: Amercement, damages, forfeiture, penalty.

ANT: Guerdon, douceur, bonus, reward, premium.

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KEY: Mulish.

SYN: Stubborn, obstinate, headstrong, cross-grained, intractable, [See TRACTABLE].

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KEY: Multifarious.

SYN: Various, varied, multigenerous, multitudinous, multifold, manifold, multiform.

ANT: Single, uniform, unvaried, unvarying, few.

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KEY: Multifold, [See MULTIFARIOUS].

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KEY: Multiform, [See MULTIFARIOUS].

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KEY: Multiplication.

SYN: Multiplicity, plurality, multitudinousness, multifariousness, multitude, repetition, reiter ation, reproduction, augmentation, swarming, teeming.

ANT: Singularity, unity, scantiness, rarity, diminution, extinction.

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KEY: Multisonous.

SYN: Many-voiced, tuneful.

ANT: Unisonous, droning, monotonous.

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KEY: Multitude.

SYN: Crowd, swarm, accumulation, throng, concourse, number, host, mob, rabble.

ANT: Paucity, scantiness, sprinkling.

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KEY: Multitudinous, [See MULTIFARIOUS].

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KEY: Mummery.

SYN: Antics, masquerade, vagary, buffoonery.

ANT: Pageant, procession, exhibition.

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KEY: Mundane.

SYN: Worldly, secular, temporal, earthly.

ANT: Unworldly, spiritual, heavenly, ethereal, supramundane.

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KEY: munificent.

SYN: Liberal, princely, bounteous, generous.

ANT: Niggardly, beggarly.

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KEY: Murky, [See MUGGY].

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KEY: Murmur.

SYN: Undertone, whisper, mutter, grumble, complaint, repining.

ANT: Clamor, vociferation, bawling, outcry, defiance, execration, salutation, acclamation.

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KEY: Murmur \v.\ [See GROWL].

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KEY: Muscular.

SYN: Powerful, brawny, robust, sinewy, strong, stalwart, athletic, lusty, sturdy.

ANT: Debile, flabby, feeble, lanky.

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KEY: Muse.

SYN: Reflect, ponder, cogitate, dream, think, meditate.

ANT: Stir, act, move.

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KEY: Musical.

SYN: Melodious, harmonious, dulcet, concordant, rythmical, tuneful, mellifluous.

ANT: Unmelodious, inharmonious, harsh, discordant.

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KEY: Muster \v.\

SYN: Marshal, collect, assemble, rally, enroll, gather.

ANT: Dismiss, disperse, relegate, remit, disband.

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KEY: Musty.

SYN: Fusty, rank, mouldy, frowzy, stale, sour, fetid, mildewed.

ANT: Fragrant, fresh, balmy, aromatic, odorous.

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KEY: Mutable.

SYN: Changeable, changeful, mobile, transient, ephemeral, inconstant, unsteadfast, fickle, fitful, undecided, restless.

ANT: Unchanging, permanent, immutable, persistent, changeless, Mutation, [See VARIATION].

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KEY: Mute.

SYN: Silent, speechless, dumb, taciturn, voiceless, still, death-like.

ANT: Chattering, talkative, garrulous, loquacious, vocal, tuneful, loud.

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KEY: Mutilate, [See MAIM].

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KEY: Mutinous.

SYN: Turbulent, seditious, insurgent, riotous, tumultuous, unruly, refractory, insurrectionary.

ANT: Obedient, loyal, submissive.

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KEY: Mutter.

SYN: Murmur, mumble.

ANT: Enunciate, exclaim, pronounce, vociferate.

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KEY: Mutual.

SYN: Reciprocal, common, interchangeable, alternate.

ANT: One-sided, unreciprocated, unmutual.

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KEY: Muzzle.

SYN: Silence, burke, restrain, gag, stop.

ANT: release, liberate, open, unmuzzle, free.

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KEY: Mysterious.

SYN: Dim, obscure, unrevealed, unexplained, unaccountable, reserved, veiled, hidden, secret, incomprehensible, mystic, inexplicable.

ANT: Clear, plain, obvious, explained, understood, easy, explainable, simple, frank, communicative.

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KEY: Mystery.

SYN: Enigma, puzzle, obscurity, secrecy, veil, shroud, arcanum.

ANT: Publication, solution, commonplace, truism, matter-of-fact.

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KEY: Mystic.

SYN: Mysterious, cabalistic, magical.

ANT: Plain, matter-of-fact, everyday, familiar, commonplace, obvious, household.

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KEY: Mystify.

SYN: Confuse, bamboozle, hoodwink, puzzle, confound, mislead, obfuscate.

ANT: Illumine, enlighten, inform, guide.

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KEY: Myth.

SYN: Fable, legend, parable, supposition, fiction, allegory, fabulous story, fabrication.

ANT: Fact, history, narrative.

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KEY: Mythological.

SYN: Fabulous, mythical, [See H].

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KEY: Nab, (\coll.\)

SYN: Catch, clutch, grasp, seize, lay hold on, lay hands on, [See CATCH].

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KEY: Nabob.

SYN: Millionaire, Croesus, mau of wealth, man of fortune, very rich man, man of great distinction.

ANT: Man not wealthy, man not distinguished.

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KEY: Nacreous, [See IRIDESCENT].

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KEY: Naked.

SYN: Nude, bare, unclothed, denuded, undraped, defenceless, destitute, unqualified, uncolored, unvarnished, mere, simple.

ANT: Dressed, robed, draped, muffled, protected, qualified, veiled, shrouded, colored, varnished.

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KEY: Name \n.\

SYN: Designation, cognomination, appellation, title, fame, reputation, authority, appointment, stead, representation.

ANT: Namelessness, anonymousness, misnomer, pseudonym, obscurity, ingloriousness, disrepute, individuality, person.

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KEY: Name \v.\

SYN: Spectry, designate, call, Indicate.

ANT: Misname, miscall, misdesignate, misindicate, hint, suggest, shadow, adumbrate.

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KEY: Narrate.

SYN: recite, tell, report, detail, relate, rehearse, recount.

ANT: Suppress, conceal, blink, misreport, misrepresent, misrelate, misstate.

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KEY: Narrow.

SYN: Straight, straightened, slender, thin, spare, contracted, limited, cramped, pinched, scant, close, scrutinizing, near, bigoted, niggardly, tight.

ANT: Wide, broad, ample, thick, expanded, easy, liberal.

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KEY: Nascent.

SYN: Youthful, rising, green, incipient, embryo, rudimental, budding.

ANT: Mature, aged, confirmed, developed, grown.

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KEY: Nasty.

SYN: Fool, offensive, odious, disagreeable, indelicate, impure, gross, unclean, obscene.

ANT: Nice, pleasant, sweet, savory, agreeable, pure.

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KEY: Nation.

SYN: Race, people, realm, community, commonwealth, state, [See COMMUNITY and PEOPLE].

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KEY: Native.

SYN: Indigenous, home, exported, artless, natural, proper, suitable, congenital, inbred, vernacular.

ANT: Foreign, Imported, exotic, alien, artificial, acquired, assumed, affected.

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KEY: Natural.

SYN: Intrinsic, eventual, regular, normal, cosmical, true, probable, consistent, spontaneous, unless, original.

ANT: {[Acitition]?}, adventitious, abnormal, monstrous, unnatural, fictitious, improbable, unsupposable, forced, artful, affected.

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KEY: Nature.

SYN: Essence, creation, constitution, structure, disposition, truth, regularity, kind, sort, character, species, affection, naturalness.

ANT: Thing, object, subject, man, being, creature, monstrosity, unnaturalness, art, fiction, romance, invention.

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KEY: Naught.

SYN: Nothing.

ANT: Aught, anything, everything.

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KEY: Naughty.

SYN: Worthless, vile, corrupt, bad, froward, refractory, wicked, perverse.

ANT: Worthy, good, precious, pure, docile, tractable, well-behaved.

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KEY: Nausea.

SYN: Loathing, disgust, abomination, qualm, sea-sickness.

ANT: Taste, relish, enjoyment.

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KEY: Nauseous.

SYN: Loathsome, sickening, disgusting, [See ABOMINABLE].

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KEY: Nautical, [See MARINE].

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KEY: Near.

SYN: Nigh, close, adjacent, neighboring, (Sometimes used in the sense of parsimonious).

ANT: Far, distant, remote.

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KEY: Nearly.

SYN: Almost, closely, approximately.

ANT: Quite, entirely, distantly, remotely.

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KEY: Neat, [See TIDY].

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KEY: Necessary.

SYN: Certain, inevitable, indispensable, requisite, essential, compulsory, needful, expedient.

ANT: Contingent, casual, optional, discretional, unnecessary, unessential, free.

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KEY: Necessitate, [See COMPEL].

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KEY: Necessity.

SYN: Indispensableness, inevitableness, need, indigence, requirement, want, fate, destiny.

ANT: dispensableness, uncertainty, superfluity, uselessness, competence, affluence, casualty, contingency, freedom, choice.

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KEY: Need, [See NECESSITY].

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KEY: Needful, [See AMBIGUOUS].

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KEY: Needless.

SYN: Unnecessary, useless, superfluous, gratuitous.

ANT: Needful, useful, helpful, obligatory.

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KEY: Nefarious, [See ATROCIOUS].

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KEY: Negation, [See ASSERT].

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KEY: Negative.

SYN: Denying, privative, disclaiming, indirect.

ANT: Assertive, attributive, positive, direct.

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KEY: Neglect \v.\

SYN: Slight, overlook, omit, disregard, disesteem, despite, contemn.

ANT: Consider, respect, notice, observe, regard, esteem, tend, attend, foster, study.

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KEY: Neglect \n.\

SYN: Negligence, disregard, omission, failure, default, slight, carelessness, remissness.

ANT: Attention, consideration, respect, notice, regard, esteem.

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KEY: Negotiate.

SYN: Transact, effect, pass, perform.

ANT: Mismanage, misconduct, quash, stop.

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KEY: Neighborly, [See SOCIABLE].

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KEY: Nerve.

SYN: Strength, firmness, resolution.

ANT: Nerveless, forceless, feeble, weak, enfeebled, impotent, palsied, [See COURAGE].

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KEY: Nervous, [See VIGOROUS and TIMID].

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KEY: Nettle.

SYN: Sting, fret, provoke, [See INCENSE].

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