ANT: Fearless, inapprehensive, unsolicitous, easy, indifferent, secure, confident, bold, hopeful, eager, reckless, audacious, venturesome.
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KEY: Afresh.
SYN: Anew, again, frequently, repeatedly, intermittently.
ANT: Continuously, uniformly, uninterruptedly, unintermittently, connectedly.
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KEY: Aft, [See ABAFT].
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KEY: After.
SYN: Behind, following, succeeding.
ANT: Afore, before, Introducing, preceding.
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KEY: Again.
SYN: Anew, afresh, repeatedly, frequently.
ANT: Continuously, uniformly, uninterruptedly, unintermittently, once.
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KEY: Against.
SYN: Over, opposite, abutting, opposing, resisting, despite, across, athwart, counter.
ANT: With, for, accompanying, aiding, suiting, promoting.
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KEY: Agape.
SYN: Astare, agog, astonished, curious, inquisitive, entertained, amused, eager.
ANT: Incurious, listless, lukewarm, absent.
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KEY: Age.
SYN: Period, generation, era, epoch, date, century, antiquity, senility, eldership, seniority.
ANT: Youth, infancy, boyhood, childhood, moment, instant.
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KEY: Aged.
SYN: Old, ancient, antiquated, elderly, senile, patriarchal, primeval, time-honored, olden.
ANT: Juvenile, youthful, young, upstart, recent, fresh.
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KEY: Agency, [See AGENT].
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KEY: Agent.
SYN: Doer, performer, actor, force, means, instrument, influence, cause, promoter, operator.
ANT: Counteragent, counteractor, counteraction, opponent, neutralizer.
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KEY: Agglomerate.
SYN: Accumulate, conglomerate, lump, agglutinate, entangle, heap, confuse, amalgamate.
ANT: Scatter, dissipate, sift, separate, disentangle, disject, divide, disunite, part, unravel, detach, difference.
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KEY: Aggrandize.
SYN: Promote, dignify, exalt, ennoble, enrich, advance, augment, make great, magnify, elevate, signalize.
ANT: Depress, degrade, enfeeble, Impoverish, debase, humiliate, lower, abase, disgrace, dishonor.
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KEY: Aggravate.
SYN: Exasperate, provoke, wound, heighten, intensify, irritate, make worse, increase, enhance embitter, magnify.
ANT: Soothe, conciliate, assuage, diminish, palliate, neutralize, soften, lessen, alleviate, attenuate, mitigate.
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KEY: Aggregate, Aggregation.
SYN: Sum, result, total, mass, whole, totality, collection, amount, collation, combination.
ANT: Dissipation, dispersion, separation, division, segregation, disunion, individual, unit, element, ingredient, item.
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KEY: Aggression.
SYN: Invasion, attack, offence, onslaught, encroachment, assault, provocation, incursion.
ANT: Resistance, retaliation, repulsion, withdrawal, retreat, evacuation, accession, acceptance, qualification.
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KEY: Aggrieve.
SYN: Wound, trouble, annoy, hurt, vex, disappoint, molest, maltreat, grieve, afflict, injure, wrong.
ANT: Soothe, conciliate, assuage, console, satisfy, compensate.
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KEY: Aghast.
SYN: Affrighted, astonished, astare, dumbfounded, bewildered, horror-struck.
ANT: Cool, fearless, unaffected, unmoved, indifferent, unexcited, unalarmed.
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KEY: Agile.
SYN: Nimble, active, fleet, brisk, alert, featly, lithe, prompt, ready, quick, supple, nimble, swift, sprightly.
ANT: Slow, heavy, awkward, inert, clumsy, bulky, ponderous, elephantine.
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KEY: Agitate.
SYN: Disturb, trouble, excite, ruffle, stir, fluster, oscillate, instigate, convulse, shake.
ANT: Calm, compose, allay, pacify, smooth, It is sometimes used of argumentative consideration, as, to agitate a question.
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KEY: {missing}
SYN: Start, moot, ventilate, propound.
ANT: Solve, settle, determine.
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KEY: Ago.
SYN: Past, gone, since.
ANT: Coming, future, hence, hereafter.
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KEY: Agog.
SYN: Abroad, abroach, astir, adrift, agoing.
ANT: Asleep, indifferent, incurious, somnolent, heedless, collected, cool.
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KEY: Agony.
SYN: Pain, torture, torment, distress, woe, throe, suffering, pang, excruciation.
ANT: Assuagement, comfort, peace, ease, relief, gratification, enjoyment, rapture, ecstasy, composure.
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KEY: Agree.
SYN: Suit, tally, accord, fit, harmonize, combine, assent, concur, acquiesce, admit, consent, conform, consort, comport, coincide.
ANT: Differ, disagree, revolt, protest, decline, refuse, dissent, demur.
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KEY: Agreeable.
SYN: Obliging, pleasant, accommodating, grateful, acceptable, welcome, suitable, consistent, consonant, amiable, gratifying, pleasing, good-natured, complaisant.
ANT: Disobliging, unpleasant, unaccommodating, disagreeable, obnoxious, ungrateful, unwelcome, unacceptable, offensive.
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KEY: Agreeably.
SYN: Suitably, conformably, consistently, accordingly, pleasantly, acceptably, gratefully.
ANT: Unsuitably, inconsistently, impertinently, inappropriately, inharmoniously, unbefittingly, unpleasantly.
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KEY: Agreement.
SYN: Contract, compact, bond, concord, concurrence, conformity, harmony, unison, consonance, bargain, covenant, obligation, undertaking, treaty.
ANT: (As without legal force or bond). Understanding, promise, parole.
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KEY: Agriculture.
SYN: Cultivation, husbandry, farming, tillage.
ANT: Sterility, unproductiveness, waste, fallowness, inculture.
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KEY: Aground.
SYN: Strained, ashore.
ANT: Afloat, off.
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KEY: Ahead.
SYN: Forward, afore, afront, onwards.
ANT: abaft, astern, behind, aback, aft.
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KEY: Aid.
SYN: Help, assist, succour, support, befriend, co-operate, contribute favor, foster, protect, abet, encourage, instigate, subsidize.
ANT: Oppose, resist, counteract, discourage, thwart, withstand, confront, deter, baffle.
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KEY: Ailment.
SYN: Complaint, sickness, illness, disease.
ANT: Recovery, convalescence, sanity, health, robustness, vigor, salubriousness.
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KEY: Aim \n.\
SYN: Tendency, intent, aspiration, bent, drift, object, scope, goal, purpose, mark, end, design, intention.
ANT: Shunning, disregarding, disaffecting, overlooking, avoiding.
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KEY: Aim \v.\
SYN: Seek, level, propose, design, affect, intend, mean, purpose.
ANT: Shun, disregard, disaffect, ignore, overlook, avoid.
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KEY: Airy.
SYN: Light, ethereal, spiritual, joyous, sprightly, lively, animated, frolicsome, fairy-like.
ANT: Dull, inert, stony, ponderous, plow, heavy, cheerless, sullen, dolesome, lugubrious, leaden, wooden.
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KEY: Akin.
SYN: Related, agnate, cognate, homogeneous, similar, consanguineous, congenial, allied, sympathetic.
ANT: Unrelated, unconnected, foreign, alien, heterogeneous, uncongenial, hostile, unallied, antagonistic, unsympathetic, dissimilar.
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KEY: Alacrity.
SYN: Quickness, readiness, briskness, activity, cheerfulness, compliance, willingness, promptitude.
ANT: Slowness, reluctance, repugnance.
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KEY: Alarm \n.\
SYN: Apprehension, fright, fear, timidity, consternation, tocsin, war-cry, war-note, reveille, dread, affright, disquietude, dismay.
ANT: Confidence, security, quiet.
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KEY: Alarm \v.\
SYN: Warn, wake, terrify, intimidate, frighten.
ANT: Compose, embolden, reassure, rally.
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KEY: Alarming.
SYN: Terrible, fearful, frightful, portentous, ominous, threatening.
ANT: Soothing, assuring, encouraging, inviting, propitious, hopeful, alluring, enticing, attractive.
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KEY: Alert.
SYN: Active, brisk, nimble, prepared, prompt, vigilant, ready, wakeful, watchful, on the watch, lively.
ANT: Slow, sleepy, lazy, absent, unready, oblivious, sluggish, inactive, unwatchful, dilatory, drowsy.
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KEY: Alien.
SYN: Foreign, strange, undomesticated, inappropriate, irrelevant, impertinent.
ANT: Pertinent, essential, proper, appropriate, relevant, germane, akin, apropos, naturalized.
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KEY: Alienate.
SYN: Estrange, abalienate, transfer, wean, disaffect, convey.
ANT: Conciliate, retain, endear, entail, bind, secure.
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KEY: Alienation.
SYN: Insanity, aberration, hallucination, derangement, imbecility.
ANT: Sanity, soundness, sobriety, rationality.
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KEY: Alight.
SYN: Perch, drop, descend, dismount.
ANT: Mount, ascend, spring, soar, start.
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KEY: Alike.
SYN: Resembling, similar, together, twin-fellow, analogous, identical, equal, equivalent, same, homogeneous, akin, equally.
ANT: Unlike, heterogeneous, apart, dissimilar, variously, differently, unequally.
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KEY: Aliment.
SYN: Food, sustentation, nutriment, pabulum, victuals, provision, meat, sustenance, nourishment.
ANT: Poison, bane, venom, starvation, exhaustion.
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KEY: Alive.
SYN: Quick, living, breathing, warm, lively, vivacious, alert, existing, existent, safe, subsisting, active, brisk, animated.
ANT: Dead, departed, cold, lifeless, defunct, inanimate, dispirited, du.
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KEY: All.
SYN: Whole, complete, entire, total, every, integral, perfect, full.
ANT: [(preceding)], Some, part.
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KEY: Allay.
SYN: soothe, alleviate, repress, mitigate, quiet, moderate, appease, compose, soften, pacify, mollify, assuage, tranquilize, palliate, culm.
ANT: Excite, rouse, aggravate, stir, kindle, fan, impassion, provoke, incite.
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KEY: Allege.
SYN: Declare, affirm, assert, asseverate, depose, plead, cite, quote, assign, advance, maintain, say.
ANT: Contradict, gainsay, refute, deny, disprove, neutralize, quash, repel.
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KEY: Allegiance.
SYN: Subjection, obedience, loyalty, fealty, homage.
ANT: Disloyalty, rebellion, resistance, disaffection, malcontentment, treason.
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KEY: Allegory.
SYN: Parable, metaphor, fable, illustration, image.
ANT: History, fact, narrative.
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KEY: Alleviate.
SYN: Lighten, lessen, assuage, mitigate, soothe, moderate, relieve, remit, diminish.
ANT: Aggravate, enhance, increase, embitter, augment.
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KEY: Alliance.
SYN: Compact, treaty, cooperation, union, connection, partnership, league, combination, coalition, confederation, friendship, relation, relationship.
ANT: Disunion, enmity, divorce, discord, disruption, antagonism, separation, estrangement, hostility.
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KEY: Allot.
SYN: Assign, grant, award, give, apportion, deal, dispense, parcel, distribute, divide, mete out, portion out.
ANT: Refuse, withhold, retain, appropriate, resume, misapportion, misdeal.
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KEY: Allotment.
SYN: Piece, assignment, parcel, award, apportionment.
ANT: Misappropriation, seizure, encroachment.
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KEY: Allow.
SYN: Concede, apportion, allot, assign, afford, tolerate, authorize, grant, remit, recognize, acknowledge, avow, confess, admit, permit, suffer, sanction, yield.
ANT: Withhold, withdraw, resume, refuse, deny, disallow, repudiate, protest, Withstand, resist, disapprove, reject.
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KEY: Allowance, [See ALLOW].
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KEY: Alloy.
SYN: Admixture, deterioration, adulteration, drawback, diminution, decrement, impairment, debasement, depreciation, disparagement.
ANT: Purity, genuineness, enhancement, integrity.
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KEY: Alloyed.
SYN: Mixed, deteriorated, impaired, diminished, adulterated.
ANT: Pure, absolute, perfect, complete, genuine, unmixed, unimpaired, undeteriorated, undiminished, unadulterated, enhanced.
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KEY: Allude.
SYN: Point, indicate, suggest, hint, signify, insinuate, refer, imply, intimate.
ANT: Specify, demonstrate, declare, mention, state.
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KEY: Allure.
SYN: Entice, seduce, attract, tempt, decoy, inveigle, wheedle, lure, cajole.
ANT: Alarm, deter, terrify, scare, warn.
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KEY: Allurement, [See ALLURE].
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KEY: Allusion.
SYN: Reference, insinuation.
ANT: Specification, demonstration, mention.
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KEY: Ally.
SYN: Friend, companion, supporter, aider, abetter, accomplice, assistant, confederate, helper, associate, accessory, colleague, coadjutor.
ANT: Foe, enemy, opponent, adversary, baffler, counteractor, antagonist.
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KEY: Aloof.
SYN: Apart, away, separately.
ANT: Close, near, together.
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KEY: Aloud.
SYN: Audibly, loudly, clamorously, sonorously, vociferously, obstreperously.
ANT: Softly, silently, inaudibly, suppressedly.
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KEY: Alter.
SYN: Substitute, change, vary, modify, exchange, diversify, remodel.
ANT: Retain, perpetuate, conserve, stereotype, arrest, solidify, stabilitate.
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KEY: Alterable.
SYN: Variable, mutable, changeable, movable, revocable.
ANT: Invariable, immutable, fixed, unchangeable, permanent, perpetual, unalterable, immovable.
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KEY: Alteration.
SYN: Variation, difference, diversification, shifting, modification, change, permutation, mutation, mutability.
ANT: Retention, perpetuation, conservation, changelessness, identity, stabilisation, fixity, permanence.
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KEY: Altercation.
SYN: Dispute, wrangle, contentious, quarrel, dissension, commotion, variance, disturbance, affray, controversy, brawl.
ANT: Unanimity, concord, compromise, agreement, reconciliation, consonance, conversation, harmony.
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KEY: Alternative.
SYN: Choice, resource, opinion.
ANT: Compulsion, quandary, necessity, fix.
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KEY: Altiloquence.
SYN: Bombast, inflatedness, turgidity, euphuism, magniloquence.
ANT: Plain-spokenness, vernacular, mother tongue.
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KEY: Altitude.
SYN: Height, tallness, verticality, ascent, loftiness, eminence, elevation.
ANT: Lowness, depression, descent, declination, depth.
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KEY: Altogether.
SYN: Collectively, combined, in one, totally, entirely, wholly, fully, completely, utterly, thoroughly.
ANT: Separately, individually, partially.
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KEY: Amalgamate.
SYN: Fuse, commix, mix, compound, unite, consolidate, incorporate.
ANT: Separate, disintegrate, decompose, disunite, dissipate, detach, disperse, analyze.
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KEY: Amalgamation, [See AMALGAMATE].
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KEY: amass.
SYN: Collect, accumulate, aggregate, heap, gather, store up, hoard, pile up.
ANT: Divide, dissipate, waste, scatter, disperse, parcel, portion, spend.
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KEY: Amazement.
SYN: astonishment, awe, wonder, bewilderment, surprise, stupefication, marvel.
ANT: Expectation, preparation, anticipation, familiarity, calmness, composure, coolness, self-possession.
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KEY: Amazing.
SYN: Astounding, astonishing, bewildering, marvellous, prodigious, miraculous, vast, portentous, ominous, striking, wonderful, surprising, astounding, extraordinary.
ANT: Common, ordinary, familiar, trivial, commonplace, customary, frequent, usual.
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KEY: Ambagious.
SYN: Tortuous, indirect, anfractuous, circumlocutory, circuitous, periphrastic, ambiguous, unintelligible, pointless, disjointed.
ANT: Simple, straightforward, plain, direct, obvious, intelligible, lucid, condensed, pointed, terse, pungent, telling.
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KEY: Ambiguous.
SYN: Equivocal, vague, doubtful, enigmatical, uncertain, obscure, unintelligible, perplexing, indistinct, dubious.
ANT: Univocal, obvious, plain, clear, unambiguous, indisputable, necessary, unmistakable, unequivocal, lucid.
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KEY: Ambition.
SYN: Aspiration, emulation, appetition.
ANT: Indifference, inappetency, contentment, moderation.
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KEY: Ameliorate.
SYN: Improve, raise, better, advantage, promote, advance, amend, rectify, meliorate.
ANT: Debase, depress, deteriorate, injure, impair, vitiate, spoil, mar.
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KEY: Amenable.
SYN: Liable, dependent, responsible, answerable, accountable, subject, pliant, impressible, ductile, docile.
ANT: Independent, autocratic, unamenable, irresponsible, refractory, obstinate.
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KEY: Amend.
SYN: Improve, mend, repair, correct, rectify, better, ameliorate, reform.
ANT: Deteriorate, degenerate, neglect, aggravate, tarnish, blemish, spoil, corrupt, vitiate, impair, mar.
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KEY: Amends.
SYN: compensation, satisfaction, acknowledgment, atonement, expiation, recompense, indemnity, remuneration, apology, reparation, restitution.
ANT: Insult, fault, offense, injury.
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KEY: Amenity.
SYN: Pleasantness, mildness, blandness, graciousness, gentility, compliableness, courtesy, obligingness.
ANT: Unpleasantness, moroseness, harshness, austerity, roughness, ungraciousness, bearishness, rigor, asperity, angularity, discourtesy.
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KEY: Amerce.
SYN: Find, bind, mulct, condemn.
ANT: Remit, acquit, absolve, indemnify, release.
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KEY: Amiable.
SYN: Lovable, good, kind, benevolent, charitable, delectable, engaging, fascinating, agreeable, lovely, pleading, charming, attractive.
ANT: Churlish, disagreeable, hateful, abominable, ill-natured, ill-conditioned, unamiable.
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KEY: Amicable.
SYN: Friendly, propitious, favorable, kind, cordial, neighborly, sociable.
ANT: Unfriendly, unpropitious, unfavorable, unkind, cold, distant, antagonistic, hostile, adverse.
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KEY: Amidst.
SYN: Between, among, betwixt.
ANT: Outside, without, beyond.
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KEY: Amiss.
SYN: Wrong, untrue, wide, bad, false, defective, short, inappropriate, inopportune, injudicious, untimely, abortive.
ANT: Right, true, good, complete, effective, successful, satisfactory, consummate, expedient, appropriate, opportune.
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KEY: amity.
SYN: Friendliness, peace, sociableness, good will.
ANT: Coolness, distance, indifference, hostility, opposition, acrimony, antagonism, asperity, hatred, dislike, repugnance, unfriendliness.
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KEY: Among, [See AMIDST].
SYN: Pardon, acquittal, remission, condonation, oblivion, dispensation, absolution.
ANT: Penalty, retaliation, punishment, retribution, requital, visitation, infliction, exaction, trial, account.
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KEY: Amorphous.
SYN: Shapeless, unarranged, unformed, incompact, inchoate, incomplete, unordered, floating, unmoulded, natant, discurrent.
ANT: systematized, arranged, compact, finished, shapely, crystallized, de-, stereotyped, moulded.
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KEY: Amount \v.\
SYN: Reach, rise, come, attain, extend.
ANT: Fall, recede, relapse, decline, fail.
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KEY: Amount \n.\
SYN: Total, aggregate, sum, whole, quantity, totality, equality.
ANT: Failure, decrease, deficiency, portion, instalment, deficit, insufficiency.
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KEY: Ample.
SYN: Large, bountiful, liberal, copious, spacious, roomy, diffusive, full, complete, sufficient, plentiful, abundant,.
ANT: Narrow, niggardly, insufficient, stingy, scant, mean, stint, bare.
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KEY: Amplification, [See AMPLIFY].
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KEY: Amplify.
SYN: Enrich, enlarge, increase, augment, multiply, dilate, develop, swell, expatiate, expand, discuss, unfold, extend.
ANT: Retrench, amputate, curtail, condense, abbreviate, epitomize, gath, er, collect, sum.
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KEY: Amplitude, [See AMPLE].
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KEY: Amputate.
SYN: Prune, lop, curtail, clip, remove.
ANT: Extend, enlarge, augment, elongate, amplify, t rain, trail, develop, pra duce.
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KEY: Analogy.
SYN: Relation, resemblance, proportion, similarity, similitude, coincidence, affinity, comparison, parity.
ANT: Disproportion, dissimilarity, disharmony, irrelativeness, heterogeneousness, incongruity, inaffinity.
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KEY: Analysis.
SYN: Dissection, separation, anatomy, segregation, decomposition, resolution, partition.
ANT: Composition, synthesis, aggregation, combination, coalition, amalgamation, coherence.
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KEY: Anarchy.
SYN: Disorder, tumult, rebellion, riot, misgovernment, insubordination.
ANT: Order, subjection, government, organization, control, law.
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KEY: Anatomy.
SYN: Dissection, division, segregation, analysis, resolution, dismemberment.
ANT: Synthesis, collocation, organization, union, construction, structure, form, body.
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KEY: Ancient.
SYN: Old, antiquated, oldfashioned, antique, obsolete, old-time, aged, primeval, primordial, immemorial, time-honored.
ANT: New, young, modern, juvenile, upstart, fresh, parvenu.
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KEY: Ancillary.
SYN: Assistant, subservient, promotive, auxiliary, accessory, conducive, available, useful, applicable.
ANT: insubservient, redundant, inappropriate, irrelevant, alien, inoperative, unconducive, adverse, counteractive, obstructive, impertinent, preventive.
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KEY: Anew.
SYN: afresh, again, repeatedly.
ANT: Of old, continuously, uninterruptedly.
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KEY: anfractuosity.
SYN: Tortuousness, ambiguousness, angularity, ambiguity, circumlocution, disjointedness.
ANT: Straightforwardness, directness.
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KEY: Angelic.
SYN: Pure, ethereal, spiritual, lovely, heavenly, seraphic, rapturous, divine.
ANT: Foul, hideous, demoniacal, diabolical, hellish, fiendish.
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KEY: Anger \n.\
SYN: Ire, incentment, vexation, grudge, pique, exasperation, indignation, enmity, displeasure, irritation, passion, spleen, gall, resentment, rage, animosity, fury, choler, wrath.
ANT: Peace, peacefulness, peaceableness, appeasement, forgiveness, goodwill, patience, forbearance, reconciliation, conciliatoriness, mildness.
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KEY: Anger \v.\
SYN: Enrage, vex, kindle, fret, ruffle, chafe, infuriate, exasperate, provoke, irritate, incense, wound, inflame, imbitter.
ANT: To appease, compose, forbear, allay, soothe, calm, conciliate, heal.
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KEY: Angry.
SYN: Wrathful, irate, resentful, ireful, incensed, furious, irascible, choleric, moody, nettled, touchy, sullen, piqued, excited, provoked, raging, chafed, hasty, hot, exasperated, indignant, passionate.
ANT: Peaceful, forgiving, forbearing, calm, good-tempered, unresentful.
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KEY: Anguish.
SYN: Pain, pang, wound, sorrow, distress, grief, discomfort, torture, excruciation, agony, torment.
ANT: Ease, pleasure, enjoyment, ecstasy, rapture, relief, solace, comfort, assuagement.
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KEY: Animadversion.
SYN: Rebuke, disapproval, censure, blame.
ANT: Praise, approval, encouragement, eulogy.
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KEY: Animate.
SYN: Enliven, Inspirit, instigate, quicken, exhilarate, embolden, rouse, revivify, cheer, gladden, stir, prompt, incite, stimulate.
ANT: Dishearten, deter, cow, stifle, depress, damp, deaden, discourage.
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KEY: Animated.
SYN: Boused, excited, inspirited, exhilarated, enlivened, vivacious, stirred, lively, brisk, enlivening, inspiring, spirited.
ANT: Sluggish, indolent, indifferent, dull, languid, flat, tame.
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KEY: Animation.
SYN: Life, vivacity, liveliness, airlines, cheerfulness, briskness, alacrity, buoyancy, spirit, exhilaration, sprightliness, promptitude, alertness, activity.
ANT: Expiration, spiritlessness, dulness, dolefulness, deadness, stolidity, inertness.
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KEY: Animosity.
SYN: Hatred, antipathy, dissention, aversion, acrimony, feud, strife, rancor, antagonism, bitterness, acerbity, hostility, enmity, malice, anger, malevolence, ill-will, malignity, feeling against.
ANT: Congeniality, companionship, friendship, sympathy, fellow-feeling, unanimity, harmony, concord, regard, alliance, kindliness.
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KEY: Annals.
SYN: Chronicles, memorials, records, registers, history, archives.
ANT: Tradition, legend, romance, lays.
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KEY: Annex.
SYN: Add, attach, fasten, affix, subjoin, append, connect, unite.
ANT: Withdraw, detach, disconnect, separate, disengage, disunite, remove.
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KEY: Annihilate.
SYN: Abolish, destroy, bring to nought, uproot, eradicate, nullify, exterminate, end, extinguish, demolish, obliterate, efface.
ANT: Keep, conserve, preserve, foster, tend, protest, cherish, develope, stabilitate, augment, cultivate, perpetuate.
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KEY: Annotation.
SYN: Explanation, criticism, remark, note, commentary, elucidation, observation, comment.
ANT: Statement, assertion, proposition, narrative, text.
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KEY: Announce.
SYN: Declare, propound, give notice, enunciate, advertise, publish, report, notify, make known, give out, reveal, herald, proclaim, intimate, promulgate.
ANT: Conceal, suppress, hush, stifle, withhold, shroud, bury, burke.
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KEY: Annoy.
SYN: Tease, vex, irritate, disturb, affront, molest, pain, disquiet, incommode, tantalize, bother, weary, inconvenience, plague, discommode, harass, chafe, trouble.
ANT: Soothe, conciliate, appease, regard, quiet, accommodate, study, tend, foster, cherish, smooth, gratify.
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KEY: Annoyance.
SYN: Trouble, discomfort, vexation, worry, nuisance, bother, uneasiness, plague, bore.
ANT: Joy, gladness, gratification, delight, ease, pleasure.
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KEY: Annul.
SYN: Cancel, obliterate, make void, quash, nullify, revoke, rescind, destroy, set aside, abrogate, extinguish, abolish, repeal.
ANT: Foster, protect, conserve, confirm, maintain, enact, re-enact, institute, establish.
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KEY: Anomalous.
SYN: Irregular, abnormal, exceptional, unusual, eccentric.
ANT: Regular, normal, usual, ordinary, common, wonted, in the order of things.
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KEY: Anomaly.
SYN: Irregularity, abnormity, exception, informality, peculiarity, eccentricity.
ANT: Conformity, regularity, illustration, conformance, exemplification, specimen.
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KEY: Anon.
SYN: Soon, shortly, presently.
ANT: Hereafter.
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KEY: Anonymous.
SYN: Nameless, unattested, authorless, unidentified, unauthenticated.
ANT: Authenticated, attested, identified, authorized, verified, signed.
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KEY: Answer.
SYN: Reply, response, counter-argument, confutation, acceptance, (as of a challenge), tally, counterpart, solution, vindication, apology, exculpation, defense, rejoinder, repartee, retort.
ANT: Challenge, question, defiance, summons, interrogation, query.
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KEY: Answerable.
SYN: Liable, amenable, accountable, responsible, correspondent, agreeing.
ANT: Independent, unanswerable, irresponsible, different, unsuitable, disagreeing, dissimilar.
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KEY: Antagonism.
SYN: Hostility, opposition, animosity, enmity.
ANT: Amity, alliance, association.
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KEY: Antagonist.
SYN: Adversary, opponent, rival, competitor, foe, enemy.
ANT: Aider, abettor, accomplice, accessory, ally.
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KEY: Antagonistic.
SYN: Adverse, opposing, inimical, hostile, repugnant, contrary.
ANT: Favoring, aiding, harmonious, friendly, agreeable to.
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KEY: Antecedence.
SYN: Anteriority, priority, precursorship, premonition, Introduction, preparation, pre-existence.
ANT: Posteriority, subsequence, succession, sequel, supervention, consequence.
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KEY: Antecedent, [See ANTERIOR].
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KEY: Anterior.
SYN: Prior, foregoing, antecedent, previous, precursive, precedent, earlier, Introductory, preliminary, former.
ANT: Posterior, later, subsequent, consequent, succeeding.
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KEY: Anticipate.
SYN: Forestall, prejudge, expect, foretaste, apprehend, prevent, prearrange, prepare, prejudge, meet, obviate, intercept, forecast.
ANT: Remember, recollect, remedy, recall, undo, cure, misapprehend.
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KEY: Anticipation.
SYN: Prevention, expectation, forestallment, awaiting, preoccupation, preconception, foresight, forethought, foretaste, prelibation, preclusion, pregustation, antepast, forecast, provision.
ANT: Surprise, unpreparedness, Un-expectedness, inexpectation, actual enjoyment, non-expectation, realization, consummation.
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KEY: Antipathy.
SYN: Repugnance, dislike, hatred, detestation, contrariety, aversion, distaste, uncongeniality, antagonism, hostility, opposition, abhorrence.
ANT: Sympathy, kindliness, congeniality, fellow-feeling, affinity, harmony.
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KEY: Antiquated.
SYN: By-gone, quaint, old-fashioned, obsolete.
ANT: Fashionable, modish, stylish, modern.
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KEY: Antique.
SYN: Archaic, ancient, ancestral.
ANT: Modern, recent, new-fangled.
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KEY: Antithesis.
SYN: Contrast, opposition, contradiction, antagonism.
ANT: Identity, sameness, convertibility, coincidence, coalescence.
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KEY: Anxiety.
SYN: Care, trouble, eagerness, disquiet, apprehension, carefulness, diffidence, solicitude, misgiving.
ANT: Carelessness, ease, confidence, contentment, acquiescence, contentedness, apathy, light-heartedness, nonchalance.
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KEY: Anxious.
SYN: Solicitous, careful, uneasy, concerned, restless, watchful, disturbed, unquiet.
ANT: Without care, careless, inert, ease, unconcerned, calm, composed.
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KEY: Apace.
SYN: Rapidly, fast, astride, eagerly, ahead, expeditiously, speedily.
ANT: Slowly, imperceptibly, leisurely, creepingly, crawlingly, sluggishly, tardily.
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KEY: Apart.
SYN: Aloof, away, separately, secret, asunder, privately, aside, secretly, separate.
ANT: Close, together, united, along with, hand ill hand.
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KEY: Apartment.
SYN: Room, chamber, hall, lodging, berth.
ANT: Resident, dweller, lodger, occupant, inmate, tenant, housebuilding.
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KEY: Apathy.
SYN: Indifference, insensibility, unfeelingness in company, insusceptibility, unconcern, sluggishness, hebetude.
ANT: Anxiety, care, eagerness, interestedness, sensibility, susceptibility, sensitiveness, irritability, curiosity.
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KEY: Apathetic.
SYN: Unfeeling, stoical, cold, frigid, indifferent, impassive, insensible, insensitive.
ANT: Anxious, careful, sympathetic, sensitive, susceptible.
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KEY: Ape \v.\
SYN: Mimic, imitate, simulate, personate, represent.
ANT: Not to imitate, vary, modify, change.
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KEY: Aperture.
SYN: Opening, gap, chasm, fissure, cleft.
ANT: Closure, blocking up, seclusion, imperviousness, blank wall, shutting up.
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KEY: Apex, [See ACME].
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KEY: Aphorism.
SYN: Adage, apothegm, maxim, saying, precept, rule, proverb.
ANT: Lecture, exhortation, dissertation, disquisition.
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KEY: Apiece.
SYN: Distributively, individually, separately, severally, analytically.
ANT: Collectively, together, accumulatively, indiscriminately, confusedly, synthetically.
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KEY: Apocalypse.
SYN: Revelation, manifestation, unveiling, exhibition, divestment, exposure, disclosure.
ANT: Concealment, suppression, obscuration, veiling, shrouding, eclipse, envelopment.
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KEY: Apocryphal.
SYN: Obscure, doubtful, unauthorized, unauthentic, spurious, legendary, uncertain, unauthenticated, unverified.
ANT: Palpable, accepted, authorized, authentic, genuine, current, undisputed, verified, attested.
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KEY: Apologue.
SYN: Fable, fiction, parable.
ANT: Precept, history, narrative.
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KEY: Apology.
SYN: Defense, justification, plea, exculpation, excuse, vindication, acknowledgment, confession.
ANT: Charge, imputation, impeachment, offense, incrimination, injury, accusation, wrong, insult.
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KEY: Apostate, [See FEATURE].
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KEY: Apothegm.
SYN: Proverb, adage, dictum, maxim, saw, saying.
ANT: (As not so condensed), Exhortation, sermon, discourse, disquisition.
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KEY: Appal.
SYN: Affright, alarm, terrify, scare, daunt, cow, shock, frighten, discouraged, dishearten, horrify, dismay, astound.
ANT: Encourage, rally, assure, embolden, reassure.
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KEY: Apparel.
SYN: Clothes, robes, vesture, vestments, raiment, garniture, habiliments, habit, dress, clothing, caparison, trappings, housings.
ANT: Nudity, disinvestiture, deshabille, tatters, rags.
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KEY: Apparent.
SYN: Obvious, plain, conspicuous, manifest, appearing, unmistakable, clear, probable, seeming, presumable, likely, patent, ostensible, visible, evident, indubitable, notorious, certain.
ANT: Uncertain, dubious, inapparent, minute, unobservable, improbable, insupposable, hidden, real.
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KEY: Appeal.
SYN: Accost, address, apostrophize, invite, cite, invoke, urge, refer, call upon, entreat, request, resort.
ANT: Deprecate, repudiate, protest, disavow, disclaim, defy, abjure.
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KEY: Appearance.
SYN: Advent, coming, arrival, presence, apparition, aspect, Manifestatlon, probability, likeness, exhibition, mien, manner, semblance, air, show, look, pretense, likelihood, presumption.
ANT: Departure, disappearance, unlikelihood, non-appearance, concealment, evanition.
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KEY: Appease.
SYN: Pacify, assuage, mitigate, conciliate, propitiate, moderate, satisfy, stay, allay, quiet, soften, calm, compose, soothe, hush, cool, tranquilize.
ANT: Excite, provoke, aggravate, exasperate, inflame, embitter, incense, intensify, stimulate, kindle.
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KEY: Appellation.
SYN: Name, patronymic, cognomen, style, description, designation, title, denomination, term.
ANT: Namelessness, non-description, anonymousness.
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KEY: Append.
SYN: Affix, supplement, subjoin, attach.
ANT: Separate, disengage, disconnect, detach.
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KEY: Appendage.
SYN: Addition, annexation, adjunct, supplement.
ANT: Subtraction, separation, amalgamation, disconnection, detachment, disjunction, division, incorporation.
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KEY: Appended.
SYN: Added, joined, affixed, subjoined, attached, appended, additional, concomitant.
ANT: Detracted, disconnected, separated, disjoined, divided.
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KEY: Appendix, [See APPENDAGE].
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KEY: Appertaining, [See CONCERNING].
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KEY: Appetite.
SYN: Passion, desire, propensity, proclivity, inclination, propension, appetency, want, craving, disposition, tendency, proneness.
ANT: Repugnance, aversion, antipathy, loathing, indifference, apathy.
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KEY: Applaud.
SYN: Laud, praise, extol, approve, eulogize, commend, cry up, magnify, encourage, cheer.
ANT: Disapprove, denounce, decry, censure, execrate.
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KEY: Applause.
SYN: Praise, plaudit, laudation, encomium, commendation, approbation, acclamation, approval, eulogy, acclaim.
ANT: Obloquy, condemnation, denunciation, dissatisfaction, contempt, censure, blame, vituperation, sibilation.
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KEY: Appliance.
SYN: Contrivance, mechanism, arrangement, means, agency.
ANT: Spontaneity, growth, production, evolution, development.
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KEY: Applicable.
SYN: Available, ancilla, ry, convenient, useful, pertinent, conducive, appropriate.
ANT: Useless, unavailable, inconducive, inapplicable, irrelevant.
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KEY: Application, [See DILIGENCE].
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KEY: Apply.
SYN: Adduce, use, employ, allot, dedicate, devote, exercise, apportion, direct, engage.
ANT: Disuse, divorce, discard, supersede, alienate, remove, misapply, misdirect, divert, misappropriate, misemploy.
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KEY: Appoint.
SYN: Fix, determine, instal, allot, order, prescribe, institute, employ, apportion, apply, designate, assign, intrust, invest, ordain, arrange.
ANT: Reverse, cancel, recall, withdraw, reserve, withhold, retain, undo, suspend, disarrange, disappoint.
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KEY: Apportion.
SYN: Assign, deal, allot, grant, share, divide, dispense, administer, distribute, appoint.
ANT: Reserve, retain, refuse, withhold, assume, resume, cancel, divert, suspend, reapportion, reappoint.
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KEY: Apportionment, [See APPORTION].
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KEY: Apposite.
SYN: Suitable, appropriate, befitting, fitting, timely, congruous, consistent, pertinent, seasonable, relevant, fit, meet, adapted, apropos.
ANT: Untimely, irrelevant, impertinent, unfitting, mistimed, misplaced, misspoken, inappropriate, misjudged.
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KEY: Appraise.
SYN: Value, survey, estimate, price.
ANT: Undervalue, discard, condemn, brand, misappreciate, misestimate.
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KEY: Appreciate.
SYN: Esteem, recognize, acknowledge, respect, value, prize, regard, reckon, estimate.
ANT: Undervalue, misconceive, misjudge, ignore, misappreciate.
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KEY: Apprehend.
SYN: Comprehend, understand, take, expect, seize, conceive, arrest, fancy, dread, imagine, presume, anticipate, fear, conjecture.
ANT: Ignore, miss, lose, misconjecture, misconceive, misapprehend, misanticipate.
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KEY: Apprehension, [See APPREHEND].
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KEY: Apprise.
SYN: Tell, inform, disclose, publish, advise, advertise, communicate, enlighten, acquaint.
ANT: Hoodwink, mystify, deceive, mislead.
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KEY: Apprize, [See APPRISE].
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KEY: Approach.
SYN: Access, avenue, entrance, adit, vestibule, arrival, approximation, advent, Bearing, admission, appropinquation, admittance, mode, path, way, advance, similarity.
ANT: Exit, egress, debouchure, outlet, departure, recession, distance, diversity, disparity.
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KEY: Approbation.
SYN: Approval, satisfaction, praise, encouragement, confirmation, assent, consent, permission, commendation, concurrence, acceptance.
ANT: Disapproval, censure, blame, dissatisfaction, discouragement, repudiation, protest, denial, refusal, disclaimer, disavowal, disparity, dissimilarity.
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KEY: Approval, [See APPROBATION].
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KEY: Approve.
SYN: Like, comment, sanction, praise, support, second, promote, encourage, authorize.
ANT: Disapprove, dislike, censure, blame, disown, disavow.
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KEY: Appropriate, [See FIT].
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KEY: Approximate.
SYN: Approach, resemble, border, abut, near, trench.
ANT: Separate, differ, vary, recede, diverge, deviate.
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KEY: Appurtenant.
SYN: Belonging, connected, appropriate, appended, homogeneous, attached, co-ordinate, concomitant.
ANT: Unconnected, disconnected, Inappropriate, detached, isolated, incongruous, unallied, unrelated, independent, heterogeneous.
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KEY: Apt.
SYN: Fit, apposite, clever, meet, liable, becoming, appropriate, ready, fitting, suitable, pertinent, qualified, prompt, adapted, likely.
ANT: Unfitted, ill-timed, awkward, unlikely, inapt.
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KEY: Aptitude.
SYN: Fitness, liability, susceptibility, suitableness, readiness, quickness, cleverness, proneness, tendency.
ANT: Unfitness, unsuitableness, insusceptibility, slowness, stupidity, unreadiness, awkwardness.
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KEY: Arbiter.
SYN: Arbitrator, judge, umpire, moderator, director, referee, adjudicator.
ANT: Appellant, claimant, disputant, litigant.
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KEY: Arbitrary.
SYN: Tyrannical, harsh, dictatorial, imperious, bearing, overbearing, selfish, absolute, irresponsible, tyrannous, domineering, peremptory.
ANT: Mild, modest, lenient, considerate, obliging, limited, equitable, constitutional.
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KEY: Arbitrate.
SYN: Settle, adjust, compose, decide, determine, accommodate, adjudicate.
ANT: Dispute, claim, appeal, misdetermine, litigate, contend, misjudge.
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KEY: Archaic, [See ANCIENT].
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KEY: Architect.
SYN: Constructor, contriver, designer, builder, surveyor, agent.
ANT: Workman carrying out plans, destroyer, extinguisher.
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KEY: Ardent.
SYN: Longing, passionate, aspiring, warm, eager, fervent, excited, fiery, glowing, zealous, fervid, fierce, keen, vehement, hot, affectionate, impassioned, burning, heated.
ANT: Cool, cold, indifferent, dispassioned, apathetic, passionless, unimpassioned, phlegmatic, platonic.
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KEY: Ardor, [See ARDENT].
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KEY: Arduous.
SYN: Difficult, hard, lofty, onerous, laborious, steep, precipitous.
ANT: Easy, practicable, unlaborious, light, trivial.
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KEY: Argue.
SYN: Discuss, debate, prove, question, evidence, establish, imply, sift, dispute, persuade, controvert, contend, demonstrate, reason.
ANT: Dictate, assert, propound, command.
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KEY: Argument.
SYN: Reasoning, controversy, evidence, discussion, topic, dispute.
ANT: Assertion, assumption, without proof or evidence.
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KEY: Arid.
SYN: Dry, parched, sterile, unproductive.
ANT: Moist, dewy, watered, fertile, luxuriant, exuberant, verdant, blooming, productive.
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KEY: Aright.
SYN: Right, well, rightly, correctly, truly, properly, uprightly, unexceptionably, justly, suitably, appropriately.
ANT: Wrongly, awry, incorrectly, improperly, defectively, erroneously.
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KEY: Arm \v.\
SYN: Equip, gird, accoutre, array.
ANT: Disarm, ungird, divest, disarray.
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KEY: Army.
SYN: Troops, soldiery, legion, soldiers, military, phalanx, host, multitude.
ANT: Fewness, a small number, Individual, paucity, single person.
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KEY: Aromatic, [See FRAGRANCE].
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KEY: Around.
SYN: About, environing, encircling.
ANT: Within, amid, among.
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KEY: Arouse.
SYN: Stir, excite, disturb, animate, wake up, stimulate, alarm, provoke, cheer.
ANT: Allay, assuage, mitigate, pacify, compose, moderate, still, quiet.
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KEY: Arraign.
SYN: Summon, accuse, censure, indict, charge, impeach.
ANT: Acquit, condone, discharge, release.
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KEY: Arrange.
SYN: Order, put In order, group, array, place, adjust, range, locate, dispose, assort, deal, sort, parcel, classify.
ANT: Derange, disarrange, confuse, disturb, disperse, jumble, disorder, Arrangement, [See ORDER].
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KEY: Arrant.
SYN: Notorious, consummate, atrocious, vile, flagrant, veritable, unqualified, utter, infamous, emphatic.
ANT: Suspicious, slight, mitigated, likely.
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KEY: Array \v.\
SYN: Vest, deck, equip, decorate, rank, adorn, dress, accoutre, invest, attire, place, arrange, draw up, marshal, set in order, dispose.
ANT: Disarray, disarrange, confuse, jumble, divest, denude, strip.
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KEY: Array \n.\ Arrangement, order, disposition, sight, exhibition, show, parade.
ANT: Disarray, disorder, confusion, confusedness, jumble.
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KEY: Arrest \v.\
SYN: Seize, take, stop, capture, withhold, restrain, hold, detain, apprehend.
ANT: Release, dismiss, liberate, free, discharge, expedite.
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KEY: Arrival, [See ARRIVE].
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KEY: Arrive.
SYN: Reach, attain, come to, enter, get to, land.
ANT: Embark, depart, start.
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KEY: Arrogance.
SYN: Haughtiness, contemptuousness, overbearingness, hauteur, browbeating, loftiness, self-conceit, stateliness, vainglory, insolence, self-importance, assumption, discourtesy.
ANT: bashfulness, servility, considerateness, deference, courtesy, modesty, shyness, diffidence, politeness.
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KEY: Arrogate.
SYN: Claim, assume, vindicate, assert, demand.
ANT: Forego, waive, resign, surrender, abandon, disclaim.
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KEY: Art.
SYN: Science, literature, aptitude, readiness, adroitness, skill, dexterity, cunning, deceit, duplicity, tactics, profession, artifice, management, trade, business, calling.
ANT: Inaptitude, maladroitness, candor, openness, frankness, mismanagement.
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KEY: Artful.
SYN: Cunning, designing, maneuvering, sharp, knowing, subtle, sly, crafty, wily, shrewd.
ANT: Simple, undesigning, artless, open, innocent, unsophisticated.
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KEY: Artifice.
SYN: manoeuvre, cheat, wile, contrivance, craft, trick, fraud, machination, punning, imposture, stratagem.
ANT: Fairness, candor, simplicity, openness.
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KEY: Artificial.
SYN: Invented, fabricated, fictitious, constructed, manufactured, pretended, simulated, false, assumed, concocted, contrived, deceptive, artful, affected, unnatural, constrained.
ANT: Natural, inartificial, genuine, spontaneous, transparent, artless, unaffected, [See ARTFUL].
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KEY: Artless, [See ARTFUL].
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KEY: Ascend.
SYN: Rise, mount, soar, surmount, go up, climb, tower, scale.
ANT: Fall, descend, sink.
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KEY: Ascendancy.
SYN: Superiority, advantage, mastery, control, influence, supremacy, sway, domination, authority.
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KEY: Ascertain.
SYN: Prove, verify, find out, discover, confirm, detect, determine, learn, discern.
ANT: Guess, conjecture, surmise, suppose, presume.
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KEY: Ascribe.
SYN: Assign, attribute, impute, refer, render, allege, charge.
ANT: Deny, refuse, exclude, dissociate, disconnect, dissever.
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KEY: Askant.
SYN: Away, askew, asquint, obliquely, aslant.
ANT: Straightforwards, forwards, rectilinearly, ahead, straight.
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KEY: Aspect.
SYN: Front, face, phase, side, appearance, presentation, exhibition, exposure, feature, view, air, mien, deportment, countenance, bearing, complexion, sight.
ANT: Back, obverse, rear.
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KEY: Asperity.
SYN: Acerbity, harshness, acrimony, bitterness, sharpness, tartness, sourness, roughness, moroseness, severity, crabbedness.
ANT: Mildness, softness, sweetness, gentleness, pleasantness, smoothness.
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KEY: Asperse.
SYN: Slander, calumniate, bespatter, befoul, defy, attack, defame, vilify, traduce, scandalize, malign, detract from, blacken, tarnish, befoul, backbite.