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KEY: Song.
SYN: Poem, lay, ballad, strain, ditty, carol, anthem, epic, lyric.
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KEY: Sonorous.
SYN: Resonant, {[louc'audible]?}, louc'audible audible, ringing, clear, trumpetlike, high-sounding.
ANT: Mute, muffled, dumb, soft weak, inaudible, confused, powerless.
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KEY: Soon.
SYN: Shortly, quickly, promptly, before long, early.
ANT: Late, slowly, tardily.
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KEY: Soothe.
SYN: Soften, assuage, allay, compose, mollify, tranquillize, pacify, lull, mitigate, flatter, appease, relieve.
ANT: Rouse, excite, irritate, ruffle, exasperate, exacerbate, agitate, infuriate, aggravate, annoy, dissatisfy.
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KEY: Sophism.
SYN: Fallacy, quibble, paralogism.
ANT: Truth, argument, reason, logic, syllogism.
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KEY: Sophisticate.
SYN: Artificialize, demoralize, debase, corrupt, vitiate, spoil, pervert.
ANT: Naturalize, simplify, purify, train, Improve, correct, refine, reform.
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KEY: Sophistry, [See EXPLAIN].
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KEY: Soporific.
SYN: Somniferous, narcotic, anodyne, opiate.
ANT: Antisoporific, antinarcotic.
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KEY: Sorcery.
SYN: Magic, enchantment, witchcraft, divination, glamour, possession.
ANT: Disenchantment, exorcism, exsufflation, dispossessing.
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KEY: Sordid.
SYN: Dirty, filthy, foul, gross, vile, base, mean, avaricious, covetous, selfish, venal, niggardly, beggarly, closefisted, hidebound, greedy.
ANT: Pure, liberal, generous, unselfish, honorable, uncovetous, openhanded, high-minded, profuse, lavish, prodigal, extravagant, overliberal.
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KEY: Sore \a.\
SYN: Painful, irritated, susceptible, excoriated, raw, scarified, ulcerous, grievous, afflictive, heavy, burdensome.
ANT: Painless, sound, whole, healthful, healed, unbroken, unscarified, light, trivial, unburdensome, pleasant, untroublesome, grateful.
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KEY: Sore \n.\
SYN: Pustule, abscess, ulcer.
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KEY: Sorrow.
SYN: Affliction, grief, sadness, trouble, regret, distress, mental pain, ruth, mourning.
ANT: Joy, gladness, rejoicing.
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KEY: Sorry.
SYN: Grieved, pained, hurt, afflicted, woe-begone, doleful, downhearted, mortified, vexed, dejected, poor, mean, vile, shabby, worthless.
ANT: Glad, rejoiced, delighted, pleased, gratified, fine, choice, handsome.
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KEY: Sort.
SYN: Kind, species, nature, class, order, character, rank, manner, quality, condition, description, designation, genus.
ANT: non-description, solitariness, uniqueness, nonclassification, heterogeneity.
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KEY: Soul.
SYN: Spirit, vital principle, life, reason, intellect, vitality, fire, leader, inspirer, energy, courage, fervor, affection, feeling, being, person, {[innu]?}.
ANT: Soullessness, irrationality, unintellectuality, deadness, unfeelingness, spiritlessness, coldness, mind-issues, nonentity, nullity.
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KEY: Sound \n.\
SYN: Resonance, audibility, noise, report.
ANT: Silence, stillness, muteness, voicelessness, abmutescence.
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KEY: Sound \a.\
SYN: Entire, unbroken, whole, perfect, unhurt, well-grounded, uninjured, unimpaired, healthy, firm, strong, vigorous, weighty, solid, irrefragable, irrefutable, thorough, valid, wholesome, correct, substantial.
ANT: Partial, broken, injured, Impaired, unhealthy, unsound, weak, frail, fragile, light, trivial, unfounded, hollow, fallacious, imperfect, unwholesome, incorrect, unsubstantial, invalid,.
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KEY: Sound \v.\
SYN: Probe, gauge, investigate.
ANT: Overlook, disregard, misexamine, misinvestigate.
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KEY: Sour.
SYN: Tart, rancid, coagulated, turned, harsh, crabbed, austere, morose, pungent, crusty, acid, churlish, bitter, acetous, acrimonious, peevish.
ANT: Sweet, wholesome, untainted, mellow, genial, kindly.
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KEY: Source.
SYN: Rise, origin, spring, fount, fountain, cause, commencement, beginning.
ANT: Mouth, debouchure, termination, end, exit, issue, result, effect.
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KEY: Sovereign.
SYN: Paramount, supreme, primary, chief, certain, efficacious, principal, predominant, superior, imperial, regal.
ANT: Inferior, ministerial, subservient, subordinate, subject, secondary, weak, uncertain, inefficient, inefficacious.
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KEY: Sow \v.\
SYN: Scatter, disseminate, plant, strew, [See SCATTER].
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KEY: Space.
SYN: Extension, room, interval, boundlessness, immeasurableness, illimitableness, distance, measure, quantity, intervenience, interspace.
ANT: Limitation, inextension, restriction, coarctation, confinement, proximity, scantiness, contiguity, uninterruptedness, continuity.
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KEY: Spacious.
SYN: Ample, extensive, broad, vast, capacious, large, wide, roomy, expansive.
ANT: Narrow, restricted, limited, cramped, confined, inextensive.
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KEY: Spare \v.\
SYN: Save, afford, grant, reserve, do without, husband, economize, retain, store, grudge, discard, omit, forbear, withhold, refrain, abstain.
ANT: Spend, squander, waste, lavish, scatter, expend, pour, indulge, vent.
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KEY: Spare \a.\
SYN: Scanty, unplentiful, inabundant, meagre, economical, frugal, stinted, restricted, parsimonious, niggardly, chary, superfluous, disposable, available, lean, thin, ill-conditioned.
ANT: Ample, plentiful, abundant, profuse, liberal, unrestricted, generous, bountiful, unsparing, unstinted, unbounded, available, well-conditioned.
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KEY: Sparing, [See SCATTER].
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KEY: Sparkle.
SYN: Scintillate, flash, glisten, glitter, gleam, shine, bubble, radiate, coruscate, effervesce.
ANT: Smoulder, wane, stagnate, expire.
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KEY: Sparse.
SYN: Scattered, sprinkled, few, scanty, thin, meagre, innumerous.
ANT: Dense, multitudinous, numerous, frequented, thick, crowded, populous.
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KEY: Spatter.
SYN: Besprinkle, besmear.
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KEY: Speak.
SYN: Converse, discourse, talk, utter, pronounce, say, express, accost, address, tell, [See FRUGAL].
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KEY: Special.
SYN: Particular, specific, peculiar, appropriate, proper, distinctive, extraordinary, especial, exceptional.
ANT: General, universal, common, generic.
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KEY: Species, [See SORT].
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KEY: Specify.
SYN: Particularize, individualize, indicate, designate, detail, determine, state, enumerate, mention.
ANT: Generalize, classify, amalgamate, confound.
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KEY: Specimen.
SYN: Sample, mode, pattern, model, illustration, instance, type, exemplar.
ANT: Anomaly, exception, nondescript, monster, freak, misillustration.
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KEY: Specious.
SYN: Plausible, showy, ostensible, colorable, fair-spoken.
ANT: Inadmissible, self-contradictory, absurd, unreasonable.
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KEY: Speck \a.\
SYN: Blemish, mite, bit, spot, particle, [See SORT].
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KEY: Spectacle.
SYN: Sight, exhibition, display, parade, demonstration, picture, scene, representation, gazingstock, show, pageant, flourish.
ANT: Nondemonstration, noncelebration.
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KEY: Spectator.
SYN: Observer, witness, beholder, gazer, looker-on, bystander, [See BLEMISH and MASS].
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KEY: Spectral.
SYN: Ghostly, ghastly, cadaverous, shadowy, visionary, illusionary.
ANT: Bodily, substantial, corporal, fleshly, palpable.
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KEY: Spectre.
SYN: Apparition, ghost, shade, shadow, spirit, larva.
ANT: Body, substance, flesh, personality.
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KEY: Speculate.
SYN: Consider, meditate, theorize, cogitate, [See COGITATE].
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KEY: Speculation.
SYN: Contemplation, consideration, weighing, thought, theory, scheme, hypothesis, view, conjecture.
ANT: Realization, proof, fact, verification, certainty.
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KEY: Speech.
SYN: Address, oration, harangue, discourse, [See COGITATE].
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KEY: Speed.
SYN: Despatch, expedite, accelerate, urge, hasten, hurry, press.
ANT: Retard, delay, postpone, obstruct, drag, loiter, dawdle, linger, lag, stay.
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KEY: Speedy.
SYN: Early, quick, rapid, fast, accelerated, prompt, nimble, swift, fleet.
ANT: Late, slow, dragging, loitering, lingering, tardy, sluggish.
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KEY: Spend.
SYN: Bestow, waste, exhaust, squander, expend, lay out, consume, disburse, lavish.
ANT: Retain, save, hoard, accumulate, husband, economize.
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KEY: Sphere.
SYN: Globe, ball, region, realm, circuit, orb, department, vocation, rank, standing, order, [See HARANGUE].
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KEY: Spirit.
SYN: Air, breath, life, soul, vital force, essential quality, essence, immateriality, intelligence, disembodiment, spectre, apparition, ghost, energy, ardor, enthusiasm, activity, earnestness, courage, zeal, disposition, temper, principle, motive, distillation.
ANT: Substance, body, corporeity, materiality, flesh, organization, frame, embodiment, spiritlessness, listlessness, soullessness, lifelessness, torpor, deadness, timidity, dejection, slowness, sluggishness.
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KEY: Spirited.
SYN: Animated, lively, vivacious, ardent, buoyant, sprightly, courageous.
ANT: Dull, dispirited, depressed, cowardly.
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KEY: Spiritual.
SYN: Divine, religions, holy, ghostly, ethical, immaterial, incorporeal, intellectual.
ANT: Carnal, fleshly, unspiritual, gross, material, sensuous.
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KEY: Spite.
SYN: Malice, malevolence, grudge, pique, hatred, Ill-will, vindictiveness, rancor, spleen.
ANT: good will, benevolence, kindliness.
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KEY: Spiteful.
SYN: Malicious, malevolent, malignant, malign, ill-natured, evilminded.
ANT: Kind, benevolent, good-natured.
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KEY: Spleen.
SYN: Anger, [See VOCATION], annoyance, rancor, hypochondria, melancholy, irascibility, gall, vexation, ill-humor.
ANT: Kindliness, benevolence, gratification, mirth, cheerfulness, geniality, high-spirits, gratulation, pacification.
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KEY: Splendid.
SYN: Brilliant, showy, magnificent, sumptuous, gorgeous, glorious, pompous, imposing, illustrious, superb, famous, heroic, grand, signal.
ANT: Dull, obscure, tame, somber, poor, beggardly, unimposing, ordinary, ineffective, inglorious.
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KEY: Split.
SYN: Divide, separate, rive, cleave, crack, splinter, burst, rend, sunder, disagree, secede, disunite.
ANT: Cohere, unite, amalgamate, coalesce, conform, agree, splice, consolidate, integrate.
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KEY: Spoil.
SYN: Plunder, strip, rob, devastate, pillage, denude, corrupt, vitiate, mar, deteriorate.
ANT: Invest, enrich, endow, replenish, renovate, improve, better, ameliorate, rectify, preserve.
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KEY: Spontaneous.
SYN: Voluntary, self-generated, self-originated, self-evolved, willing, unbidden, gratuitous.
ANT: Involuntary, imposed, compulsionary, unwilling, necessitated, coercive.
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KEY: Sport.
SYN: Play, frolic, wantonness, joke, diversion, merriment, gaiety, fun, amusement, recreation, game, pastime.
ANT: Work, seriousness, business, earnestness.
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KEY: Spot \n.\
SYN: Stain, blot, blemish, locality, site, place, [See BLEMISH].
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KEY: Spotless, [See BLEMISH].
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KEY: Spread.
SYN: Extend, stretch, expand, open, unfurl, divulge, propagate, publish, disperse, diffuse, overlay, distribute, scatter, circulate, disseminate, ramify.
ANT: Contract, furl, gather, fold, close, shut, secrete, suppress, confine, restrict, repress, hush, conceal, recal, collect, stagnate, concentrate, localize.
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KEY: Sprightly.
SYN: Blithe, lively, gay, vivacious, alert, agile, brisk, animated.
ANT: Sombre, dull, lifeless, sluggish, inanimate, heavy.
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KEY: Spring \n.\
SYN: Origin, source, fountain, beginning, rise, [See PURE].
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KEY: Spring \v.\
SYN: Leap, bound, jump, start, emerge, issue, proceed, originate, rise, emanate, germinate, burst, flow.
ANT: Settle, alight, land, drop, arrive, issue, eventuate, end, terminate, debouch, disembogue.
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KEY: Sprite.
SYN: Spirit, specter, ghost, shade, fairy, elf, [See OPINION].
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KEY: Sprout \n.\
SYN: Bud, germ, shoot, twig, stem, scion, [See GHOST].
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KEY: Sprout \v.\
SYN: Shoot, germinate, spring, vegetate, bud.
ANT: Blight, wither, decay.
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KEY: Spruce.
SYN: Neat, finical, trim, smug, tidy, smart, foppish, dandified, jaunty.
ANT: Slovenly, untidy, untrim, disorderly.
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KEY: Spur.
SYN: Incite, goad, Instigate, impel, urge, stimulate.
ANT: Rein, inhibit, hold, discourage, deter, dissuade, restrain, temper, moderate.
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KEY: Spurious.
SYN: Counterfeit, false, not genuine, unauthentic, forged, adulterate, ungenuine, bastard, supposititious, groundless, ascititious.
ANT: true, genuine, veritable, unadulterated, legitimate, authentic.
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KEY: Spurn, [See REJECT].
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KEY: Spy \v.\
SYN: See, espy, discern, discover, explore, view, inspect.
ANT: Miss, overlook, misexplore, misobserve.
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KEY: Spy \n.\
SYN: Emissary, detective, scout.
ANT: Sentinel, watchman, warder, patrol.
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KEY: Squalid.
SYN: Foul, dirty, untended, filthy, nasty, unclean, mucky, poverty-stricken.
ANT: Wholesome, cleanly, tended, trim, tidy.
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KEY: Squander.
SYN: Waste, dissipate, spend wastefully.
ANT: Save, conserve, be frugal.
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KEY: Stab.
SYN: Pierce, transfix, thrust.
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KEY: Stable.
SYN: firm, established, secure, steady, constant, unwavering, durable, stanch, permanent, firmly fixed, solid, steadfast, steady, lasting, perpetual.
ANT: Infirm, tottering, weak, insecure, precarious, inconstant, wavering, frail, transient, ephemeral, evanescent, unstable.
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KEY: Stagnant.
SYN: Motionless, currentless, tideless, unflowing, uncirculating, still, dull, torpid, lifeless, quiescent.
ANT: Brisk, flowing, circulating, rapid, lively, agitated, seething, effervescent, restless.
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KEY: Staid.
SYN: Grave, demure, steady, sober, sedate.
ANT: Unsteady, flighty, indiscreet, wanton, unsedate, erratic, eccentric, agitated, discomposed, ruffled.
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KEY: Stain \n.\
SYN: Color, dye, tinge, discoloration, blemish, blot, stigma, slur, shame, taint [See BLEMISH].
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KEY: Stain \v.\
SYN: Dye, color, tinge, slur, shame, paint, blot, soil, sully, discolor, tarnish, taint, disgrace, dishonor, befoul, blemish, stigmatize.
ANT: Purify, wash, cleanse, absolve, ornament, decorate, emblazon, signalize, honor.
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KEY: Stale.
SYN: Vapid, tasteless, threadbare, commonplace, hackneyed.
ANT: Fresh, [See VAPID].
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KEY: Stalk.
SYN: Stride, promenade, parade, pace, march.
ANT: Sneak, crawl, grovel, creep.
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KEY: Stalwart.
SYN: Powerful, able-bodied, strong, robust, resolute, brave.
ANT: Weak, timorous, irresolute.
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KEY: Stammer.
SYN: Stutter, hesitate, falter.
ANT: Speak clearly, speak unhesitatingly.
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KEY: Stamp \n.\
SYN: Genus, kind, description, make, mark, impression, imprint, print, brand, cast, mould, character, type.
ANT: Heterogeneity, non-description, formlessness.
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KEY: Stanch.
SYN: Firm, steady, constant, faithful, unswerving, reliable, sincere, trusty, zealous, fast, sound, steadfast.
ANT: Untrustworthy, vacillating, unsound, unsteady, unreliable, treacherous, precarious.
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KEY: Stand.
SYN: Rest, remain, stop, be, exist, keep one's ground, insist, depend, await, consist, hold, continue, endure, pause, halt.
ANT: Progress, move, proceed, advance, fall, fail, yield, succumb, drop, lie, vanish, fade, run, depart.
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KEY: Standard.
SYN: Measure, gauge, criterion, test, rule, exemplar, banner, flag, type, model, scale, plummet, trutination.
ANT: Mismeasurement, misrule, misadjustment, miscomparison, inconformity, misfit, incommensurateness, non-criterion.
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KEY: Standing \n.\
SYN: Status, position, ground, duration, continuance, footing, standpoint, foundation.
ANT: Baselessness, evanescence, insecurity, precariousness.
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KEY: Standing \a.\
SYN: Established, lasting, be.
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KEY: Start.
SYN: Set out, initiate, begin, set on foot, rouse.
ANT: Carry on, end, complete.
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KEY: Startle, [See FIRM].
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KEY: Starved.
SYN: Lean, thin, meagre, attenuated, famished, hungry, emaciated, ill-fed, ill-conditioned.
ANT: Fat, plump, well-conditioned, well-fed.
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KEY: State \n.\
SYN: Position, condition, situation, circumstances, plight, predicament, case, province, [See AFFRIGHT].
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KEY: State \v.\
SYN: Say, declare, propound, aver, set forth, narrate, specify, particularize, avow, recite.
ANT: Suppress, repress, suppose, imply, deny, contradict, retract.
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KEY: Stately.
SYN: Dignified, imposing, lofty, elevated, lordly, proud, majestic, pompous, magnificent, grand.
ANT: Undignified, unimposing, unstately, commonplace, mean.
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KEY: Station.
SYN: Standing, post, position, office, occupation, business, place, situation, state, rank, location.
ANT: dislodgment, displacement, non-position, ejectment, non-location, removal, departure, locomotion.
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KEY: Stationary.
SYN: Fixed, Immovable, motionless, unalterable, quiescent.
ANT: Movable, unfixed, migratory, removable, changeable, alterable.
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KEY: Statute.
SYN: Enactment, law, act, decree, ordinance, legislation, edict.
ANT: Custom, conventionality, prescription, use, precedent, usage.
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KEY: Stave \v.\
SYN: Parry, fend, forefend.
ANT: Attract, court, draw, invoke, provoke.
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KEY: Stay \n.\
SYN: Abode, continuance, sojourn, support, prop, [See ABODE and PROP].
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KEY: Stay \v.\
SYN: Hold, stop, restrain, withhold, arrest, hinder, delay, obstruct, support, rest, repose, remain, continue, dwell, await, halt, abide, wait, tarry, confide, trust, lean.
ANT: Loose, liberate, send, expedite, speed, free, accelerate, hasten, oppress, depress, burden, fail, fall, proceed, move, depart, overthrow, mistrust.
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KEY: Steadfast.
SYN: Firm, rooted, grounded, fixed, established, resolved, constant, steady, unswerving, stanch, resolute.
ANT: Infirm, weak, vacillating, capricious, uncertain, irresolute, wavering, dubious, half-hearted, halfminded.
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KEY: Steady.
SYN: Firm, fixed, constant, uniform, consistent, equable, regular, undeviating, well-regulated.
ANT: Infirm, variable, unsteady, inconstant, changeable, wavering, illregulated.
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KEY: Steal.
SYN: Filch, pilfer, purloin, swindle, take by theft, peculate, embezzle, smuggle.
ANT: Rob, plunder, ravage, maraud, Back, pillage.
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KEY: Steep \v.\
SYN: Dip, soak, immerse, macerate, submerge, drench, imbue.
ANT: Air, dry, ventilate, fan, sun, aridity, exsiccate.
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KEY: Steep \a.\
SYN: Abrupt, precipitous, elevated, inaccessible, hilly, craggy.
ANT: Easy, level, undulating, accessible, gradual.
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KEY: Stem \v.\
SYN: Oppose, breast, withstand, obstruct, confront, [See OPPOSE].
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KEY: Step \n.\
SYN: Advance, pace, space, grade, remove, degree, gradation, progression, track, trice, walk, gait, proceeding, action, measure.
ANT: Retreat, recession, baiting, station, standing, nongraduation, non-progression, standstill, stop, tracklessness, untraceableness, non impression, desinence, desistance, Inaction.
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KEY: Sterile.
SYN: Barren, unfruitful, unproductive, desert, infertile.
ANT: Fruitful, fertile, productive, luxuriant, exuberant, cultivated.
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KEY: Sterling.
SYN: Sound, substantial, unalloyed, pure, unadulterated, standard, genuine, essential, solid.
ANT: Fictitious, ungenuine, ascititious, specious, pretentious, ostensible, plausible.
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KEY: Stern.
SYN: Severe, austere, rigid, harsh, strict, rigorous, unrelenting, unyielding, forbidding.
ANT: Lenient, genial, kindly, easy, flexible, encouraging.
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KEY: Stick \v.\
SYN: Hold, adhere, cleave, [See ADHERE].
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KEY: Stiff.
SYN: Unbending, inflexible, rigid, unyielding, unpliant, stroux, stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, constrained, affected, starched, formal, ceremonious, difficult.
ANT: Pliant, flexible, flaccid, yielding, easy, unaffected, genial, affable, unceremonious.
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KEY: Stifle.
SYN: Choke, suffocate, smother, throttle, quench, repress, suppress, extinguish, burke.
ANT: Ventilate, discuss, promulgate, propound.
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KEY: Stigma.
SYN: Brand, mark, infamy, disgrace, blot, stain.
ANT: Decoration, feather, laurels, credit, renown.
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KEY: Stigmatize.
SYN: Brand, denounce, reprobate, censure.
ANT: Panegyrize, land, eulogize.
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KEY: Still.
SYN: Quiet, calm, noiseless, hushed, silent, pacific, serene, motionless, stagnant, peaceful, quiescent, tranquil, stationary.
ANT: Unquiet, disturbed, agitated, moved, noisy, resonant, turbulent, moving, transitional.
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KEY: Stimulate, [See SPUR and URGE].
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KEY: Stingy.
SYN: Close, avaricious, mean, niggardly, closefisted, parsimonious, sparing, sordid, penurious.
ANT: Liberal, generous, large, handsome, lavish, bountiful, unsparing.
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KEY: Stink \n.\
SYN: Stench, fetor, bad smell.
ANT: Sweet odor, fragrance.
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KEY: Stint.
SYN: Stop, limit, restrict, bound, dole.
ANT: Lavish, pour, heap, squander.
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KEY: Stipend, [See WAGES].
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KEY: Stipendiary.
SYN: Paid, remunerated, compensated, hired.
ANT: Unpaid, unremunerated, voluntary, gratuitous, honorary.
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KEY: Stipulate.
SYN: Bargain, agree, contract, covenant, engage, condition, provide.
ANT: Retract, decline, refuse, withdraw, revoke, disagree, deprecate, protest, recant.
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KEY: Stir.
SYN: Agitate, incite, Instigate, prompt, awaken, stimulate, animate, arouse, budge, excite, provoke, raise, ruffle.
ANT: Soothe, compose, quiet, allay, pacify, still, repress, deaden, tranquillize.
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KEY: Stock \n.\
SYN: Store, hoard, supply, fund, accumulation, [See ACCUMULATION].
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KEY: Stoical.
SYN: Philosophical, Indifferent, apathetic, phlegmatic, patient, inexcitable, imperturbable.
ANT: Sanguine, excitable, sensitive, impatient.
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KEY: Stolid.
SYN: Stupid, dull, heavy, senseless, mindless, doltish, foolish, obtuse, unintelligent.
ANT: Acute, sensitive, sagacious, quick, clever, bright.
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KEY: Stoop.
SYN: bend, condescend, yield, [See ACCUMULATION].
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KEY: Stop \v.\
SYN: Close, obstruct, plug, cork, bar, seal, arrest, suspend, end, rest, halt, hinder, suppress, delay, cease, terminate.
ANT: Open, expedite, clear, broach, unseal, promote, advance, farther, continue, proceed, speed, hasten.
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KEY: Stop \n.\
SYN: Pause, cessation, intermission, rest, quietus, [See REST].
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KEY: Store \n.\
SYN: Treasure, treasury, garner, provision, supply, fund, accumulation, hoard, abundance, shop, place of business, ammunition, stock.
ANT: Emptiness, lack, misprovision, failure, exhaustion, want, expenditure, {[disjxjsal]?}, consumption.
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KEY: Store \v.\ [See REST].
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KEY: Storehouse.
SYN: Warehouse, repository, treasury, depot, magazine.
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KEY: Stormy, [See SAVE].
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KEY: Stout.
SYN: Strong, lusty, vigorous, robust, sturdy, brawny, corpulent, resolute, brave, valiant, redoubtable.
ANT: Weak, debile, frail, attenuated, thin, slender, lean, irresolute, feeble, cowardly, timid.
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KEY: Straight.
SYN: Direct, rectilinear, undeviating, unswerving, right, nearest.
ANT: Indirect, winding, incurved, tortuous, sinuous, serpentine, circuitous, waving, crooked.
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KEY: Strain.
SYN: Stretch, tighten, force, exert, filter, filtrate, percolate, depurate, purify, clarify, defecate, lixiviate.
ANT: Loosen, relax, remit, slacken, thicken, incrassate, inspissate, befoul.
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KEY: Strait \a.\
SYN: Close, strict, narrow, [See BOISTEROUS].
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KEY: Strait \n.\ [See NARROW].
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KEY: Strange.
SYN: Foreign, alien, exotic, unfamiliar, unusual, odd, irregular, abnormal, exceptional, surprising, wonderful, marvellous, astonishing, uncommon, peculiar.
ANT: Home, domestic, familiar, usual, ordinary, common, regular, customary, commonplace, unsurprising, universal, general.
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KEY: Stranger.
SYN: Foreigner, alien.
ANT: Countryman, acquaintance, friend.
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KEY: Stratagem.
SYN: Artifice, tactics, trick, contrivance, generalship, manoeuvre, device, machination, plot, plan, deceit, imposition.
ANT: Blunder, defeat, mismanoeuvre, miscontrivance, mismanagement.
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KEY: Stray.
SYN: Wander, deviate, digress, ramble, go astray, err, depart, rove.
ANT: Adhere, abide, stick.
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KEY: Stream.
SYN: Current, course, flow, exit, drift, tide, tendency.
ANT: Stagnation, desistance, arrestation, station, standstill, stillness, halting, cessation, stopping, interruption.
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KEY: Strength.
SYN: Force, vigor, power, security, validity, vehemence, intensity, hardness, soundness, nerve, fibre, sinew.
ANT: Weakness, imbecility, feebleness, insolidity, insecurity, invalidity, frailty, delicacy, softness, flimsiness, hollowness.
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KEY: Strengthen.
SYN: Confirm, establish, fix, corroborate, secure, invigorate, fortify, {[incri-Hso]?}.
ANT: Weaken, disestablish, shake, loosen, sap, undermine, debilitate, diminish.
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KEY: Strenuous.
SYN: Strong, resilute, determined, earnest, vigorous, ardent, bold, energetic, vehement.
ANT: Weak, irresolute, undetermined, unearnest, debile, feeble, emasculate.
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KEY: Stress.
SYN: Force, strain, weight, importance, pressure, urgency, emphasis.
ANT: Alleviation, stillness, lightness, unimportance, casualty, touch, triviality.
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KEY: Stretch.
SYN: Extend, expand, elongate, draw out, spread, strain, tighten, reach.
ANT: Contract, fold, curtail, shrink, shorten.
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KEY: Strict.
SYN: Close, exact, accurate, rigorous, severe, stringent, nice, precise.
ANT: Loose, inexact, inaccurate, lenient, mild, indulgent, lax.
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KEY: Stricture.
SYN: Censure, criticism, animadversion, reprobation, dispraise, blame, reprehension.
ANT: Praise, commendation, eulogy, compliment.
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KEY: Strife.
SYN: Struggle, contention, contest, animosity, quarrel, wrangle, disagreement, discord, bickering, emulation.
ANT: good will, peace, amity, friendliness.
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KEY: Strike.
SYN: Smite, impel, give a blow to, stamp, impress, penetrate, insert, drive, lower, startle, surprise, collide, touch.
ANT: Smooth, soothe, caress, pat, stroke, efface, levigate, withdraw, raise, hoist, calm, graze, escape, avoid, pass.
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KEY: Striking.
SYN: Impressive, affecting, admirable, wonderful, surprising, [See WONDERFUL].
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KEY: Strip.
SYN: Divest, denude, bare, pull off, despoil, dismantle, disencumber, flay, fleece, rob.
ANT: Invest, endow, clothe, enrich, compensate.
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KEY: Strive.
SYN: Labor, endeavor, aim, contest, toil, try, struggle, contend, vie.
ANT: Relax, surrender, succumb, submit, yield, withdraw.
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KEY: Stroll \v.\
SYN: Ramble, wander, rove, roam, [See RAMBLE].
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KEY: Strong.
SYN: Powerful, vigorous, solid, secure, fortified, forcible, impetuous, hale, hearty, brawny, sinewy, sound, robust, cogent, influential, zealous, potent, pungent muscular, hardy, stanch, tenacious.
ANT: Powerless, weak, frail, insecure, defenceless, feeble, mild, calm, gentle, delicate, sickly, inefficacious, unsatisfactory, unconvincing, unimpressive, vapid, impotent, unavailing, lukewarm, debile, flaccid, nerveless, tender, moderate, indifferent.
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KEY: Structure.
SYN: Construction, erection, building, constitution, constituency, organization, make, edifice, composition, texture.
ANT: Destruction, subversion, demolition, disorganization, analysis, decomposition, resolution.
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KEY: Struggle \v.\ [See RAMBLE].
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KEY: Struggle \n.\
SYN: Contest, violent effort, labor, pains, agony, [See STRIFE].
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KEY: Strut, [See STRIFE].
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KEY: Stubborn.
SYN: Tough, unbending, unyielding, hard, obstinate, intractable, obdurate, stiff, harsh, inflexible, headstrong, refractory, heady, contumacious, pig-headed.
ANT: Docile, tractable, manageable, pliant, pliable, malleable, flexible.
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KEY: Studied.
SYN: Premeditated, thought out, elaborate, learned, thoughtful.
ANT: Unpremeditated, extempore, careless.
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KEY: Studious.
SYN: Literary, diligent, desirous, attentive, careful, thoughtful, assiduous, reflective.
ANT: co-literary, illiterate, idle, Indulgent, careless, regardless, indifferent, inattentive, negligent, thoughtless.
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KEY: Study \n.\
SYN: Application, learning, meditation, diligence, consideration, thought, contemplation, care, endeavor, research, intention, purpose.
ANT: Indulgence, idleness, illiterateness, thoughtlessness, ease, indifference, carelessness, unstudiousness, negligence.
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KEY: Study \v.\
SYN: Examine, con over, consider, [See CONSIDER].
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KEY: Stuff \n.\
SYN: Matter, substance, trash, nonsense, [See CONSIDER].
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KEY: Stun.
SYN: Confound, bewilder, dumbfounder, astonish, stupefy, overwhelm, overpower, electrify.
ANT: Encourage, animate, inspirit, reassure.
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KEY: Stupendous.
SYN: Amazing, overwhelming, marvellous, wondrous, vast, astounding.
ANT: Ordinary, Unimposing.
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KEY: Stupid.
SYN: Dull, senseless, stolid, doltish, besotted, insensate, obtuse, prosy, addlepated, dull witted.
ANT: Quick, sharp, bright, sensible, sagacious, penetrating, clever.
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KEY: Sturdy.
SYN: Well-set, thickset, strong, stout, stubborn, firm, resolute, forcible, hardy, robust.
ANT: Lank, weak, ill-set, lean, fragile, weakly.
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KEY: Style.
SYN: Phraseology, diction, fashion, mode, name, title, [See NONSENSE].
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KEY: Suavity.
SYN: Mildness, softness, pleasantness, gentleness, affability, courtesy, conciliatoriness, complaisance, sweetness, urbanity.
ANT: Roughness, harshness, rudeness, haughtiness, superciliousness, pride, hauteur, moroseness, austerity.
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KEY: Subdue.
SYN: Conquer, reduce, overpower, break, tame, quell, vanquish, subdue, master, subjugate.
ANT: Aggrandize, exalt, fortify, strengthen, empower, liberate, enfranchise.
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KEY: Subject \a.\
SYN: Subordinate, subservient, exposed, liable, prone, disposed, obnoxious, amenable.
ANT: Superior, independent, exempt, indisposed, unliable, unamenable.
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KEY: Subject \n.\
SYN: Question, matter, material, theme, topic.
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KEY: Subjective.
SYN: Mental, internal, intellectual.
ANT: External, objective.
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KEY: Subjugate, [See DICTION].
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KEY: Sublimate.
SYN: Vaporize, refine, heighten, elevate.
ANT: Solidify, crystallize, indurate, coarsen, worsen, degrade, deprave, lower.
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KEY: Sublime.
SYN: Raised, exalted, lofty, elevated, eminent, grand, stately, high, noble, majestic, glorious, magnificent.
ANT: Low, depressed, unexalted, inconspicuous, unimposing, ordinary, mean, ignoble, inglorious, base, ridiculous.
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KEY: Submerge.
SYN: Drown, plunge, overwhelm, deluge, inundate, fink, steep, immerse.
ANT: Raise, extricate, educe.
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KEY: Submission.
SYN: Yielding, surrender, inferiority, dependence, meekness, resignation, patience, acquiescence.
ANT: Resistance, insurrender, insubordination, independence, antagonism, self-assertion, impatience.
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KEY: Submissive.
SYN: Obedient, compliant, yielding, obsequious, humble, docile, modest, passive, acquiescent, subservient.
ANT: Disobedient, incompliant, unyielding, unobsequious, recalcitrant, refractory, prov, {[d]?}, resistent, renitent, malcontent, recusant.
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KEY: Submit.
SYN: Yield, resign, surrender, comply, refer, propose, suggest, present, acquiesce, succumb.
ANT: Recalcitrate, oppose, resist, object, withdraw, resume, rescue, recover, vindicate, retain, reserve, hold, keep, contend.
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KEY: Subordinate, [See SUBDUE].
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KEY: Subscribe.
SYN: Affirm, maintain, support, endorse, assent.
ANT: Deny, disavow, repudiate, protest.
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KEY: Subsequent.
SYN: Posterior, later, succeeding, following, after.
ANT: Prior, former, earlier, precedent anterior.
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KEY: Subservient, [See SUBDUE].
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KEY: Subsidence.
SYN: Settlement, sinking, retreat, refluence, ebb, decrease.
ANT: Rising, affluence, flow, inundation, agitation, swelling, intumescence, increase.
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KEY: Subsidiary.
SYN: Assistant, ancillary, helpful, adjuvant, conducive, favourable, promotive, adminicular, corroborative, tending.
ANT: Opponent, obstructive, preventative, inconducive, unfavorable, retardative, subversive, counteractive.
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KEY: Subsist.
SYN: be, live, feed, continue, exist.
ANT: Fail, starve, decay, die.
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KEY: Substance.
SYN: Matter, material, body, pith, gist, import, essential, meaning, Be.
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KEY: Substantial.
SYN: Existing, real, solid, true, corporeal, material, strong, stout, massive, bulky, tangible.
ANT: Imaginary, unreal, insubstantial, fictitious, supposititious, incorporeal, chimerical, visionary, immaterial, weak, frail, airy, disembodied, spiritual, ghostly.
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KEY: Substitute.
SYN: Exchange, commute, represent, replace, supply, depute.
ANT: Retain, fix, continue, perpetuate, stabilitate, establish.
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KEY: Subterfuge.
SYN: Shift, evasion, artifice, excuse, pretext, dodge, underhandedness, sophistry.
ANT: Assertion, promulgation, challenge, exhibition, manifestation, open handedness, frankness, daylight, vindication.
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KEY: Subtile.
SYN: Fine, thin, rare, refined, volatile, delicate, nice, acute.
ANT: Coarse, thick, gross, crass, dense.
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KEY: Subtle.
SYN: Sly, artful, cunning, insinuating, wily, astute, nice, discriminating, crafty, fine, shrewd, sophistical, Jesuitical.
ANT: Open, frank, honest, artless, undiscriminating, rough, blunt, undiscerning, unsophisticated, simple.
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KEY: Subtract.
SYN: Withdraw, remove, deduct, take.
ANT: Add, import, adduce, give, bring.
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KEY: Suburbs.
SYN: Precincts, purlieus, outskirts, confines, environs.
ANT: Centre, heart, citadel, acropolis.
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KEY: Subvert.
SYN: Overturn, overthrow, destroy.
ANT: Stabilitate, perpetuate, [See PITH], serve.
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KEY: Succeed.
SYN: Follow, supervene, prosper, flourish, ensue, thrive.
ANT: Proceed, anticipate, fall.
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KEY: Success.
SYN: Achievement, luck, consummation, prosperity, victory, good-fortune.
ANT: Failure, defeat, disaster, ruin.
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KEY: Successful.
SYN: Lucky, fortunate, happy, auspicious, prosperous, [See BOUNDLESS].
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KEY: Succession.
SYN: Following, supervention, consecution, sequence, order, series, rotation, continuity, supply, suite.
ANT: Precedence, anticipation, prevention, antecedence, irregularity, disorder, non-sequence, solution, failure, intermission, break, gap, inconsecutiveness.
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KEY: Succinct.
SYN: Brief, close, concise, short, summary, terse, compendious, condensed.
ANT: Prolix, diffuse, discursive, circuitous, circumlocutory.
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KEY: Succor.
SYN: Aid, support, console, alleviate, befriend, comfort, help, assist, relieve.
ANT: Distress, oppress, maltreat, injure, thwart, burden, persecute, hurt.
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KEY: Succumb.
SYN: Surrender, comply, submit, acquiesce, yield, sink, resign.
ANT: Resist, rise, contend, battle, fight, surmount.
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KEY: Suck In.
SYN: Absorb, imbibe.
ANT: Throw out, eject.
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KEY: Sudden.
SYN: Unanticipated, hasty, rash, quick, unexpected, abrupt.
ANT: Gradual, expected, transitional, slow, premonished, anticipated.
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KEY: Suffer.
SYN: Bear, endure, {[eunain]?}, undergo, let, permit, allow, admit, tolerate, experience, support.
ANT: Resist, repel, expel, reject, disallow, repudiate, forbid, ignore.
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KEY: Sufferance.
SYN: Toleration, permission, allowance, endurance, moderation, self-control, long suffering, patience.
ANT: Prohibition, resistance, nonendurance, impatience, insubmission.
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KEY: Suffering, [See LUCKY].
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KEY: Suffice.
SYN: Satisfy, content, be enough, [See AFFLICTION].
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KEY: Sufficiency, [See SATISFY].
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KEY: Sufficient.
SYN: Adequate, equal, competent, satisfactory, tit, qualified, adapted, suited, enough, ample.
ANT: Inadequate, unequal, incompetent, unqualified, unadapted, insufficient, unsuited, meagre, bare, scanty, short, deficient.
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KEY: Suffix \n.\
SYN: Affix, postfix.
ANT: Prefix.
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KEY: Suffocate, [See SMOTHER].
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KEY: Suffrage.
SYN: Vote, voice, support.
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KEY: Suggest.
SYN: Hint, insinuate, propose, allude to, recommend, intimate.
ANT: Declare, propound, enunciate, insist, demand, dictate.
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KEY: Suit \v.\
SYN: Fit, adapt, match, adjust, harmonize, apportion, befit, beseem, tally, correspond, answer, comport, please, serve, agree, become, accord.
ANT: Misfit, misadapt, mismatch, misapportion, unbeseem, vary, differ, disagree, miscomport.
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KEY: Suit \n.\
SYN: Solicitation, petition, request, action at law, wooing, courtship, process, series, [See PETITION].
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KEY: Suitable \a.\
SYN: Proper, fitting, becoming, seemly, befitting, adequate, eligible, agreeable, appropriate, decent, convenient, accordant, competent, correspondent, harmonious, uniform, homogeneous.
ANT: Improper, unfitting, unbecoming, indecent, inconvenient, inaccordant, various, heterogeneous, unsuitable, incompetent.
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KEY: Sulky.
SYN: Sullen, gloomy, splenetic, churlish, ill-tempered, fretful, morose.
ANT: Genial, kindly.
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KEY: Sullen.
SYN: Gloomy, heavy, dismal, foreboding, sulky, moody, lowering, cheerless.
ANT: Bright, light, cheerful, favorable, genial, kindly, glad, gladsome, blithe.
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KEY: Sully.
SYN: Soil, efface, dirty, taint, tarnish, spot, stain, spoil, disgrace, dishonor.
ANT: Purify, cleanse, ennoble, dignify, signalize, glorify, honor.
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KEY: Sultry.
SYN: Close, oppressive, depressing.
ANT: Open, fresh, invigorating, bracing, elastic, exhilarating, breezy.
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KEY: Sum \n.\
SYN: Aggregate, total, example, problem, whole, amount, quantity, collection, substance, gist, tenor, height, completion, drift, bearing.
ANT: Part, portion, item, imperfection, incompleteness, miscalculation, misinterpretation.
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KEY: Summary \a.\
SYN: Compendious, short, succinct, brief, offhand, decisive, quick, sharp, unceremonious, informal, rapid, concise.
ANT: Tedious, circuitous, roundabout, protracted, formal, ceremonious, punctilious, slow.
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KEY: Summary \n.\
SYN: Analysis, tabulation, abridgment, resume, compendium, digest, epitome, abstract.
ANT: Dilatation, expansion, dilution.
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KEY: Summit.
SYN: Top, height, apex, culmination, zenith.
ANT: Bottom, depth, base, foot, nadir.
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KEY: Summon.
SYN: Call, cite, challenge, convene, convoke, invite, bid.
ANT: Discharge, remit, relegate, send, disband, prorogue, dissolve, discard, dismiss.
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KEY: Sumptuous.
SYN: Costly, gorgeous, superb, splendid, expensive, magnificent, prodigal, princely, lavish, munificent.
ANT: Poor, mean, inexpensive, sordid, niggardly, economical, illiberal, beggarly, frugal, parsimonious, saving.
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KEY: Superable.
SYN: Feasible, possible, manageable, surmountable.
ANT: Insuperable, indomitable, invincible, unmanageable, impossible, insurmountable.
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KEY: Superannuated.
SYN: Effete, timeworn, decrepit, passe'.
ANT: Vigorous, energetic, active, efficient.
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KEY: Superb.
SYN: Grand, magnificent, elegant, princely, splendid, showy, proud, august, stately, gorgeous.
ANT: Mean, common, commonplace, unimposing, shabby.
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KEY: Supercilious.
SYN: Haughty, contemptuous, disdainful, arrogant, i solent.
ANT: Affable, courteous, respectful, modest, bashful.
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KEY: Supererogation.
SYN: Superfluity, excess, superabundance, supervacaneousness, needlessness.
ANT: Necessity, unprofitableness, duty, shortcoming, deficiency.
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KEY: Superficial.
SYN: Light, slight, imperfect, showy, external, flimsy, surface, shallow, smattering, skin-deep.
ANT: Deep, profound, abstruse, recondite, accurate, exact, deep-seated.
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KEY: Superfluous, [See REDUNDANT].
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KEY: Superfluity.
SYN: Redundance, needlessness, supererogation, pleonasm, excess.
ANT: Necessity, necessary, requirement, shortcoming, deficiency.
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KEY: Superhuman.
SYN: Supernatural, miraculous, divine, hyperphysical, preternatural.
ANT: Natural, human, physical, unmiraculous.
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KEY: Superintend, [See SUPERVISE].
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KEY: Superintendence, [See OVERSIGHT].
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KEY: Superintendent.
SYN: Inspector, overseer, controller, director, manager, visitor, head, principal, supervisor.
ANT: Subject, subordinate, servant, employee.
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KEY: Superior.
SYN: Higher, upper, better, preferable, surpassing, loftier, excellent, remarkable, eminent, conspicuous.
ANT: Inferior, lower, worse, subordinate, ordinary, common, unremarkable, average, mean, mediocre.
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KEY: Superiority, [See INFERIORITY].
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KEY: Superlative.
SYN: Supreme, transcendent, greatest, highest, extreme, surpassing, consummate, extraordinary.
ANT: Common, ordinary, unremarkable.
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KEY: Supernal.
SYN: Celestial, heavenly.
ANT: Terrestrial, earthly, infernal, lower, sublunary.
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KEY: Supernatural, [See INFERIORITY].
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KEY: Supersede.
SYN: Remove, displace, obviate, oust, recal, neutralize, overrule, suspend, supplant.
ANT: Confirm, perpetuate, continue, introduce, supply.
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KEY: Superstition.
SYN: Bigotry, fanaticism.
ANT: Infidelity, skepticism, disbelief, rationalism, religion, devotion, worship, reason.
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KEY: Supervene.
SYN: Happen, accrue, succeed, occur.
ANT: Pass, depart, disappear, vanish.
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KEY: Supervise.
SYN: Superintend, control, manage, direct, visit, inspect, overlook.
ANT: Mismanage, miscontrol, misregulate, misdirect.
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KEY: Supine.
SYN: Lazy, indolent, indifferent, listless, inactive, negligent, inattentive, careless, sluggish, otiose, torpid.
ANT: Active, energetic, laborious, diligent, indefatigable.
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KEY: Supple.
SYN: Pliant, bending, yielding, flexible, elastic, servile, fawning, cringing, adulatory, sycophantic, lithe, limber, compliant.
ANT: Firm, unbending, unyielding, stiff, stubborn, inflexible, inelastic, independent, self-assertive, supercilious.
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KEY: Supplement \n.\
SYN: Addition, appendix, [See SUPERHUMAN].
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KEY: Supplicate.
SYN: Pray, beg, entreat, beseech, implore, solicit, crave, importune.