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ANT: Order, command, insist, dictate, demand.

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KEY: Supply.

SYN: Furnish, afford, provide, accoutre, give, minister, yield, contribute.

ANT: Expend, use, consume, waste, exhaust, absorb, demand, withhold, withdraw, retain.

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KEY: Support \v.\

SYN: Bear, uphold, sustain, underlie, befriend, assist, second, promote, further, suffer, defend, foster, nurture, nourish, cherish, endorse, maintain, continue, countenance, patronize, subsidize, help, back, stay, favor, prop.

ANT: Drop, betray, surrender, abandon, discontinue, oppose, discourage, weaken, exhaust, thwart, discountenance, disfavor, subvert, suppress.

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KEY: Support \n.\

SYN: Prop, stay, foundation, buttress, help, aid, assistance, influence, maintenance, living, patronage, subsistence, livelihood, food, [See ADDENDUM].

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KEY: Supporter, [See ADHERENT].

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KEY: Suppose.

SYN: Assume, presume, believe, divine, deem, fancy, think, regard, conceive, imagine, imply, presuppose, conjecture, guess, conclude, judge, consider.

ANT: Prove, demonstrate, substantiate, realize, disbelieve, negative, deny.

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KEY: Supposition.

SYN: Conjecture, surmise, assumption, hypothesis, speculation, theory, guess, presumption, [See ADHERENT].

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KEY: Supposititious.

SYN: Fictitious, ascititious, adventitious, spurious, counterfeit, fancied, imaginary, sham, false.

ANT: true, genuine, authentic, veritable, actual, real.

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KEY: Suppress.

SYN: Overpower, extinguish, repress, stifle, check, subdue, quell, era h, destroy, restrain, conceal, hu n, stop, smother.

ANT: Raise, support, fan, excite, strengthen, incite, instigate, increase, aggravate, vent, publish, promulgate, spread, disseminate, intensify.

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KEY: Suppressible.

SYN: Extinguishable, restrainable.

ANT: Inextinguishable, irrestrainable, irrepressible, indomitable.

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KEY: Supremacy.

SYN: Sovereignty, nonsubjection, lordship, autocracy.

ANT: Inferiority, subordination, subjection.

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KEY: Supreme.

SYN: Greatest, highest, first, predominant, paramount, principal, sovereign, [See SPECULATION].

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KEY: Sure.

SYN: Certain, secure, safe, assured, unmistakable, stable, firm, knowing, believing, confident, trusting, unquestioning, positive, unfailing, strong, permanent, abiding, enduring, infallible, indisputable, fast.

ANT: Uncertain, ignorant, dubious, doubtful, hesitating, distrustful, questioning, vacillating, weak, untrustworthy, precarious, insecure, impermanent, transient, evanescent, fallible, disputable, loose.

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KEY: Surety.

SYN: Certainty, safety, security, guaranty, pledge, {[boudsumu]?}, bail, hostage, [See PARAMOUNT].

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KEY: Surfeit.

SYN: Superabundance, excess, glut, nimiety, plethora.

ANT: Scantiness, stint, defect, starvation, inanition, insufficiency.

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KEY: Surly.

SYN: Snarling, splenetic, rough, crabbed, gloomy, uncivil, [See CERTAINTY and HOSTAGE].

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KEY: Surmise \v.\

SYN: Suspect, imagine, conjecture, guess, fancy, presume, suppose, [See SULKY and SULLEN], Surmount, [See SUPPOSE and SUSPECT].

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KEY: Surpass.

SYN: Eclipse, outvie, excel, outstrip, exceed, outdo, outstep, surmount, transcend.

ANT: Fail, foil, equal.

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KEY: Surplus.

SYN: Redundancy, remainder, rest, overplus, residue, excess, balance.

ANT: Deficiency, deficit, shortcoming.

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KEY: Surprise.

SYN: Startle, astonish, alarm, amaze, confuse.

ANT: Prepare, premonish, forewarn.

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KEY: Surprising, [See SUCCUMB].

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KEY: Surrender.

SYN: Yield, submit, cede, relinquish, abandon, resign.

ANT: Withhold, vindicate, retain, resist, contend, strive.

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KEY: Surreptitious.

SYN: Stealthy, furtive, unauthorized, fraudulent, underhanded, clandestine.

ANT: Open, openhanded, frank, honest, ingenuous.

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KEY: Surround, [See ENCIRCLE].

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KEY: Survey.

SYN: Scan, view, inspect, reconnoitre, overlook, scrutinize, examine, superintend, review, contemplate.

ANT: Ignore, miss, disregard, misobserve, misview, overlook.

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KEY: Susceptible.

SYN: Capable, impressible, tender, sensitive.

ANT: Incapable, unimpressible, insensitive, insusceptible, impassible.

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KEY: Suscitate.

SYN: Rouse, excite, vitalize, fan, inflame.

ANT: Soothe, calm, allay, repress, deaden, mesmerize, extinguish, compose, repress, lay.

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KEY: Suspect.

SYN: Imagine, {[eurmi]?}, guess, conjecture, augur, doubt, mistrust, distrust.

ANT: Disbelieve, discredit, trust, confide, credit, accredit.

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KEY: Suspend.

SYN: Attach, hang, rest, interrupt, delay, intermit, stop, discontinue.

ANT: Detach, drop, remove, continue, expedite, protract, prolong.

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KEY: Suspense.

SYN: Protraction, uncertainty, doubt, solicitude, cessation, pause, waiting, intermission, discontinuance, abeyance, stoppage, indetermination, indecision.

ANT: Determination, settlement, execution, continuance, uninterruption, revival, determination, decision, finality.

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KEY: Suspicion.

SYN: Distrust, misgiving, mistrust, jealousy, [See ENCIRCLE].

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KEY: Sustain, [See SUPPORT].

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KEY: Sustenance.

SYN: Support, food, aliment, living, subsistance, livelihood, alimony, provision, nourishment, nutriment, nurture, sustentation, nutrition, pabulum, maintenance.

ANT: Starvation, Inanition, nonsubsistance, innutrition, exhaustion.

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KEY: Sustentatlon, [See SUPPORT].

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KEY: Swain.

SYN: Peasant, rustic, hind, countryman, lover, [See SUSTENANCE].

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KEY: Swallow.

SYN: Absorb, gorge, engross, devour, appropriate, exhaust, consume, imbibe, engulf, brook.

ANT: Vomit, disgorge, eructate, discharge, economize, save, eschew, repudiate.

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KEY: Swamp, [See MARSH].

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KEY: Swarm.

SYN: Multitude, crowd, throng, cluster, host, mass, press, posse, bevy, flock, troop, drove, herd, horde, crew, gang, shoal, army, host, regiment, myriad, inundation.

ANT: Paucity, sprinkling, scantling, rarity.

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KEY: Sway \n.\

SYN: Wield, influence, rule, authority, government, superiority, bias, dominion, control, preponderance, domination, supremacy, mastery, ascendency, weight, force, power.

ANT: Weakness, Inferiority, subordination, irresistance, obedience, subservience, subjection.

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KEY: Sway \v.\

SYN: Influence, govern, rule, bias, wave, swing, {[wiel]?}, [See MARSH].

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KEY: Swear.

SYN: Depose, affirm, testify, declare, blaspheme, curse, [See {[OOVERK]?} and WIELD].

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KEY: Sweat.

SYN: Perspiration, exudation, sweating, excretion, [See AFFIRM and CURSE].

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KEY: Sweep \v.\

SYN: Remove, clean, brush, carry off, destroy, [See EXUDATION].

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KEY: Sweep \n.\

SYN: Compass, range, stroke, [See CLEAN and DESTROY].

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KEY: Sweet \a.\

SYN: Saccharine, luscious, fragrant, dulcet, melodious, harmonious, musical, beautiful, lovely, wholesome, pleasing, pure, mild, winning, agreeable, fresh, gentle, amiable.

ANT: Sour, bitter, unsweet, fetid, offensive, nauseous, olid, stinking, nasty, inharmonious, discordant, unlovely, repulsive, unwholesome, putrid, tainted, ungentle, unamiable.

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KEY: Swell.

SYN: Dilate, extend, enlarges, heighten, heave, enhance, rise, expand, increase, augment, protuberate, aggravate, amplify, distend.

ANT: Contract, curtail, shrivel, diminish, lessen, retrench, reduce, collapse, fold, narrow, condense, concentrate.

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KEY: Swerve.

SYN: Deviate, diverge, stray, wander, divaricate, bend, incline, trend.

ANT: Continue, disincline.

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KEY: Swift.

SYN: Rapid, speedy, headlong, quick, accelerated, nimble, expeditious, fleet, fast, ready, quick, eager, alert, prompt.

ANT: Slow, tardy, lingering, lazy, loitering, unexpeditious, inactive, sluggish, unready.

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KEY: Swindle, [See CHEAT].

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KEY: Swindler.

SYN: Rogue, impostor, sharper, knave, cheat, [See CHEAT, \n.\].

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KEY: Swing.

SYN: Oscillate, dangle, wave, vibrate.

ANT: Be stationary.

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KEY: Sycophant.

SYN: Parasite, flatterer, toady, lick-spittle, hanger-on, flatterer, [See CHEAT].

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KEY: Symbol, [See PARASITE].

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KEY: Symmetrical.

SYN: Regular, shapely, well proportioned, [See HARMONIOUS].

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KEY: Symmetry.

SYN: Harmony, proportion, conformity, interrelation, intercoincidence, shapeliness, agreement, form.

ANT: Disharmony, disproportion, Inconformity, shapelessness, disagreement, interdisparity, interrepugnance, inconcinnity.

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KEY: Sympathy.

SYN: Fellow-feeling, congeniality, commiseration, compassion, pity, concert, tenderness, agreement, condolence.

ANT: Antipathy, antagonism, incongeniality, pitilessness, mercilessness, compassionlessness, unkindness, harshness, unkindliness.

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KEY: Symptom.

SYN: Concurrent, concomitant, premonition, indication, mark, note, sign, token.

ANT: Misindication, {[fiyiiod]?}.

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KEY: SYN:, Conference, convention, conclave, ecclesiastical council.

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KEY: Synonymous.

SYN: Equivalent, tantamount, alike in meaning, identical, interchangeable.

ANT: Opposed in meaning, not identical.

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KEY: Synonym.

SYN: Equivalent, equivalent term.

ANT: Antonym, counter term, opposite term.

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KEY: Synopsis.

SYN: Abstract, epitome, summary, abridgment, [See ABRIDGMENT].

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KEY: System.

SYN: Method, scheme, order, regularity, classification, arrangement, rule, plan.

ANT: Disorder, derangement, confusion, fortuity, chance, medley, haphazard, incongruity, non-arrangement, nonclassification.

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KEY: Systematize.

SYN: Methodize, reduce to a system, arrange, regulate, order, [See ARRANGE].

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KEY: Tabernacle.

SYN: Tent, pavilion, habitation, temple, meeting house, church.

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KEY: Tabid.

SYN: Wasting, consumptive, phthisical, morbid, declining, vitiated, lean, shrivelled.

ANT: Hearty, robust, sound, vigorous, stout.

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KEY: Tacit.

SYN: Silent, implied, understood, implicit, unexpressed.

ANT: Open, avowed, expressed, formal, declared.

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KEY: Taciturn.

SYN: Silent, reserved, inconversible, uncommunicative, close, mute, pauciloquous, reticent.

ANT: Open, unreserved, conversible, communicative, fluent, chatty, talkative, garrulous, chattering, loquacious, multiloquous, prating, prattling, twaddling, verbose, gabbling, cackling.

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KEY: Taciturnity, [See SILENCE].

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KEY: Tact.

SYN: Nicety, perception, address, adroitness, expertness, faculty, knack, dexterity, sensitiveness, skill, taste, discrimination, judgment, critique.

ANT: Coarseness, insensitiveness, awkwardness, indiscrimination, indiscretion.

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KEY: Tactics.

SYN: Manoeuvre, policy, strategy, diplomacy, management, temporization.

ANT: Blunder, impolicy.

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KEY: Taint.

SYN: Imbue, impregnate, infect, defile, corrupt, stain, sully, tarnish, contaminate, vitiate, poison, pollute, blot, disgrace, dishonor.

ANT: Disinfect, purify, cleanse, efface, signalize, credit.

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KEY: Take.

SYN: Seize, grasp, catch, capture, siege, use, obtain, [See SILENCE], {[uploy]?}, follow, assume, procure, captivate, engage, interest, charm, choose, select, admit, accept, receive, conduct, transfer.

ANT: Drop, reject, abandon, surrender, lose, miss, repel.

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KEY: Tale.

SYN: Story, narrative, incident, fiction, fable, romance, legend, recital, anecdote, relation, [See {[piu-ue ]?}].

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KEY: Talent.

SYN: Genius, ability, aptitude, cleverness, gift, endowment, faculty, parts, capacity.

ANT: Inability, stupidity, imbecility, incompetence.

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KEY: Talkative, [See ROMANCE].

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KEY: Tall.

SYN: High, lofty, towering, elevated.

ANT: Low.

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KEY: Tally.

SYN: Match, suit, accord, correspond, fit, harmonize, agree, coincide, comport.

ANT: {[Piffw]?}, disagree, disaccord, miscompose.

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KEY: Tame.

SYN: Domesticated, reclaimed, tamed, subjugated, broken, gentle, mild, docile, meek, spiritless, tedious, dull, flat.

ANT: Undomesticated, unreclaimed, untamed, unbroken, savage, wild, fierce, spirited, animated, ferine, interesting, exciting, stirring, lively.

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KEY: Tamper.

SYN: Meddle, intermeddle, dabble, intrigue, deal secretly, [See INTERPOSE].

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KEY: Tangible.

SYN: Palpable, tactile, substantial, real, substantive, perceptible, corporeal, material, comprehensible.

ANT: Impalpable, intangible, spiritual, incorporeal, immaterial, incomprehensible.

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KEY: Tangle.

SYN: Intertwist, interlock, snarl, complicate, insnare, mat.

ANT: Unravel, disentangle, untwine.

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KEY: Tantalize.

SYN: Disappoint, frustrate, torment, vex, provoke, irritate, tease.

ANT: Gratify, satisfy.

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KEY: Tantamount.

SYN: Equal, equivalent, equipollent, synonymous.

ANT: Unequal, unequivalent.

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KEY: Tardy.

SYN: Slow, sluggish, dilatory, behindhand, backward, reluctant, loitering, late.

ANT: Quick, rapid, alert, active, prompt, willing, eager, early.

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KEY: Tarnish.

SYN: Bedim, bedarken, dull, stain, [See INTERPOSE].

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KEY: Tarry.

SYN: Rest, abide, halt, {[awnit]?}, flag, lag, continue, remain, sojourn, delay, stop, stay, loiter, linger.

ANT: Press, push, speed, haste, proceed.

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KEY: Tart.

SYN: Sharp, acid, sour, acidulous, keen, pungent, {[acerbous]?}, severe, acrimonious, biting, bitter, harsh, rude, irascible.

ANT: Mellow, sweet, luscious, mild, genial, suave, kindly, unctuous, oily, smooth, bland, blandiloquent, courteous, deferential, polite, ceremonious.

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KEY: Tartness.

SYN: Sourness, sharpness, harshness, bitterness, asperity, acrimony, acerbity.

ANT: Sweetness, gentleness, kindness.

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KEY: Task.

SYN: Work, function, labor, job, operation, business, undertaking, drudgery, toil, lesson.

ANT: Relaxation, leisure, amusement, hobby.

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KEY: Taste.

SYN: Gustation, savor, flavor, sapidity, relish, perception, judgment, discernment, nicety, critique, sensibility, choice, zest, predilection, delicacy, elegancy, refinement.

ANT: Non-gustation, ill-savor, insipidity, disrelish, non-preception, indiscrimination, indiscernment, indelicacy, coarseness, inelegancy.

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KEY: Tasteful.

SYN: Sapid, relishing, savory, agreeable, tasty, toothsome, palatable, elegant, refined.

ANT: Insipid, unrelishing, unsavory, unpalatable, nauseous, inelegant, tasteless, unrefined, vapid.

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KEY: Tasteless, [See TAINT].

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KEY: Tattle.

SYN: Babble, gabble, chatter, gossip, twaddle, [See BABBLE].

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KEY: Taunt.

SYN: Reproach, upbraid, rebuke, censure, jeer, scoff, deride, gibe, sneer, mock, revile, twit.

ANT: Compliment, congratulate.

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KEY: Tautology.

SYN: Verbosity, redundancy, needless, repetition, pleonasm, reiteration.

ANT: Conciseness, brevity, laconism, compression.

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KEY: Tavern.

SYN: Public house, hotel, inn.

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KEY: Tawdry.

SYN: Showy, flashy, tinsel, gaudy, meretricious.

ANT: Chaste, rich, elegant, handsome, sumptuous.

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KEY: Tax.

SYN: Duty, rate, impost, assessment, toll, tribute, [See BABBLE].

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KEY: Teach.

SYN: Impart, tell, direct, instruct, inform, counsel, admonish, educate, inculcate, enlighten, advise, indoctrinate, train.

ANT: Withhold, misteach, misdirect, misinstruct, misinform, misguide, mislead.

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KEY: Teacher.

SYN: Instructor, schoolmaster, preceptor, tutor, professor, pedagogue, educationist, educator, schoolmistress.

ANT: Pupil, scholar, disciple, learner.

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KEY: Teaching.

SYN: Training, education, instruction.

ANT: Learning, absorbing, receiving, knowledge,.

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KEY: Tear.

SYN: Rend, lacerate, shatter, sever, sunder.

ANT: Mend, unite.

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KEY: Tease.

SYN: Vex, harass, annoy, disturb, irritate, plague, torment, tantalize, provoke, worry, badger.

ANT: Soothe, gratify, please, delight, fascinate, enrapture.

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KEY: Tedious.

SYN: Wearisome, tiresome, monotonous, dilatory, dreary, sluggish, irksome, dull, flat, prolix.

ANT: Interesting, exciting, stirring, charming, fascinating, delightful, amusing.

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KEY: Teeming.

SYN: Present, prolific, fraught, fruitful, productive, overflowing, abundant, swarming, multitudinous, numerous.

ANT: Barren, scanty, wanting, rare, sparse, few.

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KEY: Tell.

SYN: Mention, number, enumerate, count, recount, utter, recite, state, narrate, disclose, publish, betray, divulge, promulgate, acquaint, teach, inform, explain, communicate, report, rehearse, discern, judge, discriminate, ascertain, decide, describe.

ANT: Repress, suppress, misrecount, misnarrate, miscommunicate, misdeclare, misrecite, misjudge, misdescribe.

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KEY: Telling.

SYN: Effective, powerful, pointed.

ANT: Weak, ineffective, pointless.

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KEY: Temerity.

SYN: Rashness, audacity, precipitancy, overventuresomeness, foolhardiness.

ANT: Timidity, caution, circumspection, wariness, calculation.

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KEY: Temper \n.\

SYN: Temperament, disposition, constitution, frame, mood, spirit, irritability, heat, humor, passion.

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KEY: Temper \v.\

SYN: Modify, accommodate, qualify, soften, assuage, soothe, adapt, restrain, [See IMPOST].

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KEY: Temperament.

SYN: Organization, idiosyncrasy, disposition, constitution, [See TEMPER], \n.\].

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KEY: Temperate.

SYN: Moderate, abstemious, reasonable, sober, calm, cool, sedate, mild, genial.

ANT: Immoderate, self-indulgent, intemperate, torrid, frigid, rigorous.

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KEY: Tempest.

SYN: Blast, storm, gale, hurricane, tornado, squall, excitement, commotion, tumult, [See BLAST].

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KEY: Tempestuous.

SYN: Stormy, boisterous, violent, squally, turbulent.

ANT: Calm, peaceful, quiet, serene, composed.

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KEY: Temporal.

SYN: Secular, worldly, civil, political, transient, fleeting, laical, terrestrial, sublunary, mundane.

ANT: Religious, spiritual, ecclesiastical, eternal, sacerdotal.

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KEY: Temporary.

SYN: Present, immediate, partial, limited, transient, impermanent.

ANT: Perpetual, lasting, confirmed, complete, {[nnal]?}, perfect, permanent, entire.

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KEY: Temporize.

SYN: Play, fence, trim, manoeuvre, procrastinate.

ANT: Act, decide, determine, conclude.

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KEY: Tempt.

SYN: Entice, allure, try, seduce, attract, solicit, decoy.

ANT: Dissuade, deter, warn.

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KEY: Tenable.

SYN: Maintainable, defensible, justifiable, sound, reasonable, consistent.

ANT: Untenable, indefensible, unjustifiable, weak, hollow, fallacious, unreasonable, inconsistent, irrational, absurd.

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KEY: Tenacious.

SYN: Retentive, adhesive, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn, jealous, chary.

ANT: Irretentive, inadhesive, pliant, tenacious, yielding, liberal, prodigal, bountiful.

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KEY: Tenacity.

SYN: Retentiveness, cohesiveness, stubbornness, fixity, pertinacity, [See BLAST].

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KEY: Tenant.

SYN: Occupant, lessee, occupier, resident, dweller.

ANT: Owner, landlord, lessor.

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KEY: Tend.

SYN: Nurture, guard, watch, manage, serve, keep, aid, incline, verge, lean, aim, contribute, conduce, attend, [See PERTINACITY].

ANT: Betray, desert, abandon.

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KEY: Tendency.

SYN: Vergency, proneness, bias, gravitation, drift, scope, I aim, disposition, predisposition, proclivity, leaning, inclination, attraction, conductiveness, course.

ANT: Disinclination, aversion, repulsion, contravention, deviation, divergency, tangency, divarication, opposition, renitency, reluctance, prevention, neutralization, termination.

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KEY: Tender \v.\

SYN: Offer, proffer, propose, bid, produce, present.

ANT: Withhold, withdraw, retain, appropriate.

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KEY: Tender.

SYN: delicate, frail, impressible, susceptible, yielding, soft, effeminate, weak, feeble, compassionate, affectionate, careful, jealous, gentle, mild, meek, pitiful, merciful, pathetic.

ANT: Strong, sturdy, hardy, robust, tough, iron, pitiless, unmerciful, cruel, hard-hearted, careless, liberal, lavish, unchary, ungentle, rough, rude, coarse, unsentimental, unmoving, unfeeling, unimpressive, unimpassioned, unimpressed.

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KEY: Tenderness.

SYN: Delicacy, softness, kindness, sensibility, pity, benevolence, humanity, clemency, beneficence, benignity, [See BENEVOLENCE and PITY].

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KEY: Tenet.

SYN: Dogma, article, principle, creed, doctrine, opinion, belief, persuasion.

ANT: Disbelief, renunciation, protest, abjuration.

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KEY: Tenor.

SYN: Drift, purport, Intent, course, character, sense, stamp, meaning, effect, aim, scope, direction.

ANT: unmeaningness, purposelessness, irrelevance, discursiveness, Incoherence, variance, divergence.

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KEY: Tension.

SYN: Stretch, strain, intentness, tightness, stiffness, force, tone, effort.

ANT: Looseness, relaxation, laxity, atony, slackness.

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KEY: Tentative.

SYN: Experimental, empirical, speculative.

ANT: Uniform, certain, sure, necessary, unfailing.

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KEY: Term \n.\

SYN: Limit, boundary, condition, time, season, period, expression, designation, word, name, article, proviso, stipulation, [See BOUND and BORDER].

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KEY: Term \v.\

SYN: Denominate, name, call, style, characterize, designate, entitle, [See DENOMINATE].

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KEY: Terminal.

SYN: Final, ultimate, marginal.

ANT: Central, primal, preconclusive.

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KEY: Terminate.

SYN: Limit, end, put an end to, close, finish, complete, stop, conclude, [See BOUND, \v.\ and ACCOMPLISH].

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KEY: Termination.

SYN: Ending, conclusion, fulfilment, achievement, completion, accomplishment, consummation, limit, extent, bound, end, finality, effect, consequence, result, issue, exit.

ANT: Beginning, inception, initiation, inchoation, start, origin, rise, source, commencement, cause, operation, process, course, tendency.

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KEY: Terms.

SYN: Provisions, conditions, stipulations.

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KEY: Terrestrial.

SYN: Earthly, sublunary, worldly, mundane, terrene.

ANT: Celestial, infernal, aquatic, aqueous.

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KEY: Terrible.

SYN: Awful, fearful, dreadful, formidable, terrific, frightful, tremendous, horrible, shocking.

ANT: In formidable, unastounding, unstartling, unastonishing.

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KEY: Terrific, [See TERRIBLE].

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KEY: Terrify.

SYN: Frighten, scare, horrify, shock, appal, [See TERRIBLE].

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KEY: Territory.

SYN: Province, region, domain, country.

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KEY: Terror.

SYN: Fear, dread, alarm, flight, consternation, horror, dismay.

ANT: Confidence, fearlessness, boldness, reassurance.

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KEY: Terse.

SYN: Neat, smooth, pithy, expressive, forcible, energetic, compact, concise, succinct.

ANT: Coarse, rough, rude, unpolished, inconcise, unsuccinct, prolix, diffuse.

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KEY: Test.

SYN: Cupel, trial, examination, proof, criterion, standard, experiment, touchstone, experience, ordeal.

ANT: misindication, misjudgment, misproof.

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KEY: Testify.

SYN: depose, swear, declare, witness, protest, affirm, verify, attest, confirm, certify, asseverate.

ANT: Misdeclare, misaffirm, misdepose, mistestify, falsify.

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KEY: Testimonial.

SYN: Credential, recommendation, monument.

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KEY: Testimony.

SYN: Witness, evidence, attestion, affirmation, corroboration, confirmation, proof.

ANT: Refutation, contradiction, disproof, confutation, contravention, invalidation.

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KEY: Testy.

SYN: Irritable, peevish, fretful, touchy, cross, fractious, captious, petulant, [See APPAL].

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KEY: Thankful.

SYN: Grateful, Indebted, beholden, obliged.

ANT: Ungrateful, thankless, unthankful.

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KEY: Thankfulness.

SYN: Gratitude, gratefulness.

ANT: Thanklessness, ingratitude.

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KEY: Thankless.

SYN: Ungracious, unprofitable, unthankful, profitless, unreciprocal.

ANT: Profitable, reciprocated.

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KEY: Thaw.

SYN: Dissolve, melt, liquefy.

ANT: Freeze, congeal, harden.

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KEY: Theatrical.

SYN: Dramatic, {[ecenic]?}, melodramatic, showy, ceremonious, gesticulatory, pompous, meretricious, tinsel.

ANT: Chaste, genuine, simple, unaffected, quiet, subdued, mannerless, plain.

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KEY: Theft.

SYN: Robbery, thieving, stealing, pilfering, filching, larceny, depredation, [See PEEVISH].

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KEY: Theme.

SYN: Topic, thesis, disquisition, subject, discourse, essay, [See DEPREDATION].

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KEY: Theory.

SYN: Speculation, assumption, doctrine, scheme, system, supposition, hypothesis, plea.

ANT: Fact, [{See VrewJ}?], ruth.

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KEY: Theoretical.

SYN: Speculative, hypothetical, presumptive.

ANT: Practical, positive, definite.

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KEY: Therefore.

SYN: Accordingly, consequently, hence, for this reason, [See {[*]?}].

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KEY: Thick.

SYN: Dense, condensed, inspissated, close, compact, turbid, luteous, coagulated, muddy, dull, misty, vaporous, crowded, numerous, solid, bulky, deep, confused, inarticulate.

ANT: Rare, fine, thin, sparse, strained, pure, percolated, limpid, crystalline, scanty, incompact, slight, shallow, laminated, clear, articulate, distinct.

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KEY: Thicken.

SYN: Condense, inspissate, incrassate, compact, solidify, befoul, obscure, bemire, becloud, increase, coagulate, amalgamate, commingle, intermix, crowd, multiply, enlarge, expand, extend, broaden, deepen, obstruct, confuse.

ANT: Rarify, dissipate, refine, attenuate, clear, purify, strain, percolate, clarify, defecate, depurate, brighten, lighten, open, filtrate, diminish, separate, reduce, narrow, contract, liberate, free, extricate, unravel, disentangle, loosen.

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KEY: Thicket.

SYN: Copse, grove, wood, jungle, forest.

ANT: Open place, cleared place, prairie.

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KEY: Thin.

SYN: Slim, slender, flimsy, attenuated, diluted, watery, meager, unsubstantial, lean, [See CONSEQUENTLY].

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KEY: Think.

SYN: Ponder, meditate, consider, reflect, contemplate, conceive, imagine, apprehend, fancy, hold, {[r^]?}, gard, believe, deem, opine, purpose, judge, reckon, [See THICK].

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KEY: Thorough.

SYN: Entire, complete, thoroughgoing, powerful, drastic, perfect, [See CONSIDER and REFLECT].

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KEY: Thought.

SYN: Reflection, reasoning, cogitation, supposition, view, sentiment, meditation, conception, idea, opinion, judgment, conceit, fancy, design, purpose, intention, cogitation, deliberation, care, provision.

ANT: Vacuity, incogitation, thoughtlessness, dream, hallucination, aberration, misconception, incogitancy, carelessness, improvidence, unreflectiveness.

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KEY: Thoughtful.

SYN: Careful, provident, contemplative, considerate, anxious, pensive, cogitative, reflective, regardful, mindful, heedful, diligent.

ANT: Careless, improvident, {[un]?}, thinking, thoughtless, incontemplative, mindless, inconsiderate, regard less, heedless, rash, trifling, wanton, Idle, dreamy.

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KEY: Thoughtless, [See COMMON].

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KEY: Thorny.

SYN: Spiny, prickly, harassing, troublesome.

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KEY: Thraldom.

SYN: Servitude, vassalage, slavery, bondage, confinement, serfdom.

ANT: Liberty, freedom, unrestraint, liberation, independence.

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KEY: Thread.

SYN: Line, course, tenor, continuity.

ANT: Deviation, divergence, aberration, solution, intermission, interruption.

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KEY: Threadbare.

SYN: Hackneyed, commonplace, trite, stale, worn out, [See THOUGHTFUL].

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KEY: Threat.

SYN: Menace, browbeating, denunciation, intimidation.

ANT: Encouragement, allurement, enticement, promise.

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KEY: Threatening.

SYN: Menacing, intimidating, minatory, comminatory, minacious, foreboding, unpromising, imminent, impending.

ANT: Encouraging, promising, reassuring, enticing, passed, overpast, withdrawn.

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KEY: Thrift.

SYN: Frugality, economy, saving, gain, profit.

ANT: Prodigality, waste, loss, expenditure.

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KEY: Thrifty.

SYN: Prudent, careful, economical saving, frugal, flourishing, provident, sparing.

ANT: Thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, prodigal, [See SCATTER].

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KEY: Thrilling.

SYN: Arousing, stirring, exciting, affecting, pleasing.

ANT: Calming, composing, allaying, offending, paining.

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KEY: Thrive.

SYN: Prosper, increase, flourish, grow, succeed, fatten, luxuriate.

ANT: Decay, lade, wane, wither, decline, waste, languish, diminish, droop, pine.

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KEY: Throw.

SYN: Fling, cast, hurl, toss, project, propel.

ANT: retain, recal, revoke, hold, restrain, draw, haul.

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KEY: Thrust.

SYN: Push, drive, force, Dress, shove, impel, urge.

ANT: Draw, retract, snatch, extract.

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KEY: Thwart.

SYN: Oppose, cross, frustrate, oppugn, defeat, [See ABODE and PROP].

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KEY: Tickle.

SYN: Titillate, please, gratify, amuse.

ANT: Irritate, hurt, annoy, vex.

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KEY: Tide.

SYN: Flow, course, current, rush, inundation, influx, stream, movement, flood.

ANT: Stagnation, arrestation, stoppage, cessation, motionlessness, subsidence.

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KEY: Tidings.

SYN: News, announcement, information, rumor, report, intelligence, advice.

ANT: Suppression, nonannouncement, misreport, misinformation.

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KEY: Tidy.

SYN: Neat, orderly, spruce, clean, cleanly, tight.

ANT: Disorderly, untidy, slovenly.

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KEY: Tie \n.\

SYN: Band, ligature, ligament, fastening, knot, bond.

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KEY: Tie \v.\

SYN: Bind, restrict, restrain, fasten, confine, unite, secure, oblige, join, [See BIND].

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KEY: Tight.

SYN: Firm, compact, fast, close, tidy, neat, smart, natty, tense, stretched.

ANT: Loose, incompact, open, flowing, loose-fitting, large, untidy, lax, relaxed.

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KEY: Till.

SYN: Plow, prepare, cultivate, dress, tend.

ANT: Neglect, waste, abandon, fallow.

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KEY: Time.

SYN: Period, duration, season, interval, date, opportunity, age, era, occasion, term, space, span, spell.

ANT: Neverness, eternity, non-duration, indetermination, indeterminableness.

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KEY: Timely.

SYN: Early, seasonable, opportune, prompt, judicious.

ANT: Late, unseasonable, inopportune, injudicious, ill-timed, untimely.

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KEY: Timeserving.

SYN: Temporizing, versatile, servile, trimming.

ANT: Independent, high-spirited, on-time-serving.

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KEY: Timid.

SYN: Fearful, pusillanimous, shy, diffident, coy, timorous, afraid, cowerly, fainthearted, inadventurous.

ANT: Bold, confident, venturesome, courageous, overventuresome, rash, audacious.

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KEY: Tincture \n.\

SYN: Color, slight taste, [See TINGE, \n.\].

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KEY: Tincture \v.\

SYN: Tinge, color, dye, stain, shade, impregnate, [See TINGE, \v.\].

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KEY: Tinge \n.\

SYN: Tincture, color, tint, dye, stain, shade, flavor.

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KEY: Tinge \v.\ Color, dye, stain, imbue, impregnate, affect.

ANT: Disimbue, disinfect, disindoctrinate.

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KEY: Tinsel.

SYN: Tawdriness, spangle, frippery, glitter.

ANT: Costliness, richness, chasteness, gorgeousness, sumptuousness, magnificence, splendor.

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KEY: Tint.

SYN: Color, hue, tinge, dye, complexion.

ANT: Achromatism, decoloration, paleness, pallor, bleaching, etiolation, colorlessness, sallowness, wanness, cadaverousness, exsanguineousness.

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KEY: Tiny.

SYN: Puny, wee, small, little, diminutive, Lilliputian, microscopic.

ANT: Huge, bulky, gigantic, cyclopean, sizable, considerable.

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KEY: Tip.

SYN: Point, extremity, end, top, cap, [See TINGE].

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KEY: Tipsy.

SYN: Drunk, Intoxicated, fuddled, inebriated, muzzy.

ANT: Sober, temperate.

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KEY: Tire.

SYN: Exhaust, weary, fatigue, dispirit, jade, harass, bore.

ANT: Enliven, animate, refresh, amuse, excite.

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KEY: Tired.

SYN: Wearied, fatigued, worn-out, jaded.

ANT: Rested, refreshed, unwearied.

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KEY: Tireless.

SYN: Unwearied, untiring, indefatigable, [See TERMINATION].

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KEY: Tiresome.

SYN: Fatiguing, wearisome, exhausting, irksome, tedious, [See TEDIOUS].

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KEY: Title.

SYN: Inscription, heading, denomination, style, designation, appellation, distinction, address, epithet, name.

ANT: Non-designation, indistinction, nondescript, namelessness, non-denomination.

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KEY: Tittle.

SYN: Jot, particle, iota, whit, scintilla, spark, grain, atom, [See TEDIOUS].

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KEY: Together.

SYN: Unitedly, conjointly, contemporaneously, concertedly, simultaneously, coincidently, concomitantly, concurrently.

ANT: Separately, disconnectedly, independently, variously, incoincidently, inconcurrently.

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KEY: Toll \n.\

SYN: Labor, pain, fatigue, drudgery, work, exertion, task, travail.

ANT: Ease, relaxation, rest, recreation, amusement, pleasure.

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KEY: Toll \v.\

SYN: Labor, work, drudge, strive, [See DRUDGE].

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KEY: Toilsome.

SYN: Wearisome, tiresome, laborious, fatiguing, hard, difficult, painful, [See DIFFICULT and TIRESOME].

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KEY: Token.

SYN: Evidence, exhibition, demonstration, sample, illustration, memorial, symbol, indication, badge, index, symptom, diagnosis, sign.

ANT: Misindication, misrepresentation, falsification, misillustration.

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KEY: Tolerable.

SYN: Endurable, bearable, supportable, sufferable, allowable, permissible, sufficient, passable.

ANT: Unendurable, unbearable, insupportable, insufferable, unallowable, impermissible, insufficient, intolerable.

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KEY: Tolerant.

SYN: Forbearing, indulgent, large-minded.

ANT: Intolerant, bigoted, extreme.

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KEY: Tolerate.

SYN: Suffer, allow, permit, admit, bear, endure.

ANT: repel, disallow, prohibit, repudiate, reject, resist.

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KEY: Toll.

SYN: Impost, tax, rate, duty, assessment, contribution, tribute, demand, exaction, [See DIFFICULT and TIRESOME].

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KEY: Tomb.

SYN: Grave, vault, catacomb, sepulcher, crypt, house of death, narrow house, long home.

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KEY: Tone.

SYN: Pitch, loudness, mood, intonation, sound, temper, tenor, character, drift, effect.

ANT: Atony, laxity, tunelessness.

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KEY: Tongue.

SYN: Discourse, speech, language, dialect, idiom, [See IMPOST].

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KEY: Tool.

SYN: Utensil, implement, machine, instrument, dupe, cat's-paw, hireling, [See LANGUAGE].

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KEY: Top.

SYN: Apex, head, culmination, extreme, summit.

ANT: Foot, bottom, root, base tail.

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KEY: Topic.

SYN: Question, theme, subject, subject-matter, [See THEME and DISQUISITION].

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KEY: Torment.

SYN: Tease, worry, persecute, rack, plague, tantalize, pain, distress, afflict, torture, harass, importune.

ANT: Soothe, gratify, please, entertain, delight, amuse.

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KEY: Torpid.

SYN: Numb, lifeless, senseless, dull, sluggish, inactive, hibernating, insensible, inert.

ANT: Lively, animated, gay, brisk, nimble, active, restless, energetic, vivacious, sensitive, alive.

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KEY: Torrid.

SYN: Hot, burning, arid, heated, parching, scorching, sultry.

ANT: Temperate, fresh, cool, breezy, gelid, frigid, arctic, brumal, wintry.

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KEY: Tortuous.

SYN: Devious, circuitous, anfractuous, ambiguous, complicated, sinuous, deceitful, crooked, twisting, indirect, sinister, indexed.

ANT: Right, straight, direct, rectilinear, straightforward, undeviating.

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KEY: Torture.

SYN: Agony, anguish, racking, torment.

ANT: Ecstasy, rapture, bliss.

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KEY: Toss.

SYN: Pitch, cast, hurl, shake, roll, rock, buffet, [See CAST].

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KEY: Total \a.\

SYN: Whole, entire, complete, undivided, gross, [See CAST].

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KEY: Total \n.\

SYN: Aggregate, whole, entirety, sum, completion.

ANT: Part, item, portion, contribution.

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KEY: Totally.

SYN: Entirely, wholly, fully, quite, altogether.

ANT: Partially, incompletely.

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KEY: Totter.

SYN: Stagger, reel, shake, tremble, rock, falter, [See WHOLE].

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KEY: Tottering.

SYN: Nodding, faltering, shaky, vacillating, reeling, ruinous.

ANT: Firm, unfaltering, steady, solid, immovable.

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KEY: Touch \v.\

SYN: Handle, reach, feel, arrive at, affect, impress, move, [See REACH, MOVE, and AFFECT].

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KEY: Touching.

SYN: Affecting, tender, moving, pathetic, [See PATHETIC].

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KEY: Touchy.

SYN: Testy, peevish, irritable, [See PEEVISH].

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KEY: Tough.

SYN: Resistent, stubborn, lentous, fibrous, difficult, refractory, hard, unmanageable, tenacious, firm, strong.

ANT: Yielding, tender, soft, brittle, fragile, frangible, friable.

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KEY: Tour.

SYN: Trip, excursion, jaunt, ramble, turn, outing.

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KEY: Tow.

SYN: Drag, draw, pull, haul, [See PEEVISH].

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KEY: Toy \v.\ Play, fondle, caress, sport, frolic, dally, trifle, [See PULL].

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KEY: Toy \n.\

SYN: Bauble, trifle, bagatelle, gewgaw, plaything.

ANT: Implement, utensil, weapon.

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KEY: Trace.

SYN: Explore, track, follow, derive, deduce, thread, investigate, delineate, pursue.

ANT: Miss, lose, misinvestigate, misdelineate.

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KEY: Track \v.\ [See DALLY].

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KEY: Track \n.\

SYN: Mark, footprint, trace, course, trail, way, vestige, [See TRACE].

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KEY: Trackless.

SYN: Untrodden, unfrequented, pathless, wild.

ANT: Frequented, trodden, wellmarked.

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KEY: Tract.

SYN: District, quarter, region, piece, patch.

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KEY: Tractable.

SYN: Docile, manageable, amenable.

ANT: Unmanageable, unamenable, refractory, intractable.

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KEY: Trade \n.\

SYN: Traffic, commerce, dealing, exchange, buying and selling, employment, occupation, [See VESTIGE].

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KEY: Traditional.

SYN: Transmitted, oral, unwritten.

ANT: Written, documentary.

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KEY: Traduce.

SYN: Malign, asperse, calumniate, vilify, defame, slander, decry.

ANT: Praise, commend, eulogize.

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KEY: Traffic.

SYN: Commerce, exchange, intercourse, [See COMMERCE and OCCUPATION].

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KEY: Tragedy.

SYN: Disaster, calamity, affliction, adversity, catastrophe, grief.

ANT: Joy, delight, boon, prosperity, comedy.

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KEY: Tragic.

SYN: Mournful, fatal, calamitous, sorrowful, shocking, [See TRADE].

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KEY: Train \v.\

SYN: Lead, rear, accustom, habituate, inure, drill, exercise, prose, discipline, Instruct, bend, [See CALAMITOUS].

ANT: Force, break, trail, disaccustom, dishabituate, miseducate, disqualify.

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KEY: Train \n.\

SYN: Suite, procession, retinue, cortege, course, series, [See {*k>


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