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ANT: Virgin, pure woman.

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KEY: Wicked.

SYN: Evil, bad, godless, sinful, immoral, iniquitous, criminal, unjust, unrighteous, irreligious, profane, ungodly, vicious, atrocious, black, dark, foul, unhallowed, nefarious, naughty, heinous, flagitious, abandoned, corrupt.

ANT: Good, virtuous, just, godly, moral, religious, upright, honest, pure, honorable, incorrupt, sinless, spotless, immaculate, stainless.

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KEY: Wickedness.

SYN: Vice, evil, inturpitude, immorality, offence, vileness, villainy, badness, corruption, [See VICE].

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KEY: Wide.

SYN: Broad, ample, expanded, large, extensive, spacious, distant, remote, [See AMPLE and BROAD].

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KEY: Wield.

SYN: Manage, handle, employ, sway, brandish.

ANT: Mismanage, misemploy, discard, resign, depose, surrender, deposit, abdicate.

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KEY: Wife.

SYN: Consort, spouse, helpmeet, helpmate.

ANT: Mistress, husband.

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KEY: Wild.

SYN: Untamed, undomesticated, uncultivated, uninhabited, desert, savage, uncivilized, unrefined, rude, ferocious, untrained, violent, ferine, loose, disorderly, turbulent, ungoverned, inordinate, disorderly, chimerical, visionary, incoherent, raving, distracted, haggard.

ANT: Tame, domesticated, cultivated, inhabited, frequented, populous, civilized, polite, refined, reclaimed, gentle, mild, subdued, regulated, orderly, rational, collected, coherent, sane, sober, sensible, calm, trim.

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KEY: Wile.

SYN: Guile, craft, cunning, artifice, art, device, machination, plot, design, stratagem.

ANT: Openness, candor, ingenuousness, friendliness, frankness, artlessness.

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KEY: Will \v.\

SYN: Devise, direct, bequeath.

ANT: To die without will.

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KEY: Willful.

SYN: Purposed, deliberate, designed, intentional, prepense, premeditated, preconcerted, wayward, refractory, stubborn, self-willed, headstrong.

ANT: Undesigned, accidental, unintentional, unpremeditated, docile, obedient, amenable, manageable, deferential, considerate, thoughtful.

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KEY: Willing.

SYN: Ready, voluntary, disposed, desirous, inclined.

ANT: Unwilling, disinclined, [See VOLUNTARY].

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KEY: Willingly.

SYN: Voluntarily, spontaneously, gratuitously, freely.

ANT: Unwillingly.

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KEY: Wily.

SYN: Artful, crafty, cunning, subtle, sly, [See ARTFUL].

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KEY: Will.

SYN: Allure, procure, gain, obtain, conciliate, earn, succeed, get, achieve, accomplish, conquer.

ANT: Repel, forfeit, miss, alienate, fail.

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KEY: Wind.

SYN: Coil, twine, wreath, turn, bend, curve, twist, wriggle, [See TWIST].

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KEY: Winding, [See SINUOUS].

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KEY: Winning.

SYN: Alluring, engaging, attractive, seductive.

ANT: Repulsive, unpleasing, unattractive, unwinning.

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KEY: Winnow.

SYN: Sift, simplify, eliminate, disencumber, sort.

ANT: Confuse, amalgamate, confound, intermix.

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KEY: Wisdom.

SYN: Knowledge, erudition, learning, enlightenment, attainment, information, discernment, judgment, sagacity, prudence, light.

ANT: Ignorance, illiterateness, sciolism, indiscernment, injudiciousness, folly, imprudence, darkness, empiricism, smattering, inacquaintance.

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KEY: Wise.

SYN: Intelligent, learned, skilled, judicious, rational, discreet, prudent, [See LEARNED and RATIONAL].

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KEY: wish \v.\

SYN: Desire, long for, yearn, hanker, covet, crave, [See COVET].

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KEY: Wit.

SYN: Mind, intellect, sense, reason, understanding, humor, ingenuity, imagination.

ANT: Mindlessness, senselessness, irrationality, dulness, stolidity, stupidity, inanity, doltishness, wash, vapidity, platitude, commonplace.

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KEY: Witchcraft.

SYN: Enchantment, magic, necromancy, sorcery.

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KEY: Witchery.

SYN: Enchantment, fas, fascination, glamour.

ANT: Discouragement, damper, sad reality.

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KEY: Withdraw.

SYN: Retract, recal, revoke, wrest, retreat, retire, recede, take back.

ANT: Offer, proffer, propound, produce, afford, confirm, reiterate, repeat.

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KEY: Wither.

SYN: Shrivel, dry, collapse, shrink, blast, blight.

ANT: Swell, grow, freshen, luxuriate, wanton, refresh, expand, develop.

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KEY: Withhold.

SYN: Retain, keep, inhibit, cohibit, stay, restrain, refuse, stint, forbear, detain.

ANT: Grant, afford, furnish, provide, allow, permit, encourage, incite, concede, lavish.

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KEY: Withstand.

SYN: Oppose, resist, confront, thwart, face.

ANT: Yield, surrender, submit, acquiesce, countenance, support, encourage, aid, abet, back.

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KEY: Witness.

SYN: Attestation, testimony, evidence, corroboration, cognizance, corroborator, eyewitness, spectator, auditor, testifier, voucher, earwitness.

ANT: Invalidation, Incognizance, refutation, ignorance, alien, ignoramus, stranger.

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KEY: Witty.

SYN: Jocose, humorous, facetious, acute.

ANT: Stupid, sober, dull, stolid.

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KEY: Wizard.

SYN: Juggler, magician, conjuror, necromancer, sorcerer.

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KEY: Woe.

SYN: Grief, sorrow, misery, calamity, affliction, distress, disaster, trouble, malediction, curse.

ANT: Joy, gladness, comfort, boon, happiness, prosperity, weal, benediction, blessing.

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KEY: Woful.

SYN: Doleful, sorrowful, rueful, wretched, piteous, [See COVET].

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KEY: Womanish.

SYN: Feminine, effeminate, weak, tender.

ANT: Masculine, strong, vigorous, rough.

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KEY: Wonder.

SYN: Amazement, astonishment, surprise, admiration, phenomenon, prodigy, portent, miracle, sign, marvel.

ANT: Astonishment, Indifference, apathy, unamazement, anticipation, expectation, familiarity, triviality.

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KEY: Wonderful.

SYN: amazing, astonishing, wondrous, admirable, strange, striking, surprising, awful, prodigious, portentous, marvelous, miraculous, supernatural, unprecedented, startling.

ANT: non-amazing, unastonishing, unsurprising, common, everyday, regular, normal, customary, usual, expected, anticipated, calculated, current, natural, unwonderful, unmarvelous.

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KEY: Wondrous.

SYN: Extraordinary, miraculous, [See SUCCUMB].

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KEY: Wont.

SYN: Rule, custom, use, habit.

ANT: Exception, deviation, disuse, desuetude.

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KEY: Wood.

SYN: Thicket, grove, forest, cope.

ANT: Open place.

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KEY: Word.

SYN: Term, expression, message, account, tidings, order, vocable, signal, engagement, promise.

ANT: Idea, conception.

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KEY: Work.

SYN: Exertion, effort, toil, labor, employment, performance, production, product, effect, result, composition, achievement, operation, is sue, fruit.

ANT: Effortlessness, inertia, rest, inoperativeness, non-employment, nonperformance, non-production, abortion, miscarriage, frustration, neutralization, fruitlessness.

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KEY: Workman.

SYN: Artisan, mechanic, craftsman, artificer, baud, journeyman, operative, toiler, laborer, [See WONDERFUL].

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KEY: Workmanship.

SYN: Handiwork, handicraft, manipulation.

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KEY: World.

SYN: Globe, earth, universe, cosmos people.

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KEY: Worldly.

SYN: Terrestrial, mundane, temporal, secular, earthly, carnal.

ANT: Heavenly, spiritual.

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KEY: Worry.

SYN: Harass, irritate, tantalize, importune, vex, molest, annoy, tease, torment, disquiet, plague, fret.

ANT: Soothe, calm, gratify, please, amuse, quiet.

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KEY: Worship \v.\

SYN: Adore, reverence, revere, deify, idolize, honor, exalt.

ANT: Abominate, loathe, contemn.

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KEY: Worship \n.\ Verb.

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KEY: Worth.

SYN: Value, rate, estimate, [See LABORER], price, merit, desert, excellence, rate.

ANT: Inappreciableness, cheapness, worthlessness, demerit.

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KEY: Worthless.

SYN: Cheap, vile, valueless, useless, base, contemptible, despicable, reprobate, vicious.

ANT: Costly, rich, rare, valuable, worthy, useful, honorable, estimable, excellent, noble, precious, admirable, virtuous.

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KEY: Worthy, [See COST].

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KEY: Wound.

SYN: Rend, cut, hurt, injure, harm, damage, pain, mortify, annoy, gall, irritate, lacerate.

ANT: Heal, soothe, allay, repair, mollify, soften, gratify, please.

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KEY: Wrangle.

SYN: Altercate, bicker, brawl, jangle, contend.

ANT: Converse, confabulate, harmonize, accord.

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KEY: Wrap.

SYN: Wind, fold, muffle, cover, involve, infold, envelop, encumber.

ANT: Unwind, unfold, develop, unwrap, eliminate.

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KEY: Wrath.

SYN: Ire, passion, rage, fury, anger, exasperation, indignation, resentment.

ANT: Gratification, approval, delight, appeasement, pacification, reconciliation, compassion, leniency, mercy.

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KEY: Wrathful.

SYN: Angry, ireful, enraged, infuriated, raging, exasperated, [See WORTHLESS].

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KEY: Wreath \n.\

SYN: Chaplet, garland, crown, diadem.

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KEY: Wreathe \v.\

SYN: Turn, twist, interweave, enfold, [See ANGRY].

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KEY: Wreck.

SYN: Debris, ruins, havoc, rubbish, remains, destruction, [See TWIST].

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KEY: Wrench.

SYN: Wrest, twist, distort, strain, extort, wring, [See HAVOC].

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KEY: Wrest.

SYN: Wrench, twist, distort, writhe, pervert, [See TWIST and PERVERT].

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KEY: Wretched.

SYN: Miserable, debased, humiliated, fallen, ruined, pitiable, mean, paltry, worthless, vile, despicable, contemptible, sorrowful, afflicted, melancholy, dejected.

ANT: Flourishing, prosperous, happy, unfallen, {[adujiraWe]?}, noble, honorable, worthy, valuable, enviable, joyous, felicitous, elated.

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KEY: Wrong.

SYN: Unfit, unsuitable, improper, mistaken, incorrect, erroneous, unjust, illegal, inequitable, immoral, injurious, awry.

ANT: Fit, suitable, proper, correct, accurate, right, just, legal, equitable, fair, moral, beneficial, straight.

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KEY: Wrongdoer.

SYN: Delinquent, sinner, culprit, offender, evil-doer, malefactor, [See CULPRIT].

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KEY: Wrong-doing.

SYN: Evil-doing, wickedness, injustice, crime, [See CULPRIT].

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KEY: Wrongful.

SYN: Unfair, unjust, dishonest, wrong, iniquitous, [See COMMON].

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KEY: Wrought.

SYN: Performed, effected, executed, done, produced, manufactured.

ANT: Begun, initiated, attempted.

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KEY: Wry.

SYN: Atwist, askew, contorted, distorted, deformed, deranged.

ANT: Straight, right, just, fit, proper, shapely, comely.

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KEY: Yearn.

SYN: Long, hanker, crave, covet, desire.

ANT: Loathe, revolt, recoil, shudder.

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KEY: Yearn for.

SYN: Long for, be eager for, [See JUST and HONEST].

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KEY: Yearly.

SYN: Annually, year by year, every year, per annum.

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KEY: Yet.

SYN: Besides, nevertheless, notwithstanding, however, still, eventually, ultimately, at last, so far, thus far.

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KEY: Yield.

SYN: Furnish, produce, afford, bear, render, relinquish, give in, let go, forego, accede, acquiesce, resign, surrender, concede, allow, grant, submit, succumb, comply, consent, agree.

ANT: Withdraw, withhold, retain, deny, refuse, vindicate, assert, claim, disallow, appropriate, resist, dissent, protest, recalcitrate, struggle, strive.

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KEY: Yielding.

SYN: Conceding, producing, surrendering, supple, pliant, submissive, {[accozninoding]?}, unresisting.

ANT: Firm, defiant, stiff, hard, unyielding, resisting, unfruitful.

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KEY: Yoke.

SYN: Couple, conjoin, connect, link, enslave, subjugate.

ANT: Dissever, divorce, disconnect, liberate, release, manumit, enfranchise, Young, [See YEARN].

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KEY: Youth.

SYN: Youngster, young person, boy, lad, minority, adolescence, juvenility, [See YOUTHFUL].

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KEY: Youthful.

SYN: Juvenile, young, early, fresh, childish, unripe, puerile, callow, immature, beardless.

ANT: Aged, senile, mature, decrepit, decayed, venerable, antiquated, superannuated.

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KEY: Zeal.

SYN: Ardor, interest energy, eagerness, engagedness, Heartiness, earnestness, fervor, enthusiasm.

ANT: Apathy, indifference, torpor, coldness, carelessness, sluggishness, in cordiality.

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KEY: Zealot.

SYN: Partisan, bigot, enthusiast, fanatic, devotee, visionary.

ANT: Renegade, traitor, deserter.

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KEY: Zealous.

SYN: Ardent, anxious, earnest, enthusiastic, fervid, eager, steadfast, [See ARDENT].

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KEY: Zenith.

SYN: Height, highest point, pinnacle, acme, summit, culmination, maximum.

ANT: Nadir, lowest point, depth, minimum.

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KEY: Zephyr.

SYN: West wind, mild breeze, gentle wind.

ANT: Gale, furious wind.

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KEY: Zero.

SYN: Naught, cipher, nothing.

ANT: Something, an existence, creature.

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KEY: Zest.

SYN: Flavor, appetizer, gusto, gust, pleasure, enjoyment, relish, sharpener, recommendation, enhancement.

ANT: Distaste, disrelish, detriment.


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