ANT: Clear, defend, eulogize, vindicate, shelter, shield, praise, laud, extol, uphold.
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KEY: Aspiration.
SYN: Longing, desire, aim, wish, craving, ambition, endeavor, hope, appetition, effort, eagerness.
ANT: Apathy, indifference, aimlessness, lulness, inertia, callousness, carelessness, aversion, avoidance, rejection, repudiation.
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KEY: Assail, [See ASSAULT].
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KEY: Assault.
SYN: Onset, attack, aggression, onslaught.
ANT: Defense, resistance, repulsion, retaliation, undermining, sapping, stratagem.
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KEY: Assay.
SYN: Test, endeavor, prove, try.
ANT: Survey, conjecture, guess, scan.
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KEY: Assemble.
SYN: Gather, collect, congregate, amass, muster, call together, convoke, convene.
ANT: Scatter, disperse, go away, dismiss.
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KEY: Assembly.
SYN: Meeting, concourse, assemblage, multitude, group, synod, conclave, conference, convocation, unison, company, congregation, collection, crowd, gathering, convention, aggregate.
ANT: Dispersion, dissipation, disunion, disruption.
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KEY: Assent \n.\
SYN: Coincidence, agreement, concert, acknowledgment, consent, acquiescence, approval, concurrence, approbation, compliance.
ANT: Dissent, disagreement, difference, disavowal, repudiation, declension, disclaimer, protest.
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KEY: Assent \v.\ [See CONCEDE].
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KEY: Assert.
SYN: Asseverate, declare, pronounce, depose, maintain, statement, avow, avouch, affirm, allege, protest, claim.
ANT: Deny, contradict, contravene, waive, abandon.
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KEY: Assets.
SYN: goods, proceeds, possessions, effects, property.
ANT: Debts, liabilities.
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KEY: Asseverate, [See ASSERT].
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KEY: Assiduity.
SYN: Attention, perseverance, pains, patience, exertion, labor, application, effort, politeness, constancy, sedulousness, diligence.
ANT: Indolence, remissness, inattention, desultoriness, inconstancy.
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KEY: Assiduous, [See ASSIDUITY].
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KEY: Assign.
SYN: Attribute, apportion, allege, refer, specify, consign, intrust, commit, point out, allot to, adduce, advance, appoint, convey.
ANT: Withhold, withdraw, resume, retain, refuse, disconnect, dissociate.
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KEY: Assimilate.
SYN: Compare, liken, match, engross, identify, incorporate, absorb, appropriate.
ANT: Separate, segregate, part, contrast, reject.
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KEY: Assist.
SYN: Help, succor, aid, support, relieve, befriend, second, co-operate with, back, benefit, further.
ANT: Hinder, resist, oppose, antagonize, counteract, clog, prevent.
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KEY: Assistance.
SYN: Help, aid, countenance, support, abettance, protection, maintenance, coadjutorship.
ANT: Resistance, obstruction, opposition, counteraction, antagonism, drawback, clog, preventive.
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KEY: Assistant.
SYN: Helper, aider, attendant, coadjutor, auxiliary, ally, associate, contributor, partner, confederate.
ANT: Hinderer, opposer, rival, foe, antagonist.
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KEY: Associate.
SYN: Companion, friend, ally, coadjutor, consort, helpmate, comrade, partner.
ANT: Rival, alien, foe, antagonist.
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KEY: Association.
SYN: Union, connection, conjunction, contortment, companionship, alliance, familiarity, community, membership, society, company, denomination, partnership, fellowship, fraternity, friendship.
ANT: Disunion, disconnection, estrangement, separation, severance, independence, avoidance, disruption, dismemberment, solitude, individuality.
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KEY: Assorted.
SYN: Separated, chosen, selected, clarified.
ANT: Mingled, mixed, confused, unclassified, jumbled, heaped up.
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KEY: Assortment.
SYN: Collection, disposition, distribution, class, quantity, selection, stock, miscellany, lot, variety.
ANT: Misarrangement, disarrangement, displacement, misplacement.
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KEY: Assuage.
SYN: Mitigate, soothe, console, soften, moderate, pacify, lenify, allay, ease, alleviate, abate, diminish, lessen, compose, appease, calm, tranquillize.
ANT: Exasperate, excite, increase, stimulate, incite, provoke, inflame, embitter, aggravate.
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KEY: Assuagement, [See ASSUAGE].
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KEY: Assume.
SYN: Take, appropriate, arrogate, wear, exhibit, postulate, suppose, presume, usurp, claim, pretend, feign, affect.
ANT: Waive, allow, doff, render, surrender, concede, grant, demonstrate, abandon, argue, prove.
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KEY: Assumption.
SYN: Arrogance, boldness, impudence, self-confidence, selfreliance, effrontery, presumption, conviction, certainty, self-assertion.
ANT: Distrust, timidity, bashfulness, misgiving, self-distrust, consternation, dismay, alarm.
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KEY: Assure.
SYN: Advise, advertise, promise, inform, rally, console, encourage, countenance, aid, support, convince, uphold, certify.
ANT: Misinform, misadvise, mislead, deceive, discomfit, disconceit, deter, discourage, warn, dissuade, unsettle, intimidate.
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KEY: Assurance.
SYN: Arrogance, impudence, boldness, self-confidence, selfreliance, promise, assertion, presumption, effrontery, self-assertion.
ANT: Distrust, timidity, bashfulness, self-distrust, consternation.
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KEY: Astonish.
SYN: Startle, surprise, confound, amaze, astound, fill with wonder, stupefy, alarm, terrify, electrify, scare, dumbfounder.
ANT: Rally, encourage, assure, embolden.
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KEY: Astonished.
SYN: Amazed, astounded, overwhelmed, dumbfounded, thunderstruck.
ANT: Calm, tranquil, assured, bold, undisturbed.
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KEY: Astonishing.
SYN: Amazing, wondrous, surprising, wonderful, striking, marvelous.
ANT: Foreseen, unamazed, common, astonished at nothing, ordinary, natural, usual, everyday, trite.
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KEY: Astonishment.
SYN: Wonder, surprise, marvel, amazement, admiration, awe, bewilderment, stupefaction, fascination.
ANT: Expectance, expectation, anticipation, foreseeing, absence of wonder, awe, etc.
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KEY: Astray.
SYN: Loose, abroad, missing, about, at large, wrong, erring, wandering.
ANT: Right, close, at home, safe.
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KEY: Astute.
SYN: Crafty, shrewd, knowing, sharp, discriminating, sagacious, penetrating, acute, discerning, keen.
ANT: Dull, unobserving, undiscriminating, stolid, asinine, anserine, blind.
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KEY: Asunder.
SYN: Separate, apart, disunited, divided, in twain.
ANT: In one, close, united, together.
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KEY: Athletic.
SYN: Strong, vigorous, powerful, stalwart, brawny, muscular, ablebodied, lusty, sinewy, robust.
ANT: Weak, puny, effeminate, nerveless, strengthless, unbraced.
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KEY: Atom.
SYN: Molecule, particle, mote, speck, scrap, bit.
ANT: Mass, whole, aggregate, lump.
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KEY: Atonement.
SYN: Reconciliation, expiation, compensation, preparation, satisfaction, recompense.
ANT: Alienation, separation, enmity, estrangement, division, offense, transgression.
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KEY: Atrocious.
SYN: Monstrous, nefarious, wicked, outrageous, villainous, enormous, shameful, heinous, cruel, flagrant, facinorous, flagitious.
ANT: Laudable, noble, honorable, generous, humane, admirable, chivalrous.
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KEY: Attach.
SYN: Fasten, apply, append, add, fix, subjoin, annex, unite, conciliate, tie, connect, conjoin, attract, win, bind.
ANT: Unfasten, Ioose, disunite, untie, disconnect, detach, alienate, estrange, repel.
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KEY: Attachment, [See ATTACH].
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KEY: Attack. \v.\
SYN: Assail, assault, invade, encounter, charge, besiege, impugn, contravene.
ANT: Defend, resist, repel, protest, withstand on one's own part, or for another, support, aid, shield, uphold, vindicate, shelter.
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KEY: Attack. \n.\
SYN: Invasion, assault, onset, aggression, onslaught.
ANT: Defense, resistance, repulse, protection, aid, vindication, support, maintenance, shelter.
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KEY: Attain.
SYN: Reach, extend, master, arrive at, compass, earn, win, achieve, accomplish, get, obtain, acquire, gain, secure, grasp.
ANT: Lose, fail, forfeit, miss, abandon, resign.
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KEY: Attainment.
SYN: Information, acquirements, accomplishments.
ANT: Intuition, inspiration, genius.
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KEY: Attemper.
SYN: Moderate, subdue, compound, commingle, adapt, adjust, harmonize, modify, blend, attune, mix, mold, work, medicate, amalgamate, accommodate.
ANT: Discompose, confuse, spoil, aggravate, mar.
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KEY: Attempt.
SYN: Try, endeavor, strive, undertake, seek, essay, attack, violate, force.
ANT: Disregard, abandon, pretermit, dismiss, neglect, shun, drop.
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KEY: Attempt \n.\ [See EFFORT].
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KEY: Attend.
SYN: Listen, heed, notice, observe, wait on, serve, mind, watch, accompany, consort, follow, imply, involve.
ANT: Wander, disregard, leave, forsake, abandon, desert, exclude, neutralize.
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KEY: Attention.
SYN: Observation, notice, regard, watchfulness, heed, consideration, circumspection, study, vigilance, care.
ANT: Disregard, inadvertence, remission, indifference, carelessness, abstraction, distraction, absence.
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KEY: Attentive, [See OBSERVANT].
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KEY: Attenuate.
SYN: Educe, elongate, reduce, fine-drawn, narrow, contract, diminish, compress.
ANT: Broaden, increase, expand, dilate, swell, enlarge, develop, amplify.
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KEY: Attest.
SYN: Vouch, aver, assert, certify, witness, vouch for, affirm, testify, evidence, support, confirm, suggest, prove, involve, demonstrate, establish, imply, bespeak.
ANT: Deny, controvert, contradict, contravene, disprove, disestablish, exclude, neutralize, upset, oppugn, refute.
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KEY: Attestation, [See EVIDENCE].
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KEY: Attire.
SYN: Robes, garments, clothing, vestments, habiliment, habit, raiment, clothes, garb, apparel, accoutrement, livery, uniform, costume.
ANT: Nudity, divestment, exposure, denudation, bareness, disarray, dishabille, tatters, rags, patches, shreds.
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KEY: Attitude.
SYN: Posture, position, situation, standing, composition, collocation, aspect, pose, lie.
ANT: Evolution, exercise, bearing, deportment, movement, gesticulation, manoeuvre, gesture.
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KEY: Attract.
SYN: Influence, induce, dispose, incline, tempt, prompt, allure, charm, fascinate, invite, entice.
ANT: Repel, deter, indispose, disincline, estrange, alienate.
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KEY: Attraction.
SYN: Inducement, influence, adduction, inclination, disposition, charm, beauty, allurement.
ANT: Repulsion, disinclination, aversion, indisposition, deformity, repugnance.
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KEY: Attractive.
SYN: Winning, alluring, tempting, inviting, engaging, captivating, fascinating, enticing, interesting, charming, pleasant, beautiful, agreeable.
ANT: Unattractive, repugnant, repulsive, uninteresting, disagreeable, unpleasant, deformed, ugly, deterrent, loathsome, forbidding.
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KEY: Attribute \v.\
SYN: Refer, assign, associate, apply, ascribe, charge, impute, connect.
ANT: Divorce, disconnect, dissociate, dissever.
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KEY: Attribute \n.\
SYN: Property, quality, characteristic, attainment, sign, mark, indication, manifestation.
ANT: correlative, viz, Essence, nature, substance, etc, or, spuriously, affectation, misnomer, semblance, assumption, mask, veil.
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KEY: Attrition.
SYN: Sorrow, repentance, affliction, penitence, compunction, remorse, self-reproach.
ANT: Impenitence, callousness, obduracy, reprobation, relentlessness.
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KEY: Attune.
SYN: Temper, attemper, harmonize, adjust, accommodate.
ANT: Unstring, disharmonize, disarrange, discompose, dislocate, disturb, disconcert.
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KEY: Audacious.
SYN: Insolent, adventurous, venturesome, presumptuous, valiant, rash, bold, daring, reckless, enterprising.
ANT: Timid, cowardly, cautious, inadventurous, unventuresome, unenterprising.
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KEY: Audacity.
SYN: Boldness, rashness, temerity, recklessness, hardihood.
ANT: Caution, self-preservation, timidity, calculation, forethought, foresight, diffidence, inadventurousness.
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KEY: Audience.
SYN: Hearers, assembly, auditory, conference, parley, reception, interview.
ANT: Soliloquy, monologue, apostrophe.
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KEY: Augment, [See ENLARGE].
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KEY: Augmentation.
SYN: Increase, enlargement, amplification, enrichment, supply, enhancement, addition, acquisition, improvement.
ANT: Deduction, detraction, diminution, contraction, withdrawal, reservation, expenditure, loss, waste, detriment, deterioration, impoverishment, reduction, curtailment.
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KEY: Augury.
SYN: Prophecy, prediction, divination, conjecture, omen, prognostication.
ANT: Experience, science, observation.
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KEY: August \a.\
SYN: Majestic, dignified, stately, noble, pompous, imposing, grand, solemn, exalted.
ANT: Mean, undignified, unimposing, common, vulgar, despicable, paltry, unnoticeable, beggarly, commonplace.
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KEY: auspicious.
SYN: Propitious, lucky, favorable, encouraging, satisfactory, successful, hopeful, promising, happy, golden, fortunate, opportune, prosperous.
ANT: Unpropitious, unfavorable, discouraging, unsatisfactory, inauspicious, unpromising, abortive, hopeless.
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KEY: Austere.
SYN: Hard, rigid, stern, severe, morose, unrelenting, unyielding, strict, rigorous, harsh, sour, relentless.
ANT: Mild, affable, kindly, tender, feeling, bland, indulgent, genial.
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KEY: Authentic.
SYN: Genuine, veritable, reliable, real, original, trustworthy, not
spurious, true, legitimate, certain, accepted, current, received.
ANT: Unreliable, spurious, false, apocryphal, disputed, exploded, rejected, counterfeit, unfounded, unauthorized, baseless, fabulous, fictitious.
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KEY: Authenticate.
SYN: Confirm, settle, establish, verify, substantiate, identify.
ANT: Contravene, disprove, disestablish, refute, upset.
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KEY: Author.
SYN: Creator, producer, inventor, originator, parent, cause, constructor, agent, maker, composer, fabricator, committer, perpetrator, doer.
ANT: Destroyer, annihilator, demolisher, spoiler, undoer, reverser.
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KEY: Authoritative.
SYN: Decisive, sure, conclusive, authentic, powerful, firm, potent, dictatorial, imperious, arbitrary, arrogant, imperative, dogmatic, commanding.
ANT: Weak, inconclusive, vague, indeterminate, indefinite, vacillating, undecisive, bland, conciliatory, affable, lenient, persuasive.
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KEY: Authority.
SYN: Ground, justification, authenticity, genuineness, conclusiveness, decisiveness, control, direction, jurisdiction, government, regulation, power, right, rule, sway, sufferance, supremacy, dominion.
ANT: Groundlessness, spuriousness, indecision, inconclusiveness, inoperativeness, incompetency, weakness, usurpation, wrong.
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KEY: Authorize, [See EMPOWER].
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KEY: Autocracy, [See AUTOCRATIC].
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KEY: Autocratic.
SYN: Independent, arbitrary, despotic, irresponsible, absolute.
ANT: Dependent, subordinate, re sponsible, constitutional, limited.
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KEY: Auxiliary.
SYN: Helpful, abetting, aiding, accessory, promotive, conducive, assistant, ancillary, assisting, subsidiary, helping.
ANT: Unassisting, unconducive, unpromotive, redundant, superfluous, obstructive, retardative, irrelevant, cumbersome.
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KEY: Avail \v.\
SYN: Suffice, hold, stand, endure, answer, tell, profit, help, benefit, advantage, service, use, utility.
ANT: Fail, fall, disappoint, betray.
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KEY: Avail.
SYN: Profit, help, benefit, advantage, use, utility, service.
ANT: Disadvantage, hindrance, helplessness.
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KEY: Available.
SYN: Useful, appropriable, convertible, attainable, handy, conducive, applicable, procurable, advantage, helpful, profitable, suitable, serviceable.
ANT: Useless, inappropriate, inapplicable, unprocurable, inconducive, irrelevant, Inoperative, unavailable.
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KEY: Avarice.
SYN: Greed, cupidity, rapacity, penuriousness, niggardliness, miserliness, stinginess, covetousness, acquisitiveness, griping, greediness.
ANT: Large-heartedness, unselfishness, liberality, bountifulness, profuseness, squander, prodigality, extravagance, waste.
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KEY: Avaricious, [See LIBERAL].
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KEY: Avenge.
SYN: Vindicate, right, visit, retaliate.
ANT: Waive, don, forego, condone, remit, forgive, overlook.
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KEY: Avenue.
SYN: Approach, adit, access, entrance.
ANT: Exit, egress.
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KEY: Aver.
SYN: Assert, asseverate, affirm, depose, avouch, protest, oblige, declare.
ANT: Deny, contradict, contravene, disavow, disclaim, repudiate, gainsay, oppugn.
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KEY: Average.
SYN: Mean, medium, middle, mediocre.
ANT: Extreme, excess, defect, perfectness, perfection.
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KEY: Averse.
SYN: Hostile, disinclined, indisposed, repugnant, backward, unwilling, reluctant, loath.
ANT: Ready, disposed, eager, prone, inclined, desirous.
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KEY: Aversion.
SYN: Hatred, dislike, distaste, repugnance, uncongeniality, abhorrence, antipathy.
ANT: Love, desire, affection, liking, congeniality, sympathy, ardor, eagerness, avidity.
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KEY: Avidity.
SYN: Cupidity, avarice, desire, greed, longing, rapacity, eagerness.
ANT: Coldness, indifference, apathy, insensibility, antipathy, nausea, aversion, repugnance, loathing.
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KEY: Avocation.
SYN: Profession, calling, lot, employment, vocation, occupation, business, pursuit, line.
ANT: Holiday, leisure, idleness, self-abandonment, misemployment.
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KEY: Avoid.
SYN: Quit, shun, abandon, desert, forsake, relinquish, fly, eschew, elude, dodge, escape, shirk.
ANT: Seek, court, approach, accost, address, affect.
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KEY: Avouch.
SYN: Aver, protest, declare, propound, asseverate, profess.
ANT: Deny, contradict, oppose, oppugn, contravene, controvert, gainsay.
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KEY: Avow, [See AVOUCH].
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KEY: Awaken, [See BOUSE].
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KEY: Award.
SYN: Assign, apportion, attribute, accord, grant, distribute, divide, allot, give, determine, decree, order, adjudge.
ANT: Refuse, withhold, withdraw, retain, misappropriate, misapportion.
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KEY: Aware.
SYN: Conscious, sensible, informed, certified, assured, known, apprised, cognizant.
ANT: Unconscious, insensible, ignorant, unaware, uninformed.
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KEY: Away.
SYN: Far, afar, separate, detached, loose, abroad.
ANT: Close, near.
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KEY: Awe.
SYN: Fear, dread, veneration, reverence.
ANT: Fearlessness, contempt, disrespect, familiarity, irreverence.
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KEY: Awful.
SYN: Fearful, direful, appalling, terrible, alarming, dreadful, horrible, solemn, portentous, horrific.
ANT: Inocuous, informidable, unimposing, unastonishing, commonplace, unnoticeable, unalarming, alluring.
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KEY: Awhile.
SYN: Briefly, little.
ANT: Ever, always, forever, ever, more.
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KEY: Awkward.
SYN: Ungainly, clownish, clumsy, maladroit, unhandy, uncouth, rough, boorish, bungling, gawky.
ANT: Neat, clever, dexterous, skilful, adroit, handy.
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KEY: Awry.
SYN: Crooked, aslant, askew, atwist, bent, carved, distorted, twisted, wrong.
ANT: Right, straight, true, direct.
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KEY: Axiom.
SYN: Self-evident truth, aphorism, truism, apophthegm, maxim.
ANT: Nonsense, absurdity, soliloquy, absurdness.
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KEY: Azure \a.\
SYN: Blue, cerulean, sky blue, bluish, blue-colored.
ANT: Orange, ochreous, orange-colored, orange-flame.
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KEY: Babble \v.\
SYN: Prate, prattle, dribble, chatter, gabble, twaddle, blab, cackle.
ANT: Enunciate, vociferate, hush, suppress.
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KEY: Babbler.
SYN: Blab, chatterbox, gossip, tattler, telltale.
ANT: Confident, confessor.
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KEY: Babbling.
SYN: Prating, blabbing, talkativeness, tattling, cackling, gossip, loquacity, garrulity.
ANT: Reticence, reserve, secretiveness, closeness, refrain, incommunicativeness, taciturnity.
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KEY: Babel.
SYN: Hubbub, confusion, clamor, jargon, din, discord, clang.
ANT: Elocution, articulation, monotony, distinctness, consecutiveness, intonation, enunciation, unisonousness.
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KEY: Backbiter.
SYN: Detractor, traducer, calumniator, slanderer, cynic, maligner, defamer.
ANT: Vindicator, upholder, palliator, advocate, mitigator, defender, befriender.
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KEY: Backslider.
SYN: Renegade, abjurer, recreant, apostate.
ANT: Professor, confessor, adherent, zealot, bigot.
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KEY: Backsliding, [See BACKSLIDER].
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KEY: Backwardness.
SYN: Reluctance, slowness, shyness, hesitation, unwillingness, repugnance.
ANT: Forwardness, readiness, willingness, promptitude, alacrity.
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KEY: Backward, [See BACKWARDNESS].
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KEY: Bad, [See GOOD].
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KEY: Baffle.
SYN: Frustrate, counteract, estop, disconcert, elude, mock, thwart, confound, defeat, perplex, restrain, upset, foil, mar, balk, neutralize, dodge, counterfoil.
ANT: Point, aid, abet, enforce, promote, assist, advance, encourage.
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KEY: Bait.
SYN: Morsel, snare, decoy, enticement, allurement, inducement.
ANT: Warning, scarecrow, dissuasive, deterrent, prohibition, intimidation, threat.
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KEY: Balance.
SYN: Weigh, poise, pit, et, counterpoise, counteract, neutralize, equalize, estimate, redress, adjust.
ANT: Upset, tilt, cant, subvert, mispoise, overbalance.
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KEY: Balderdash.
SYN: Gasconade, flummery, rhodomontade, bombast, fustian, froth.
ANT: Sense, wisdom, logic, reason, sobriety, truthfulness.
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KEY: Balk.
SYN: Estop, bar, thwart, frustrate, foil, stop, prevent, hinder, neutralize, nullify, mar, counteract, disappoint, defeat, baffle.
ANT: Aid, abet, promote, advance, encourage, instigate.
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KEY: Balmy, [See AROMATIC].
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KEY: Bandy.
SYN: Interchange, exchange, reciprocate, cross, pass.
ANT: Quash, silence, drop, burke, close, stifle, extinguish.
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KEY: Baneful, [See PERNICIOUS].
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KEY: Banish.
SYN: Expel, abandon, dispel, eject, extrude, exclude, relegate, expatriate, repudiate, disclaim.
ANT: Cherish, foster, protect, consider, encourage, locate, retain, entertain, domiciliate, domesticate, harbor.
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KEY: Banishment.
SYN: Outlawry, ostracism, expatriation, expulsion, persecution.
ANT: Remaining, cherishing, fostering, retaining.
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KEY: Banquet.
SYN: Feast, festivity, treat, entertainment, festival, carousal, carouse, regalement, cheer.
ANT: Fast, abstinence, starvation.
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KEY: Banter.
SYN: Badinage, chaff, mockery, derision, ridicule, irony, jeering, raillery.
ANT: Discussion, discourse, argument.
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KEY: Barbarous.
SYN: Rude, strange, uncivilized, brutal, cruel, ferocious, inhuman, merciless, outlandish, savage, uncouth, atrocious, flagitious, unfettered, nefarious, gross.
ANT: Polite, civilized, refined, humane, urbane.
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KEY: Barely, [See HARDLY].
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KEY: Bargain.
SYN: Transaction, negotiation, business, profit, speculation, higgling, gain, hawking, chaffer, haggling.
ANT: Loss, misprofit.
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KEY: Barren, [See STERILE].
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KEY: Base \a.\
SYN: Vile, dishonorable, low, sordid, ignoble, worthiest, mean, infamous, shameful, grovelling, disingenuous, disesteemed, cheap, corrupt, deep.
ANT: Lofty, exalted, refined, noble, esteemed, honored, valued, pure, correct, shrill.
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KEY: Baseless, [See GROUNDLESS].
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KEY: Bashful.
SYN: Modest, diffident, shy, retiring, reserved.
ANT: Bold, impudent, forward, unreserved, pert, conceited, ostentatious, egotistic.
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KEY: Bask.
SYN: Luxuriate, repose, lounge, dally.
ANT: Stir, work, toil, slave, drudge, labor.
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KEY: Baste.
SYN: Buffet, cudgel, pound, beat.
ANT: Soothe, tickle, caress, stroke.
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KEY: Battle.
SYN: Fight, conflict, contest, combat, engagement, encounter, action.
ANT: Peace, truce, pacification, arbitrament, council, mediation.
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KEY: Bauble.
SYN: Toy, trifle, plaything, knicknack, gewgaw, gimcrack, kickshaw.
ANT: Valuable, possession, acquisition, gera, ornament, decoration, jewel.
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KEY: Basis, [See FOUNDATION].
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KEY: Bawl.
SYN: Shout, vociferate, halloo, roar, bellow.
ANT: Whisper, mutter, babble, mumble.
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KEY: Bays.
SYN: Laurels, trophy, success, prize, premium, achievement, victory, triumph.
ANT: Failure, defeat, disgrace, stigma, brand.
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KEY: Beach.
SYN: Shore, coast, strand, seacoast, seaboard, seashore.
ANT: Sea, ocean, deep, main.
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KEY: Beaming.
SYN: Shining, gleaming, bright, radiant, beautiful, transparent, translucid.
ANT: Dull, opaque, dingy, beamless, wan, matt.
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KEY: Bear.
SYN: Carry, lift, transport, convey, maintain, uphold, suffer, undergo, support, tolerate, waft, yield, sustain, hold, harbor, entertain, fill, enact, endure, admit, produce, generate.
ANT: Drop, refuse, decline, resign, expel, eject, resist, repel, protest, resent, reject.
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KEY: Bearing.
SYN: Behavior, deportment, manner, aspect, carriage, mien, demeanour, port, conduct, inclination, position, appearance, direction, course.
ANT: Misbehaviour, jurisdirection, misobservation.
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KEY: Beastly, [See BRUTAL].
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KEY: Beat.
SYN: Strike, pound, batter, surpass, thrash, cudgel, overcome, defeat, conquer, worst, whack, belabor, vanquish.
ANT: Defend, protect, shield, fall, shelter, surrender, stroke, caress, pat.
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KEY: Beatitude.
SYN: Blessedness, bliss, beatification.
ANT: Misery, pain, suffering, punishment.
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KEY: Beautiful, [See BEAUTY, and HANDSOME].
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KEY: Beautify.
SYN: Decorate, adorn, ornament, deck.
ANT: Deform, spoil, mar, stain, deface, disfigure, befoul, soil, denude, bare, strip.
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KEY: Beauty.
SYN: Loveliness, grace, fairness, seemliness, comeliness, picturesqueness, exquisiteness, adornment, embellishment.
ANT: Foulness, ugliness, deformity, hideousness, bareness, unattractiveness.
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KEY: Because.
SYN: Owing, consequently, accordingly.
ANT: Irrespectively, independently, inconsequently, unconnectedly.
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KEY: Beck.
SYN: Nod, sign, signal, symbol, token, indication, authority, orders, instruction, subserviency, influence, call, command, control, mandate.
ANT: Independence, insubservience.
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KEY: Become.
SYN: Befit, grace, beseem, behove.
ANT: Misbeseem, misfit, misbecome, disgrace.
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KEY: Becoming.
SYN: Beseeming, neat, fit, proper, decorous, comely, seemly, befitting, graceful, decent, suitable, improving.
ANT: Unbeseeming, unseemly, uncomely, unbecoming, unbefitting, ungraceful, indecent, unsuitable, unimproving, derogatory.
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KEY: Bedaub.
SYN: Bespatter, befoul, discolor, mar, disfigure, deface, besmear, spoil, soil, stain.
ANT: Cleanse, absterge, purify, embellish, whiten, decorate, beautify.
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KEY: Bedeck, [See DECK].
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KEY: Bedizen.
SYN: Tawdry, betinselled, gaudy, flashy, bespangled.
ANT: Adorned, robed, decorated, beautified.
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KEY: Befall.
SYN: Happen, occur, betide, fall, supervene, bechance.
ANT: Miss, pass, spare, pretermit.
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KEY: Befitting.
SYN: Fitting, decent, becoming, suitable, appropriate, proper, consistent, expedient, desirable.
ANT: Obligatory, compulsory, unbefitting, indecent, unbecoming, unsuitable, inappropriate, incompatible, inexpedient, improper.
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KEY: Befool.
SYN: Deceive, cheat, mystify, bamboozle, ensnare, hoodwink, mislead.
ANT: Guide, enlighten, advise, undeceive, lead.
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KEY: Before.
SYN: Precedently, anteriorly, antecedently.
ANT: After, afterwards, subsequently, posteriorly, later, behind.
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KEY: Befriend.
SYN: Assist, countenance, support, advocate, promote, protect, defend.
ANT: Oppose, di?countenanced, withstand, thwart, decry, defame, oppress, annoy.
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KEY: Beg.
SYN: Ask, request, entreat, supplicate, beseech, implore, pray, petition, crave.
ANT: Insist, exact, extort, require, demand.
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KEY: Beggar.
SYN: Mendicant, petitioner, suitor, suppliant, applicant.
ANT: Exactor, extortioner.
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KEY: Beggarly, Miserable, poor, stinted, wretched, niggardly, stingy, scant, illiberal.
ANT: Noble, princely, stately, prodigal, sumptuous, liberal, profuse, gorgeous, magnificent.
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KEY: Beggary.
SYN: Want, penury, destitution, indigence, mendicancy.
ANT: Affluence, riches, abundance, plenty.
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KEY: Begin.
SYN: Initiate, commence, prepare, start, originate, arise, inaugurate.
ANT: Achieve, complete, terminate, conclude, consummate, finish, close, end.
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KEY: Beginner.
SYN: Tyro, novice, neophyte, learner, pupil.
ANT: Adept, expert, master, authority.
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KEY: Beginning.
SYN: Commencement, start, origin, rise, initiation, preparation, preface, prelude, inauguration, inception, threshold, opening, source, outset, foundation.
ANT: End, close, termination, conclusion, consummation, completion.
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KEY: Beguile, [See BEFOOL].
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KEY: Behalf.
SYN: Side, interest, advantage, aid, bestead.
ANT: [See BESTEAD].
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KEY: Behavior.
SYN: Conduct, bearing, demeanor, proceeding, comportment, action, manner, deportment.
ANT: Misdemeanor, misbehavior, misconduct.
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KEY: Behest.
SYN: Injunction, command, instruction, mandate, commission, requirement, trust.
ANT: Option, liberty, non-interference, discretion.
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KEY: Behind, [See BEFORE].
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KEY: Behold.
SYN: Look, discern, regard, view, descry, look upon, gaze, contemplate, observe, see, scan, survey.
ANT: Overlook, disregard, ignore, miss, blink, wink, connive.
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KEY: Beholden.
SYN: Bound, obliged, indebted, thankful, grateful.
ANT: Unindebted, unobliged, unbound, unthankful, ungrateful.
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KEY: Beholder.
SYN: Spectator, observer, bystander, witness, looker-on.
ANT: [See BEHOLD].
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KEY: Belief.
SYN: Assent, faith, trust, credence, avowal, assurance, admission, conviction, opinion, permission, creed, reliance, concession, confidence.
ANT: Dissent, unbelief, distrust, denial, misgiving, disavowal, rejection, disbelief.
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KEY: Bellicose.
SYN: Quarrelsome, pugnacious, belligerent, irascible, contentious.
ANT: Peaceful, peaceable, unquarrelsome, pacific, unwarlike, unexcitable, good-tempered, genial.
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KEY: Belligerent.
SYN: Contending, engaging, fighting, opposed, adverse, rival, conflicting, antagonist, assailant, hostile.
ANT: Neutral, pacific, peaceful, nonbelligerent, appeased, reconciled.
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KEY: Bellow, [See BAWL].
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KEY: Belonging.
SYN: Related, connected, appertaining, cognate, congenial, obligatory, accompanying.
ANT: Unrelated, unconnected, Irrelevant, impertinent, alien, uncongenial, discretional, optional, uninvolved, unimplied, independent.
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KEY: Belong to.
SYN: Pertain to, appertain to, regard, relate to.
ANT: Not to belong to, not to appertain to, not to relate to.
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KEY: Beloved.
SYN: Cared for, cherished, loved.
ANT: Hated, loathed.
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KEY: Below.
SYN: Under, beneath, adown, underneath.
ANT: Above, over, aloft.
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KEY: Bend.
SYN: Curve, deviate, incline, tend, swerve, diverge, mold, persuade, influence, bias, dispose, direct, lower, subordinate to, lean, deflect, bow, condescend, yield, stoop, submit.
ANT: Proceed, continue, extend, advance, stand, stiffen, break, crush, resist.
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KEY: Beneath.
SYN: Below, underneath, under, adown.
ANT: Above, over, overhead, aloft.
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KEY: Benediction.
SYN: Blessing, commendation, approval, benison, gratitude, thankfulness, thanksgiving.
ANT: Curse, malediction, disapproval, censure, obloquy, execration, ingratitude.
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KEY: Benefaction.
SYN: Grant, gratuity, boon, donation, aims, present, gift, endowment, bequest, favor, presentation.
ANT: Deprivation, reservation, disfavor, presumption, confiscation, disendowment.
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KEY: Benefactor.
SYN: Friend, supporter, contributor, upholder, well-wisher, favorer, well-doer, patron.
ANT: Foe, opponent, disfavorer, antagonist, rival, backfriend, oppressor.
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KEY: Beneficial.
SYN: Profitable, salutary, advantageous, wholesome, salubrious.
ANT: Prejudicial, noxious, hurtful, unprofitable, detrimental.
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KEY: Beneficent.
SYN: Bountiful, benevolent, benignant.
ANT: Hard, uncommiserating, griping, unbeneficent, illiberal, oppressive, cruel.
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KEY: Benefit.
SYN: Boon, behoof, service, utility, avail, use, good, advantage, profit, favor, blessing.
ANT: Evil, loss, disadvantage, detriment, damage, calamity, bereavement, injury, privation.
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KEY: Benevolence.
SYN: Kindness, goodwill, charity, philanthropy, kindliness, kind-heartedness, benignity, beneficence, liberality.
ANT: Unkindness, harshness, barbarity, niggardliness, maleficence, malignity, illiberality, ill-will, churlishness.
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KEY: Benevolent, [See BENEFICIENT].
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KEY: Benignant, [See BENEFICIENT].
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KEY: Benison, [See BENEDICTION].
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KEY: Bent.
SYN: Inclination, angle, direction, bias, determination, disposition, intention, prepossession, propensity, predilection, turn, leaning.
ANT: Indisposition, aversion.
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KEY: Bequeath.
SYN: Give, grant, leave by will, devise, will, bestow, impart, demise, leave \n.\ Legacy, inheritance.
ANT: Withhold, alienate \n.\ Disinheritance, transference, abalienation, dispossession.
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KEY: Bereave.
SYN: Rob, deprive, divest, dispossess, impoverish, reduce, spoil, strip.
ANT: Replenish, compensate, reinstate, satisfy, enrich, benefit.
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KEY: Bereavement.
SYN: Destitution, affliction, deprivation, loss.
ANT: Gift, blessing, donation, benefaction, compensation, reparation, restoration, reinstatement, substitution, restitution, consolation.
ANT: [See [BENEFACTION and BENEFIT].
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KEY: Bereft.
SYN: Robbed, deprived, destitute, denied, spoiled.
ANT: Endowed, enriched, compensated, consoled, possessed.
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KEY: Beseech.
SYN: Entreat, pray, solicit, ask, implore, crave, request, supplicate, petition, beg.
ANT: Insist, demand, exact, intimidate, command, coerce.
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KEY: Beseem.
SYN: Befit, suit, belong, appertain.
ANT: Unbeseem, disgrace.
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KEY: Beseeming.
SYN: Befitting, belonging, suitable, appertaining, consistent, compatible, requisite, decent, graceful.
ANT: Unbefitting, unseemly, unsuitable, improper, indecent, ungraceful.
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KEY: Bound.
SYN: Hem, surround, environ, encircle, besiege, beleaguer, embarrass.
ANT: Liberate, abandon.
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KEY: Beside.
SYN: Close, near, alongside, additionally, over and above, together, moreover.
ANT: Separate, apart, inclusively.
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KEY: Besiege.
SYN: Beset, beleaguer, sit, invest.
ANT: Abandon, (Phrase, “Raise the siege”).
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KEY: Besmear, [See BEDAUB].
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KEY: Besotted.
SYN: Intoxicated, steeped, stupefied, drunk, drenched, doltish, gross, prejudiced.
ANT: Sober, temperate, clear, unbiased, unprejudiced, enlightened, refined.
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KEY: Bespatter.
SYN: Besprinkle, befoul, bedaub, revile, vilify, asperse.
ANT: Absterge, sponge, cleanse, purify, vindicate, defend, clear.
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KEY: Bespeak.
SYN: Betoken, foreorder, forestall, provide, prearrange, indicate, evidence.
ANT: Belie, resign, countermand.
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KEY: Bestead \v.\
SYN: Convenience, serve, uphold, assist, accommodate, benefit.
ANT: Thwart, damage, incommode, oppose, injure.
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KEY: Bestead \n.\
SYN: Interest, behalf, advantage, benefit, part, side.
ANT: Injury, disadvantage, opposition, detriment, damage.
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KEY: Bestir. Commonly used reflexively for, to stir one's self, [See STIR].
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KEY: Bestir \n.\ [See STIR].
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KEY: Bestow.
SYN: Confer, give, present, award, accord, grant.
ANT: Withhold, withdraw, reserve, alienate, transfer, appropriate, usurp, seize.
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KEY: Better \v.\
SYN: Meliorate, improve, amend, emend, ameliorate, rectify, reform.
ANT: Make worse.
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KEY: Betide.
SYN: Befall, occur, happen.
ANT: [See BEFALL].
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KEY: Betimes.
SYN: Early, beforehand, preparedly, readily.
ANT: Behindhand, slowly, sluggishly, belatedly.
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KEY: Betoken.
SYN: Teach, indicate, proclaim, presage, augur, portend, foreshow, signify, forebode, evidence, declare, manifest, involve, imply.
ANT: Misindicate, mislead, misdeclare, misteach, belie, mask, hide.
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KEY: Betray.
SYN: Deceive, delude, dupe, circumvent, ensnare, dishonor, manifest, indicate, reveal.
ANT: Protect, preserve, guard, conserve, foster, cherish, fence, conceal, cover, suppress.
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KEY: Between, Betwixt, [See AMIDST].
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KEY: Bevy \n.\
SYN: Assembly, parterre, galaxy, constellation, nock.
ANT: Gang, crew, herd, mob.
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KEY: Bewail.
SYN: Lament, deplore, rue, bemoan, sorrow, grieve, mourn for.
ANT: Exult, hail, rejoice, welcome, greet.
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KEY: Beware.
SYN: Care, refrain, consider, heed, look, fear, avoid.
ANT: Ignore, overlook, neglect, incur, brave, dare.
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KEY: Bewilder.
SYN: Daze, dazzle, confound, mystify, puzzle, embarrass, astonish, perplex, confuse, mislead.
ANT: Guide, inform, lead, instruct, enlighten, edify.
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KEY: Bewildered, [See CONFUSED].
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KEY: Bewitch.
SYN: Enchant, fascinate, charm, captivate, entrance.
ANT: Exorcise, disillusionize, disenchant.
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KEY: Beyond.
SYN: Over, further, past, more.
ANT: Here, close, near, hither, less, short.
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KEY: Bias, [See BENT].
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KEY: Bicker.
SYN: Wrangle, quarrel, jar, dispute, contend.
ANT: Chat, gossip, converse, agree.
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KEY: Bickering.
SYN: Wrangling, disputing, contention, strife, altercation, dispute.
ANT: Conversing, chatting, agreeing.
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KEY: Bid.
SYN: Tell, request, instruct, direct, order, proffer, charge, command, propose, offer.
ANT: Forbid, deter, prohibit, restrain.
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KEY: Bide.
SYN: Wait, remain, tarry, stay, await, expect, anticipate, continue, bear, abide, endure.
ANT: Quit, depart, migrate, move, resist, resent, repel, abjure, protest, rebel.
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KEY: Big.
SYN: Large, great, wide, huge, bulky, proud, arrogant, pompous, fat, massive, gross.
ANT: Little, small, narrow, minute, slight, lean, affable, easy, unaffected.
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KEY: Bigoted.
SYN: Prejudiced, intolerant, narrow-minded, blindly devoted, onesided, confined.
ANT: Unprejudiced, open-minded, large-minded, broad, comprehensive, liberal.
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KEY: Bigotry.
SYN: Prejudice, Pharisaism, obstinacy, credulity, fanaticism, intolerance, superstition.
ANT: Liberality, charity, enlightenment, toleration, eclecticism, latitudinarianism.
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KEY: Bill.
SYN: Account, reckoning, score, charges, jaw, mandible, beak.
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KEY: Bind.
SYN: Fetter, engage, tie, fasten, secure, lace, twine, oblige, compel, restrict, restrain, secure.
ANT: Untie, loose, unfasten, acquit, free, liberate.
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KEY: Binding.
SYN: Restrictive, obligatory, restraining, stringent, styptic, costive, astringent.
ANT: Loosening, opening, enlarging, distending.
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KEY: Birth.
SYN: Parentage, extraction, nativity, family, race, origin, source, rise, lineage, nobility.
ANT: Death, extinction, plebeianism.
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KEY: Bit.
SYN: Morsel, piece, fragment, part.
ANT: Mass, whole.
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KEY: Biting.
SYN: Pungent, censorious, piercing, gnawing, sarcastic, sardonic, trenchant.
ANT: Pleasant, genial, soothing, complacent, flattering.
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KEY: Bitter.
SYN: Harsh, sour, sharp, tart, acrimonious, sarcastic, severe, sad, afflictive, intense, stinging, pungent, acrid, cutting.
ANT: Sweet, mellow, pleasant, affable, kindly, genial, light, mitigated, trivial.
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KEY: Bitterness, [See ANTIPATHY].
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KEY: Blacken.
SYN: Bespatter, befoul, bedaub, defame, decry, calumniate, dishonor, asperse, traduce, vilify, slander, malign.
ANT: Vindicate, clear, eulogize.
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KEY: Blackguard.
SYN: Scoundrel, rascal, rapscallion, blackleg, villain.
ANT: Gentleman.
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KEY: Blame.
SYN: Censure, chide, rebuke, reproach, vituperate, dispraise, disapprove, condemn, reprehend, reprobate, reprove.
ANT: Acquit, exculpate, exonerate, encourage, praise, approve.
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KEY: Blamable, [See BLAMELESS].
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KEY: Blameless.
SYN: Pure, innocent, irresponsible.
ANT: Criminated, implicated, answerable, blameworthy, faulty, guilty, blamable.
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KEY: Blanch.
SYN: Bleach, whiten.
ANT: Darken, color, obfuscate.
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KEY: Bland.
SYN: Soft, mild, gentle, complaisant, courteous, affable, gracious, tender, benign.
ANT: Harsh, abrupt, rough.
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KEY: Blandiloquence.
SYN: Glossiness, blarney, humbug, flattery, speciousness, adulation.
ANT: Bluntness, roughness, abruptness.
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KEY: Blandishment.
SYN: Coaxing, flattery, wheedling, fawning, cajolery.
ANT: Roughness, bluntness, unmannerliness.
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KEY: Blank.
SYN: Bleak, bare, utter, unmitigated, broad.
ANT: Modified, qualified, mitigated.
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KEY: Blasphemy.
SYN: Swearing, profaneness, impiety.
ANT: Reverence, veneration, godliness.
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KEY: Blast \v.\
SYN: Blight, shrivel, destroy, wither.
ANT: Restore, expand, swell.
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KEY: Blast \n.\
SYN: Breeze, efflation, explosion, blight, burst, blaze, frustration, destruction, squall, gale, tempest, hurricane, affiliation.
ANT: Zephyr, gentle breeze, neutralization.
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KEY: Blatant.
SYN: Noisy, bellowing, vociferous, clamorous, braying.
ANT: Quiet, low-toned, gentle.
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KEY: Blaze, [See BLAST].
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KEY: Blazon.
SYN: Notify, signalize, publicate, adventure, circulate, propagate, disseminate.
ANT: Cover, conceal, hide, suppress, hush, palliate, shroud, bury.
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KEY: Bleach.