SYN: Whiten, blanch.
ANT: Darken, blacken, soil, [See BLANCH].
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KEY: Bleak.
SYN: Blank, bare, open, cold, exposed, stormy, nipping.
ANT: Warm, sheltered, verdant, luxuriant, zephyrous, balmy, halcyonic.
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KEY: Blemish.
SYN: Spot, blur, blot, flaw, speck, fault, imperfection, stain, daub, tarnish, defacement, discoloration, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, defect.
ANT: Purity, unsulliedness, honor, intactness.
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KEY: Blench.
SYN: Start, shy, shudder, recoil, shrink.
ANT: Encounter, dare, venture, face, stand.
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KEY: Blend.
SYN: Mix, harmonize, unite, combine, fuse, merge, amalgamate, mingle, commingle, coalesce.
ANT: Run, separate, divide, dissociate, confound.
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KEY: Bless.
SYN: Felicitate, endow, enrich, gladden, rejoice, cheer, thank.
ANT: Deprive, sadden, impoverish, ignore, curse, anathematize.
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KEY: Blessedness, [See JOY].
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KEY: Blessing.
SYN: Felicitation, benediction, endowment, donation, gift, gratitude, thankfulness, thanks, benefit.
ANT: Impoverishment, deprivation, bereavement, malediction, thanklessness, obliviousness, catastrophe, disaster, calamity, detriment, curse, damn.
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KEY: Blight, [See BLAST].
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KEY: Blind.
SYN: Sightless, unseeing, eyeless, depraved, undiscerning, ignorant, prejudiced, uninformed, unconscious, unaware.
ANT: Farsighted, penetrating, sensitive, keen, discriminating, clearsighted, pure-minded, aware, conscious.
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KEY: Blink.
SYN: Wink, ignore, connive, overlook.
ANT: Notice, visit, note, mark.
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KEY: Bliss.
SYN: Blessedness, joy, ecstasy, rapture.
ANT: Condemnation, accursedness, suffering, misery, woe.
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KEY: Blithe.
SYN: Light, merry, joyous, happy, bright, elastic, gladsome, bonny, vivacious, lively, cheerful, blithesome, gay.
ANT: Heavy, dull, dejected, sullen.
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KEY: Block.
SYN: Stop, arrest, fill, obstruct.
ANT: Free, liberate, open, pave.
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KEY: Blockhead.
SYN: Dolt, dunderhead, jolterhead, dunce, ninny, numskull, dullard, simpleton, booby, loggerhead, ignoramus.
ANT: Sage, adept, luminary, schoolman, philosopher, savant.
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KEY: Bloodshed.
SYN: Slaughter, massacre, carnage, butchery.
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KEY: Bloodthirsty.
SYN: Gory, bloody, murderous, inhuman, cruel, ruthless, savage.
ANT: Humane, kind, merciful.
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KEY: Bloom.
SYN: Blossom, bud, flower, sprout, germinate, beauty, freshness, delicacy.
ANT: Decay, decadence, coarseness, blight, blast, harshness, roughness, toughness, superannuation, cadaverousness, ghastliness.
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KEY: Blooming.
SYN: Flourishing, fair, flowering, blossoming, young, beautiful.
ANT: Fading, waning, blighted, old, blasted, paralyzed, superannuated, unsightly, deformed.
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KEY: Blot \v.\
SYN: Obscure, tarnish, spoil, sully, spot, discolor, pollute, obliterate, erase, blur, stain, blotch, smear, smutch.
ANT: Elucidate, clear, absterge, perpetuate, cleanse, manifest, conserve.
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KEY: Blot out.
SYN: Erase, efface, cancel, expunge, wipe out, obliterate, destroy.
ANT: Restore, replace.
=
KEY: Blotch, [See BLOT].
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KEY: Blow.
SYN: Puff, blast, breath, stroke, infliction, wound, disappointment, affliction, knock, shock, calamity, misfortune.
ANT: Assuagement, consolation, relief, comfort, blessing, sparing.
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KEY: Bluff.
SYN: Bare, open, bold, abrupt, frank, plain-spoken, blunt, surly, rude, blustering, swaggering, brusque, hectoring, coarse, discourteous, rough, bullying.
ANT: Undulating, inclined, inabrupt, courteous, polished, reserved.
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KEY: Blunder.
SYN: Error, mistake, misunderstanding, fault, oversight, inaccuracy, delusion, slip.
ANT: Accuracy, truthfulness, exactness, correctness, faultlessness, ratification, atonement, foresight, prevention, hit, success, achievement, correction.
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KEY: Blunt \a.\
SYN: Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless, insensitive, bluff, coarse, impolite, plain-mannered, uncivil, rude.
ANT: Sharp, keen, pointed, acute, aculeated, sensitive, polished, bland, eloquent, courteous, reserved.
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KEY: Blunt \v.\
SYN: To subdue, repress, tranquilize, discourage, ossify, numb, harden.
ANT: Quicken, sharpen, instigate, suscitate, stimulate, animate, excite, vitalize.
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KEY: Blur, [See BLEMISH].
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KEY: Blush.
SYN: Bloom, color, carnation, complexion, aspect, shame, confusion, guiltiness, self-reproach.
ANT: Innocence, purity, guiltlessness, unconsciousness, boldness, effrontery.
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KEY: Bluster.
SYN: Storm, rage, puff, insult, blow, swagger, fume, brag.
ANT: [See BRAG].
=
KEY: Blustering, [See BLUFF].
=
KEY: Boast \v.\
SYN: Vaunt, brag, swagger, swell, bluster, vapor, triumph, glory.
ANT: [See BRAG].
=
KEY: Boasting, [See OSTENTATION].
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KEY: Bode.
SYN: Foretell, betoken, foreshadow, presage, predict, prophesy, promise, forebode, herald, announce, prognosticate, portend, augur.
ANT: Relate, record, narrate, remember.
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KEY: Bodily.
SYN: Collectively, wholly, summarily, unitedly, compactedly, together, corporeal, fleshy, material, physical.
ANT: Piecemeal, partially, ghostly, fragmentarily, gradually, spiritual.
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KEY: Body.
SYN: Substance, mass, whole, substantiality, collectiveness, assemblage, collection, matter, association, organization.
ANT: Spirit, soul, individual.
=
KEY: Boggle.
SYN: Halt, hesitate, dubitate, falter, blunder, blotch, botch, spoil, mar.
ANT: Encounter, face, advance, refine, clear, work, perfect, complete, beautify.
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KEY: Boll.
SYN: bubble, effervesce, rage, explode, fume.
ANT: Calm, subside, recover, cool.
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KEY: Boisterous.
SYN: Loud, violent, unrestrained, tempestuous, stormy, uncontrolled, intemperate.
ANT: Peaceful, calm, serene, selfpossessed.
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KEY: Bold.
SYN: Courageous, fearless, adventurous, brave, self-confident, forward, intrepid, dauntless, valiant, daring, audacious, lion-hearted, doughty.
ANT: Timid, fearful, inadventurous, shy, bashful, retiring.
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KEY: Bolster.
SYN: Support, prop, help, aid, sustain, subsidize, patch, tinker, buoy.
ANT: Depress, dispirit, relax.
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KEY: Bombast.
SYN: Rhodomontade, braggadocio, gasconade, bluster, inflatedness, pomposity, exaggerativeness, fustian.
ANT: Truthfulness, moderation, refrain, veracity, modesty, temperateness, humility.
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KEY: Bombastic, [See OSTENTATION].
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KEY: Bond.
SYN: Tie, fastening, chain, association, manacle, fetter, compact, obligation, security.
ANT: Freedom, option, discretion, honor, parole.
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KEY: Bondage.
SYN: Servitude, confinement, imprisonment, incarceration, subjection, serfdom, thraldom, captivity, slavery.
ANT: Freedom, liberty, independence, manumission, liberation.
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KEY: Bondsman.
SYN: Slave, serf, prisoner, captive, vassal.
ANT: Freeman, yeoman, gentleman, lord, master.
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KEY: Bonny.
SYN: Fair, pretty, pleasant, lively, cheerful, shapely, buxom.
ANT: Dull, unseemly, ill-favored, deformed.
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KEY: Bonus.
SYN: Premium, douceur, boon, benefit.
ANT: Fine, penalty, mulct, amercement, discount.
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KEY: Booby.
SYN: Idiot, dunce, numskull.
ANT: Wiseacre, solon, oracle.
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KEY: booklist.
SYN: Studious, erudite, pedantic, learned.
ANT: Unbookish, unstudious, inerudite, unlearned, ignorant, uneducated.
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KEY: Boorish, [See CLOWNISH].
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KEY: Bootless.
SYN: Useless, profitless, unavailing, abortive.
ANT: Useful, profitable, availing, effective, effectual.
=
KEY: Booty.
SYN: Plunder, blackmail, loot, spoils, prey, pillage.
ANT: Restitution, fine, confiscation, forfeiture, amercement, penalty.
=
KEY: Border.
SYN: Limit, boundary, brink, rim, verge, brim, edge, edging, band, hem, enclosure, confine.
ANT: Land, tract, interior, substance, space, centre.
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KEY: Border on.
SYN: Be contiguous to, be adjacent to, conterminous with, adjoin, adjacent to.
ANT: Remote from, away from.
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KEY: Bore.
SYN: Perforate, pierce, weary, penetrate.
ANT: Please, gratify, delight.
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KEY: Bosom.
SYN: Breast, hollow, valley, deep, bed, centre, heart, mind, soul, will.
ANT: Surface, exterior, manner, deportment, demeanor.
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KEY: Botch.
SYN: Patch, cobble, blunder, clump, disconcert, spoil, jumble, mess, bungle, mar, blacksmith.
ANT: Fine-draw, trim, harmonize, mend, beautify, embroider, manipulate, handle, manage.
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KEY: Both.
SYN: Twain.
ANT: Neither.
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KEY: Bother.
SYN: Fuse, worry, pester, excitement, stir, plague, vex, annoy, tease, confusion, vexation, flurry, trouble.
ANT: Calm, composure, orderliness, peace, quiet.
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KEY: Bottom.
SYN: Deep, profound, floor, groundwork, depth, ground, foot.
ANT: Top, summit, apex, crown, brow, surface.
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KEY: Bound \n.\
SYN: Limit, boundary, inclosure, confine, border.
ANT: [See BORDER].
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KEY: Bound \v.\
SYN: Confine, limit, circumscribe, terminate, restrict, restrain.
ANT: Enlarge, open, extend, spread out.
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KEY: Bound \v.\
SYN: To leap, jump, frisk, spring, skip.
ANT: Hobble, limp, crawl, creep, shamble.
=
KEY: Boundary, [See BOUND].
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KEY: Boundless.
SYN: Unbounded, immeasurable, infinite, unlimited, illimitable, unmeasurable.
ANT: Narrow, restricted, limited, confined, circumscribed.
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KEY: Bountiful, [See LIBERAL].
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KEY: Bounty.
SYN: Liberality, bounteousness, benevolence, munificence, donation, gift, generosity, charity, benignity.
ANT: Illiberality, closeness, hardy, hardness, churlishness, stinginess, niggardliness.
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KEY: Bower.
SYN: Shady recess, arbor, retreat, alcove.
ANT: Open place.
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KEY: Brae.
SYN: Boast, vaunt, swagger, bully.
ANT: Cringe, whine, whimper.
=
KEY: Braggart, [See BRAG].
=
KEY: Braid.
SYN: Bind, tie, weave, plait.
ANT: Unbind, dishevel.
=
KEY: Branch.
SYN: Member, bifurcation, bough, limb, offspring, shoot, spray, sprig, twig, ramification, offshoot, relative, scion.
ANT: Trunk, stock, stem, race, family, house.
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KEY: Brand \v.\
SYN: denounce, stigmatize, disgrace, mark.
ANT: Distinguish, honor, decorate.
=
KEY: Brand \n.\
SYN: Disgrace, stigma, infamy, mark.
ANT: Decoration, badge, distinction, honor.
=
KEY: Brandish.
SYN: Flourish, fence, agitate, wield, whisk, shake, wave.
ANT: Stay, arrest, suspend.
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KEY: Bravado.
SYN: Boasting, bragging, vaunting, bluster.
ANT: [See OSTENTATION].
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KEY: Brave, [See GALLANT].
=
KEY: Brawl.
SYN: Wrangle, broil, scold, roar, shout, vociferate.
ANT: Whisper, softness, mellowness, melodiousness, intonation.
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KEY: Brawny.
SYN: Muscular, powerful, strong, athletic, sinewy, herculean, robust, stout.
ANT: Lean, weak, fragile, delicate, effeminate, feeble.
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KEY: Bray.
SYN: Pound, bruise, beat, pulverize.
ANT: Compact, compound, amalgamate, conglomerate.
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KEY: Breach.
SYN: Rupture, divulsion, gap, quarrel, violation, nonperformance.
ANT: Integrity, conservation, healing, reconciliation, inviolateness, fulfillment.
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KEY: Break.
SYN: Fracture, rupture, shatter, shiver, destroy, tame, curb, demolish, tear asunder, rend, burst, sever, smash, split, subdue, violate, infringe.
ANT: Heal, piece, conjoin, protect, conserve, encourage, rally, observe, obey.
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KEY: Breast, [See BOSOM].
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KEY: Breath.
SYN: Respiration, inspiration, expiration, inhalation, exhalation, /Met./ Life.
ANT: To latter, Cessation, passing, departure, perishing, dying, death.
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KEY: Breathe, [See BREATH].
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KEY: Breathless.
SYN: Exhausted, eager, absorbed, fascinated, attentive, bewildered, astounded.
ANT: Cool, calm, collected, unexcited, fresh, indifferent, inattentive, unastonished.
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KEY: Breed \v.\
SYN: Generate, procreate, engender, propagate, produce, beget, hatch, nourish, train, instruct, evolve, cause.
ANT: Destroy, eradicate, extinguish, extirpate, stifle.
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KEY: Breed \n.\ [See LINEAGE].
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KEY: Breeding.
SYN: Nurture, education, training, discipline, instruction, manners, air, demeanor, decorum.
ANT: ill-manners, ill-training, illbehavior, ignorance.
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KEY: Brevity.
SYN: Shortness, closeness, conciseness, succinctness, terseness, compendiousness, pointedness, abbreviation, abridgment.
ANT: Length, protraction, elongation, extension, prolixity, diffusiveness, [See IDENTITY], tediousness.
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KEY: Drew.
SYN: Concoct, compound, mix, hatch, prepare, season, threaten, impend, increase, collect, form, gather, grow.
ANT: Pass, disperse, break, spoil, miscompound, mar.
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KEY: Bridle.
SYN: Curb, restrain, govern, control, master, moderate, compress.
ANT: Loosen, liberate, relax, vent, discharge.
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KEY: Brief, [See SHORT].
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KEY: Bright.
SYN: Shining, brilliant, burnished, luminous, lucid, sparkling, limpid, clever, happy, witty, joyous, cheerful, radiant.
ANT: Opaque, dull, dead, muddy, stupid, slow, sullen, dejected, cheerless, joyless, imbecile.
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KEY: Brilliant.
SYN: Flashing, radiant, shining, lustrous, glorious, luminous, effulgent, beaming, sparkling.
ANT: [See BRIGHT].
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KEY: Bring.
SYN: Fetch, procure, convey, carry, bear, adduce, import, produce, cause, induce.
ANT: Export, remove, abstract, subtract, prevent, exclude, debar, transport.
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KEY: Brisk.
SYN: Quick, lively, vivacious, active, alert, nimble, sprightly, spirited, animated, prompt, effervescent.
ANT: Slow, heavy, dull, inactive, [See in-^k)lent], sluggish, unenergetic, stagnant.
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KEY: Bristling.
SYN: Full, stocked, multitudinous, crowded, swarming, multifarious.
ANT: Bare, nude, scant, devoid, vacant.
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KEY: Brittle, [See FRAGILE].
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KEY: Broach.
SYN: Moot, start, launch, originate, suggest, exhibit, propound.
ANT: Reserve, secrete, seal, repress, cork, bottle.
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KEY: Broad.
SYN: Wide, extensive, expansive, ample, liberal, comprehensive, unreserved, indelicate, coarse, generic.
ANT: Narrow, restricted, confined, limited, bigoted, prejudiced, illiberal, narrow-minded, reserved, veiled, enigmatical, shrouded, shaded, refined, delicate, sketchy, specific, pointed.
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KEY: Broadcast.
SYN: Scattered abroad, dispersed, profusely, unsparingly, indiscriminately, injudiciously, extensively.
ANT: Collectedly, concentratively, sparingly, reservedly, locally, partially, discreetly, charily.
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KEY: Broil, [See AFFRAY].
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KEY: Brook.
SYN: Bear, tolerate, suffer, endure, undergo, submit to, permit.
ANT: Resist, resent, reject.
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KEY: Brotherhood.
SYN: Fraternity, association, fellowship, society, sodality.
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KEY: Brotherly.
SYN: Fraternal, kind, affectionate, tender.
ANT: Unkind, hard, harsh, unfraternal.
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KEY: Browbeat.
SYN: Intimidate, bully, overbear, cow, overawe, boycott, bulldoze.
ANT: Encourage, rally, countenance, support.
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KEY: Bruise \v.\ [See BREAK].
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KEY: Brunt.
SYN: Impulse, attack, aggression, onslaught, onset, assault, shock.
ANT: Resistance, endurance, repulsion.
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KEY: Brutal.
SYN: Savage, inhuman, rude, unfeeling, merciless, ruthless, brutish, barbarous, sensual, beastly, ignorant, stolid, dense, cruel, violent, vindictive, bloodthirsty, intemperate.
ANT: Humane, civilized, generous, intelligent, polished, chivalrous, conscientious, self-controlled.
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KEY: Brutish, [See BRUTAL].
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KEY: Bubble.
SYN: Trifle, toy, fancy, conceit, vision, dream, froth, trash.
ANT: Acquisition, prize, treasury reality, substance, verity, jewel, good, advantage.
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KEY: Bud \v.\
SYN: Sprout, blossom, bloom, germinate.
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KEY: Buffoon.
SYN: Wag, clown, jester.
ANT: Wit, genius, philosopher, pedant, visionary, dissembler, prig, enthusiast, hypocrite.
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KEY: Bugbear.
SYN: Hobgoblin, goblin, gorgon, ghoul, spirit, spook, specter, ogre, scarecrow.
ANT: [See SPECTER].
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KEY: Build, [See CONSTRUCT].
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KEY: Building.
SYN: Edifice, architecture, construction, erection, fabric, structure.
ANT: Ruin, dilapidation, dismantlement, demolition.
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KEY: Builder, [See BUILDING].
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KEY: Bulk.
SYN: Mass, whole, entirety, integrity, majority, size, magnitude, extension, body, volume, bigness, largeness, massiveness, dimension.
ANT: Tenuity, minority, dismemberment, disintegration, diminution, portion, contraction, section, atom, particle.
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KEY: Bulk, [See SIZE].
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KEY: Bulky.
SYN: Huge, unwieldy, heavy, large, ample, ponderous, burly, cumbrous, gigantic, brawny, massive.
ANT: Small, light, slight, airy, thin, delicate, nimble, attenuated, slender, sylphlike, puny, tiny.
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KEY: Bully.
SYN: swashbuckler, swaggerer, braggadocio.
ANT: [See BLUSTERER].
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KEY: Bullying, [See BLUSTERING].
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KEY: Bulwark.
SYN: Rampart, fortress, fortification, palladium, citadel, intrenchment, stronghold, parapet, bastion.
ANT: Storming, siege, investment, bombardment, cannonade, boarding.
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KEY: Bungler.
SYN: Botcher, clown, lubber, fumbler, novice.
ANT: Adept, adroit, master, artist, workman, proficient, professor.
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KEY: Buoy.
SYN: Float, support, sustain, elevate, elate, assure, animate, cheer, inspire.
ANT: Sink, drown, depress, swamp, overcome, deject, crush, fail, betray.
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KEY: Buoyant.
SYN: Sprightly, spirited, vivacious, lively, light, floating, hopeful, cheerful, elastic, [See JOY].
ANT: Heavy, depressed, cheerless, joyless, dejected, moody, desponding.
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KEY: Burden \v.\ [See LOAD].
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KEY: Burden \n.\
SYN: Load, weight, Incubus, obstruction, oppression, grief, difficulty, affliction.
ANT: Ease, lightness, airiness, expedition, facility, acceleration, abjugation, liberation, lightheartedness, alleviation, assuagement, mitigation, consolation, disburdenment.
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KEY: Burdensome, [See TROUBLESOME and PONDEROUS].
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KEY: Burial.
SYN: Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment.
ANT: Exhumation, disinterment.
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KEY: Burke.
SYN: Stifle, shelve, strangle, smother.
ANT: Enucleate, propound, promulge, publicate, promote, foster, reanimate, eliminate, ventilate, bruit, suscitate.
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KEY: Burlesque.
SYN: Parody, travesty, satire, caricature, grotesque, droll, farcical, comic, ludicrous.
ANT: Classic, pure, severe, tragic, historic, grave, truthful.
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KEY: Burly, [See BULKY].
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KEY: Burn.
SYN: Ignite, kindle, brand, consume, cauterize, rage, glow, smoulder, blaze, flash, cremate, incinerate.
ANT: Extinguish, stifle, cool, wane, subside, glimmer, lower, pale.
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KEY: Burning, [See ARDENT].
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KEY: Burnish.
SYN: Brighten, glaze, polish, gloze, gloss.
ANT: Scratch, dull, abrade, bedim, cloud, frost, matt.
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KEY: Burst \v.\
SYN: Extravasate, displode, explode, discharge, shiver, shatter, disrupt, rend, break, split.
ANT: Cohere, hold, stand.
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KEY: Bury.
SYN: Inter, inhume, conceal, repress, suppress, obliterate, cancel, entomb, compose, hush.
ANT: Disinter, exhume, bruit, excavate, expose, resuscitate, publicate, aggravate.
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KEY: Business.
SYN: Occupation, profession, vocation, transaction, trade, calling, office, employment, interest, duty, affair, matter, concern.
ANT: Stagnation, leisure, inactivity.
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KEY: Bustle.
SYN: Business, activity, stir, commotion, energy, excitement, haste, hurry, eagerness, flurry.
ANT: Idleness, vacation, inactivity, Indolence, Indifference, unconcernedness, coolness, calm, stagnation, quiet, desertion.
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KEY: Busy.
SYN: Industrious, diligent, assiduous, engaged, occupied.
ANT: Idle, slothful, lazy, indolent, unoccupied.
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KEY: But.
SYN: Save, except, barring, yet, beside, excluding, still, excepting, notwithstanding.
ANT: With, including, inclusive, nevertheless, however, notwithstanding.
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KEY: Butchery, [See CARNAGE].
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KEY: Buxom.
SYN: Bonny, blithe, shapely.
ANT: Lean, slender, ill-shaped.
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KEY: Buy.
SYN: Purchase, bribe, subsidize, suborn.
ANT: Sell, vend, hawk, retail.
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KEY: Buyer, [See BUY].
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KEY: Cabal.
SYN: Confederacy, conspiracy, combination, coterie, gang, faction, plot, political intrigue, junto, league.
ANT: Parliament, legislation, council, government, empire, synod.
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KEY: Cabalistic.
SYN: Mystic, symbolical, fanciful, occult.
ANT: Patent, practical, instructive, lucid, simple.
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KEY: Cabbage.
SYN: Rob, steal, filch, crib, pocket, shirk, pillage, abstract, purloin.
ANT: [See PURLOIN].
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KEY: Cachinnation.
SYN: Grin, chuckle, giggle, snigger, titter, cackle.
ANT: Longfacedness, whine, whimper.
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KEY: Cackle, [See CACHINNATION].
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KEY: Cadaverous.
SYN: Pale, exsanguineous, bloodless, hueless, pallid, ghastly, ashy.
ANT: Rosy, incarnadine, sanguine, chubby, brawny.
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KEY: Caducity.
SYN: Decline, infirmity, decrepitude, senility, decadence, transience, delicacy.
ANT: Vigor, youth, freshness, vitality, renovation, permanence.
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KEY: Cage.
SYN: Imprison, immure, confine, incarcerate, cabin, crib.
ANT: Liberate, free, dismiss, unbar.
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KEY: Caitiff.
SYN: Rascal, miscreant, rogue, churl, villain, ruffian.
ANT: Worthy, gentleman, patriot, philanthropist.
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KEY: Cajole.
SYN: Tempt, lure, coat, flatter, wheedle, delude, cheat, inveigle, dupe.
ANT: Chide, rate, scold, warn.
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KEY: Calamity.
SYN: Disaster, misfortune, mishap, catastrophe, misadventure, trouble, visitation, affliction, reverse, blight.
ANT: godsend, blessing, boon.
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KEY: Calamitous.
SYN: Disastrous, illfated, fatal, unlucky, hapless, unfortunate, inauspicious, troublous, illstarred, ill-omened.
ANT: Felicitous, fortunate, auspicious, favorable, propitious, advantageous.
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KEY: Calculate.
SYN: Estimate, consider, weigh, number, count, apportion, proportion, investigate, reckon, rate, compute.
ANT: Guess, conjecture, hit, chance, risk, stake, miscalculate.
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KEY: Calculated.
SYN: Fitted, congenial, adapted, conducive.
ANT: Unfitted, unadapted, uncongenial, unconducive, adverse, unqualified, unsuited, miscalculated, ill-adapted.
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KEY: Calculating.
SYN: Wary, cautious, circumspect, sagacious, careful, farsighted, guarded.
ANT: Shortsighted, dull, obtuse, improvident, incautious, rash, careless.
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KEY: Calculation.
SYN: Estimation, consideration, balance, apportionment, investigation, reckoning, computation, anticipation, forethought, regard, circumspection, watchfulness, vigilance, caution, care.
ANT: Inconsiderateness, inconsideration, incaution, indiscretion, miscalculation, misconception, exclusion, exception, omission, carelessness, seposition.
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KEY: Calibre.
SYN: Gauge, diameter, ability, capacity, force, strength, power.
ANT: correlative, as character, mind, etc.
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KEY: callback, [See RECALL].
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KEY: Call out, [See PROCLAIM].
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KEY: Call together, [See CONVENE].
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KEY: Called.
SYN: Named, designated, denominated, Determined.
ANT: Unnamed, undesignated, misnamed, misdesignated.
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KEY: Calling, [See BUSINESS].
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KEY: Callous, [See FAVORABLE].
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KEY: Calm.
SYN: Smooth, pacify, compose, allay, still, soothe, appease, assuage, quiet, tranquilize.
ANT: Stir, excite, agitate, disconcert, ruffle, lash, heat, discompose.
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KEY: Calumniate, [See SLANDER].
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KEY: Calumniator, [See BACKBITER].
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KEY: Calumnious.
SYN: Slanderous, defamatory, scurrilous, abusive.
ANT: [See ABUSIVE].
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KEY: Calumny.
SYN: Slander, defamation, detraction, libel, traducement, backbiting, opprobrium, aspersion.
ANT: Vindication, clearance, eulogy, panegyric.
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KEY: Camp.
SYN: Encamp, bivouac.
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KEY: Cancel.
SYN: Efface, blot out, annul, expunge, nullify, quash, rescind, repeal, revoke, abrogate, obliterate, discharge, erase, abolish, countervail.
ANT: Enforce, enact, re-enact, confirm, perpetuate, contract.
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KEY: Candid.
SYN: Fair, honest, open, sincere, frank, artless, impartial, plain, straightforward, aboveboard, transparent, unreserved, ingenious.
ANT: unfair, close, mysterious, reserve, shuffling, disingenuous, insincere, Jesuitical.
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KEY: Candidate.
SYN: Aspirant, petitioner, canvasser, applicant, claimant, solicitor.
ANT: Waiver, decliner, abandoner, resigner, abjurer, noncompetitor.
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KEY: Canon.
SYN: Rule, measure, regulation, test, law.
ANT: Misguidance, antinomy, Irregularity, misrule.
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KEY: Canvass \v.\
SYN: Question, Investigate, challenge, test, dispute, solicit, sift, examine, discuss, apply for, request.
ANT: Pretermit, allow, ignore, disregard, admit, pass, misexamine, misinvestigate.
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KEY: Capable, [See ABLE].
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KEY: Capability.
SYN: Cleverness, aptitude, talent, capacity, power, facility, faculty.
ANT: Dulness, inaptitude, awkwardness, difficulty.
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KEY: Capacious.
SYN: Spacious, comprehensive, voluminous, ample, accommodative, extensive, wide.
ANT: Narrow, restricted, limited, confined, shallow, contracted, petty.
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KEY: Capacity.
SYN: Space, size, volume, tonnage, calibre, ability, faculty, compatability, cleverness, talents, magnitude, parts, competency, compressiveness, accommodation.
ANT: Narrowness, restriction, Incapacity, coarctation, contractedness.
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KEY: Capital.
SYN: Chief, excellent, important, cardinal, principal, consummate, high.
ANT: Inferior, unimportant, subordinate, minor, defective, mean.
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KEY: Capitulate.
SYN: Stipulate, yield, surrender, submit.
ANT: Resist, struggle, contend.
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KEY: Caprice, [See DRY].
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KEY: Capricious.
SYN: Wayward, uncertain, fanciful, freakish, fitful, fickle, changeful, whimsical, humorsome, inconstant, crotchety.
ANT: Firm, unchanging, inflexible, decided, unswerving, constant.
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KEY: Captious.
SYN: Carping, caviling, censorious, hypercritical, cross, fault-finding, critical, cynical, petulant, irritable, splenetic, touchy, peevish, fretful.
ANT: Appreciative, commendatory, encouraging, complimentary, approving, laudatory, flattering.
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KEY: Captivate, [See BEWITCH].
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KEY: Captivated.
SYN: Taken, charmed, smitten, fascinated, enslaved, captured, enthralled.
ANT: Free, unaffected, uninfluenced, unscathed, insensible, insensitive.
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KEY: Captivating.
SYN: Charming, bewitching, fascinating, alluring, seductive, attractive.
ANT: Hideous, loathsome, repulsive, uncaptivating, uninteresting.
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KEY: Captivity, [See THRALDOM].
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KEY: Capture \v.\ [See SEIZE].
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KEY: Capture \n.\ [See PRIZE].
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KEY: Care.
SYN: Attention, pains, anxiety, concern, trouble, circumspection, regard, solicitude, caution, prevention, custody, preservation, thrift, heed, foresight, wariness, economy, prudence.
ANT: Inattention, neglect, disregard, carelessness, indifference, temerity, remissness, improvidence, unguardedness, incaution.
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KEY: Career.
SYN: Course, success, walk, line, progress, history, way of ill passage, race.
ANT: Misproceeding, misdeportment, unsuccess, miscarriage.
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KEY: Careful, [See COMMON].
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KEY: Careless, [See COMMON].
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KEY: Caress \v.\ [See FONDLE].
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KEY: Caress \n.\
SYN: Endearment, blandishment, wheedling, fondling, stroking.
ANT: Vexation, irritation, annoyance, teasing, persecution, provocation.
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KEY: Cargo.
SYN: Freight, burden, load, consignment, merchandise, lading, goods.
ANT: Conveyance, bearer, carrier.
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KEY: Caricature.
SYN: Mimicry, parody, travesty, burlesque, extravagance, exaggeration, hyperbole, monstrosity, farce.
ANT: Portraiture, representation, resemblance, justice, fidelity, truthfulness.
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KEY: Carnage.
SYN: Massacre, slaughter, bloodshed, butchery.
ANT: Ransom, deliverance, quarter.
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KEY: Carnal.
SYN: Fleshly, sensual, selfindulgent, licentious, animal, coarse, base, worldly, impure, libidinous, secular.
ANT: Spiritual, ethereal, pure, selfcontrolled, temperate, exalted, refined.
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KEY: Carnival.
SYN: Revel, rout, festivity, masquerade.
ANT: Fast, mortification, lent, retirement.
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KEY: Carol.
SYN: Sing, warble, chirp, trill, whistle, chirrup, chant, hum.
ANT: Whine, croak, cry, dirge, lament.
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KEY: Carouse.
SYN: Festivity, feast, banquet, revel, debauch.
ANT: Fast, starvation, maceration, abstinence.
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KEY: Carousal.
SYN: Wassail, revel, banquet, orgies.
ANT: [See BANQUET].
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KEY: Carp.
SYN: Cavil, censure, challenge, overhaul, canvass, hypercriticise, object, catch.
ANT: Allow, concede, admit, compliment, encourage, approve, applaud, endorse, acquiesce, assent.
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KEY: Carpet, (Metaphorical).
SYN: Table, board, consideration, consultation.
ANT: Shelf, rejection, disposal, oblution.
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KEY: Carriage.
SYN: Transportation, conveyance, bearing, manner, conduct, demeanor, walk, gait, mien, behavior, deportment, vehicle.
ANT: Misconveyance, miscarriage, misconduct, misconsignment.
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KEY: Carry, [See BEAK].
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KEY: Carry on, [See TRANSACT].
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KEY: Carry through, [See COMPLETE].
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KEY: Case.
SYN: Occurrence, circumstance, contingency, event, plight, predicament, fact, subject, condition, instance.
ANT: Hypothesis, supposition, fancy, theory, conjecture.
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KEY: Cash.
SYN: Money, specie, coin, currency, capital.
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KEY: Cast \v.\
SYN: Hurl, send down, throw, fling, pitch, impel, project, construct, mold, frame.
ANT: Raise, elevate, recover, erect, accept, approve, retain, carry, ignore, miscalculate, misprovide, break, dissipate, dismember, dislocate.
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KEY: Cast \n.\
SYN: Mould, stamp, kind, figure, form, aspect, mien, air, style, manner, character.
ANT: Malformation, deformity, abnormity.
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KEY: castaway, [See REJECT].
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KEY: Cast down, [See MELANCHOLY].
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KEY: Cast out, [See EJECT].
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KEY: Caste.
SYN: Order, class, rank, lineage, race, blood, dignity, respect.
ANT: Degradation, taboo, disrepute, abasement, reproach.
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KEY: Castigate.
SYN: Whip, flagellate, cane.
ANT: Reward, encourage, decorate, caress.
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KEY: Casual.
SYN: Accidental, occasional, incidental, contingent, unforeseen, fortuitous.
ANT: Regular, ordinary, systematic, periodic, certain, fixed, [See CASUALTY].
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KEY: Casualty.
SYN: Accident, contingency, chance, fortuity, hap, misfortune, occurrence, mischance, [See ACCIDENT].
ANT: Appointment, assignment, provision, ordinance, enactment.
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KEY: Casuistry.
SYN: Sophistry, Jesuitry, fallacy, refinement, quibble, strawsplitting.
ANT: Reason, conscience, commonsense.
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KEY: Catalogue \n.\ [See BAWL].
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KEY: Catastrophe.
SYN: Revolution, disaster, calamity, misfortune, misadventure, reverse, blow, visitation.
ANT: Blessing, victory, triumph, felicitation, achievement, ovation, success, godsend.
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KEY: Catch.
SYN: Take, seize, grip, clutch, capture, secure, ensnare, snatch, hit, arrest, comprehend, overtake, apprehend.
ANT: Lose, miss, misapprehend, escape.
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KEY: Catching, [See PESTIFEROUS].
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KEY: catechism.
SYN: Erotetics, socratics, interrogation, creed, system, compendium.
ANT: Reading, excogitation, elaboration.
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KEY: Catechumen.
SYN: Tyro, learner, pupil, novice, scholar.
ANT: Master, doctor, professor, teacher, savant.
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KEY: Categorical.
SYN: Plain, positive, declaratory, peremptory, affirmative, absolute, demonstrative, distinct.
ANT: Obscure, uncertain, ambiguous, dubious, contingent, hypothetical, hazy, oracular, enigmatical, mystical.
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KEY: Category.
SYN: State, kind, predicament, condition, nature, order, mode, sort, class.
ANT: Essence, truth, being.
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KEY: Causality.
SYN: Eventuality, operativeness, potentiality, effectuality, productiveness, conduciveness.
ANT: Preventiveness, retardativeness, obstructiveness, counteractivity, unproductiveness, ineffectiveness, inoperativeness, barrenness.
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KEY: Causation, [See CAUSALITY].
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KEY: Cause \v.\ [See PRODUCE].
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KEY: Cause \n.\
SYN: Source, origin, producer, agent, creator, purpose, inducement, reason, account, principle, motive, object, suit, action.
ANT: Effect, result, accomplishment, end, production, issue, preventive.
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KEY: Caustic.
SYN: Burning, mordant, pungent, irritating, biting, pointed, sarcastic, trenchant, severe.
ANT: Pointless, mild, soothing, conciliating, vapid, flat, tame.
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KEY: Caution.
SYN: [See CARE and CALCULATION].
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KEY: Cautious, [See CIRCUMSPECT].
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KEY: Cavalier \a.\ [See ARROGANT].
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KEY: Cavil, [See CARP].
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KEY: Cavity, [See OPENING].
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KEY: Caviller, [See CAVIL].
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KEY: Cease.
SYN: Intermit, stop, desist, abstain, discontinue, quit, refrain, end, pause, leave off.
ANT: Ceaseless, never-ending, everlasting, constant, incessant, [See ETERNAL].
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KEY: Ceaseless, [See CEASE].
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KEY: Cede, [See RELINQUISH].
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KEY: Celebrate, [See HONOR].
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KEY: Celebrated.
SYN: Famed, renowned, illustrious, eminent, glorious, famous, noted, distinguished, notable, exalted.
ANT: Unrenowned, obscure, undistinguished, unknown, disgraced, mean.
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KEY: Celebration.
SYN: Commemoration, solemnization, observance.
ANT: Oblivion, inobservance, obsolescence, desuetude.
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KEY: Celebrity.
SYN: Fame, honor, glory, star, reputation, distinction, renown, notability, eminence, notoriety.
ANT: Obscurity, meanness, ingloriousness, ignominy, disgrace, contempt, cipher, nobody.
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KEY: Celerity.
SYN: Rapidity, speed, haste, velocity, swiftness, quickness, fleetness, despatch.
ANT: Slowness, inertness, slaggishness, tardiness, cumbrousness.
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KEY: Celestial.
SYN: Heavenly, ethereal, atmospheric, supernal, angelic, radiant, eternal, immortal, seraphic, divine, godlike, elysian.
ANT: Earthly, terrestrial, terrene, sublunary, human, mortal, hellish, infernal.
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KEY: Cement.
SYN: Bind, bond, unite, perpetuate, consolidate.
ANT: Detach, dissolve, dissociate, disintegrate, divorce.
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KEY: Censorious, [See CAPTIOUS].
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KEY: Censure \v.\ [See BLAME].
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KEY: Censure.
SYN: Blame, stricture, reproach, reprobate, inculpate, reprove, condemn, reprehend, chide, berate, scold, upbraid, disapproval, remonstrance, rebuke, reprimand, dispiaise.
ANT: Praise, eulogy, approbation, encouragement, commendation.
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KEY: Central.
SYN: Mediate, accessible, convenient,.
ANT: Remote, inaccessible, inconvenient.
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KEY: Centralize.
SYN: Concentrate, fix, localize, collect.
ANT: Disperse, disseminate, distribute, apportion, divide, delocalize.
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KEY: Ceremonial.
SYN: Official, ministerial, functional, pompous, imposing, sumptuous, scenic.
ANT: Ordinary, private, unimposing, unostentatious, undramatic.
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KEY: Ceremonious.
SYN: Punctilious, formal, prim, precise.
ANT: Brusque, blunt, supercilious, bluff, unceremonious.
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KEY: Ceremony.
SYN: Display, pageant, solemnity, rite, formality.
ANT: [See FASHION].
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KEY: Certain.
SYN: true, fixed, regular, established, incontrovertible, undoubtful, indubitable, infallible, unmistakable, sure, unfailing, real, actual, undeniable, positive, convinced, assured.
ANT: Uncertain, dubious, exceptional, irregular, casual, occasional, questionable, doubtful, vacillating, undecided, uncertain.
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KEY: Certainly.
SYN: Surely, positively, unquestionably.
ANT: Possibly, probably, perhaps, contingently, doubtfully, occasionally.
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KEY: Certainty.
SYN: Assurance, demonstrableness, positiveness, unquestionableness, confidence, conviction.
ANT: Dubiousness, precariousness, casualty, vicissitude, uncertainty, irregularity, hesitation, doubt, misgiving, conjecture, indecision.
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KEY: Certify.
SYN: Acknowledge, aver, attest, vouch, avow, avouch, testify, protest, declare, demonstrate, prove, evidence, inform, assure.
ANT: Disprove, disavow, misinform, misadvise.
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KEY: Cessation.
SYN: Stopping, halt, discontinuance, quiescence, suspension, intermission, lull, respite, stop, rest, abeyance, pause.
ANT: Continuance, uninterruptedness, unintermission, incessancy.
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KEY: Cession.
SYN: Concession, yielding, surrender, abandonment, relinquishment, grant.
ANT: Retention, claimance, maintenance, appropriation, usurpation, vindication, assumption.
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KEY: Chafe.
SYN: Gall, rub, vex, irritate, chagrin, tease, harass, disappoint, grieve, annoy, worry, calcitrate, re sent, resist, fret, fidget, writhe.
ANT: Soothe, smooth, coax, calm, humor, console, submit, endure, succumb, crouch, truckle.
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KEY: Chaff.
SYN: Banter, badinage, nonsense, frivolity, trash, chaffer.
ANT: Emphasis, seriousness, sense, substance, reason, argument, marrow, pith, gist.
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KEY: Chaffer.
SYN: Haggle, bargain, higgle, stickle, boggle.
ANT: Close, conclude, agree, negotiate.
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KEY: Chagrin \v.\ [See CHAFE].
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KEY: Challenge \v.\
SYN: Defy, summon, dare, question, investigate, brave, canvass.
ANT: Pass, allow, grant, concede.
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KEY: Champion \n.\
SYN: Hero, warrior, combatant, vindicator, challenger, defender, protector.
ANT: Renegade, deserter, poltroon, miscreant, traitor, coward, adversary, opponent.
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KEY: Chance \v.\ [See HAZARD].
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KEY: Chance \n.\
SYN: Accident, fortuity, hazard, haphazard, fortune, random, casualty, befoulment, luck.
ANT: Law, rule, sequence, consequence, causation, effectuation, intention, purpose, design, certainty.
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KEY: Change \v.\
SYN: Vary, alter, modify, diversify, qualify, transmute, substitute, fluctuate, shift, veer, exchange.
ANT: Conserve, retain, stabilitate, fix, clinch, stand, endure, last, hold.
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KEY: Change \n.\ [See VARIATION].
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KEY: Changeable.
SYN: [See CAPRICIOUS].
ANT: [See CHANGELESS].
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KEY: Changeful, [See CHANGEABLE].
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KEY: Changeless.
SYN: Regular, settled, steady, firm, stationary, consistent, resolute, reliable, undeviating, uniform, immutable, immovable.
ANT: Irregular, unsettled, unsteady, wavering, fluctuating, capricious, irresolute, vacillating, variable, mutable, plastic.
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KEY: Chaplet.
SYN: Garland, wreath, coronal.
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KEY: Character.
SYN: Symbol, letter, nature, type, disposition, genius, temperament, cast, estimation, repute, office, reputation, part, capacity, class, order, sort, stamp, kind, quality, species, sign, tone, mark, figure, record.
ANT: Vagueness, anonymousness, nondescription, disrepute.
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KEY: Characteristic.
SYN: Distinction, peculiarity, diagnosis, idiosyncrasy, speciality, individuality, personality, singularity.
ANT: Nondescription, abstractedness, generality, miscellany.
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KEY: Characterize.
SYN: Mark, distinguish, describe, particularize, style, designate, individualize, specify, identify.
ANT: Hint, insinuate, sketch, suggest, adumbrate.
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KEY: Charge.
SYN: Direct, enjoin, advise, admonish, arraign, inculpate, entrust, commit, load, accuse, impeach, attack, assault, impute, carry.
ANT: Clear, free, discharge, acquit, liberate.
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KEY: Chargeable.
SYN: Attributable, ascribable, imputable.
ANT: Not attributable, not ascribable, not imputable.
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KEY: Charity, [See BENEVOLENCE].
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KEY: Charitable.
SYN: Kind, benign, benevolent, beneficent, liberal, considerate, forgiving, compassionate, placable, inexacting, inextreme.
ANT: Uncharitable, unkind, harsh, selfish, churlish, illiberal, censorious, unforgiving, uncompassionate, implacable, extreme, exacting, retaliative, revengeful.