\v.\ Bracket, link, conjoin, unite, splice, buckle, button, clasp, pair, yoke, connect, tie, brace.
ANT: Loose, part, isolate, separate, detach, divorce, uncouple, unclasp, untie.
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KEY: Courage.
SYN: Bravery, boldness, valor, pluck, fortitude, resolution, gallantry, fearlessness, intrepidity.
ANT: Timidity, cowardice, pusillanimity, poltroonery, dastardliness.
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KEY: Course.
SYN: Order, sequence, continuity, direction, progress, line, way, mode, race, career, road, route, series, passage, succession, round, manner, plan, conduct, method.
ANT: Disorder, discussion, solution, interruption, deviation, hindrance, error, conjecture, hazard, speculation, caprice.
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KEY: Court \v.\
SYN: Woo, seek, affect, flatter, pursue.
ANT: Repel, abjure, disaffect, insult, avoid, shun, repudiate.
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KEY: Courteous, [See POLITE].
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KEY: Courtesy.
SYN: Politeness, urbanity, civility, affability, graciousness.
ANT: Churlishness, rudeness, arrogance, ungraciousness, incivility.
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KEY: Courtly.
SYN: Dignified, polished, refined, aristocratic, high-bred, mannerly.
ANT: Undignified, rough, unpolished, coarse, unrefined, plebeian, awkward, boorish, rustic, unmannerly.
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KEY: Covenant \n.\
SYN: Agreement, bond, stipulation, compact, contract, league, bargain.
ANT: Promise, intimation, assurance, parole, understanding.
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KEY: Cover \v.\
SYN: Hide, conceal, cloak, screen, secrete, protect, meet, secure, overspread, clothe, shield, shelter, cover.
ANT: Expose, reveal, betray, exhibit, produce, mis-suffice.
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KEY: Covert \a.\ [See COVER and SECRET].
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KEY: Coverture.
SYN: Marriage, matrimony, wedlock.
ANT: Celibacy, virginity.
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KEY: Covet.
SYN: Long for, wish for, yearn for, hanker, desire.
ANT: Despise, dislike, undervalue, mislike.
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KEY: Covetous.
SYN: Acquisitive, avaricious, greedy, grasping, rapacious.
ANT: Unselfish, liberal, self-sacrificing, profuse, bountiful, charitable.
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KEY: Covetousness, [See COVETOUS and AVARICE].
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KEY: Cow \v.\
SYN: Frighten, abash, intimidate, oppress, brow-bent.
ANT: Countenance, rally, encourage, inspirit.
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KEY: Coward.
SYN: Craven, dastard, recreant, poltroon, renegade.
ANT: Champion, hero, daredevil, desperado.
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KEY: Cowardly, [See TIMID].
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KEY: Cower.
SYN: Shrink, stoop, crouch.
ANT: Rise, stand, dare, face, confront.
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KEY: Coxcomb.
SYN: Fop, dandy, puppy, prig, pedant.
ANT: Genius, savant, authority, celebrity, philosopher, sage.
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KEY: Coxcombical.
SYN: Vain, affected, conceited, dandified, pedantic, priggish.
ANT: Unaffected, unconceited, sensible.
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KEY: Coy.
SYN: Shy, reserved, bashful, shrinking, retreating, modest.
ANT: Bold, forward, rompish, hoydenish.
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KEY: Cozen.
SYN: Circumvent, wheedle, swindle, gull, cheat, dupe, overreach, coax, seduce, deceive.
ANT: Enlighten, undeceive, disabuse.
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KEY: Crabbed.
SYN: Sour, morose, crossgrained, petulant, churlish, irritable, crusty.
ANT: Pleasant, open, easy, genial, conversable, warm, cordial, heart.
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KEY: Crack \t.\.
SYN: Split, break, splinter, chip, snap.
ANT: Mend, repair, unite, piece, splice.
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KEY: Cracked.
SYN: Crazy, flighty, queer, deranged, creaky, touched, cranky, chinky.
ANT: Sound, sensible, clear-headed, shrewd, strong-minded, sane.
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KEY: Craft.
SYN: Art, artifice, cunning, guile, stratagem, manoeuvre, wiliness, trickery, duplicity, chicanery, intrigue, underhandedness, dodge.
ANT: Openness, fairness, candor, honesty, frankness, sincerity, artlessness, ingenuousness, straightforwardness.
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KEY: Crafty, [See CRAFTY].
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KEY: Cram.
SYN: Stuff, choke, squeeze, ram, pack, gorge.
ANT: Disgorge, vent, discharge, unload, unpack, eviscerate, empty, eliminate.
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KEY: Cramp \v.\
SYN: Bind, narrow, restrict, confine, clog, hamper, fetter, cripple.
ANT: Free, liberate, loose, relieve, extricate, enlarge, widen, expand, ease, unfetter.
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KEY: Cranky.
SYN: Crotchety, queer, [See CRACKED].
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KEY: Crapulence.
SYN: Surfeit, headache, dissipation, debauchery, excess, muddiness.
ANT: Temperance, sobriety, clearness, freshness.
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KEY: Crash \n.\
SYN: Jar, clang, clash, resonance.
ANT: Murmur, whisper, babble, rumbling, reverberation, din.
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KEY: Crassitude.
SYN: Density, thickness, corpulence, obesity, burliness, brawniness, animalism, pinguitude, lumpishness, besottedness.
ANT: Tenuity, spareness, slightness, agility, activity, spirituality, intellectuality.
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KEY: Crave.
SYN: Intreat, implore, beg, ask, beseech, supplicate, cry.
ANT: Demand, insist, require, seize.
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KEY: Craven, [See COWARD].
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KEY: Crazy.
SYN: Idiotic, broken-down, mad, crazed, crack-brained, lunatic, demented, daft, insane, aberrant.
ANT: Sound, robust, vigorous, unimpaired.
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KEY: Cream.
SYN: Marrow, pith, gist, acme.
ANT: Refuse, offal, dregs, dross, garbage.
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KEY: Crease, [See CORRUGATE].
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KEY: Create.
SYN: Form, produce, make, compose, constitute, beget, engender, generate, fashion, originate, educe, invent, imagine, cause.
ANT: Annihilate, destroy, demolish.
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KEY: Creature.
SYN: Being, animal, thing, body, brute.
ANT: Chimera, ghost, bugbear.
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KEY: Credence.
SYN: Belief, faith, trust, credit, confidence.
ANT: Disbelief, distrust, denial.
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KEY: Credential, or Credentials.
SYN: Missive, diploma, title, testament, seal, warrant, letter, vouchers, certificates, testimonials.
ANT: Self-license, Belt-constitution, self-appointment, autocracy.
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KEY: Credible.
SYN: Probable, likely, trustworthy.
ANT: Improbable, incredible, unlikely, untrustworthy.
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KEY: Credit \n.\
SYN: Belief, trustworthiness, reputation, security, honor, praise, merit, confidence, faith.
ANT: Disbelief, distrust, untrustworthiness, shame, insecurity, disgrace, censure.
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KEY: Creditor.
SYN: Claimant, lender, mortgagee.
ANT: Debtor, borrower, mortgagor.
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KEY: Credulity.
SYN: Gullibility, simplicity, acceptativeness, openmouthedness.
ANT: Incredulity, scepticism, suspiciousness, shrewdness.
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KEY: Creed.
SYN: Belief, catechism, articles, confession, subscription.
ANT: Protest, abjuration, recantation, retractation, disbelief, nonsubscription.
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KEY: Crest.
SYN: Top, summit, apex, bead, crown.
ANT: Base, foot, bottom, sole.
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KEY: Crestfallen.
SYN: Castdown, humiliated, abashed.
ANT: Inspirited, elated, confident.
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KEY: Crew.
SYN: Complement, company, gang, herd, set, miscellany, horde, swarm, band.
ANT: Supercargo, bevy, galaxy, constellation, picking, cream, elite.
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KEY: Crime.
SYN: Offense, misdeed, wrong, misdemeanor, felony, enormity.
ANT: Good deed, well-doing, duty, obligation, exploit, achievement.
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KEY: Criminal.
SYN: Illegal, felonious, vicious, culpable, wrong, iniquitous, sinful, immoral, guilty, nefarious, flagitious.
ANT: Lawful, virtuous, right, jury innocent, moral, meritorious, creditable, honorable, praiseworthy, laudable.
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KEY: Criminality, [See CRIMINAL and GUILT].
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KEY: Criminate.
SYN: Charge, implicate, accuse, impeach, arraign.
ANT: Acquit, extricate, absolve.
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KEY: Crimp \v.\ [See CORRUGATE].
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KEY: Crimp \a.\
SYN: Brittle, friable, crisp.
ANT: Tough, stubborn, viscous, pasty, lentous.
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KEY: crimple, [See CRUMPLE].
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KEY: Cringe.
SYN: Crouch, bend, bow, fawn, grabble, grub.
ANT: Face, confront, defy, dare.
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KEY: Crinkle, [See CRIMPLE].
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KEY: Cripple.
SYN: Weaken, impair, curtail, cramp, disable.
ANT: Strengthen, renovate, augment, liberate, free, ease, enlarge, expedite.
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KEY: Criterion.
SYN: Test, touchstone, proof, standard, measure.
ANT: Eye, glance, intention, conjecture, scan.
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KEY: Critic.
SYN: Judge, censor, arbiter, savant.
ANT: Author, writer, performer, artist.
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KEY: Critical.
SYN: Nice, delicate, exact, fastidious, discriminating, censorious, accurate, dubious, precarious, ticklish, crucial, important, momentous, hazardous.
ANT: Inexact, popular, loose, easy, undiscriminating, safe, determined, decided, settled, retrieved, redressed.
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KEY: Criticise.
SYN: Examine, scan, perpend, analyze, discuss, anatomize, animadvert.
ANT: Slur, survey, overlook, skim.
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KEY: Criticism.
SYN: Stricture, censure, animadversion.
ANT: Approval, praise, [See APPROBATION].
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KEY: Croak.
SYN: Complain, murmur, grumble.
ANT: Crow, whistle, sing, chirp, chuckle, cackle, rejoice.
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KEY: Crone.
SYN: Hag, witch, beldame.
ANT: Lass, damsel, maiden, belle.
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KEY: Crony.
SYN: Ally, chum, mate.
ANT: Foe, rival, backfriend.
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KEY: Crooked.
SYN: Bent, incurved, angular, deformed, bowed, disfigured, turned, curved, awry, anfractuous, tortuous, underhanded.
ANT: Straight, linear, direct, honest, straightforward.
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KEY: Crop \v.\
SYN: Hew, reap, reduce, shave, shorten, curtail.
ANT: Elongate, grow, foster, raise, trail, train.
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KEY: Crop \n.\
SYN: Reaping, harvest, ingathering.
ANT: Produce, yield, abundance, growth, fruit.
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KEY: Cross.
SYN: Ill-tempered, fretful, illhumored, crusty, peevish, pettish, snarling, snappish, spleeny, splenetic, petulant, fractious.
ANT: Amiable, good-tempered, goodhumored, blithesome, genial.
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KEY: Cross-grained.
SYN: Perverse, wayward, peevish, morose, cantankerous, ill-conditioned.
ANT: Genial, pleasant, agreeable, jolly, obliging, accommodating.
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KEY: Crotchety, [See CAPRICIOUS].
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KEY: Crouch, [See CRINGE and COWER].
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KEY: Crow \v.\ To make a noise like a cock. Used metaphorically.
SYN: Exult, rejoice, cackle, chuckle, boast.
ANT: Whine, howl, grumble, croak, cry, whimper.
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KEY: Crowd.
SYN: Throng, mob, swarm, pack, herd.
ANT: Cream, elite, bevy, galaxy, constellation, cabinet.
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KEY: Crown \n.\
SYN: Top, crest, summit, head, brow, apex.
ANT: Basement, base, bottom, floor, pavement, pedestal, foundation, foot, sole.
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KEY: Crown.
SYN: Complete, consummate, seal, conclude.
ANT: Mar, spoil, frustrate.
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KEY: Crucial.
SYN: Searching, probing, severe, discriminating, sharp, critical, piercing.
ANT: Superficial, indifferent, mild, uncritical, lenient, lax.
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KEY: Crude.
SYN: Raw, undigested, unconsidered, half-studied, harsh, unshaped, unchastened, unfinished, unrefined, ill-prepared.
ANT: Well-prepared, well-digested, well-considered, well-studied, ripe, well-adapted, well-proportioned, well-expressed, classical, finished, refined, artistic, elaborate, highlywrought.
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KEY: Cruel.
SYN: Savage, barbarous, pittiless, inexorable, unrelenting, ruthless, truculent, hard-hearted, harsh, unmerciful, brutal, inhuman, maleficent, malignant.
ANT: Humane, forbearing, generous, merciful, forgiving, benevolent, beneficent.
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KEY: Crumble.
SYN: Disintegrate, pulverize, triturate.
ANT: Consolidate, conglutinate, bond, amalgamate.
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KEY: Crumple, [See CRINKLE and CORRUGATE].
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KEY: Crush \v.\
SYN: Pulverize, triturate, pound, bray, crumble, overpower, demolish.
ANT: Consolidate, compact, cake, solidify, compress, amalgamate, upraise, stabilitate, aggrandize.
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KEY: Crusty, [See CALM].
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KEY: Cudgel \v.\
SYN: Pound, bruise, buffet, batter.
ANT: Stroke, pat, clap, tickle.
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KEY: Cuff \v.\
SYN: Slap, box, smack, punch, pummel, hustle, buffet.
ANT: Cudgel, flagellate, thrash, cane, strap, lash, whip.
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KEY: Cull.
SYN: Bunch, gather, pick, collect.
ANT: Scatter, drop, throw, disseminate.
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KEY: Culmination.
SYN: Consummation, zenith, acme, meridian, apex, success, completion.
ANT: Fall, descent, decline, failure, downfall, degradation, defeat, abortion.
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KEY: Culpability, [See CULPABLE and GUILT].
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KEY: Culpable.
SYN: Blamable, blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
ANT: Blameless, innocent, excusable, laudable, praisworthy.
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KEY: Culprit.
SYN: Offender, criminal, delinquent, malefactor.
ANT: Example, pattern, model, hero, saint.
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KEY: Cultivate.
SYN: Promote, foster, study, improve, fertilize, till, advance, refine, improve, civilize, nourish, cherish.
ANT: Neglect, desert, abandon, stifle, prevent, discourage, abolish, blight, blast, paralyze, eradicate, extirpate, uproot.
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KEY: Cumber.
SYN: Clog, impede, oppress, load, incommode, obstruct.
ANT: Liberate, expedite, alleviate, extricate, lighten, relieve, support, free, rid.
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KEY: Cunning, [See CRAFT].
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KEY: Cupidity \n.\
SYN: Avarice, acquisitiveness, covetousness, stinginess.
ANT: Prodigality, extravagance, liberality.
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KEY: Curb \v.\
SYN: Restrain, cohibit, hold, repress, check, moderate.
ANT: Indulge, liberate, release, emancipate, loose, urge, free, incite, instigate, impel.
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KEY: Curdle.
SYN: Coagulate, condense, thicken.
ANT: Colliquify, diffuse, circulate.
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KEY: Cure \n.\
SYN: Remedy, alleviation, restorative, heal-all, amelioration, reinstatement, restoration, renovation, convalescence.
ANT: Aggravation, confirmation, complaint, disease, ailment, inoculation, contagion, corruption.
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KEY: Cure \v.\ [See HEAL].
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KEY: Curiosity.
SYN: Inquisitiveness, interest, wonder, marvel, interrogativeness, rarity, phenomenon, celebrity, oddity, lion.
ANT: Indifference, heedlessness, disregard, abstraction, absence, weed, drug, dirt, cipher, bagatelle, song.
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KEY: Curious.
SYN: Inquiring, inquisitive, scrutinizing, prying, meddling, singular, searching, interrogative, peeping, peering, rare, unique, odd, recondite.
ANT: Indifferent, uninquiring, incurious, uninterested, trite, common, superficial.
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KEY: Curmudgeon.
SYN: Miscreant, wretch, rascal, churl, ill-conditioned fellow.
ANT: Trump, good fellow, brick.
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KEY: Currency.
SYN: Circulation, vogue, publicity, prevalence.
ANT: Suppression, repression, recall, stagnation, rejection, disbelief, withdrawal.
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KEY: Current.
SYN: Running, prevalent, ordinary, present, popular, general, floating, exoteric, vulgar.
ANT: Rejected, obsolete, exploded, confined, private, secret, esoteric.
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KEY: Curse. \n.\
SYN: Malediction, execration, imprecation, denunciation, anathema, bane, blight.
ANT: Blessing, benediction, joy, crown, glory.
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KEY: Curse. \v.\
SYN: Execrate.
ANT: Bless.
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KEY: Cursory.
SYN: Rapid, hasty, desultory, careless, superficial, slight, summary.
ANT: Searching, minute, elaborate, profound.
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KEY: Curtail. [See ABBREVIATE].
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KEY: Curve \v.\
SYN: Incurve, bend, inflex, falcate, arcuate.
ANT: Straighten, unbend, rectilineate.
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KEY: Curve \n.\
SYN: Incurvation, flexion, deflexion.
ANT: Rigidity, inelasticity, inflexibility, rectilinearity.
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KEY: Custody.
SYN: Keeping, guardianship, conservation, care.
ANT: Neglect, betrayal, exposure, abandonment, desertion, liberation, jeopardy, discharge.
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KEY: Custom.
SYN: Manner, habit, use, usage, fashion, practice, prescription.
ANT: Law, regulation, dictate, command, rule, disuse, nonobservance, desuetude.
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KEY: Cut \v.\
SYN: Sever, slice, sunder, cleave, shear, carve, chop, gash, avoid, elude.
ANT: Unite, splice, accost, approach, court, address, salute.
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KEY: Cutting.
SYN: Sharp, biting, mordant, trenchant, piercing, bitter, sarcastic, provoking, stinging, sardonic, exasperating, satirical, severe, disappointing, cruel.
ANT: Mild, conciliatory, complimentary, soothing, flattering, indulgent, consoling, gratifying.
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KEY: Cynical.
SYN: Sarcastic, snarling, snappish, sneering, cross-grained, currish, carping.
ANT: Genial, lenient, complaisant, urbane.
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KEY: Dabble.
SYN: Meddle, mix, trifle, skim.
ANT: Study, elaborate, investigate, delve, dig, fathom, gauge.
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KEY: Daft.
SYN: Silly, innocent, idiotic, lunatic, light-headed, cracked.
ANT: Sane, sound, sensible, practical, rational, shrewd, deft, mealy-mouthed, delicious, toothsome, delicate, fastidious.
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KEY: Dainty.
SYN: Choice, rare, refined, tasty, exquisite, luxurious, epicurean.
ANT: Common, coarse, unrelishing, nasty, dirty, omnivorous, greedy, gluttonous.
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KEY: Dally.
SYN: Trifle, play, wanton, sport, fondle, delay, procrastinate, dawdle.
ANT: Toil, labor, work, study, fag, stir, bustle, hasten.
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KEY: Damage.
SYN: Injury, hurt, loss, mischief, detriment, impairment.
ANT: Compensation, recovery, reinstatement, advantage, benefit, reparation, blessing.
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KEY: Damnable, [See EXECRABLE].
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KEY: Damp.
SYN: Cool, blunt, dishearten, quench, slack, moderate, humid, wet, moist, discourage, discountenance, repress.
ANT: Urge, inflame, incite, fan, excite.
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KEY: Danger.
SYN: Peril, hazard, risk, jeopardy, insecurity, venture.
ANT: Security, custody, defense, safety, premunition, precaution.
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KEY: Dapper.
SYN: Spruce, neat, natty, smart.
ANT: Slovenly, awkward, unwieldy, untidy.
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KEY: Dare.
SYN: Venture, face, brave, hazard, risk, defy, challenge.
ANT: Shrink, shun, dread, cower.
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KEY: Daring.
SYN: Adventurous, dashing, bold, courageous, venturesome, dauntless, foolhardy, fearless, brave, intrepid, valorous.
ANT: Cautious, timid, inadventurous.
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KEY: Dark.
SYN: Black, dusky, sable, swarthy, opaque, obscure, enigmatical, recondite, abstruse, unintelligible, blind, ignorant, besotted, benighted, dim, shadowy, inexplicable, secret, mysterious, hidden, murky, nebulous, cheerless, dismal, dim, gloomy, sombre, joyless, mournful, sorrowful.
ANT: White, fair, light, radiant, bright, lucid, crystalline, transparent, brilliant, plain, intelligible, enlightened, glaring, dazzling, illumined, festive, luminous.
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KEY: Darling.
SYN: Pet, love, sweet, pretty, dear, favorite, delight.
ANT: Antipathy, abomination, horror.
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KEY: Dash.
SYN: Burl, cast, throw, subvert, detrude, drive, rush, send, fly, speed, dart, scatter, strike, course.
ANT: Raise, reinstate, erect, creep, crawl, lag, hobble.
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KEY: Dashing.
SYN: Adventurous, showy, brave.
ANT: Shrinking, dowdy, timid.
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KEY: Dastard, [See COWARD].
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KEY: Data.
SYN: Facts, grounds, basis, axioms, postulates.
ANT: Conjecture, assumption, problem, proposition, inference, deduction.
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KEY: Date, [See TIME].
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KEY: Daub, [See BEDAUB].
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KEY: Daunt.
SYN: Terrify, scare, frighten, cow, dishearten, appall, intimidate, confront.
ANT: Countenance, encourage, rally, inspirit.
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KEY: Dauntless.
SYN: Valiant, gallant, fearless, lion-hearted, intrepid.
ANT: Cautious, cowardly, timid.
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KEY: Dawdle.
SYN: Lag, dally, idle.
ANT: Haste, speed, dash, rush, work, fag.
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KEY: Dawn.
SYN: Gleam, begin, appear, rise, open, break.
ANT: Wane, set, sink, close, depart.
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KEY: Dazzle.
SYN: Daze, bewilder, confuse.
ANT: Enlighten, illumine.
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KEY: Dead.
SYN: Defunct, deceased, departed, gone, inanimate, lifeless, insensible, heavy, unconscious, dull, spiritless, cheerless, deserted, torpid, still.
ANT: Vital, living, animate, vivacious, susceptible, alive, joyous, stirring, thronged, bustling.
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KEY: Deaden.
SYN: Benumb, paralyze, blunt, damp, subdue.
ANT: Sharpen, quicken, enliven.
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KEY: Deadly.
SYN: Mortal, fatal, malignant, baleful, pernicious, noxious, venomous, destructive, baneful, implacable.
ANT: Vital, life-giving, healthful, wholesome, nutritious.
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KEY: deadness.
SYN: Torpor, flatness, faintness, heaviness.
ANT: Quickness, vitality, life, vivacity.
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KEY: Deaf.
SYN: Surd, hard of hearing, disinclined, averse, inexorable, insensible, rumbling, inaudible, heedless, dead.
ANT: Acute, listening, disposed, interested, attentive, willing, susceptible, sensible, alive.
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KEY: Deal.
SYN: Bargain, chaffer, trade, dispense, market, communicate, negotiate, traffic.
ANT: Hold, close, stop, fail.
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KEY: Dealing.
SYN: Intercourse, communication, trade, traffic, negotiation, commerce, practice.
ANT: Lack, failure, closing, bankruptcy, stagnation, withdrawal, noncommunication.
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KEY: Dear.
SYN: High-priced, costly, expensive, beloved, precious, loved.
ANT: Cheap, inexpensive, misliked, vile.
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KEY: Dearth, [See ABUNDANCE].
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KEY: Death.
SYN: Departure, demise, decease, dissolution, mortality, fall, failure, termination, cessation, expiration, release, exit.
ANT: Birth, rise, life, growth, vigor, animation, spirit, activity, operation, action, commencement, vitality, auspices, inauguration.
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KEY: Deathless.
SYN: Undying, immortal, unfading, everlasting.
ANT: Mortal, ephemeral, fragile, fugitive, momentary, transient, fleeting.
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KEY: Debar.
SYN: Exclude, stop, thwart, obstruct, hinder, prevent, deter, deprive, disqualify, deny, prohibit, preclude.
ANT: Inclose, embrace, admit, permit, aid, allow, indulge, qualify, entitle.
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KEY: Debase.
SYN: Degrade, lower, depress, deprave, deteriorate, corrupt, alloy, impair, disgrace, humble.
ANT: Raise, enhance, exalt, honor, promote, ameliorate, purify, improve.
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KEY: Debased, [See DEBASE].
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KEY: Debate.
SYN: Contend, dispute, argue, moot, controvert, contest, wrangle, discuss, deliberate, question, ventilate.
ANT: Yield, concede, surrender, admit, allow.
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KEY: Debatable.
SYN: Dubious, doubtful, inestimable, uncertain, problematical, floating, unsettled, disputable.
ANT: Certain, sure, unquestionable, Indisputable, self-evident, incontestable.
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KEY: Debauch, Debauchery \n.\
SYN: Riot, revel, excess, orgies, gluttony.
ANT: Meal, moderation, frugality, asceticism, abstinence, fast, maceration.
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KEY: Debauch \v.\
SYN: Seduce, corrupt, ravish, violate, pollute, defile, vitiate.
ANT: Purify, enlighten, ameliorate, elevate, make better.
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KEY: Debility.
SYN: Weakness, feebleness, frailty, infirmity, incapacity, imbecility, enervation, lassitude, languor.
ANT: Strength, vigor, robustness, energy, tone, nerve, muscularity.
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KEY: Debt.
SYN: Debit, liability, default, obligation, claim, score, something due.
ANT: Liquidation, assets, credit, trust, grace, favor, obligation, accommodation, gift, gratuity.
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KEY: Debtor, [See CREDITOR].
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KEY: Decadence, [See DECAY].
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KEY: Decamp.
SYN: Start, fly, bolt, abscond.
ANT: Appear, answer, show.
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KEY: Decay \v.\
SYN: Decline, wane, sink, dwindle, rot, wither, perish, waste, ebb, decrease.
ANT: Rise, grow, increase, flourish, luxuriate, vegetate, expand, enlarge.
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KEY: Decay \n.\
SYN: Declension, waning, sinking, wasting, decrease, corruption, decadence, putrefaction, rottenness, dry rot, consumption, decline.
ANT: Rise, growth, birth, increase, fertility, exuberance, luxuriance, prosperity.
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KEY: Decayed.
SYN: Rotten, corrupt, unsound, decomposed, declined, faded, sunk, unprosperous, impoverished, wasted away.
ANT: Sound, wholesome, healthful, fresh, prosperous, flourishing, wealthy.
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KEY: Decease, [See DEATH].
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KEY: Deceit.
SYN: Cheat, imposition, trick, fraud, deception, double dealing, delusion, circumvention, guile, bewilderment, treachery, sham, insidiousness, indirection, duplicity, cunning, artifice.
ANT: Enlightenment, instruction, guidance, reality, verily, Fair-dealing, honesty, openness.
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KEY: Deceitful.
SYN: Deceptive, delusive, fraudulent, fallacious.
ANT: Open, fair, honest, truthful, veracious.
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KEY: Deceive.
SYN: Trick, cheat, beguile, delude, gull, dupe, take in, over reach, mislead, betray, ensnare, entrap, circumvent.
ANT: Enlighten, advise, illumine, guide, disabuse, undeceive, deliver.
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KEY: Decency.
SYN: Modesty, propriety, [See DECORUM].
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KEY: Deceiver, [See DECEIVE].
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KEY: Decent, [See ABASH].
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KEY: Deception, [See DECEIT].
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KEY: Deride.
SYN: Determine, fix, settle, adjudicate, terminate, resolve.
ANT: Waver, raise, moot, drop, doubt, waive, suspend, misjudge, misdetermine.
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KEY: Decided.
SYN: Determined, ruled, resolute, firm, unwavering.
ANT: Undecided, unsettled, irresolute, vacillating.
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KEY: Deciduous, [See EPHEMERAL].
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KEY: Decipher.
SYN: Bead, spell, interpret, solve, unravel, explain, unfold.
ANT: Cipher, symbolize, empuzzle, mystify, enigmatize.
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KEY: Decision.
SYN: Determination, conclusion, sentence, judgment, resolution, firmness.
ANT: Irresoluteness, vagueness, indecision, uncertainty, unsettlement.
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KEY: Decisive, [See CONCLUSIVE].
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KEY: Deck, [See ADORN].
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KEY: Declaim.
SYN: Harangue, recite, apostrophize, speak, debate, inveigh.
ANT: Bead, study, compose, elaborate.
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KEY: Declamation.
SYN: Oratory, elocution, harangue, effusion, debate.
ANT: Stammering, titubancy, hesitation, tardiloquence.
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KEY: Declamatory.
SYN: Loud, noisy, incoherent, discursive, loose, inconsecutive, grandiloquent, rhetorical, high-sounding.
ANT: Close, connected, logical, studied, exact, quiet, consecutive.
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KEY: Declaration.
SYN: Avowal, exhibition, manifestation, statement, ordinance, assertion, affirmation, profession.
ANT: Denial, concealment, suppression, Declare, [See ANNOUNCE].
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KEY: Declension.
SYN: Decay, decadence, degeneration, deterioration, fall.
ANT: Bise, improvement, advancement, culmination.
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KEY: Decline, [See DECLENSION and ACCEPT].
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KEY: Declivity.
SYN: Descent, fall, slope, incline, devexity.
ANT: Ascent, rise, verticality.
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KEY: Decoction.
SYN: Concoction, dish, compound, plate, platter, mess, extract.
ANT: Crudity, infusion, rawness, greenness, maceration.
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KEY: Decompose.
SYN: Analyze, segregate, individualize, resolve, dissolve.
ANT: Compound, concoct, mix, organize, compose.
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KEY: Decomposition, [See DECOMPOSE].
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KEY: Decorate, [See ADORN], Decorum.
SYN: Seemliness, propriety, dignity, order, decency, good manners, good behavior, modesty.
ANT: Unseemliness, impropriety, disturbance, disorder.
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KEY: Decoy.
SYN: Allure, entice, ensnare, entrap, seduce, mislead, inveigle, lure, tempt.
ANT: Guide, instruct, warn, conduct, disabuse, extricate.
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KEY: Decrease \v.\
SYN: Diminish, lessen, subside, abate, lower, decline, retrench, curtail, reduce, wane.
ANT: Increase, grow, amplify, expand, augment, extend, enlarge.
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KEY: Decree.
SYN: Decision, determination, mandate, law, edict, manifesto, rule, verdict, order, judgment, ordinance, proclamation.
ANT: Cue, hint, suggestion, intimation, request.
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KEY: Decrement, [See AUGMENTATION].
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KEY: Decrepit.
SYN: Infirm, weak, crippled, superannuated, effete, broken-down, enfeebled, tottering, aged.
ANT: Strong, robust, agile, youthful, active.
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KEY: Decrepitude, [See DECREPIT].
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KEY: Decry.
SYN: Depreciate, traduce, vituperate, disparage, defame, vilify, derogate, detract, censure, abase, denounce.
ANT: Extol, laud, praise, eulogize, panegyrize.
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KEY: Dedicate.
SYN: Devote, consecrate, offer, set, apportion, assign, apply, separate, hallow, set apart.
ANT: Alienate, misapply, desecrate, misappropriate, misconvert, misuse.
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KEY: Deduce.
SYN: Draw, Infer, conclude, gather.
ANT: State, premise, hazard, conjecture, guess, induce, anticipate, foresee, predict, induct.
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KEY: Deductible, [See DEDUCE].
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KEY: Deduct.
SYN: Subtract, bate, remove.
ANT: Add, annex, subjoin.
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KEY: Deduction.
SYN: Conclusion, inference, abatement.
ANT: [See CONCLUSION].
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KEY: Deed.
SYN: Act, action, commission, achievement, perpetration, instrument, document, muniment, exploit, feat.
ANT: Omission, failure, abortion, false-witness, innocence, cancelling, disproof, invalidation, retractation, impossibility, nonperformance, recall, reversion, undoing.
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KEY: Deem.
SYN: Judge, estimate, consider, believe, think, suppose, conceive.
ANT: Misjudge, misestimate, mis-consider.
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KEY: Deep.
SYN: Profound, subterranean, submerged, designing, abstruse, recondite, learned, low, sagacious, penetrating, thick, obscure, mysterious, occult, Intense, heartfelt.
ANT: Shallow, superficial, artless, undesigning, familiar, commonplace.
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KEY: Deeply, [See DEEP].
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KEY: Deface.
SYN: Mar, spoil, injure, disfigure, deform, damage, mutilate, destroy.
ANT: Decorate, adorn, embellish.
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KEY: Defalcation.
SYN: Failure, nonpayment, arrears, deficit.
ANT: Payment, acquittal, balance, satisfaction, assets.
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KEY: Defame, [See DECRY].
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KEY: Detainer, [See DEFAME].
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KEY: Default.
SYN: Lapse, forfeit, omission, defect, delinquency, absence, want, failure.
ANT: Maintenance, appearance, plea, satisfaction, forthcoming, supply, presence.
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KEY: Defaulter.
SYN: Debtor, insolvent, bankrupt.
ANT: Defrayer, liquidator.
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KEY: Defeat \n.\
SYN: Frustration, overthrow, discomfiture.
ANT: Victory, triumph, success.
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KEY: Defeat \v.\
SYN: Conquer, overcome, worst, beat, baffle, rout, overthrow, vanquish, frustrate, foil.
ANT: Secure, promote, insure, speed, advance, establish, aid.
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KEY: Defect.
SYN: Shortcoming, omission, fault, imperfection, flaw, blemish, want.
ANT: Supply, sufficiency, emendation, compensation, virtue, ornament, complement.
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KEY: Defection.
SYN: Failure, dereliction, abandonment, relinquishment, desertion.
ANT: Substitution, supply, superabundance, adherence.
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KEY: Defective.
SYN: Faulty, imperfect, insufficient, deficient, wanting, short.
ANT: Correct, complete, sufficient, full, ample, abundant, satisfactory.
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KEY: Defense.
SYN: Resistance, protection, vindication, plea, justification, excuse, rampart, bulwark, apology, shelter, guard.
ANT: Abandonment, surrender, betrayal, exposure.
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KEY: Defenseless.
SYN: Unsheltered, exposed, unguarded, unprotected, unarmed.
ANT: Sheltered, guarded, fortified, defended, protected, armed.
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KEY: Defendant.
SYN: Accused, prisoner.
ANT: Prosecutor, accuser, plaintiff.
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KEY: Defensible.
SYN: Vindicable, justifiable, tenable.
ANT: Unjustifiable, untenable, unwarrantable, indefensible.
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KEY: Defer.
SYN: Delay, postpone, waive, adjourn, prorogue, put off, retard, procrastinate, protract, hinder, prolong.
ANT: Expedite, hasten, quicken, press, urge, hurry, overdrive, despatch.
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KEY: Deference.
SYN: Respect, consideration, condescension, contention, regard, honor, veneration, submission, reverence, obedience, homage, allegiance.
ANT: Disrespect, contumely, contumacy, disregard, slight, impudence, disobedience, non-allegiance, defiance, attention.
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KEY: Defiance, [See DEFERENCE].
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KEY: Deficiency.
SYN: Want, imperfection, lack, shortcoming.
ANT: Fullness, abundance.
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KEY: Deficient, [See DEFECTIVE].
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KEY: Defile, [See CONTAMINATE].
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KEY: Define.
SYN: Mark out, limit, designate, specify, eliminate, elucidate, explain, fix, settle, determine, bound.
ANT: Confound, confuse, obscure, mystify, misstate, misconceive, misconstrue, misdefine.
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KEY: Definite.
SYN: Clear, specified, determined, definitive, restricted, specific, certain, ascertained, precise, exact, fixed, limited, bounded, positive.
ANT: Vague, unspecified, undetermined, indefinite, obscure, confused, intermingled.
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KEY: Definition.
SYN: Determination, limitation, specification, restriction.
ANT: Confusion, vagueness, acceptation, description, explanation, misconception, misstatement.
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KEY: Deflect.
SYN: Turn, deviate, diverge, swerve, divert, recurve.
ANT: Continue, proceed, straighten, unbend, prolong, produce.
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KEY: Deflection.
SYN: Deviation, divergence, alienation, swerving, incurvation, curvity, falcation.
ANT: Straightness, directness, rectilinearity, inflexibility, prolongation, prosecution, undeviatingness.
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KEY: deform, [See ADORN].
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KEY: Deformity.
SYN: Ugliness, disfigurement, hideousness, abnormity, monstrosity.
ANT: Grace, beauty, decoration, ornament.
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KEY: Defraud, [See CHEAT].
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KEY: Defray.
SYN: Meet, liquidate, pay, settle, bear, discharge, quit.
ANT: Dishonor, repudiate, dissatisfy, misappropriate, embezzle.
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KEY: Defrayment.
SYN: Payment, quittance, liquidation, compensation, discharge.
ANT: Nonpayment, failure, insolvency, appropriation, misappropriation, embezzlement, repudiation.
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KEY: Defy.
SYN: Scorn, challenge, provoke, despite, brave, [See DARE].
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KEY: Degenerate.
SYN: deteriorate, grow worse, retrograde.
ANT: Recover, improve, mend, advance.
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KEY: Deglutition.
SYN: Swallowing, gorging, gluttony, absorption.
ANT: disgorgement, vomit.
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KEY: Degradation, [See DEBASE].
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KEY: Degrade, [See DEBASE].
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KEY: Degree.
SYN: Grade, rank, stage, step, extent, measure, mark, rate, position, quality, class, station, range, quantity, amount, limit, order.
ANT: Space, mass, magnitude, size, numbers.
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KEY: Doliortatlon, [See DISSUADE].
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KEY: Deign, [See CONDESCEND].
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KEY: Dejected.
SYN: Dispirited, gloomy, melancholy, desponding, depressed, downcast, low-spirited.
ANT: Elated, inspirited, blithe, gay, cheerful.
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KEY: Dejection, [See DEJECTED].
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KEY: Delay \v.\ [See DEFER].
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KEY: Delectable.
SYN: Pleasant, amiable, agreeable, enjoyable.
ANT: Unpleasant, unamiable, disagreeably, unenjoyable,.
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KEY: Delegate.
SYN: Appoint, depute, commission.
ANT: Recall, supersede, relegate, discommission.
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KEY: Deleterious.
SYN: Destructive, noxious, injurious, poisonous, pernicious.
ANT: Wholesome, nutritious, esculent, conservative, beneficial.
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KEY: Deliberate \v.\
SYN: Consider, meditate, consult, weigh, reflect, ponder, debate, perpend.
ANT: Shelve, burke, discard, hazard, chance, risk.
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KEY: Deliberate \a.\
SYN: Grave, purposed, intentional, designed, determined, resolute, earnest, unbiased, unprejudiced.
ANT: Playful, jocose, facetious, irresolute, unresolved, undetermined, dubious, compulsory, suggested, dictated, instigated, biased, prejudiced.
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KEY: Deliberation, [See DELIBERATE and COOL].
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KEY: Deliberately, [See DELIBERATE].
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KEY: Delicacy.
SYN: Nicety, dainty, mor, sel, refinement, tact, softness, luxury, modesty, scruple, sensitiveness, fragility.
ANT: Coarseness, rudeness, rawness, muchness, indelicacy, commons, necessaries, fare, physic, vigor, robustness.
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KEY: Delicate, [See DELICACY and COARSE].
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KEY: Delicious.
SYN: Exquisite, luxurious, delightful, dainty, choice.
ANT: Coarse, common, unsavory, unpalatable, nauseous, loathsome.
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KEY: Delight.
SYN: Enjoyment, pleasure, happiness, transport, ecstasy, joy, gratification, gladness, rapture, bliss.
ANT: Pain, suffering, sorrow, trouble, misery, displeasure, dissatisfaction, disappointment, discomfort, dejection, depression, distress, melancholy, discontent.
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KEY: Delightful, [See DELIGHT].
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KEY: Delineate.
SYN: Describe, figure, sketch, portray, depict, draw, represent, paint.
ANT: Misrepresent, caricature, exaggerate, misportray.
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KEY: Delinquency.
SYN: Crime, offense, guilt, culpability, criminality.
ANT: Innocence, blamelessness.
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KEY: Delinquent.
SYN: Criminal, culprit, offender.
ANT: Worthy, paragon, pattern.
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KEY: Delitescence.
SYN: Concealment, hiding, skulking, shirking.
ANT: Appearance, publicity, forwardness, self-presentation, openness.
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KEY: Deliver.
SYN: Liberate, free, save, utter, set free, surrender, yield, transmit, concede, give up, rescue, pronounce, hand, give, entrust, consign.
ANT: Confine, capture, suppress, retain, betray, withdraw, assume, appropriate, misdeliver.
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KEY: Delude, [See DECEIVE].
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KEY: Deluge.
SYN: Inundation, rush, flood, redundance.
ANT: Mist, moisture, dearth, drought, aridity, subsidence, exsiccation.
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KEY: Delusion, [See DECEIT].
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KEY: Delve.
SYN: Dig, penetrate, dive, investigate, search.
ANT: Scratch, rake, slur, dabble, dally, skim.
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KEY: Demand.
SYN: Claim, require, ask for, call for, insist.
ANT: Disclaim, waive, forego, petition, request, supplicate.
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KEY: Demarcation.
SYN: Definition, {[connguration]?}, outline, sketch, delineation, bounding, inclosure, plan, limitation.
ANT: indefiniteness, openness, space, waste, plain, void.
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KEY: Demean, [See BEHAVE and CONDESCEND].
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KEY: Demerit, [See MERIT and FAULT].
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KEY: Demesne, [See DOMAIN].
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KEY: Demise \v.\ [See BEQUEATH].
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KEY: Demise \n.\ [See DEATH].
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KEY: Democratic.
SYN: Popular, leveling, radical, subversive, unlicensed, unarculca, destructive, republican.
ANT: Regal, imperial, aristocratic, oligarchical, constitutional, conservative, tyrannical, despotic, autocratic.
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KEY: Demolish, [See DESTROY].
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KEY: Demoniacal.
SYN: Fiendish, hell, Ish, diabolical.
ANT: Angelical, seraphic, heavenly.
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KEY: Demonstrate.
SYN: Prove, show, exhibit, manifest, evince, illustrate.
ANT: Disprove, conceal, misdemonstrate-strafe, misexemplify.
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KEY: Demoralize, [See DISHEARTEN].
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KEY: Demulcent.
SYN: Soothing, softening, allaying, lenitive.
ANT: Irritating, chafing, blistering.
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KEY: Demur.
SYN: Dubitate, hesitate, halt, pause, doubt, scruple, object.
ANT: Approve, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent.
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KEY: Demure.
SYN: Sedate, staid, grave, modest, downcast, sober, dispassionate, prudish, discreet.
ANT: Lively, vivacious, facetious, wanton, wild, noisy, boisterous, rompish, hoydenish, indiscreet.
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KEY: Denial, [See DENT].
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KEY: Denizen.
SYN: Citizen, subject, inhabitant, sojourner, dweller, freedman.
ANT: Foreigner, alien, stranger, exile, traveler.
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KEY: Denominate.
SYN: Name, call, designate, specify, denote, style, title.
ANT: Misname, miscall, describe, delineate, suggest.
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KEY: Denomination.
SYN: Name, designation, description, kind, class, order, appellation.
ANT: Non-description, misnomer.
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KEY: Denote, [See DENOMINATE].
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KEY: Denounce.
SYN: Reprobate, decry, proscribe, brand, stigmatize, vituperate, defame.
ANT: Applaud, eulogize, vindicate, panegyrize, uphold.
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KEY: Dense.
SYN: Slow, thick, stupid, stolid, solid, stout, compact, consolidated, condensed, close, thickset.
ANT: Quick, clever, intelligent, rare, rarefied, uncompacted, sparse.
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KEY: Dent.
SYN: Indentation, notch, cavity.