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KEY: Distinct.
SYN: Separate, independent, unconnected, detached, disjoined, unlike, definite, obvious, different, dissimilar, clear, conspicuous, plain, perspicuous.
ANT: United, consolidated, conjoined, one, obscure, dim, confused, indistinct.
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KEY: Distinction.
SYN: Difference, separation, dignity, eminence.
ANT: Unity, identity, debasement, insignificance, degradation.
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KEY: Distinctness.
SYN: Clearness, plainness, conspicuousness, perspicuity.
ANT: Confusion, indistinctness, laziness.
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KEY: Distinguish.
SYN: Discern, descry, perceive, characterize, make famous, know, discriminate, see, discover, separate, divide, dissimilate, differentiate.
ANT: Miss, overlook, confound, confuse.
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KEY: Distinguished.
SYN: Illustrious, noted, celebrated, conspicuous, eminent, marked, famous.
ANT: Obscure, inconspicuous, hidden, not famous.
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KEY: Distinguishable, [See DISTINGUISH].
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KEY: Distortion, [See DETORTION and PERVERSION].
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KEY: Distract.
SYN: Divide, dissipate, dissever, disconcert, discompose, perplex, bewilder, convulse, madden, disturb.
ANT: Unite, fix, concentrate, collect, compose.
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KEY: Distraction.
SYN: Inattention, madness, absence.
ANT: Attention, composure.
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KEY: Distress \v.\
SYN: Harass, embarrass, trouble, grieve, annoy, vex, mortify, pain, disturb, afflict, worry.
ANT: Soothe, compose, please, gratify, gladden, console, elate, comfort.
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KEY: Distress \n.\ [See AFFLICTION and TROUBLE].
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KEY: Distribute, [See DISPENSE].
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KEY: District, [See CIRCUIT and REGION].
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KEY: Distrust, [See ENCIRCLE].
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KEY: Disturb.
SYN: Derange, discompose, disorder, discommode, plague, confuse, rouse, agitate, annoy, trouble, interrupt, incommode, worry, vex, molest, disquiet.
ANT: Order, collocate, arrange, pacify, soothe, quiet, compose, leave.
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KEY: Disunion, [See UNION].
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KEY: Disuse, [See USE and DESUETUDE].
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KEY: Divarication.
SYN: Deviation, divergence, digression, diversion.
ANT: Continuity, rectilinearity, directness, prolongation.
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KEY: Diversion.
SYN: Detour, divergence, deviation, recreation, amusement, pastime, sport, enjoyment.
ANT: Continuity, directness, procedure, business, task, work, study, labor, avocation.
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KEY: Diversify.
SYN: Vary, alter, change modify, variegate.
ANT: Conserve, prosecute, stabilitate, settle, fix, stereotype, crystallize, arrest.
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KEY: Diversity.
SYN: Difference, dissimilarity, variation, multiformity, heterogeneousness, dissonance.
ANT: Similarity, identity, unifomity, homogeneousness, co-ordination, coincidence, consonance.
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KEY: Divert.
SYN: Alter, change, deflect, alienate, delight, please, gratify, entertain, amuse.
ANT: Continue, prosecute, prolong, produce, restrict, confine, pain, annoy.
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KEY: Divest.
SYN: Disruanate, denude, strip, disrobe, unclothe, disencumber, deprive.
ANT: Clothe, robe, invest, shroud, envelop, encumber, indue.
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KEY: Divide.
SYN: Separate, dissect, bisect, portio, part, divorce, segregate, sever, sunder, deal out, disunite, keep apart, part among, allot, distribute, multiply.
ANT: Unite, collocate, classify, convene, congregate, conglomerate, conglutinate, commingle, join, consociate, co-ordinate.
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KEY: Divination.
SYN: Prediction, sorcery, magic, witchcraft, augury, omens.
ANT: Instruction, information, investigation, study, learning.
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KEY: Division, [See DIVIDE], [See SEPARATE].
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KEY: Divorce \v.\
SYN: Separate, disconnect, dissever, divert, alienate.
ANT: Conjoin, unite, connect, apply, reconcile, reunite.
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KEY: Divorce \n.\ Verb.
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KEY: Divulge, [See CONCEAL].
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KEY: Do.
SYN: Work, act, accomplish, execute, achieve, transact, finish, enact, perform, produce, complete.
ANT: Undo, mar, neglect, omit.
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KEY: Docile.
SYN: Compliant, amenable, easily managed, yielding, gentle, quiet, pliant, tractable, teachable, tame.
ANT: Intractable, stubborn, obstinate, self-willed, dogged.
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KEY: Dock.
SYN: Curtail, lop, abbreviate, prune.
ANT: Grow, elongate, nourish, [See {p*Ot long}?], train, coax.
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KEY: Docked, [See DOCK].
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KEY: Doctrinal.
SYN: Didactic, catechetical, theological.
ANT: Practical, operative.
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KEY: Doctrine.
SYN: Tenet, article, belief, creed, dogma, teaching, precept, principle.
ANT: Practice, operation, duty, conduct, action.
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KEY: Dodge \v.\ [See BAFFLE].
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KEY: Dodge \n.\ [See ARTIFICE].
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KEY: Doer.
SYN: Agent, actor, performer, originator, perpetrator, maker.
ANT: Undoer, preventer, hinderer, baffler, neutralizes marrer.
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KEY: Dogged.
SYN: Obstinate, morose, sullen, impracticable, prejudiced.
ANT: Docile, genial, agreeable, conciliatory, easy, indulgent, liberal, complaisant.
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KEY: Dogma, [See DOCTRINE].
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KEY: Dogmatic.
SYN: Doctrinal, theological, imperious, dictatorial, authoritative, arrogant, magisterial, self-opinionated, positive.
ANT: Practical, active, moderate, mode, diffident, vacillating.
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KEY: Doleful.
SYN: Dolorous, rueful, melancholy, piteous, somber, sorrowful, woebegone, dismal.
ANT: Merry, joyful, gay, blithe, beaming.
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KEY: Dolt.
SYN: Numskull, ignoramus, dullard, ass.
ANT: Savant, genius, philosopher, scholar, luminary.
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KEY: Dollish.
SYN: Stolid, jolterheaded, thick-skulled.
ANT: Quick, sharp, acute, longheaded.
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KEY: Domain.
SYN: Estate, lordship, territory, inclosure.
ANT: Waste, wilderness, wild.
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KEY: Domestic.
SYN: Domiciliary, private.
ANT: Foreign, public.
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KEY: Domestication.
SYN: Settlement, colonization, localization, taming.
ANT: Dissettlement, displacement, dislodgment, ejection, deportation, exile, dispeoplement.
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KEY: Domicile.
SYN: Residence, abode, settlement, home.
ANT: Estrangement, migration, homelessness, houselessness, wilderness, wild, world.
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KEY: Domiciliary, [See DOMICILE].
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KEY: Dominance.
SYN: Lordship, mastery, superiority, preponderance, prevalence.
ANT: Inferiority, subjection, serve, tude, weakness, inprevalence, minority.
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KEY: Dominant, [See DOMINANCE].
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KEY: Domination, [See DOMINANCE].
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KEY: Domineer.
SYN: Lord, tyrannize, assume, usurp.
ANT: Submit, succumb, defer, yield, bow, patronize.
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KEY: Domineering, [See ARROGANT].
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KEY: Dominion.
SYN: Power, authority, rule, tyranny, despotism, government, control, empire, sway, realm, territory, jurisdiction.
ANT: Weakness, submission, subjugation, Inferiority, servitude.
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KEY: Doll.
SYN: Assume, wear.
ANT: Doff, cast.
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KEY: Donation, [See PRESENTATION and GIFT].
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KEY: Doom.
SYN: Judgment, fate, sentence, verdict, condemnation, lot, destiny.
ANT: Liberation, respite, escape, pardon, acquittal, approval.
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KEY: Dormant.
SYN: Sleeping, slumbering, latent, undeveloped, quiescent, inert.
ANT: Vigilant, wakeful, active, operative, developed, energetic.
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KEY: Dotage.
SYN: Imbecility, senility, fatuity, dementedness.
ANT: Intelligence, acuteness, judgment, penetration, vigor.
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KEY: Doubt \n.\
SYN: Dubiousness, dubitation, scruple, hesitation, suspense, distrust, suspicion, perplexity, uncertainty, ambiguity, difficulty, indecision.
ANT: Certainty, clearness, precision, determination, decision, conviction, satisfaction.
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KEY: Doubt \v.\
SYN: Dubitate, hesitate, vacillate, waver, demur.
ANT: Decide, determine, resolve, assent.
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KEY: Doubtful, [See DOUBT and EQUIVOCAL].
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KEY: Doubtless.
SYN: Certainly, clearly, precisely, indisputably.
ANT: Perhaps, probably, possibly.
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KEY: Doughty.
SYN: Redoubted, redoubtable.
ANT: Craven, puny.
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KEY: Dowdy.
SYN: Dull, shabby, common, plain, homely, dingy, scrubby.
ANT: Stylish, dressy, gay, modish, gorgeous, dandified, tawdry.
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KEY: Downfall, [See FALL].
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KEY: Downright, [See ABSOLUTE].
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KEY: Downwards.
SYN: Below, beneath, adown.
ANT: Upwards, aloft.
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KEY: trail \n.\
SYN: Copy, transfer, transcript, sketch, abstract, order, check.
ANT: Original, deed, cash.
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KEY: Draft \v.\
SYN: Draw, drain, exhaust.
ANT: Supply, replenish, import.
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KEY: Drag.
SYN: Draw, pull, haul, bring.
ANT: Carry, convey, push, propel, raise, heave.
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KEY: Drain \v.\
SYN: Draw, strain, drip, percolate, drop, exhaust, empty, dry.
ANT: Replenish, fill, supply, pour, moisten, drown, inundate, drench, swill.
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KEY: Draught.
SYN: Drink, traction, breeze, check.
ANT: Drought, burden, non-ventilation, deposit.
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KEY: Draw.
SYN: Drag, pull, attract, induce, haul, entice, inhale, sketch, delineate, describe.
ANT: Push, carry, propel, throw, repel, drive, compel, impel, thrust.
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KEY: Drawback, [See DETRIMENT].
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KEY: Drawl \v.\
SYN: Drag, lag, drone.
ANT: Gabble, rattle, prattle.
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KEY: Dread \n.\
SYN: Fear, shuddering, terror, horror, alarm, intimidation, apprehension.
ANT: Courage, confidence, welcome, assurance.
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KEY: Dreadful.
SYN: Fearful, shocking, monstrous, dire, terrible, frightful, terrific, horrible, alarming, awful.
ANT: Encouraging, inspiriting, assuring, promising, hopeful.
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KEY: Dream \n.\
SYN: Trance, vision, fancy, reverie, hallucination, romance.
ANT: Fact, reality, substance, verify, realization.
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KEY: Dreamy.
SYN: Fanciful, visionary, speculative, abstracted, absent, foggy.
ANT: Collected, earnest, attentive, awake, active, energetic, practical.
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KEY: Dreary, [See DISMAL].
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KEY: Dregs.
SYN: Refuse, sediment, offal, lees, offscouring, dross, trash.
ANT: Cream, flower, pink, pickings, sample.
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KEY: Drench.
SYN: Wash, inundate, soak, saturate, steep, shower, drown.
ANT: Drain, strain, sponge, mop, dry, exsiccate.
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KEY: Drenched, [See DRENCH].
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KEY: Dress.
SYN: Garniture, preparation, arrangement, clothing, habiliments, accoutrements, vestments, uniform, raiment, apparel, attire, clothes, array, garments, livery, costume, garb, investiture.
ANT: Nudity, disorder, disarrangement, undress, deshabille.
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KEY: Driblet.
SYN: Drop, dole, instalment, scrap, morsel, bit, particle.
ANT: Total, whole, aggregate, mass.
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KEY: Drift.
SYN: Tendency, direction, motion, tenor, meaning, purport, object, intention, purpose, scope, aim, result, issue, {[inierence]?}, conclusion, end, course.
ANT: Aimlessness, pointlessness, vagueness, unmeaningness, indefiniteness, confusedness, aberrancy.
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KEY: Drill.
SYN: Teach, exercise, instruct, train, ordinate, discipline.
ANT: Confuse, disarrange, disorder, misinstruct, miseducate, dishabituate.
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KEY: Drink.
SYN: Imbibe, swallow, quaff, absorb, drain, draught.
ANT: Disgorge, replenish, pour, exude, water, moisten.
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KEY: Drip.
SYN: Drop, ooze, percolate.
ANT: Imbibe, swallow, absorb, suck, dry, retain, hold.
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KEY: Drive, [See DRAW].
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KEY: Drivel.
SYN: Fatuity, nonsense, trifling, snivel, babble.
ANT: Soundness, coherence, substance, solidity.
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KEY: Driveller.
SYN: Idiot, babbler, dotard.
ANT: Speaker, debater, logician, orator.
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KEY: Droll.
SYN: Whimsical, comical, odd, queer, amusing, laughable, funny, comic, fantastic, farcical.
ANT: Sad, lamentable, tragic, lugubrious, funereal.
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KEY: Drollery.
SYN: Fun, whimsicality, comicality, trickery, buffoonery, facetiousness, pleasantry.
ANT: Gravity, dismally, ruefulness, priggishness, starch, lugubriousness.
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KEY: Drone, [See BRAWL].
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KEY: Droop.
SYN: Sink, flag, decline, pine, languish, drop, bend, incurve, fade.
ANT: Revive, flourish, luxuriate, prosper, rally, raise.
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KEY: Drop.
SYN: Ooze, emanate, distil, percolate, fall, decline, descend, faint, droop.
ANT: Evaporate, rally, rise, soar, ascend, recover.
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KEY: Dross, [See CREAM].
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KEY: Drought.
SYN: Dryness, aridity, parching, thirst.
ANT: Moisture, refreshment, dew, deluge, slaking, quenching, watering, irrigation, Drown.
SYN: Sink, immerse, swamp, overwhelm, engulf, deluge, inundate, submerge.
ANT: Dry, drain, expose, air, ventilate.
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KEY: Drowsy.
SYN: Heavy, drooping, sleepy, dozy, comatose, torpid, stupid, somnolent.
ANT: Light, vigilant, alert, awake.
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KEY: Drudge \v.\
SYN: Slave, labor, plod.
ANT: Bask, luxuriate, hit off, play, dally.
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KEY: Drug, [See CIPHER].
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KEY: Dry \v.\
SYN: Drain, parch.
ANT: Drench, moisten, wet.
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KEY: Dry.
SYN: Arid, parched, moistureless, juiceless, barren, tame, sarcastic, vapid, lifeless, dull, tedious, uninteresting, monotonous.
ANT: Moist, fresh, juicy, lively, entertaining.
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KEY: Dubious, [See EQUIVOCAL].
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KEY: Ductile.
SYN: Malleable, extensible, tractile, extensile, tractable, docile, irresolute.
ANT: Inelastic, inflexible, tough, obdurate, resolute, firm, obstinate.
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KEY: Dudgeon.
SYN: Indignation, spleen, resentment, umbrage.
ANT: Complacency, contentment, serenity, satisfaction.
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KEY: Dr.
SYN: Owing, attributable, just, fair, proper, suitable, becoming, tit, owed, appropriate, obligatory.
ANT: Irrelative, unattributable, independent, undue, unfair, improper, extravagant, deficient.
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KEY: Dulcet.
SYN: Sweet, soothing, melodious, soft, warbling, euphonious.
ANT: Harsh, grating, discordant, noisy, clamorous, dissonant, rancorous, cacophonous.
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KEY: Dulcify, [See SWEETEN].
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KEY: Dulcorate, [See DULCIFY].
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KEY: Dull.
SYN: Stupid, stolid, doltish, insensible, callous, heavy, gloomy, dismal, cloudy, turbid, opaque, dowdy, sluggish, sad, tiresome, commonplace, dead.
ANT: Sharp, clever, lively, animated, sensible, cheerful, exhilarating, brightness, transparent, brilliant, burnished.
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KEY: dullard, [See BLOCKHEAD].
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KEY: Dumb.
SYN: Inarticulate, mute, silent, still.
ANT: Clatter, tumult, uproar.
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KEY: Dumbfounded, [See ASTONISH].
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KEY: Dunce \n.\ [See BLOCKHEAD].
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KEY: Dupe, [See CHEAT].
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KEY: Duplicity, [See ARTFUL].
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KEY: Durable.
SYN: Lasting, permanent, stable, persistent, abiding, constant, continuing.
ANT: Evanescent, transient, impermanent, unstable.
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KEY: Durance.
SYN: Confinement, incarceration, imprisonment.
ANT: Liberty, largeness.
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KEY: Duration.
SYN: Period, continuance, term, space, protraction, prolongation.
ANT: Momentariness, instantaneousness, infinity, eternity.
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KEY: Dutiful.
SYN: Obedient, submissive, respectful, docile, deferential, duteous.
ANT: Disobedient, intractable, rebellious, undutiful.
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KEY: Duty.
SYN: Obligation, part, business, responsibility, allegiance, function, once, province, calling, trust, commission, service.
ANT: Freedom, exemption, immunity, license, dispensation, desertion, dereliction.
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KEY: Dwarf.
SYN: Lower, stunt, depress.
ANT: Heighten, elevate, raise.
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KEY: Dwarf \n.\
SYN: Pigmy, {[imp]?}, abortion, puck.
ANT: Giant, monster, Hercules.
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KEY: Dwell.
SYN: Stop, stay, rest, inhabit, sojourn, lodge, linger, tarry, live, reside, abide.
ANT: Move, travel, hasten, speed, migrate, wander, depart, flit, roam.
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KEY: Dweller, [See DWELL and DENIZEN].
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KEY: Dwelling, [See ABODE].
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KEY: Dwindle.
SYN: Pine, waste, diminish, decrease, fall off, decline, melt.
ANT: Expand, enlarge, increase, grow, flourish, augment, develop.
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KEY: Early.
SYN: Soon, betimes, forward, shortly, quickly, ere long, anon, matutinal, beforehand.
ANT: Late, tardily, backward, vespertinal, belated.
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KEY: Earn.
SYN: Merit, acquire, achieve, obtain, win, gain, deserve, realize.
ANT: Forfeit, forego, waste, lose, spend, squander.
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KEY: Earnest.
SYN: Eager, serious, intent, determined, strenuous, solemn, grave, warm, fervent, intense, ardent.
ANT: Indifferent, idle, playful, desultory, irresolute, unearnest, sportive, jesting, flippant.
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KEY: Ease.
SYN: Enjoyment, comfort, rest, repose, tranquility, refreshment, relief, quiet, contentment, satisfaction, {[favx'lity]?}, readiness.
ANT: Trouble, annoyance, vexation, disquiet, difficulty, awkwardness.
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KEY: Easy.
SYN: Quiet, comfortable, manageable, indulgent, facile, lenient, unconstrained, gentle, not difficult, unconcerned, self-possessed.
ANT: Uneasy, disturbed, uncomfortable, difficult, unmanageable, hard, exacting, anxious, awkward, embarrassed.
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KEY: Ebb.
SYN: Retire, recede, decrease, sick, decline, decay, wane.
ANT: Flow, increase, abound, swell.
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KEY: Ebriety.
SYN: Soberness, freshness, temperance.
ANT: Inebriety, intoxication, crapulence.
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KEY: Ebullition.
SYN: Boiling, effervescence, outburst, paroxysm, eruption.
ANT: Refrigeration, cooling, subsidence, composure.
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KEY: Eccentric.
SYN: Peculiar, singular, idiosyncratic, flighty, aberrant, anomalous, wayward, strange, irregular, abnormal, odd, whimsical, erratic.
ANT: Regular, ordinary, customary, normal, common, usual, unnoticeable, unremarkable.
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KEY: Echo.
SYN: Reverberation, resonance, repetition, imitation, answer.
ANT: Sound, voice, original, question, proposition, statement, opinion.
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KEY: Eclectic.
SYN: Exceptive, selective, broad.
ANT: Narrow, prejudiced, petty, partial, intolerant, biased, warped, dogmatic.
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KEY: Eclipse \n.\
SYN: Failure, obscuration, overshadowing, shading, diminution, outshining, outdoing, outrivalling.
ANT: Illumination, effulgence, reappearance, brightness, lustre, renown, re-illumination, re-effulgence, foil.
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KEY: Eclipse \v.\
SYN: Obscure, outdo, outshine, overshadow, outvie, outrival, darken, shade, overcast, dim, cloud.
ANT: Recommend, brighten, illustrate, enhance, heighten.
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KEY: Economy.
SYN: Administration, dispensation, management, rule, arrangement, distribution, husbanding.
ANT: Maladministration, waste, misrule, mismanagement, disorder, prodigality.
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KEY: Economize.
SYN: Husband, develop, utilize.
ANT: Waste, misuse, sacrifice.
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KEY: Ecstasy.
SYN: Rapture, inspiration, fervor, frenzy, transport, emotion, joy, delight, enthusiasm, happiness.
ANT: Indifference, coolness, dulness, weariness, tedium, bore, fidget, misery.
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KEY: Ecumenical.
SYN: Universal, catholic.
ANT: Partial, national, private, local, domestic.
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KEY: Edible.
SYN: Esculent, wholesome, culinary, eatable.
ANT: Noxious, poisonous, uneatable, deleterious.
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KEY: Edifice.
SYN: Structure, building, tenement, fabric.
ANT: Ruin, heap, demolition, dismantlement.
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KEY: Edify.
SYN: Enlighten, instruct, improve.
ANT: Misguide, mislead, misinform.
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KEY: Educate.
SYN: Instruct, nurture, discipline, train, teach, develop, ground, school, initiate.
ANT: Miseducate, misinstruct, misnurture.
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KEY: Educe.
SYN: Draw, eliminate, produce, elicit.
ANT: Adduce, apply, insert, deposit, bestow.
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KEY: Efface.
SYN: Erase, obliterate, eradicate, destroy, blot out, cancel, expunge.
ANT: restore, revive, delineate, Imprint, portray.
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KEY: Effect \v.\
SYN: Produce, cause, complete, achieve, accomplish, fulfil, realize, execute, consummate.
ANT: Prevent, obviate, frustrate, mar.
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KEY: Effect \n.\
SYN: Result, consequence, issue, pi, Goods, chattels, property, movables, commodities.
ANT: Origin, cause.
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KEY: Effective.
SYN: Powerful, conducive, operative, cogent, telling, able, potent, talented, efficacious, efficient, serviceable, effectual.
ANT: Weak, ineffective, inconducive, inoperative, futile, nugatory.
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KEY: Effectuate.
SYN: Produce, ensure, secure, stabilitate, compass, complete, establish.
ANT: Prevent, hinder, nullify, defeat, nip, blight, strangle, stifle, abolish.
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KEY: Effeminate.
SYN: Feminine, delicate, womanly, womanish, timorous, feeble, mild mannered, soft, unmanly, weak, enervated, emasculated.
ANT: Manly, robust, vigorous, virile, hardy.
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KEY: Effervesce.
SYN: Boil, bubble, foam, mantle, froth, ferment, sparkle, explode, bluster.
ANT: Subside, bear, brook, digest, acquiesce, refrain, flatten.
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KEY: Effete.
SYN: Worn, exhausted, barren, decrepit.
ANT: Productive, vigorous, fertile, prolific, exuberant.
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KEY: Efficacy.
SYN: Efficiency, competency, virtue, agency, capability, usefulness, energy, productiveness, effectiveness.
ANT: Inefficiency, inutility, ineffectiveness.
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KEY: Efficiency, [See EFFICACY].
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KEY: Efficient, [See EFFECTIVE].
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KEY: Effigy.
SYN: Statue, figure, representation, image.
ANT: Caricature, misrepresentation, distortion, daub.
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KEY: Efflorescence.
SYN: Budding, luxuriance, outburst, crystallization, granulation.
ANT: Nudity, bareness, denudation, deflorescence, absorption, desiccation.
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KEY: Effluence.
SYN: Outpouring, emission, discharge, abundance, overflow.
ANT: Refluence, infusion, absorbtion, retention, exhaustion.
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KEY: Effluvium.
SYN: Exhalation, emanation, malaria, miasma, stink.
ANT: Ventilation, scent, disinfectant, zephyr, balm.
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KEY: Effort.
SYN: Trial, attempt, endeavor, exertion.
ANT: Failure, misadventure, unsuccess, frustration, futility, inactivity, ease, facility, spontaneity.
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KEY: Effrontery.
SYN: Barefacedness, impudence, brass.
ANT: Modesty, timidity, bashfulness, coyness.
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KEY: Effulgence.
SYN: Splendor, lustre, brilliancy, luminosity.
ANT: Darkness, obscuration, tenebrosity.
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KEY: Effuse.
SYN: Copious, effluent, abundant.
ANT: Try, scanty, sparing, {[jejune]?}.
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KEY: Effusion.
SYN: Pouring, discharge, emission, effluence, oration, speech, address.
ANT: infusion, refluence, absorption, essay, document, instrument, reading.
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KEY: Egotism.
SYN: Conceit, vanity, selfassertion, self-conceit, self-praise, self-exaltation, conceitedness.
ANT: considerateness, deference, self-abnegation.
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KEY: Egregious.
SYN: Remarkable, peculiar, excellent, consummate.
ANT: Ordinary, commonplace, every, day, mediocre.
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KEY: Egress.
SYN: Exit, departure, sally, outlet.
ANT: Adit, inlet, approach, avenue, entrance.
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KEY: Either.
SYN: Whichever.
ANT: Neither (ne being the negative prefix).
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KEY: Ejaculate, [See EJACULATION].
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KEY: Ejaculation.
SYN: Exclamation, utterance, cry.
ANT: Obmutescence, silence, speechlessness, dumbfoundedness, oration, speech, drawl.
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KEY: Eject.
SYN: Cast, throw, discharge, dislodge, emit, thrust out, oust, cast out, expel, extrude, evert.
ANT: Accept, receive, retain, house, store, lodge, accommodate, admit, welcome, introduce, inject.
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KEY: Ejection, [See EJECT].
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KEY: Eke.
SYN: Help, increase, augment, raise.
ANT: Stop, diminish, stint, withhold, drain, exhaust.
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KEY: Elaborate.
SYN: Execute, forge, prepare, concoct, mature.
ANT: Misconceive, mismanage, misconstrue, hit, conjecture, guess, extemporize, chance.
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KEY: Elapse.
SYN: Pass, slip, lapse, glide away, intervene.
ANT: Wait, abide, hold, continue, halt, endure.
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KEY: Elastic.
SYN: Ductile, extensile, alterable, resilient, modifiable, flexible, buoyant, springy.
ANT: Tough, unchangeable, rigid, inflexible, inelastic, crystallized, dull, inert.
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KEY: Elated.
SYN: Cheered, joyed, inspirited, overjoyed, proud, inflated.
ANT: Depressed, dispirited, disappointed, abashed, confounded, humiliated, disconcerted, dejected.
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KEY: Elder.
SYN: Senior, father.
ANT: Junior, son.
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KEY: Elect \a.\
SYN: Elite, choice, accepted, chosen.
ANT: Rejected, reprobate.
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KEY: Elected, [See ELECTION].
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KEY: Election.
SYN: Choice, acceptance, selection, preference.
ANT: Postponement, rejection, reprobation.
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KEY: Electrify.
SYN: Astonish, astound, appall, thrill, amaze, dumbfounder.
ANT: Soothe, compose, cairn, mesmerize.
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KEY: Elegance.
SYN: Beauty, grace, refinement, symmetry, gracefulness, taste.
ANT: Deformity, awkwardness, inelegance, disproportion, ungracefulness, coarseness, rudeness.
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KEY: Elegant.
SYN: Graceful, lovely, well formed, well made, symmetrical, accomplished, polished, refined, handsome.
ANT: Inelegant, deformed, unsymmetrical, ill-proportioned, ungraceful, coarse, rude.
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KEY: Elegy.
SYN: Dirge, threnody, lament, jeremiad.
ANT: {[Pseannent]?}, jubilee.
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KEY: Element.
SYN: Component, part, atom.
ANT: Whole, total, mass, aggregate.
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KEY: Elementary.
SYN: Physical, material, natural, elementary, primary, rudimental, simple, inchoate, compo, constituent, ultimate.
ANT: Immaterial, incorporeal, inpalpable, compound, collective, aggregate, developed, organized.
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KEY: Elevate.
SYN: Raise, dignify, ennoble.
ANT: Lower, degrade, depress, humble, demean, debase.
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KEY: Elevation.
SYN: Height, rise, raising, altitude, loftiness, tallness, improvement, amelioration, refinement, superiority, eminence.
ANT: Depth, fall, decline, depression, shortness, stuntedness, deterioration, debasement, degradation, inferiority.
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KEY: Elicit.
SYN: Draw, evoke, educe, eliminate, enucleate, express, extract, worm, evolve.
ANT: Insert, implant, introduce, inoculate, insinuate, infuse, instil, incorporate, suggest, extort.
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KEY: Eligible.
SYN: Capable, suitable, worthy, desirable, preferable, choice, prime.
ANT: Undesirable, worthless, unprofitable, ordinary, indifferent, ineligible.
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KEY: Eliminate.
SYN: Cast out, exclude, eject, reject, elucidate, explain, enucleate, segregate.
ANT: Mystify, obscure, involve, smuggle, foi?t, import, confound.
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KEY: Elision.
SYN: Omission, ejection, excerption, abridgment, ellipse.
ANT: Insertion, introduction, implantation, augmentation, elongation, inoculation.
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KEY: Elliptical.
SYN: Suggestive, latent, pregnant, significant, allusive, subauditive.
ANT: Categorical, full, expository, explanatory, declaratory, enunciative.
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KEY: Elocution.
SYN: Oratory, declamation, eloquence.
ANT: Reading, lection, balbutiation.
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KEY: Elongation.
SYN: Production, extension.
ANT: Apocope, curtailment.
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KEY: Eloquence, [See ELOCUTION].
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KEY: Elucidate.
SYN: Explain, clear, [See {[11]?}], lustrate, make plain, expound.
ANT: Mystify, obscure, confuse.
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KEY: Elude.
SYN: Escape, avoid, baffle, shun, eschew, evade, parry, fence, mock, frustrate.
ANT: Encounter, meet, confront, court, dare, defy.
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KEY: Elusory.
SYN: Slippery, intangible, indetainable, fugitive, shadowy, unsubstantial.
ANT: Persistent, stable, solid.
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KEY: Emaciation.
SYN: Leanness, attenuation, wasting.
ANT: Fatness, obesity, corpulence.
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KEY: Emanate.
SYN: Originate, flow, spring, rise, proceed, issue.
ANT: Terminate, culminate, end, evene, issue, arrive, eventuate.
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KEY: Emanation, [See EMANATE].
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KEY: Emancipate.
SYN: Liberate, enfranchise, rescue.
ANT: Enthrall, subjugate, enslave, bind, disqualify.
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KEY: Embalm.
SYN: Conserve, preserve, treasure, store, enshrine, consecrate.
ANT: Expose, desecrate, abandon, vulgarize.
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KEY: Embargo.
SYN: Restraint, detention, prohibition, stoppage.
ANT: Permit, permission, discharge, liberation, dismissal, conge.
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KEY: Embark.
SYN: Launch, euler, start.
ANT: Arrive, anchor, land.
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KEY: Embarrass.
SYN: Entangle, misconcert, trouble, perplex, contuse, hamper, clog, distress, puzzle, encumber.
ANT: Extricate, liberate, expedite, facilitate, accelerate, assist, disencumber.
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KEY: Embellish, [See ADORN].
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KEY: Embezzle.
SYN: Appropriate, confuse, falsify, peculate, misappropriate.
ANT: Square, balance, clear.
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KEY: Embitter.
SYN: Aggravate, molest.
ANT: Alleviate, soothe, sweeten.
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KEY: Emblazon, [See BLAZON].
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KEY: Emblem.
SYN: Device, cognizance, sign, token, symbol, representation, type, badge, mark.
ANT: Disguise, decoy, incognito, domino, blind, ruse.
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KEY: Embody.
SYN: Express, methodize, systematize, codify, incorporate, aggregate, integrate, compact, introduce, enlist, combine.
ANT: Eliminate, segregate, analyze, dissipate, disintegrate, dismember, colliquats, disband, disembody.
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KEY: Embolden, [See ENCOURAGE].
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KEY: Embosomed.
SYN: Concealed, enfolded, wrapt, enveloped, surrounded, begirt, encircled.
ANT: Exposed, unfolded, open, unencircled.
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KEY: Embrace.
SYN: Clasp, comprehend, include, hug, comprise, contain, close, embody, incorporate.
ANT: Exclude, reject, except.
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KEY: Embroider.
SYN: Emboss, enrich, emblazon, embellish.
ANT: Botch, patch, cobble, darn.
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KEY: Embroil.
SYN: Implicate, commingle, entangle (in quarrel), disturb, distract, trouble.
ANT: Extricate, separate, remove, arrange, compose, pacify.
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KEY: Embryo.
SYN: Germ, nucleus, rudiment, origin.
ANT: Development, shape, completion, maturity.
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KEY: Emendation.
SYN: Correction, amendment, rectification, reformation.
ANT: Error, defect, incorrectness, fault, corruption.
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KEY: Emerge.
SYN: Escape, issue, evene, appear.
ANT: Enter, incur, retreat, recede, abscond.
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KEY: Emergency.
SYN: Crisis, conjunction, {[ture]?}, pitch, embarrassment, strait, necessity, exigency, casualty, difficulty.
ANT: rescue, deliverance, solution, subsidence, provision, anticipation, arrangement.
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KEY: Emersion, [See IMMERSION].
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KEY: Emigration.
SYN: Exodus, colonization, flit.
ANT: Abode, sojourn, settlement, stay, domiciliation, immigration.
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KEY: Eminence, [See HEIGHT].
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KEY: Eminent, [See HIGH].
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KEY: Eminently, [See HIGHLY].
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KEY: Emission, [See DISCHARGE].
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KEY: Emollient.
SYN: Softening, laxative, balsamic.
ANT: Astringent, irritant, galling.
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KEY: Emolument, [See PROFIT].
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KEY: Emotion.
SYN: Passion, feeling, excitement, agitation, perturbation, trepidation, tremor.
ANT: Indifference, insensibility, impassiveness, imperturbability, stoicism.
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KEY: Emphatic.
SYN: Earnest, forcible, strong, energetic, impressive, positive, important, special, egregious, consummate.
ANT: Mild, unemphatic, cool, unimpassioned, unimportant, ordinary, unnoticeable, commonplace.
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KEY: Empierce, [See PIERCE].
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KEY: Empire.
SYN: Dominion, sovereignty, rule, sway, kingdom, realm.
ANT: Independence, insurrection, anarchy.
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KEY: Empirical.
SYN: Experimental, tentative, {[quackif-h]?}.
ANT: Scientific, regular, inductive, uniform, constant.
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KEY: Employ.
SYN: reapply, economize, occupy, engage, engross.
ANT: Discard, dismiss, misuse, misemploy.
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KEY: Empower.
SYN: Enable, commission, encourage, qualify, delegate, warrant, sanction, direct, authorize.
ANT: Hinder, prevent, discourage, disable, disqualify.
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KEY: Empty.
SYN: Vacant, void, clear, unencumbered, unobstructed, unoccupied, waste, uninhabited, unfrequented, devoid, vacuous, destitute, unulled, unfurnished, untenanted, evacuated, deficient, weak, Billy, idle, senseless.
ANT: Full, occupied, encumbered, obstructed, cultivated, colonized, inhabited, informed, well-instructed, experienced, sensible, significant, forcible, important, substantial.
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KEY: Emulate.
SYN: Rival, vie, compete, aspire.
ANT: Disaffect, shun, forego, abandon, despise, contemn, waive.
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KEY: Enable.
SYN: Empower, strengthen, qualify.
ANT: Disqualify, hinder, disable.
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KEY: Enact, [See ACT and ABROGATE].
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KEY: Enamor.
SYN: Captivate, fascinate, enslave, charm, endear, bewitch, enchain.
ANT: Repel, disgust, estrange, disenchant, horrify.
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KEY: Encamp.
SYN: Settle, pitch, quarter, bivouac.
ANT: March, decamp, retire, retreat.
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KEY: Enchain.
SYN: Bind, fetter, manacle, enslave.
ANT: Loose, liberate, extricate, disenthrall, manumit.
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KEY: Enchant, [See ENAMOR].
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KEY: Encircle.
SYN: Surround, environ, inti, hem, circumscribe, compass, embrace, gird, engird, hem in, beset, encompass.
ANT: Disenclose, disencircle, disencompass.
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KEY: Enclose.
SYN: Shut, encircle, environ, include, circumscribe, envelop, wrap, afforest.
ANT: Open, disclose, exclude, bare, disencircle, expose, develop, disafforest, disenclose.
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KEY: Enclosure.
SYN: Fence, ring, limit, boundary, park, close, circle, field, precinct.
ANT: Space, common, waste, wild, desert, wilderness, void.
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KEY: Encomium.
SYN: Panegyric, laudation, praise, compliment, commendation, eulogy.
ANT: Vituperation, vilification, obloquy, taunt, invective.
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KEY: Encompass, [See ENCIRCLE].
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KEY: Encounter.
SYN: Meet, confront, face, withstand, attack, assault, combat, engagement.
ANT: Elude, avoid, escape, miss, boo.
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KEY: Encourage.
SYN: Embolden, rally, enhearten, cheer, incite, stimulate, foster, cherish, promote, urge, impel, advance, countenance, forward, reassure, animate, inspirit, prompt, abet.
ANT: Deter, discourage, dissuade, dispirit.
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KEY: Encroach.
SYN: Invade, trespass, intrude, transgress, infringe.
ANT: Respect, recognize, observe.
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KEY: Encrust.
SYN: Coat, line, plaster, face.
ANT: Expose, abrade, scrape.
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KEY: Encrustation.
SYN: Plaster, coating, lining, integument.
ANT: Abrasion, exfoliation, peeling.
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KEY: Encumber.
SYN: Oppress, obstruct, clog, impede.
ANT: Disencumber, free, disburden.
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KEY: End, [See TERMINATION].
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KEY: Endanger.
SYN: Imperil, expose, peril, jeopardize, hazard, risk.
ANT: Cover, defend, protect, shield, screen.
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KEY: Endear.
SYN: Attach, conciliate, gain.
ANT: Estrange, alienate, embitter.
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KEY: Endearment, [See BLANDISHMENT].
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KEY: Endeavor, [See ATTEMPT].
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KEY: Endless.
SYN: Interminable, illimitable, unending, unceasing, boundless, deathless, imperishable, everlasting, perpetual, eternal, infinite.
ANT: Terminable, limited, temporary, brief, transient, periodic, ephemeral, fugitive, finite.
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KEY: Endow.
SYN: Present, enrich, furnish, qualify, adorn, invest, supply, clothe, endue.
ANT: Denude, spoliate, strip, disendow, deprive, divest.
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KEY: Endowment.
SYN: Gift, provision, benefit, benefaction, talent, capacity, attainment, qualification.
ANT: Impoverishment, spoliation, disendowment, incapacity, poverty, lack.
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KEY: Endue, [See CLOTHE and ENDOW].
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KEY: Endure, [See LAST and TOLERATE].
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KEY: Enemy, [See FRIEND].
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KEY: Energy, [See ACTIVITY].
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KEY: Enervate.
SYN: Weaken, enfeeble, unnerve, deteriorate, debilitate, relax, unstring, unhinge.
ANT: Strengthen, brace, invigorate, harden, nerve.
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KEY: Enfeeble, [See ENERVATE].
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KEY: Enfold.
SYN: Wrap, envelop, enclose, embrace, comprise.
ANT: Unwrap, develop, disclose.
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KEY: Enforce.
SYN: Urge, compel, require, exact, exert, strain.
ANT: Relax, waive, forego, remit, abandon.
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KEY: Enfranchise.
SYN: Liberate, qualify, [See FRANCHISE].
ANT: Disfranchise, disqualify.
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KEY: Engage.
SYN: Promise, undertake, vouch, employ, occupy, hire, gain, attract, enlist, stipulate, pledge, agree, buy, adopt, involve.
ANT: Decline, refuse, withdraw, dismiss, discard, extricate, disengage.
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KEY: Engaged.
SYN: Occupied, employed, selected, intent, chosen, affianced, betrothed.
ANT: Free, unemployed, disengaged, unaffianced.
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KEY: Engagement. (For military sense, see BATTLE.)
SYN: Promise, pledge, agreement.
ANT: Release from engagement, release, liberation.
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KEY: Engaging.
SYN: Attractive, interesting, winning.
ANT: Unattractive, uninteresting, repultiive.
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KEY: Engender.
SYN: Generate, produce, create, breed, propagate.
ANT: Stifle, destroy, extinguish, neutralize, blight, prevent.
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KEY: Engird, [See GIRD].
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KEY: Engorge, [See GORGE].
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KEY: Engrave.
SYN: Print, imprint, sculpture, stereotype.
ANT: Obliterate, erase, levigate.
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KEY: Engross, [See ABSORB].
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KEY: Engulf, [See ABSORB].
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KEY: Enhance, [See DEPRECIATE].
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KEY: Enigmatical.
SYN: Puzzling, perplexing, obscure, mystic.
ANT: Lucid, explanatory, plain, selfevident.
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KEY: Enjoin.
SYN: Impress, {[com]?}, mand, commission, direct, order, ordain, admonish, appoint, oblige, prescribe.
ANT: Recall, dispense, remit, absolve, release, exonerate, dissuade.
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KEY: Enjoy.
SYN: Like, relish, possess.
ANT: Dislike, disrelish, suffer, loathe, [See {[XXX]?}], forfeit, lose, tolerate, endure.
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KEY: Enkindle, [See KINDLE].
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KEY: Enlarge.
SYN: Amplify, expand, augment, broaden, swell, stretch out, extend, stretch, dilate, increase.
ANT: Narrow, lessen, contract, restrict, diminish, curtail, reduce.
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KEY: Enlighten.
SYN: Illumine, edify, instruct, illuminate, inform, teach.
ANT: Mislead, darken, confound, obscure, mystify, perplex.
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KEY: Enlightened, [See ENLIGHTEN and WISE].
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KEY: Enlist.
SYN: Enter, register, enroll, incorporate, embody.
ANT: Withdraw, erase, expunge, dismiss, disband, disembody.
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KEY: Enliven.
SYN: Wake, cheer, vivify, quicken, invigorate, exhilarate, rouse, inspirit, {[amuie]?}, excite, animate.
ANT: Oppress, depress, stupefy, weary, tire, paralyze, deaden.
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KEY: Enmity.
SYN: Discord, hate, hostility, malevolence, maliciousness, aversion, malignity, ill-feeling, animosity, opposition, bitterness, acrimony, asperity.