Chapter 9

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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.


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