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adj. firmly established by nature or habit.
His ____________ love of justice compelled him to come to their aid.
Synonyms: born, built-in, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-seated, elemental, essential, inborn, inbred, indwelling, ingenerate,ingrained, innate, intimate, intrinsic
Antonyms: adventitious |
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adj. inborn.
His _______ talent for music was soon recognized by his parents.
Synonyms: congenital, connate, connatural, inborn, indigenous, inherited, native, natural, unacquired
Antonyms: acquired |
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adj. harmless.
Let him drink it; it is _____________ and will have no ill effect.
Synonyms: innocent, innoxious, inobnoxious, inoffensive, unoffending, unoffensive
Antonyms: pernicious |
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adj. tasteless; dull.
I am bored by your ________ talk.
Synonyms: distasteful, flat, flavorless, ill-flavored, savorless, tasteless, unappetizing, unsavory, tedious, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, banal, bland, driveling, flat, inane, innocuous, jejune, vapid
Antonyms: sapid, savory |
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v. urge; start; provoke.
I am afraid that this statement will __________ a revolt.
Synonyms: abet, foment, provoke, raise, set, set on, stir up, whip up
Antonyms: none |
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intermittent
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adj. periodic; on and off.
Our picnic was marred by ____________ rains.
Synonyms: alternate, isochronal, isochronous, periodic, periodical, recurrent, recurring
Antonyms: continual, continuous; incessant, unceasing |
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intractable
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adj. unruly; refractory.
The horse was ____________ and refused to enter the starting gate.
Synonyms: unruly, fracticious, indocile, indomitable, recalcitrant, undisciplinable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, wild, obstinate, bullheaded, headstrong, mulish, pertinacious, perverse, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding
Antonyms: tractable |
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adj. resulting in an unexpected contrary manner.
It is ________ that his success came when he least wanted it.
Synonyms: sardonic, cynical, wry
Antonyms: none |
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irresolute
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adj. uncertain how to act; weak.
She had no respect for him because he seemed weakwilled and __________.
Synonyms: vacillating, faltering, halting, hesitant, shilly-shallying, tentative, uncertain, wavering
Antonyms: resolute |
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irreverence
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n. lack of proper respect.
The worshippers resented the ____________ of her remarks about their faith.
Synonyms: impious, irreverential, profane, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy
Antonyms: reverence |
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v. start a fire; inspire.
Her teacher's praise __________ a spark of hope insider her.
Synonyms: enkindle, fire, ingite, inflame, blaze, flame, excite, provoke, stimulate, arouse, forment, rouse, stir
Antonyms: smother |
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adj. brief and to the point.
Many of the characters portayed by Clint Eastwood are __________ types: strong men of few words.
Synonyms: concise, breviloquent, brief, compendiary, compendious, curt, short, succinct, terse
Antonyms: verbose, wordy |
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v. praise.
The Soviet premier _________ the heroic efforts of the rescue workers after the Armenian earthquake.
Synonyms: bless, celebrate, cry up, eulogize, extol, glorify, hymn, magnify, panegyrize
Antonyms: revile |
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n. a gift made by a will.
Part of my __________ from my parents is an album of family photographs.
Synonyms: bequest, devise, inheritance, heritage, birthright, patrimony
Antonyms: none |
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adj. drowsy; dull.
The stuffy room made her ______________.
Synonyms: comatose, dopey, heavy, hebetudinous, sluggish, slumberous, stupid, torpid
Antonyms: energetic |
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n. lightness.
Such ________ is improper on this serious occasion.
Synonyms: flightiness, flippancy, frivolity, light-mindedness, volatility
Antonyms: gravity |
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adj. easily understood.
His explanation was ________ and to the point.
Synonyms: understandable, apprehensible, comprehendible, comprehensible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, luminous
Antonyms: murky, muddy, turbid |
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magnanimous
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adj. generous.
The philanthropist was most ___________________.
Synonyms: benevolent, big, chivalrous, considerate, greathearted, lofty
Antonyms: measly, paltry, petty, picayune, picayunish |
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