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(N)- fruitlessness; uselessness
Syn- worthless Ant.- effective, successful |
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(ADJ)- respected or admired
Syn.- revered Ant.- dishonorable |
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- causing fear, dread, or apprehension; awe inspiring
Syn.- imposing, fearful |
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- supporting with evidence or authority
Syn.- proving, verifying Ant.- disproving, contradicting |
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(ADJ)- biting or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner
Syn.- sarcastic Ant.- pleasant, kindhearted |
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(ADJ)- disdainfully proud; arrogant
Syn.- scornful, disdainful Ant. Humble, modest |
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(V)- appeased; assuaged
Syn.- calm Ant.- exasperate, exacerbate |
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(ADJ)- not lessened in intensity or severity; unrelieved
Ant- mitigated, relieved, alleviated |
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(N)- rashness; foolishness
Syn.- audacity Ant.- tact, discretion |
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(N)- honesty; incorruptibility
Ant.- duplicity |
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(ADJ)- critical and distrustful of human nature and motives
Syn- skeptical Ant.- optimistic |
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(N)- believability; plausibility
Ant.- implausibility |
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(ADJ)- secretive; surreptitious
Ant.- forthright; straightforward |
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(ADV)- ironically humorous
Syn- sarcastically |
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(ADJ)- unyielding; inflexible; insistent
Ant- flexible; lax |
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(ADJ)- base, vile, filthy
Ant.- clean, pristine, pure, noble |
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(N)- insolence, rudeness
Ant.- disrespectful Ant.- politeness, respectfulness |
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(V)- harassed; made to suffer because of one’s beliefs
Syn. oppressed |
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(ADJ)- marked by hot temper and easily provoked to anger; touchy; cranky
Ant.- good natured; amiable |
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(ADV)- glaringly; flashily; gaudily
Ant- conservatively |
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