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(adj.) moderate, sparing(as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
SYN: temperate, sober, moderate
ANT:indulgent, immoderate, intemperate |
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(adj.) deserving of blame or correction
SYN: blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible
ANT: commendable, laudable, meritorious |
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(adj.) likely but not certainto happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance
(n.) a representative group forming part of a larger body
SYN: conditionable, dependent
ANT: independent of, unconnected with, certain |
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(v.) to comfirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify
ANT: refute, contradict, undermine, discredit |
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(n.) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place
SYN: resident, dweller, habitue
ANT: alien, outsider, stranger, foreigner |
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(adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic
SYN: disgressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic
ANT: short and to the point, succinct |
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(v.) to scatter or spread widely
SYN: disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate
ANT: bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide |
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(adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
SYN: frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab
ANT: chic, stylish, elegant, fashionable |
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(adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy
SYN: flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant
ANT: pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark |
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(v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion
SYN:pass off, palm off, fob off |
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(adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
SYN: inept, uncouth, maladroit
ANT: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic |
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(n.) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generaly held sacred
SYN: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy
ANT: orthodoxy |
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(v.) to impress on the mind by repitition, teach persistently and earnestly
SYN: instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue
ANT: efface, extirpate, root out |
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(adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
SYN: tangible, plain, obvious, manifest
ANT: intangible, insubstansial, incorporeal |
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(adj.) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
SYN: insightful, discerning, observant
ANT: dense, thick, obtuse, dim-witted |
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(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
SYN: injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious
ANT: harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious |
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(adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous
(n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward
SYN: (adj.) striking, notable, protrusive, obvious
ANT: (adj.) inconspicuous, recessive |
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(v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess
(adj.) full, satisfied
SYN: gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge
ANT: starve, deprive entirely of |
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| (v.) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe |
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(adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
SYN: deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic
ANT: valid, sound, solid, genuine |
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