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(n)the fact or practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something
Syn: withholding
Ant: indulgence
Example Sentance: I began drinking again after my 3 years of abstinence. |
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(v) make or declare something sacred; dedicated formally to a religious purpose
Syn: blessing
Ant: deprive of blessing
Example Sentance: Father Kleinsorge consecrated the wine before serving it out to the audience in mass that morning. |
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(v) give out or emit
Syn: radiate
Ant: withdraw
Example sentance: Hitler gave off an emanate aura of evilness and wickedness. |
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(adj) the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self indulgence
Syn: pleasure-seeking
Ant: sacrifice
Example sentance: The disciples became less hedonistic when they became followers of Christ. |
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(v)kill or offer as a sacrifice
Syn: yield
Ant: ?
Example sentance: I gave him one immolate before I left for my plane.
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(adj) designed to cause fires; stir up conflict
Syn: combustible; inflammatory
Ant: peacemaking
Example sentance: Incendiary devices have been created all through out the beginning of war history. |
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(adj) continuing without pause or interruption
Syn: ceaseless
Ant: occasional
Example sentance: The sacrificial drums beat on with an incessant slow steady beat all day long. |
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(adj) not able to be comforted or alleviated
Syn: heartbroken
Ant: joyfullness
Example Sentance: The result of this war is too many innocent deaths and inconsolable widows and families. |
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(adj) famously known for a bad deed
Syn: infamous
Ant: famous
Example sentance: The character, "Joker", in the cartoon comic Batman, is notorious creative deaths of people. |
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(n) an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
Syn: model
Ant: ?
Example Sentance: There are a few precedents for the heir of the English crown. |
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(n) the process of undergoing decay;rotting
Syn:breakdown
Ant: growing
Examples sentence: The vultures began their feast on the putrescence deer. |
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(n) military observation of a region to locate an enemy ascertain strategic procedures
Syn: exploration
Ant: stay put
Example sentence: My dad went on reconnaissance missions when serving as a soldier for the U.S. |
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(v) cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting
Syn: cancel
Ant: hold; keep
Example sentence: I wish I could've remitted my email to my ex. |
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(adj) extremely distasteful; unpleasent
Syn: repulsive
Ant: friendly
Examples sentence: The very thought of hunting again with his grandpa was repugnant to the boy.
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(n) a small boat of a kind used in the Far East; typically with an oar(s) at the stern.
Syn: a dinghy
Ant: a train
Example sentance: The pirates stole all the treasure from the poor little Sampan. |
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(adj) briefly and clearly expressed (espec. in writings)
Syn: crisp
Ant: verbose
Example sentence: My poor brother has no concept of succinct sentences, instead all of his sentences are the size of paragraphs! |
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(n) cruel and oppressive govern't rule.
Syn: dictatorship
Ant: democracy
Example sentence: One of the worst tyranny's known in history was the Nazi rule over Europe. |
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(n) fully in agreement
Syn: harmony
Ant: disagreement
Examples sentence: I wish the world could be in unanimity about the different shades of skincolor we are. |
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(adj) rich with grass or other rich vegetation
Syn: leafy
Ant: dead
Example sentence: The hills right beside the Hagen Woods were lush and verdant in the morning sun. |
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(n) the faculty or power of using one's will
Syn: free will
Ant: un-control
Examples sentence: After the Japanese dropped the bomb on Pearl Harbor many American men joined the military out of their own volition. |
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