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moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
S: temperate, sober
A: immoderate, intemperate |
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deserving of blame or correction
S: discreditable
A: laudable, meritorious |
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| likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; a representative group forming part of a larger body |
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to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify
A: refute, contradict |
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an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place
S: habitue |
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passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, noadic
S: digressive, diffuse, episodic
A: succinct |
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to scatter or spread widely
S: publicize, circulate
A: muster, conceal |
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poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
S: frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab
A: chic, stylish |
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highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy
S: flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant
A: ashen, sallow, austere, stark |
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to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion
S: palm off, fob off |
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lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
S: inept, uncouth, maladroit
A: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic |
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an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred
S: heterodoxy |
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to impress on the mind by repetition, tech persistently and earnestly
S: ingrain, umbue
A: efface, extirpate |
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capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
S: tangible, manifest
A: insubstantial, incorporeal |
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having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
S: insightful, discerning, observant
A: obtuse, dim-witted |
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extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
S: deleterious, baleful, noxious
A: innocuous, salutary, salubrious |
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leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward
S: striking, notable, protrusive
A: inconspicuous |
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to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; full, satisfied
S: cloy, surfeit, gorge |
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| 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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deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
S: deceptively, plausible, sophistic, casuistic
A: valid |
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