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| adj. aware. knowlegeable, informed SYN: aware of conscious of; scquainted with ANT: unaware of, unconscious of |
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| v. to think if appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something to condescend SYN: to see it, deem, to condescend, stoop |
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| adj. regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt, thoroughly penitent SYN: remorseful, penitent, rueful ANT: unrepentant, unapoligetic, impenitent |
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| adj. extremely difficult to understand SYN: esoteric, arcane, recondite, occult ANT: easily grasped, simple, straightforwarded |
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| n. a false rumor, fabricated story SYN: a false story, wild rumor, hoax |
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| adj well behaved, difnified, socially proper SYN: seemly, becomiing tasteful dignified ANT; unseemily, unbecoming, improper, tasteless |
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| n. the power to produce a desired result ANT: ineffectiveness, impotence SYN: effectiveness, potency, reliability |
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| n. the center of attraction, attention or interest; something that serves to guide or direct SYN: the focus of attention, focal point |
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| n. an open or intentional insult; a slight; v. to insult to one's face; to face in definace, confront SYN: to insult, slight, offense, to offend ANT: a compliment, praise, to praise |
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| adj. part. thoroughly dried out, divested of spirit or vitality and uninteresting SYN: dehydrated, shriveled, parched ANT: sodden, soggy, waterlogged, drenched |
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| n. a crafty, scheming or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end SYN: a plot, scheme, maneuver, dirty trick |
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| v. to seize upon to the exclusion of others, take over or appropriate to be presented inplace of, displace SYN; to take over, commander appropriate |
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| n. the front or face of a building , a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind) SYN: the front, exterior, surface, a mask, pretense ANT: the interior, what lies beneath the surface |
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| adj. light, airy, delicate, highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound) ANT: infernal. hellish. thick, heavy SYN: heavenly, celestial, airy, gossamer |
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| adj. generally regarded as such; reputed hypothesized, inferred ANT: known, corroborated, confirmed SYN: reputed, supposed, presumed |
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| n. disgrace arising from a shameful conduct, infamy, contempt, reproach SYN: dishonor, infamy, odium, shame, disgrace ANT: acclaim, honor, glory, renown |
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| adj. highly oversimplified, simpleminded SYN; oversimplified, simpleminded ANT: overly complicated or complex |
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| v. to hypnotize, to fascinate, enthrall SYN: to hypnotize, to bewitch, entrance |
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| v. to bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form SYN; to beget, generate, cause, to form ANT: to stop, to put an end to, to deter |
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| adj revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead SYN: fiendish, barbarous, monstrous |
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| adj not in keeping, unsiutable, incompatible SYN: incompatible, discordant, jarring ANT; compatible, harmonious, consistent |
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| adj. excessively ready to find fault, given to petty criticism, intended to trap, confuse, or show up ANT; uncritical, not given to carping SYN: faultfinding, nit-picking, carping |
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