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amenable (adj) (a me na bel) |
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willing to follow advice or authority, tractable submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible SYN: agreeable, compliant, docile ANT: unresponsive, resistant, recalcitrant |
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to scold sharply SYN: reprove, rebuke, chide, reprimand ANT: praise, compliment, pat on the back |
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swollen, bloated, filled to the excess; overdecorated or excessive in language SYN: bombastic, inflated, overblown, pompous ANT: austere, muted, unadorned, understated |
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large-scale slaughter or loss of life SYN: butchery, bloodbath, massacre |
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credulous (adj) (krej e les) |
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too ready to believe, easily decieved SYN: gullible ANT: dubious, skeptical |
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criterion (n.) (pl. criteria) (kri tir e en) |
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a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation SYN: yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon |
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expatiate (v) (ek spa she ate) |
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to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail ; to move about freely SYN: descant, enlarge, elaborate, wander, roam ANT: adumbrate, summarize, condense. sketch roughly |
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