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(adj) giving assistance or support
(n) a helper, aid
SYN: (adj) additional, back-up (n) reserve, accessory
ANT: (adj) main, primary, principal |
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(adj) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed
SYN: forthright, plainspoken, unbiased
ANT: insincere, evasive, misleading, artful |
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(n) a small room or compartment
SYN: enclosure, hole-in-the-wall
ANT: vast hall, auditorium |
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(n) work that is hard and tiresome
SYN: toil, labor, grind
ANT: play, frolic, amusement, recreation, fun |
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(n) a representative or messengers (as of a government)
SYN: agent, ambassador, emissary, minister |
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(n) a means to an end
(adj)advantageous, useful
SYN: (n) contrivance, device (adj) serviceable
ANT: (adj) inconvenient, untimely, disadvantageous |
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(v) to pretend
SYN: fake, sham, affect, simulate |
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(n) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style
SYN: aptitude, bent, knack, gift, style, panache
ANT: inability, incapacity |
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(adj) causing sorrow or pain; serious
SYN: painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant
ANT: joyful, uplifting, cheery, upbeat, comforting |
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(adj) composed of different kinds, diverse
SYN: miscellaneous, mixed, variegated
ANT: uniform, homogeneous, of a piece |
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(n) a vast number (as of people); a throng
SYN: crowd, mass, multitude, host, swarm
ANT: few, handful |
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(v) to force, drive forward
SYN: urge, push, spur, propel, incite
ANT: discourage, check, restrain, curb |
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(adj) disbelieving, skeptical
SYN: dubious, mistrustful, doubting
ANT: believing, trustful, gullible |
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(v) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
SYN: imprint, enroll, enlist
ANT: erase, rub out, delete, efface, obliterate |
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(n) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
SYN: soliloquy, recitation
ANT: dialogue, conversation, colloquy |
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(n) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
SYN: prediction, projection |
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(adj) with a harsh, grating sound;
(n) a harsh sound
SYN: (adj) scratchy, scraping, abrasive, gravelly
ANT: (adj) sonorous, smooth, satiny, silky, mellow |
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(adj) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
SYN: hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive
ANT: pleasing, attractive, tempting, wholesome |
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(v) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry
(n) a pail
SYN: (v) abandon, discard, scrap, ditch, dump
ANT: (v) keep afloat, salvage, rescue, preserve |
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(v) to elevate; to increase in intensity
SYN: climb, raise, ascend, mount
ANT: decrease, lessen, descend, defuse |
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