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A person who takes pt. In a crime
Syn: partner in crime, confederate
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To destroy completely
Syn: obliteratedice climate, demolish
Ant: foster, promote, encourage, nurture |
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Unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness
Syn: capricious, high-handed, autocratic
Ant: reasoned, rational, objective,equitable |
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shameless, impudent, made of brass
Syn: saucy, bold
Ant: deferential, respectful, self-effacing
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a sybstance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes a change
Syn: stimulus, spur, instigator |
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a large-scale departure or flight
Syn: emigration, escape, hegira
Ant: immigration, influx, arrival, entrance
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to make easier; to assist
Syn: ease, smooth the way, simplify
Ant: hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede |
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not able to be corrected; beyond control
Syn: unruly, intractable, incurable, inveterate
Ant: tractable, docile, curable, reaparable |
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hidden, present but not realized
Syn: dormant, inactive, undeveloped
Ant: exposed, manifest, evident |
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adj) given to fighting, active and aggressive in support of a cause
n) an activist
Syn: adj) truculent
Ant: adj) unassertive, peaceable, passive |
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having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable
Syn: morbid, doleful
Ant: cheerful, blithe, jaunty, buoyant |
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not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid
Syn: hazy, cloudy, foggy, murky, dull, obstuse
Ant: transparent, clear, bright, preceptive |
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chief in importance, above all others
Syn: supreme, foremost, primary, dominant
Ant: secondary, subordinate, ancillary |
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v) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble
n) baby talk; babble
Syn: v) chatter n) twaddle, gibberish, piffle |
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to offer arguments or evidence tah contradicts an assertion; to refute
Syn: disprove, confute, shoot holes in
Ant: confirm, corroborate, substantiate |
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verb/noun
v) to scold; find fault w/
n) a rebuke
Syn: v) reprove, reproach n) reproof
Ant: v) praise, pat on the back |
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slavery, forced labor
Syn: captivity, bondagem thralldom
Ant: freedom, liberty |
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careless and hasty
Syn: cursory, perfunctory, sloppy, slipshod
Ant: painstaking, meticulous, thorough, in-depth |
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not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull
Syn: still, motionless, inert, fetid
Ant: flowing, running, fresh, sweet |
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to give way to superior force, yield
Syn: submit, die, expire
Ant: overcome, master, conquer |
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