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Def:Stinging, bitter in temper or tone.
Syn:biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish
Ant:gentle, warm, mild, friendly,cordial
The mugger scared me because of his acrimonious tone. |
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Def:resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
Syn:stolid, dull, slow, stupid
Ant:alert, sharp, bright, keen, quick
The students looked bovine at the dull math lesson. |
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Def:dismay, confusion
Syn:shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay
Ant:calm, composure, aplomb
The students looked at the long chem problem with consternation.
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Def:fat; having a large, bulky body
Syn:overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly
Ant:slender, lean, spare, gaunt, emaciated
The corpulent kid had a eating disorder. |
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Def: to deny responsibility for or connection with
Syn:disown, disclaim, retract, abjure
Ant: acknowledge, admit, grant, certify
The criminal disavow that he was part of the murder |
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Def:impartial; calm, free from emotion
Syn:unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached
Ant:committed, engaged, partial, biased
The downer kid responded to my unusually great grades disapassionately. |
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Def: disagreement, sharp difference of opinion.
Syn:strife, discord, contention
Ant:agreement, accord, harmony
The republican had a dissension for barack obama. |
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Def: to caue to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure.
Syn:disperse, stew, diffuse, waste
Ant:gather, collect, conserve, husband
The student had potential but dissipate it on video games. |
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Def:to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify
Syn:purge, censor, bowdlerize
The book was expurgate to be suitable for minors. |
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Def:an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal
Syn:dare, provocation, trial, punishment
The knight recieved a gauntlet over the maiden. |
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Def: based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or diret investigation.
Syn:assumed supposed, conjectural, conditional
Ant:actual, real, tested, substantiated
The theory was hypothetical and thus not accepted by many. |
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Def:mean, low, base
Syn:inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid
Ant:admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble
The peasant was ignoble to the king. |
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Def: to call into question; to attack as false.
Syn: challenge, deny, dispute, query, question
Ant:confirm, prove, verify, validate
He impugn the question which was obviously incorrect. |
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Immorderate, lacking in self-control; inclement
Syn:excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate
Ant:moderate, restrained, cool and collected
The man with tourrettes was intermperate and quick to react. |
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Def:hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct.
Syn:abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy
Ant:esteem, admiration, approbation
He had a odium for people who mispelled words. |
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Def:faithfullness, treachery
Syn:betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity
Ant:faithfullness, loyalty, steadfastness
He had a perfidy for the tyrant king. |
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Def:to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
Syn:transfer, consign, demote, exile
Ant:promote, elevate, advance, recall
They relegated the lazy guard. |
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Def:inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined
Syn:nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish
The man was squeamish and not allowed on the rollercoaster. |
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Def:subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end
Syn:secondary, servile, obsequious, useful
Ant:primary, principal, bossy, domineering.
The slave was subservient and was known to never talk back. |
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Def: open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance
Syn:vulnerable, receptive, impressionable
Ant:resistant, immune |
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