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(n) agreement, harmony; (v) to agree, e in harmony or being into harmony, bestow on
SYNONYMS:mutal understanding
ANTONYMS:disagreement, conflict, friction |
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(n) an exchange in trade; (v) to exchange goods
SYNONYMS:trade, swap
ANTONYMS:sell, buy, purchase |
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(adj) skillful in use of hands or body; clever
SYNONYMS:agile, handy, deft
ANTONYMS:clumsy, awkward, ungainly |
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(v) to occupy the complete attention, absorb fully
SYNONYMS: immerse, preoccupy
ANTONYMS: bore, stultify, put to sleep |
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(adj) about to happen, hanging over in a menacing way
SYNONYMS: imminent, upcoming
ANTONYMS: distant, remote |
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(v) to regret, to be sorry for; (n) a feeling of regret
SYNONYMS: lament, repent
ANTONYMS: cherish |
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(n) fear, fright, trembling
SYNONYMS:dread, anxiety, apprehension
ANTONYMS: confidence, self-assurance, poise |
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(v) to blame, scold, find fault with
SYNONYMS: bawl out, remprimand
ANTONYMS: praise, pat on the back |
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(n) strength, energy, liveliness; the capacity to live and develope; the power to endure or survive
SYNONYMS: vigor, stamina
ANTONYMS: lifelessness, torpor, lethargy |
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(adj) subject to odd ideas, notions, or fancies; playful; unpredicatable
SYNONYMS: odd, peculiar, quaint, fanciful
ANTONYMS: serious, sober, matter-of-fact, realistic |
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(v) to lure into a trap; (n) a person or thing used to lure into a trap
SYNONYMS: entice, entrap, lure, bait
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(v) to dig; to search deeply and throughlt into
SYNONYMS: probe, investigate |
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(v) to follow in order, come immediatly after and as a result
SYNONYMS: result
ANTONYMS: precede, come before |
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(v) to make known, tell; to give, pass something on
SYNONYMS: transmit, bestow, grant
ANTONYMS: withhold, keep back, conceal |
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(v) to bring about an agreement between persons or groups, act as a go-betweeen (adj) occupying a middle position; indirect, acting through an intermediary
SYNONYMS: settle, arbitrate, umpire, referee |
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(adj) stange, freakish, weird, foriegn-looking; out-of-the-way, geographically remote; exceeding reasonable limits
SYNONYMS: peculiar, bizare, odd, unorthodox, uncoventional
ANTONYMS: conventional, orthodox, staid, sober |
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(adj) domineering, haughty, bullying; overpowering, predominent
SYNONYMS: high-hand, overriding
ANTONYMS: meek, unassuming, self-effecting |
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(n) a peliculiar way of acting, a sudden twist or turn
SYNONYMS: peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity |
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(v) to feast, entertain agreeably
SYNONYMS: amuse, divert |
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(adj) lazy, lacking in ambition and energy; inefficient
SYNONYMS: careless, sloppy, lackadaisical
ANTONYMS: energetic, hardworking, ambitious
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(n) a strong movement to advance a cause or idea (v) to campaign, work vigorously
SYNONYMS: campaign, organized movement |
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(v) to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine
SYNONYMS: mar, disfigure
ANTONYMS: repair, restore, renovate, reconditions |
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(n) an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hinderance (v) to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with
SYNONYMS: stoppage, ban, boycott |
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(n) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking
SYNONYMS: misconceptions
ANTONYMS: sound reasoning, logic |
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(n) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especiallly about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight
SYNONYMS: giddness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness
ANTONYMS: seriousness, humorlessness, solemnity |
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(n) an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick
SYNONMS: stratagem, subterfuge, dodge |
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(v) to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities
SYNONYMS: abound, swarm, overflow
ANTONYMS: lack, be wanting |
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(n) an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true
SYNONYMS: doctrine, precept |
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(adj) easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable
SYNONYMS: submissive, docile, yielding, amenable
ANTONYMS: unruley, obstreperous, refrectory |
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(adj) clumsy, awkward, unwiedly
SYNONYMS: graceless
ANTONYMS: nimble, agile, suple, graceful |
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(v) to adjust or change to suit conditions
SYNONYMS: regulate, alter, acclimate
ANTONYMS: remain unchanged |
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(n) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj) marked by fear, ominous
SYNONYMS: misgiving, presentiment, premonition |
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(adj) short but full of meaning and point
SYNONYMS: terse, short and sweet, meaty, telling
ANYONYMS: wordy, verbose, long-winded, foolish, inane |
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(adj) chillingly proud and scornful
SYNONYMS: disdainful, supercilious
ANTONYMS: meek, humble, unassuming, modest |
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(v) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n) a silly, forced smile
SYNONYMS: snicker, smirk, titter, giggle |
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(adj) uch boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
SYNONYMS: trumpeted, heraled
ANTONYMS: downplayed, soft-pedaled, de-emphasized |
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(n) a person (usually a child) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit
SYNONYMS: stray, ragamuffin, street urchin |
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(adj) twisted, turned to one side, cleverly and often grimly humorous
SYNONYMS: dryly amusing, ironic, droll
ANTONYMS: humorless, solemn, straight |
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(n) atemporary peace, halt in fightening
SYNONYMS: cease-fire, truce |
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(adj) haughty, too convinced of one's own importance
SYNONYMS: high-handed, overbearing, presumptuous
ANTONYMS: meek, humble, modest, unassuming |
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(adj) gentle, soothing, mild; lacking interest or taste
SYNONYMS: dull, insipid
ANTONYMS: harsh, irratating, pungent, spicy, piquant |
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(v) to deny interest in or connection with; to give up all claim to
YNONYMS: disavow, disown, repudiate
ANTONYMS: admit, acknowledge, avow, confess |
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(n) a distinct period of time, era, age |
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(adj) exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless, an incalculabe number, the concept of infinity; a name for God
SYNONYMS: unlimited, boundless
ANTONYMS: limited, restricted, measurable |
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(adj) innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience
SYNONYMS:green, wet behind the ears
ANTONYMS: sophisticated, knowing, urbane, suave, blase |
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(n) a decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing
SYNONYM: nook, alcove |
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(adj) able to meet one's financial needs, having the power to dissolve other substances; (n) a liquid used to dissolve other substances; something that solves, explains, eliminates, or softens
SYNONYMS: financially sound, in the black
ANTONYMS bankrupt, flat broke, in the red |
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(adj) long and tiresome
SYNONYMS: boring, monotonous
ANTONYMS: stimulating, interesting, short and sweet |
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(adj) of supreme importance, decisive, critical
SYNONYMS: pivotal, vital
ANTONYMS: insignificant, inconsequential |
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(n) the last remianing part; the part of least worth
SYNONYMS: grounds, lees, residue, leftovers
ANTONYMS: elite, upper crust, cream of the crop |
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(v) to adorn or decorate, especially food; (n) an ornament or decoration, especially for food
SYNONYMS: embellish, gussy up |
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(v) to irritate, annoy, or anger
SYNONYMS: vex, try one's patience
ANTN+ONYMS: soothe, mollify, please, delight |
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(n) the complete collapse or failure of a project
SYNONYMS: disaster, flop, bomb
ANTONYMS: complete success, triumph, hit |
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(adj) lifeless, unable to move or act; slow, inactive
SYNONYMS: motionless, sluggish, lethargic
ANTONYMS: vigorous, energetic, volative, lively |
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(aj) marked by carelessness or indifference; failing to do what should be done
SYNONYMS: careless, neglectful, remiss, dereict
ANTONYMS: careful, attentive, conscientious |
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(n) forgetfulness, disregard; a state of being forgotten; an amnesty, general pardon
SYNONYMS: obscurity, nothingness
ANYONYMS: fame, renown, celebrity |
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(adj) pale, lacking color, weak and lifeless
SYNONYMS: colorless, bloodless, ashen, dull
ANTONYMS: ruddy, sanguine, racy, colorful |
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(adj) based on reasoning, able to make use of reason; sensible, reasonable
SYNONYMS: logical
ANTONYMS: mad, insane, illogical, absurd |
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