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(adj) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
s: genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial
a: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable
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(v) to increase in greatness, power or wealth, to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
s: augment, amplify, enhance, exalt
a: reduce, decrease, diminish |
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(adj) thin or flimsy, cheap, shoddy or inferior in quality/character, mean, disreputable
s: inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty
a: superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy |
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(adj) persistent, showing industry and determination
s: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable
a: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose |
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(adj) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul-mouthed
s: abscine, filthy, abusive, vituperative
a: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified |
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(v) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
s: rumble, thunder, boom, echo |
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(adj) able to return to an origanal shape or form; able to recover quickly
s: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy
a: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding |
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(v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
s: disavow, abjure, renounce
a: avow, affirm, aver, avouch |
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(v) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to
s: reason against, expostulate |
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(adj) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n) very, thin, light cloth
s: filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy
a: thick, dense, solid, massive |
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(v) to find out by reasoning, to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
s: gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate |
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(adj) incapable of being understood; impossible to see throught physically
s: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic
a: comperhensible, intelligible, penetrable |
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(adj) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experiance
s: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial
a: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal |
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(n) a natural inclination or predilection toward
s: natural bent, proclivity, penchant
a: natural incapacity or inablity |
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(adj) incapable of being changed or called back
s: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable
a: revesible, changeable |
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(adj) peevish, complaining, fretful
s: petulant, toughy, cranky, irritable
a: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid |
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(adj) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
s: profoundly educated, well-read
a: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate |
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(n) illegal traffic, smuggled goods (adj) illegal, prohibited
s: illicit, bootleg, unlawful
a: legal, lawful, licit |
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(n) that which surrounds, a distinctive air or personal quality
s: ambience, atmosphere |
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(adj) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion
s: formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate
a: definite, well-defined, clear-cut |
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