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skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind.
SYN: clever, deft, dextrous, slick
ANT: clumsy, inept, all thumbs |
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peaceable, friendly.
SYN: congenial, neighborly, cordial
ANT: hostile, antagonistic |
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having a deep- seated distaste; opposed, unwilling.
SYN: disclined, loath
ANT: favorably disposed, eager, keen |
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given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive. (n) one at war
SYN:(adj) assertive, truculent, pugnacious
ANT:(adj)peaceful, conciliatory, placid |
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kindly, charitable.
SYN: benign, well-meaning
ANT: malicous, spiteful, malevolent |
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hasty, not thorough.
SYN: quick, superficial, perfunctory
ANT: thorough, painstaking, careful |
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treachery, deceitfulness.
SYN: fraud, double-dealing, chicanery
ANT: none |
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to praise extravagantly.
SYN: glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail
ANT: criticize, belittle, disparage |
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possible, able to be done.
SYN: workable, practicable, viable
ANT: unworkable, impractical |
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(n)wry face, facial distortion. (v)to make a wry face.
SYN:(n) pained expression, facial contortion
ANT:(n) smile, grin; (v) beam |
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large scale destruction, especailly by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering.
SYN: conflgration, devastation, annihilation
ANT: deluge, inundation |
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not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance.
SYN: impenetrable, resistant, proof against
ANT: porous, permeable, vulnerable |
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a moving force, impulse, stimulus.
SYN: impulse, incentive, spur
ANT: curb, hindrance, impediment, constraint |
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danger.
SYN: risk, hazard, peril
ANT: safety, security |
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extremely careful, particulous about details.
SYN: fastidious, painstaking, fussy
ANT: careless, negligent, sloppy |
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a longing for something past; homesickness.
SYN: none
ANT: none |
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the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example.
SYN: paragon, exemplar
ANT: none |
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to move backward; to return to an earlier condition.
SYN: revert, degenerate, decline
ANT: advance, evolve, progress |
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to examine closely.
SYN: inspect, pore over
ANT: skim, scan, glance at |
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lukewarm; unenthuusiastic, marked by an absence of interest.
SYN: inspid, halfhearted, wishy-washy
ANT: heated, excited, enthusiastic |
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