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| (n) a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution |
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(n) self-government, political control, home rule
antonyms: dependence, subjection, colonial status |
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(adj) self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule, taken for granted
antonyms: questionable, dubious, controversial |
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(v) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely, broadcast, trumpet
antonyms: hide, conceal, cover up, bury |
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| (n) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior, admonition, word to the wise |
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(adj) fair, just, embodying principles of justice, right, reasonable, evenhanded
antonyms: unjust, unfair, one-sided, disproportionate |
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(v) to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort, disentangle, extract, disengage
antonyms: enmesh, entangle, involve |
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| (v) to steal, especially in a sneaky way way and in petty amounts, pilfer, purloin, swipe |
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(v) to mock, treat with contempt, scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn
antonyms: obey, honor, revere, uphold |
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(adj) tending to be troublesome; unruly. quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable, refractory, recalcitrant, peevish
antonyms: docile, tractable, cooperative |
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| (n) a rule of conduct or action, principle, maxim |
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(adj) beneficial, helpful, healthful, wholesome, salubrious, curative
antonyms: detrimental, deleterious. pernicious |
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(adj) bitterly severe, withering, causing great harm, searing, harsh, ferocious, savage
antonyms: bland, mild |
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(v) to whip, punish severely, to flog or beat; (n) a cause of affliction or suffering, a source of severe punishment or criticism, bane, plague, pestilence
antonyms: godsend, boon, blessing |
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| (adj) funeral, typical of the tomb, extremely gloomy or dismal, doleful, lugubrious, mortuary |
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(adj)tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy;(n) something that includes sleep, narcotic, anesthetic
antonyms: (adj) stimulating (n) stimulant stimulus |
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(adj) extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical, highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy
antonyms: lax, loose, indulgent, permissive, dissolute |
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(adj) lasting only a short time, fleeting, impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent (n)one who stays only a short time
antonyms: (adj) permanent, imperishable, immortal |
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(adj) not easily carried, handled, or managed because of its size or complexity, cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical
antonyms: manageable, easy to handle |
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(adj) dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force, insipid, lifeless, colorless
antonyms: zesty, spicy, savory, colorful, lively |
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