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(v) to resign, formally give an office or duty; to disown discard
s: relingquish, renounce
a: retain |
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(v) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings
s: confer, lodge, put up
a: reeive, take, take back, take away |
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(adj) able to hold much, room
s: spacious, commodious
a: cramped, confined, restricted, narrow |
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(adj) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting sarcastic
s: burning, corrosive, sharp
a: bland, mild, sugary, saccharine |
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(n) a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; (v) to campaign, work vigorously
s: (n) campaign, organized movement |
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(v) to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect or, to face down, outshine
s: mar, disfigure
a: repair, restore, renovate, recondition |
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(n) an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods, any restraint or hindrance; (v) to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with
s: (n) stoppage, boycott |
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(n) a false notion or disbelief, an error in thinking
s: misconception,
a: sound reasoning, logic |
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(n) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancey, lightness in weight
s: giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness
a: humorlessness, solemnity |
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(n) beggar; (adj) depending on begging for a living
s: (n) panhandler
a: (n) millionaire, philanthropist |
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(v) to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust
s: sicken, disgust,
a: delight, tickle pink |
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(v) to nullify, deny, bring to nothing
s: invalidate, annul
a: aver, corroborate, buttress |
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(adj) vitally important, essential
s: crucial, critical, decisive, seminal
a: unimportant, insignificant |
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(n) one who receives; (adj) receiving; able or willint oto receive
s: (n) receiver, beneficiary
a: (n) donor, benefactor, contributor |
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(n) an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick
s: stratagem, subterfughe, dodge |
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(v) to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities
s: abound, swarm, overflow
a: lack, to be wanting |
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(n) an opinion, belief, or principle, held to be true
s: doctrine, precept |
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(adj) easilty managed, easy to deal with; easilty wrought malleable
s: submissive, docile, yielding, amenable
a: unruly, obstreperous, refractory |
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(adj) clumsy, awkward, unwieldly
s: graceless
a: nimble, agile, supple, graceful |
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(adj) having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager
s: gluttonuous, insatiable, avid
a: indifferent, apathetic |
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