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to assert without proof or confirmation
S: claim, contend
A: prove, deny |
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Thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
S: egregious, unmitigated |
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light and playful conversation
S: banter, persiflage, repartee
A: sermon |
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to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
S: placate, mollify, propitiate
A: antagonize, alienate, estrange |
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to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
S: recall, revoke
A: reaffirm, reassert |
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one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an oragnized military unitl a steplike formation or arrangement
S: level, rank |
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to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
S: aggravate, intensify, worsen
A: alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate |
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stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
S: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous
A: sensible, intelligent, perceptive, bright |
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impossible to disprove; beyond argument
S: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable
A: disputable, indefensible, untenable |
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| a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
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lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
S: listless, indolent, indifferent, lax
A: energetic, vigorous, wholehearted |
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a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list
S: rigmarole, catalog, megillah |
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grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing;having death as a subject
S: grotesque, grim, ghoulish |
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an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
S: lack
A: abundance, glut, plenitude, deluge |
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to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
S: bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest |
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to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
S: pull down, demolish, shave off
A: build, construct, raise, erect |
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to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
S: repudiate, disavow
A: reaffirm, reassert |
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to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
S: permeate, drench, flood, imbue
A: drain |
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of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
S: sullen, morose
A: lighthearted, cheerful, vivacious |
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to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; a mire; a state of depression
S: shed, slog
A: take on, acquire, assume |
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