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v. to make a sound similar to taht of a bull, roar n. a loud, angry roar
Synonyms: v. yell, bawl, hollar; n. howl
Antonyms: v. whisper, n. murmer |
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n. one who benefits from something; a person who is left money or other property in a will or the like
Synonyms:recipient, heir |
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v. to repair or patch poorly; make a mess of; n. a hopelessly bungled job
Synonyms: v. foul up, bungle, mangle |
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v. to fill or cover in a disorderly way; n. a state of disorder, mess
Synonyms: v. litter, n. confusion
Antonyms: n.order, tidiness, neatness |
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adj. falling apart ir ruined, run-down
Synonyms: in disrepair, deteriorated,gone to seed
Antonyms: shipshape, trim |
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v. to take apart; to strip of something
Synonyms: disassemble
Antonyms: put togther, assemble,construct |
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n. a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings, broad or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham
Synonyms:buffoonery, mockery
Antonyms: tradgedy, melodrama, tearjerker |
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afj. not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant, frivolous
Synonyms: fruitless, vain, innefective
Antonyms:successful, effective |
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adj. very tiring, calling for an extreme effort
Synonyms: exhausting, punishing, taxing
Antonyms: easy, effortless |
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adj. offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange
Synonyms: graacious, cordial, courteous
Antonyms: unfriendly, cold, icy, chilly |
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n. the home or den of a wild animal; any hideout
Synonyms: nest, burrow, hideaway |
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adj. overly generous, extravagant, abundant; v. to spend or give freely or without limit
Synonyms: adj. excessive, profuse
Antonyms: adj. stingy, meager; v. begrudge, stint, deny |
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adj. in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy, caused by or related to disease, unwholesome
Synonyms: depressed, unsound, "sick"
Antonyms: wholesome, healthy, cheerful, blithe |
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adj. widely known because of bad conduct
Synonyms: disgraceful, infamous, disreputable
Antonyms: unknown, obscure, respectable |
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v. to allow too many priviledges, be too generous and easygoing toward
Synonyms: coddle, cater to, indulge
Antonyms: abuse, maltreat, mistreat, discipline
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n. an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person
Synonyms: sponger, freeloader, leech |
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v. to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink
Synonyms: duck, sidestep
Antonyms: fufill, perform, shoulder, take on |
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n. an amount beyond what is required, excess; adj. more than what is needed or expected
Synonyms: n. gult, surfeit,overage
Antonyms: n. shortage, lack, dearth, paucity |
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n. the state f being easily frightened
Synonyms: fearfulness, faintheartedness
Antonyms: fearfulessness, boldness, intrepidity |
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n. the power to forbid or prevent; v. to prohibit, reject
Synonyms: v. turn down, nix, forbid
Antonyms: v. to approve, endorse, ratify, confirm |
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