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| abhor - to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply |
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SYN: detest, despise, abominate
ANT: admire, cherish, respect, relish |
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| amend - to change in a formal way; to change for the better |
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| SYN: modify, improve, correct |
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| buffet - to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; a slap, blow |
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| SYN: batter, sock, thump, pummel, toss about |
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| chaos - great confusion, disorder |
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SYN: anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium
ANT: order, regularity, tranquility |
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| commodious - roomy, spacious |
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SYN: comfortable, ample, capacious
ANT: cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient |
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| corrosive - eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic |
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SYN: caustic, mordant, acidulous, spiteful
ANT: bland, mild, benign, amiable |
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| extant - still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost |
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SYN: surviving, in existence
ANT: extinct, defunct, vanished |
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| discern - to see clearly, recognize |
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SYN: percieve, detect, distinguish
ANT: overlook |
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| implicate - to involve in; to connect with or be related to |
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SYN: incriminate, entangle
ANT: absolve, exculpate |
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| inter - to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion |
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| martinet - a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules |
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| SYN: taskmaster, slave driver |
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| obviate - to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of |
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| SYN: preclude, forestall, ward off |
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| renegade - one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox |
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SYN: turncoat, defector, heretic
ANT: loyalist, patriot |
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| reprehensible - deserving blame or punsihment |
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SYN: objectionable, blameworthy, culpable, odious
ANT: commendable, blameless, meritorious |
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| somber - dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit |
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SYN: mournful, dismal
ANT: bright, sunny, lighthearted, cheerful, jaunty |
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| squalid - filthy, wretched, debased |
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SYN: dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject
ANT: neat, spruce, exalted, lofty |
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| turbulent - disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy |
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SYN: tumultuous, unryly, agitated
ANT: calm, placid, tranquil, still |
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| vociferous - loud and noisy; compelling attention |
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SYN: clamorous, uproarious, blustering
ANT: quiet, soft-spoken, muted, subdued |
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| voluminous - of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great legnth |
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SYN: bulky, massive, copious, plentiful
ANT: scant, meager, brief, succinct |
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| waive - to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer |
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SYN: decline, relinquish, forgo
ANT: claim, accept |
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