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(adj) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
SYNONYMS: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter
ANTONYMS: lofty, noble, exalted |
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(n) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic;
(adj) w/o faith, skeptical
SYNONYMS: (n) doubter
ANTONYMS: (n) believer |
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(n) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
SYNONYMS: connivance, collusion
ANTONYMS: noninvolvement, innocence |
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(n) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected;
(adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty
SYNONYMS: (n) vagrant;
(adj) remiss, delinquent
ANTONYMS: (adj) punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous |
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(n) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
SYNONYMS: harangue, tirade
ANTONYMS: panegyric, encomium, eulogy |
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(n) a crude image of a despised person
SYNONYMS:figure, figurine, likeness |
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(n) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim
SYNONYMS: justice, fairness, impartiality
ANTONYMS: injustice, unfairness, bias, prejudice |
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(adj) silly, empty of meaning or value
SYNONYMS: vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous
ANTONYMS: sensible, meaningful, profound |
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(n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation
SYNONYMS: charge, accusation |
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(adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied
SYNONYMS: unquestionable, indisputable
ANTONYMS: questionable, debatable, dubious |
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(adj) stopping and beginning again, sporadic
SYNONYMS: fitful, spasmodic, random
ANTONYMS: continuous, uninterrupted |
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(adj) open to discussion and debate, unresolved;
(v) to bring up for discussion;
(n) a hypothetical law case argued by students
SYNONYMS: (adj) debatable, questionable;
(v) broach
ANTONYMS: (adj) undebatable, indisputable, self-evident |
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| (n) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design |
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(n) a new convert, beginner, novice
SYNONYMS: tenderfoot, tyro, rookie
ANTONYMS: veteran, past master, expert, pro |
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(n) keenness in observing and understanding
SYNONYMS: acuity, acumen, discernment
ANTONYMS: dullness, obtuseness |
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(adj) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
SYNONYMS: unlimited, unrestricted
ANTONYMS: limited, restricted, incomplete |
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(n) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
SYNONYMS: observation, scrutiny, monitoring |
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(adj) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded or woody
SYNONYMS: forested, arcadian |
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(adj) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
SYNONYMS: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant
ANTONYMS: even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable |
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(n) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex;
(v) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
SYNONYMS: (n) burlesque, parody, caricature, farce |
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