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Defintion: official recognition or approval
Synonyms: approval, blessing, favor, imprimatur, OK Antonyms: disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor
Sentence: The business man gained the government's approbation for a new investement project. |
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Definition: someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue.
Synonyms: adjucicator, arbitrator, referee, umpire. Antonyms:
Sentence: The arbiter approved her reason for wanting a divorce. |
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Defintion: something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
Synonyms: original, pilot, example, model, prototype
Antonyms: copy, imitation, replica, reproduction; counterfeit, fake, forgery, sham
Sentence: "Romeo and Juliet" is considered an archtype to romantic novels. |
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Definition: the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction; a gradual weakening, loss, or destruction
Synonyms: attrition, erosion, undermining, waste, breakdown, decay, decomposition, disintegration, dissolution
Antonyms: gain, increase buildup
Sentence: The attrtition of greek temples is a great loss to the historical society. |
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Definition: Grow and flourish; to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
Synonyms: accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, boom, build up, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, mount, multiply, proliferate, spread, swell, wax, mushroom
Antonyms: contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane
Sentence: My responsibillities burgeon every year.
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Definition:corresponding in size or degree or extent
Synonyms: commensurable, proportionate
balanced, symmetrical, correlative, reciprocal contingent, dependent, relative, akin, comparable, similar
Antonyms: disproportionate, asymmetrical, distorted, irregular, lopsided, twisted, unbalanced
Sentence: The measurments I took were commensurate to those of my friends'.
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Definiton: a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force; a brilliant and successful stroke or action.
Synonyms: accomplishment, action, coup d'état, coup de mâitre, deed, exploit, feat, overthrow, plot, revolution, stratagem, stroke, stroke of genius, stunt, successful stroke, tour de force, upset.
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Sentence: The Egyptian coup one was of the greatest accomplishments of the modern world. |
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Defintion: a flowing together or nerging of things (of two or more streams, rivers, or the like)
Synonyms:assemblage, assembly, concourse, concurrence, concursion, conflux, convergence, crowd, gathering, host, junction, meeting, mob, multitude, union
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Sentence: We crossed the bridge abov the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. |
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Definition: adj. fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking; devoted to pleasures.
Synonyms:gluttonous,gourmandizing,gourmet, hedonistic, libertine, lush, luxurious, pleasure-seeking,self-indulgent,sensual, sensuous, sybaritic, voluptuous.
Antonyms: ascetic, austere, frugal, poor
Sentence: He could'nt accomplish all his epicurean desires.
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Definition: adj. pleasing to the ear
Synonyms: agreeable, dulcet, euphonic, fluid, harmonic, honeyed, mellifluent, mellow, pleasing, resonant, songful, soothing, symphonious, tuned, tuneful
Antonyms: cacophonous, disagreeable, discordant, dissonant,harsh, inharmonious,opposed
Sentence: The audience screamed "encore", pleased by my friend's mallifuous singing. |
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Defintion: The works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
Synonyms: opus, output, work, body of work.
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Sentence: My sister's oeuvre was a great success. |
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Definition: of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
synonyms:civil, earthly, laic, laical, lay, material, materialistic, nonclerical,nonreligious,ofthis world, profane, temporal, unsacred,worldly.
Antonyms: godly, holy, religious, spiritual
Sentence: Secular views have gained public rejection in Egypt. |
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Definition: without contents, ideas or expression; empty:unintelligent. the vacuous air.
Synonyms: airheaded, birdbrained, blank, drained, dull, dumb, emptied, foolish, half-baked, inane, lamebrained, minus, shallow, silly, stupid, superficial, uncomprehending, unreasoning, vacant, void
Antonyms:aware, filled, full, intelligent
Sentence: He has a vacuous brain that doesn't help him get a better job
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Definition:an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
Synonyms: modification, alteration, change
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Sentence:He has dealt with human vagaries for many years. |
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Definition: green with vegetation; covered with plants and grass
Synonyms: flourishing, fresh, grassy, leafy, lush
Antonyms:dying
Sentence: The best thing about this place is that it has a verdant oasis. |
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