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Free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact
S: authentic, punctual
A: careless, faulty, innacurate, vague |
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1. severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding
2. rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic; abstinent
3. without excess, luxury, or ease; simple; limited; severe
S: grave, sober, solemn, serious
A: bland, calm, gentle, meek, mild |
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an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
S: jeering, mockery, ridicule
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1. a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface;gorge.
2. a marked interruption of continuity; gap
S: fissure, void
A: closure, juncture |
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1. a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch
2. a group of things or persons close together
S: array, bunch, pack
A: individual, one |
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violent or tumultuous motion; agitation; noisy disturbance
S: clamor, uproar, rumpus
A: calmness, peace, tranquility |
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to crouch, as in fear or shame.
S: hide, cringe, tremble
A: come out
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a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club
S: bat, cane, mace, paddle, shilleglagh
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a copy exactly like an original
S: alike, corresponding, equivilent
A: different, unmatching |
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to praise highly; laud; eulogize
S: acclaim, exalt, praise
A: blame, criticize |
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1. a disaster resulting in death.
2. a death resulting from such an occurrence.
S: accident, disaster, death
A: birth, life |
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1. easily provoked to anger; very irritable
2. characterized or produced by anger
S: fractious, irritable, querulous
A: cheerful, happy |
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the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.
S: desolation, sentiment
A: cheer, glee, joy |
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1. to trim or dress (feathers, fur, etc.) with the beak or tongue.
2. to dress carefully or smartly.
S: beautify, clean
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a surviving memorial of something past.
S: antique, heirloom, remembrance
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1. a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
2. an uncontrolled, abnormal, circumscribed growth of cells in any animal or plant tissue; neoplasm.
S: cancer, cyst
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to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts
S: coax, persuade, seduce
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