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ANT: Independent, irrelative, irrespective, absolute, free.

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KEY: Depict.

SYN: Portray, color, paint, draw, delineate.

ANT: Misrepresent, exaggerate, deform, caricature.

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KEY: Deplorable.

SYN: Lamentable, miserable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, disastrous.

ANT: Welcome, glad, acceptable, felicitous, beneficial, joyous.

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KEY: Deplore.

SYN: Regret, lament, moorn, bewail, bemoan.

ANT: Welcome, hail.

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KEY: Depopulate.

SYN: Waste, dispeople, desert, {[coandon]?}, unpeople.

ANT: Occupy, tenant, colonize, inhabit, settle, replenish, stock, fill.

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KEY: Deportation.

SYN: Arrival, importation, placement, reconsignment.

ANT: Exportation, emigration, displacement.

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KEY: Deportment.

SYN: Behavior, carriage, movement, demeanor, character, conduct.

ANT: Misbehavior, misdeportment.

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KEY: Depose, [See ENTHRONE].

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KEY: Deprave, [See DEBASE].

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KEY: Deprecate.

SYN: Disavow, disclaim, expostulate, intercede.

ANT: Beg, supplicate, ask, entreat, request, imprecate, invoke.

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KEY: Depreciate, [See DISPARAGE].

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KEY: Depredation.

SYN: Havoc, robbery, spoliation, plunder, trespass, invasion, encroachment.

ANT: Pilfering, perquisite, abstraction, pocketing, restitution, compensation.

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KEY: Depredator, [See DEPREDATION].

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KEY: Depress, [See ELEVATE].

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KEY: Depression.

SYN: Lowering, degradation, debasement, dejection, discouragement, hollow, valley, dip.

ANT: Raising, elevation, exaltation, promotion, preferment, amelioration, encouragement, rallying, rising, eminence, mound, prominence.

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KEY: Deprive.

SYN: Strip, bereave, despoil, rob, divest, dispossess, abridge, depose, prevent, hinder.

ANT: Invest, endow, compensate, enrich, supply, present, reinstate, indemnify.

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KEY: Depute.

SYN: Appoint, commission, charge, entrust, delegate, authorize, accredit, constitute.

ANT: Recall, discard, dismiss, discommission, supersede.

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KEY: Deputy.

SYN: Vicegerent, lieutenant, representative, agent, commissioner, legate, envoy, delegate, proxy, substitute.

ANT: Principal, master, chief, governor, sovereign, ruler, head.

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KEY: Derange, [See ARRANGE].

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KEY: Derangement, [See ABERRATION].

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KEY: Dereliction.

SYN: Abandonment, failure, shortcoming, desertion, relinquishment, neglect.

ANT: Performance, observance, adherence, attention.

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KEY: Deride, [See DERISION].

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KEY: Derision.

SYN: Scorn, contempt, mockery, irony, sarcasm, contumely, disrespect.

ANT: Respect, regard, admiration, reverence.

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KEY: Derisive.

SYN: Scornful, contemptuous, disrespectful.

ANT: Respectful, deferential, reverential.

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KEY: Derivation.

SYN: Origin, source, descent, beginning, cause, etymology, root, spring, analysis.

ANT: Result, issue, formation, application, use.

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KEY: Derive.

SYN: Deduce, trace, follow, track, draw, resolve.

ANT: Misdeduce, misattribute, mistrace.

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KEY: Derogate.

SYN: Detract, disparage, depreciate, decry, deteriorate.

ANT: Esteem, value, laud, enhance, extol, exaggerate, overestimate, overvalue.

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KEY: Derogation, [See DEROGATE].

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KEY: Descant.

SYN: Dissert, discuss, expatiate, enlarge, talk, dwell, amplify.

ANT: Condense, abridge, abbreviate, curtail, confine, clip, delineate.

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KEY: Descend, [See ASCEND].

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KEY: Descendant.

SYN: Offspring, progeny, stock, scion, seed, branch, issue, house, family, lineage.

ANT: Author, founder, parent, ancestor, progenitor, stock, root, source, origin.

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KEY: Descent, [See DESCEND].

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KEY: Describe.

SYN: Draw, delineate, portray, explain, illustrate, define, picture, depict, represent, relate, narrate, recount.

ANT: Confound, confuse, mystify, misrepresent, caricature, distort.

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KEY: Description, [See DENOMINATION].

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KEY: Descry.

SYN: Discern, recognize, discover, distinguish, espy, detect, observe, mark, perceive.

ANT: Miss, overlook, misobserve.

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KEY: Desecrate.

SYN: Profane, secularize, misuse, abuse, prostitute, pollute.

ANT: Use, employ, devote, dedicate, consecrate, solemnize, sanctify, purify, reconcile.

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KEY: Desert \n.\

SYN: Wild, waste, wilderness, solitude, void.

ANT: Inclosure, field, pasture, garden, oasis.

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KEY: Desert, [See ABANDON].

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KEY: Deserter.

SYN: Renegade, run, away, recanter, abjurer, apostate, traitor, forsaker.

ANT: Adherent, supporter, ally, befriender, disciple, bigot, slave.

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KEY: Deserve.

SYN: Merit, earn, justify, win.

ANT: Forfeit, misdeserve, lose.

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KEY: Desiderate.

SYN: Desire, want, need, require.

ANT: Disregard, forget, supersede, discard.

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KEY: Desideratum.

SYN: Requisite, complement, essential, want.

ANT: Surplusage, superfluity, in, cumbrance, drawback.

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KEY: Design \v.\

SYN: Contemplate, purpose, intend, plan, prepare, project.

ANT: Hit, risk, guess, conjecture, chance, fluke, misconceive, miscontrive.

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KEY: Design \n.\

SYN: Contemplation, pur pose, intention, plan, preparation draft, delineation, sketch, drawing, artifice, cunning, artfulness, guile, contrivance, intent, project, scheme.

ANT: Execution, performance, result, issue, construction, structure, candor, fairness, openness, artlessness, sincerity, simplicity, change, incident.

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KEY: Designate, [See DENOMINATE].

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KEY: Designation, [See DESIGNATE].

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KEY: Designed, [See DESIGN].

SYN: Intended, prepared, purposed, adapted, calculated, planned, contrived, intentional.

ANT: Fortuitous, casual, accidental, miscalculated, miscontrived, unintended.

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KEY: Designing, [See DESIGN and ARTFUL].

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KEY: Desinence.

SYN: Termination, conclusion, cessation, discontinuance, cadence, period, finality.

ANT: Origination, initiation, inauguration, continuance, progression, commencement, inception.

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KEY: Desirable.

SYN: Expedient, advisable, valuable, acceptable, proper, judicious, beneficial, profitable, good, enviable, delightful.

ANT: Undesirable, unadvisable, inexpedient, objectionable, improper, injudicious, unprofitable, evil.

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KEY: Desire \n.\

SYN: Longing, affection, propension, craving, concupiscence, appetency.

ANT: Loathing, hate, repugnance, disgust, aversion, abomination, horror.

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KEY: Desire, [See COVET].

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KEY: Desist.

SYN: Cease, stop, discontinue, drop, abstain, forbear, leave off.

ANT: Continue, proceed, persist, persevere.

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KEY: Desolate \a.\

SYN: Bereaved, forlorn, forsaken, comfortless, deserted, uninhabited, desert, wild, waste, bare, bleak, lonely.

ANT: Cheered, cheerful, consoled, attended, cultivated, sheltered, fertile, luxuriant, animated, lively, gay, frequented.

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KEY: Desolate \v.\

SYN: Waste, spoil, sack, plunder, pillage, ravage, devastate, depopulate.

ANT: People, colonize, plant, develop, fertilize, cultivate, enrich, enliven.

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KEY: Desolation, [See DESOLATE].

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KEY: Despair \n.\

SYN: Hopelessness, despondency, desperation.

ANT: Hopefulness, elation, anticipation, hilarity, confidence, sanguineness, expectation.

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KEY: Despair \v.\

SYN: Despond, faint.

ANT: Hope, trust, confide, rely, presume, rally.

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KEY: Desperate.

SYN: Wild, daring, audacious, determined, reckless, abandoned, rash, furious, frantic, despairing, regardless, mad, desponding, hapless, inextricable, irremediable.

ANT: Cool, calm, cautious, timid, shy, irresolute, remediable, hopeful, promising, propitious.

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KEY: Despicable, [See CONTEMPTIBLE].

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KEY: Despise, [See DESPICABLE and CONTEMN].

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KEY: Despite, prep.

SYN: Notwithstanding, opposing, resisting.

ANT: concurrently, consentaneously, {[ai]?}, ling, abetting.

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KEY: Despite \n.\ [See DESPITE, prep. and SPITE].

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KEY: Despoil.

SYN: Strip, denude, ravage, devastate, rob, havoc, spoliate.

ANT: Decorate, adorn, embellish, enrich, reinstate, rehabilitate.

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KEY: Respond, [See DESPAIR].

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KEY: Despot.

SYN: Tyrant, autocrat.

ANT: Slave, subject.

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KEY: Despotic.

SYN: Autocratic, domineering, arbitrary, arrogant, imperious, self-willed, irresponsible, absolute, cruel, tyrannical.

ANT: Limited, constitutional, humane, merciful.

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KEY: Destine.

SYN: Purpose, intend, design, doom, ordain, devote.

ANT: alienate?, divorce, misapply, divert.

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KEY: Destination.

SYN: Purpose, intention, design, consignment, object, end, fate, doom, arrival, application, use, scope, appointment, point, location, goal, aim.

ANT: Operation, tendency, exercise, action, movement, design, initiation, project, effort.

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KEY: Destiny.

SYN: Fate, decree, lot, fortune, predestination, necessity, doom, end.

ANT: Will, volition, choice, deliberation, freedom, freewill.

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KEY: Destitute, [See DEPRIVE and NEEDY].

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KEY: Destroy.

SYN: Demolish, annihilate, subvert, ruin, overthrow, undo, waste, consume.

ANT: restore, reinstate, repair, fabricate, make, construct, create.

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KEY: Destructive.

SYN: detrimental, hurtful, noxious, injurious, deleterious, baleful, baneful, ruinous, subversive.

ANT: Wholesome, conservative, preservative, beneficial, reparatory, subsidiary, restorative.

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KEY: Desuetude.

SYN: Disuse, obsoleteness, non-observance.

ANT: Use, vogue, custom, practice, observance, exercise, operation, permanence, perpetuation.

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KEY: Desultory.

SYN: Rambling, discursive, loose, unmethodical, superficial, unsettled, erratic, inexact, spasmodic, fitful, freakish, aberrant, unsystematic, cursory, roving, hasty, slight.

ANT: Settled, consecutive, earnest, serious, persevering, continuous, methodical, exact, diligent, untiring, recurrent, periodical, systematic.

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KEY: Detach, [See ATTACH].

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KEY: Detail \v.\

SYN: Particularize, enumerate, recount, individualize, sift, analyze, specify.

ANT: Generalize, condense, conglomerate, gather, sketch, suggest abstract, classify, amalgamate.

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KEY: Detail \n.\

SYN: Element, component, particular, specialty, point.

ANT: Account, statement, recital, totality, representation.

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KEY: Detain.

SYN: Stay, keep, arrest, check, withhold, delay, restrain, embargo, stop.

ANT: Liberate, expedite, accelerate, dismiss, loose, disembargo.

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KEY: Detect.

SYN: Discover, descry, unmask, expose.

ANT: Miss, lose, misobserve, ignore, connive.

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KEY: Detention.

SYN: Retention, retaining, hindrance.

ANT: Relinquishment, abandonment, letting go.

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KEY: Deter.

SYN: Warn, stop, dissuade, disincline, indispose, dispirit, hinder, prevent, discourage, dishearten, terrify, scare.

ANT: Encourage, incite, provoke, move, allure, prompt, tempt, seduce, persuade.

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KEY: Deterge, [See ABSTERGE].

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KEY: Deteriorate, [See AMELIORATE].

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KEY: Determinate, [See DEFINITE].

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KEY: Determination, [See DEFINITION and DECISION].

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KEY: Determine, [See DEFINE and DECIDE].

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KEY: detortion, [See DETERGE].

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KEY: Detest, [See ABOMINATE].

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KEY: Detestable, [See DETEST and ABOMINABLE].

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KEY: Dethrone.

SYN: Uncrown, depose.

ANT: Anoint, enthrone, crown.

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KEY: Dethronement, [See DETHRONE].

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KEY: Detonate.

SYN: Explode, pop.

ANT: Smoulder, hang, puff.

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KEY: detortion.

SYN: Wresting, violation, twisting, distortion, perversion, decurvity, devexity, recurvation.

ANT: Direction, aim, rectilinearity, rectification.

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KEY: Detract.

SYN: Lessen, deteriorate, depreciate, disparage, defame, decry, derogate, calumniate, scandalize, vilify, diminish.

ANT: Augment, enhance, raise, increase.

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KEY: Detraction.

SYN: Diminution, deterioration, depreciation, slander, backbiting, derogation.

ANT: Augmentation, improvement, enhancement, eulogy, compliment, flattery.

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KEY: Detractor.

SYN: Slanderer, cynic, backbiter.

ANT: Flatterer, sycophant, eulogist.

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KEY: Detriment.

SYN: Loss, harm, hurt, injury, deterioration, impairment, disadvantage, prejudice, damage, inconvenience.

ANT: Enhancement, improvement, remedy, reinstatement, repair, augmentation.

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KEY: Detrimental.

SYN: Injurious, hurtful, pernicious.

ANT: Beneficial, profitable, augmentative.

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KEY: Detrude, [See DASH].

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KEY: Detruncation.

SYN: Lopping, disramification, pollarding, dismemberment, discorporation, amputation, stripping.

ANT: Training, trailing, grafting, inoculation, luxuriance.

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KEY: Develop.

SYN: Educe, enucleate, eliminate, enunciate, lay open, disclose, unravel, unfold, clear, amplify, expand, enlarge.

ANT: Envelope, wrap, obscure, mystify, conceal, narrow, restrict, contract, condense, compress, involve.

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KEY: Development.

SYN: Outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud.

ANT: Cause, origin, source, principal.

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KEY: devexity, [See DETORTION].

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KEY: Deviate.

SYN: Digress, wander, swerve, deflect, err, sway, depart, divaricate, diverge.

ANT: Continue, advance.

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KEY: Device.

SYN: Artifice, expedient, design, plan, stratagem, project, symbol, emblem, show, invention, contrivance, cognizance.

ANT: Fair-dealing, openness, miscontrivance, abortion, fortune, luck, hazard, hit, incognito.

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KEY: Devil.

SYN: Satan, lucifer, fiend, archfiend, foul fiend, demon.

ANT: Archangel, angel, seraph, cherub.

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KEY: devilish, [See ANGELIC].

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KEY: Devious.

SYN: Tortuous, circuitous, untracked, trackless, pathless, ambagious, roundabout, distorted.

ANT: Direct, plain, trodden, frequented, straightforward.

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KEY: Devise.

SYN: Contrive, plan, maneuvre, concert, manage.

ANT: Miscontrive, mismanage.

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KEY: Devoid.

SYN: Void, wanting, destitute, unendowed, unprovided.

ANT: Furnished, supplied, replete, provided, gifted.

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KEY: Devolve upon.

SYN: Impose, place, charge, commission, depute, accrue, attach, befall, fall.

ANT: Deprive, withhold, recall, cancel, alienate, miss, pretermit, pass, lapse, skip.

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KEY: Devote, [See DEDICATE].

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KEY: Devoted.

SYN: Attached, fond, absorbed, consecrated, ardent, loving, dedicated, given, abandoned.

ANT: Alienated, estranged, averse.

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KEY: Devotion.

SYN: Piety, devoutness, religiousness, dedication, self-abandonment, consecration, ardor, self-surrender, self-sacrifice, love, attachment.

ANT: Impiety, profanity, selfishness, aversion, alienation, antipathy, indifference, apathy.

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KEY: Devour.

SYN: Eat, consume, swallow, gorge, gobble, bolt, absorb.

ANT: Disgorge, vomit.

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KEY: Devout.

SYN: religious, pious, godly, saintly, holy, prayerful.

ANT: Irreligious, impious, profane, unholy.

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KEY: Devoutless.

ANT: [See DEVOTION].

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KEY: Dexterity, [See ABILITY].

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KEY: Dexterous, [See AWKWARD].

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KEY: Diabolical, [See DEVILISH].

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KEY: Diadem.

SYN: Crown, coronet, coronal, chaplet, wreath, fillet, tiara, circlet.

ANT: Liberty-cap, foolscap, daisy-chain.

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KEY: Diagnostic.

SYN: Symptom, indication, feature, sign, cue.

ANT: Development, crisis, formation, consummation, head, deception, illusion, misindication.

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KEY: Dialect.

SYN: Provincialism, accent, idiom, tongue, language, speech, phraseology.

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KEY: Dialectic.

SYN: Rhetorical, logical, argumentative.

ANT: Conversational, colloquial, commonplace.

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KEY: Dialogue.

SYN: Tete-a-tete, conversation, discourse, colloquy, confabulation.

ANT: Monologue, oration, soliloquy, apostrophe.

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KEY: Dictate.

SYN: Prompt, suggest, enjoin, order, direct, {[pre--crit)e]?}, pre--crit)e, decree, instruct, propose, command.

ANT: Follow, repeat, obey, echo, answer.

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KEY: Dictation.

SYN: Imperative, imperious, domineering, arbitrary.

ANT: Condescending, affable, indulgent, modest, unassuming, suppliant, supplicatory, precatory, persuasive, insinuating.

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KEY: Dictatorial, [See DICTATE and ARBITRARY].

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KEY: Diction.

SYN: Style, expression, rhetoric, phraseology, language, grammar.

ANT: Solecism, provincialism, mispronunciation.

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KEY: Dictionary.

SYN: Lexicon, wordbook, vocabulary, glossary.

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KEY: Didactic.

SYN: Instructive, directive, moral.

ANT: Unsound, misinstructive, erroneous, pernicious, misleading.

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KEY: Die.

SYN: Expire, depart, perish, decline, decease, disappear, wither, languish, wane, sink, fade, decay, cease.

ANT: Begin, originate, rise, live, {[develoftel]?}, develoftel grow, strengthen, flourish, luxuriate, vegetate.

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KEY: Diet.

SYN: Food, victuals, nourishment, viands, nutriment, sustenance, fare, cheer, regimen.

ANT: Starvation, fasting, abstinence, gluttony, omnivorousness.

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KEY: Differ.

SYN: Vary, dissent, be unlike, disagree, dispute, contend.

ANT: Agree, assent, [See ASSENT].

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KEY: Difference.

SYN: Separation, destruction, dissimilarity, unlikeness, disagreement, dissonance, discord, contrariety, dissent, distinction, dissimilitude, estrangement, variety.

ANT: Community, consociation, condonation, similarity, likeness, agreement, sympathy, consonance, harmony, consentaneousness, reconciliation, uniformity, identity.

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KEY: Differentiate.

SYN: Particularize, individualize, distinguish, identify, verify, specify, segregate, disseminate, fuse, lump, mass.

ANT: Generalize, classify, confound, amalgamate, confuse.

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KEY: Differentiation \n.\ [See DIFFERENTIATE].

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KEY: Difficult.

SYN: Hard, intricate, Involved, perplexing, enigmatical, obscure, trying, arduous, troublesome, up hill, unmanageable, unamenable, reserved, opposed.

ANT: Easy, plain, straight, pimple, lucid, categorical, tractable, amenable, unreserved, favorable.

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KEY: Difficulty, [See DIFFICULT].

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KEY: Diffident, [See MODEST].

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KEY: Diffuse.

SYN: Discursive, prolix, verbose, diluted, copious.

ANT: Laconic, epigrammatic, terse, condensed.

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KEY: Dig, [See DELVE].

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KEY: Digest \v.\

SYN: Sort, arrange, dispose, order, classify, study, ponder, consider, prepare, assimilate, incorporate, convert, methodise, tabulate.

ANT: Displace, confound, complicate, derange, disorder, discompose, eject, refuse, reject, disturb.

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KEY: Dignified.

SYN: Exalted, stately, noble, grand, august, lofty, pompous, honored, elevated.

ANT: [See LOFTY].

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KEY: Dignify.

SYN: Aggrandize, elevate, invest, adorn, exalt, advance, promote, honor.

ANT: Degrade, disinvest, humiliate, disgrace.

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KEY: Digress, [See DEVIATE].

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KEY: laceratlon, [See LACERATION].

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KEY: Dilapidation.

SYN: Ruin, decay, disintegration, downfall, crumbling, demolition, dismantlement.

ANT: Solidity, reparation, integrity, soundness, construction, fabric, structure.

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KEY: Dilate.

SYN: Stretch, widen, expand, swell, distend, enlarge, descant, expatiate.

ANT: Narrow, contract, restrict, constrict, particularize, dissect, anatomize, concentrate, epitomize, condense.

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KEY: Dilatory.

SYN: Tardy, procrastinating, slow, loitering, behindhand, lagging, dawdling.

ANT: Quick, prompt, beforehand, vigilant, eager, alert, hasty, precipitate, rash, ardent.

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KEY: Dilemma.

SYN: Fix, hobble, quandary, doubt, difficulty, scrape.

ANT: Extrication, rebutment, freedom, advantage, superiority, escape, solution, retort.

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KEY: Diligence.

SYN: Care, assiduity, attention, application, heed, industry.

ANT: Indifference, carelessness, neglect, inattention, heedlessness, desultoriness, inertness, idleness.

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KEY: Dim, [See OBSCURE].

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KEY: Dimension.

SYN: Measurement, size, configuration, delineation, mass, bulk, extent.

ANT: Mismeasurement, segment.

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KEY: Dimidiate.

SYN: Halve, bisect.

ANT: Unite, integrate.

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KEY: Diminish.

SYN: Lessen, reduce, contract, curtail, dwarf, decrease, subside, shorten, abate, retrench.

ANT: Increase, enlarge, expand, extend, amplify, magnify.

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KEY: Diminutive, [See DIMINISH and SMALL].

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KEY: Dimness, [See DIM and OBSCURE].

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KEY: Din.

SYN: Racket, clamor, rattle, resononce, clangor, reverberation.

ANT: Crash, report, burst, explosion, pop, bang.

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KEY: Dingy.

SYN: Dull, dusky, rusty, bedimmed, soiled, tarnished, dimly, dim, colorless, obscure, dead, soon, {[=-tj]?}.

ANT: Bright, burnished, flossy, highcolored, radiant, luminous, gleaming, lustrous.

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KEY: Dint.

SYN: Agency, instrumentality, force, power, emcacy.

ANT: Weakness, inoperativeness, inefficacy, uselessness, helplessness, opposition, counterforce.

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KEY: Dip, [See IMMERSE].

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KEY: Dip \n.\

SYN: Declination, depression, devexity, slope.

ANT: Elevation, ascent, acclivity, gradient.

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KEY: Diplomacy.

SYN: Embassy, ministry, ambassadorship, representation, tact, contrivance, management, negotiation, outwitting, circumvention.

ANT: Cancel, recall, conge, miscontrivance, mismanagement, maladministration, overvaulting, selfentanglement, selfdefeat, selfstultification.

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KEY: Diplomatic.

SYN: Judicious, knowing, wise, prudent, well-contrived, clever, astute, politic, discreet, well-planned, well-conceived, sagacious, well-managed.

ANT: Injudicious, bungling, stultifying, ill-managed, undiplomatic.

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KEY: Dire, [See DREADFUL].

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KEY: Direct, [See INSTRUCT].

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KEY: Direct, [See STRAIGHT].

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KEY: Direction.

SYN: Course, tendency, inclination, line, control, command, bearing, superscription, order, address.

ANT: Misdirection, deviation, mis-control, misinstruction, aberration.

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KEY: Directly.

SYN: Straightly, straightway, immediately, undeviatingly, at once, promptly, quickly, instantly.

ANT: Indirectly, by-and-by, interveniently.

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KEY: Director.

SYN: Ruler, controller, manager, master, leader, guide.

ANT: Body, company, institution, concern, subordinate, follower.

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KEY: Dirge.

SYN: Requiem, lament, threnody, elegy, wake, coronach.

ANT: Anthem, 'The Deum', Jubilate.

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KEY: Dirt.

SYN: Foulness, dung, filth, uncleanness, meanness, sordidness.

ANT: Cleanness, purity, ablution, integrity.

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KEY: Dirty, [See DIRT and NASTY].

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KEY: Disability.

SYN: Disqualification, impotency, unfitness, incapacity, forfeiture, incompetency.

ANT: Qualification, recommendation, fitness, deserving, merit.

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KEY: Disabled, [See DISABILITY].

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KEY: Disabuse.

SYN: Undeceive, inform, correct, enlighten, rectify.

ANT: Deceive, mislead, prejudice, prepossess, hoodwink, inveigle, stultify, bamboozle.

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KEY: Disadvantage, [See ADVANTAGE].

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KEY: Disaffection, [See AFFECTION].

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KEY: Disagreeable, [See AGREEABLE], Disagreement, [See QUARREL].

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KEY: Disallow, [See ALLOW].

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KEY: Disannul, [See ANNUL].

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KEY: Disappear, [See VANISH].

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KEY: Disappoint.

SYN: Betray, deceive, frustrate, baffle, delude, vex, mortify, defeat, foil.

ANT: Realize, justify, verify, fulfil, encourage, satisfy, gratify.

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KEY: Disapprobation, [See APPROBATION].

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KEY: Disarm, [See ARM].

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KEY: Disarrange, [See ABRIDGMENT].

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KEY: Disarray, [See ARRAY].

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KEY: Disaster, [See CALAMITY], Disavow, [See ACKNOWLEDGE], Disband, [See MUSTER].

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KEY: Disbelief, [See BELIEF].

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KEY: Disburden, [See BURDEN].

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KEY: Disburse, [See EXPEND].

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KEY: Discern.

SYN: Descry, observe, recognize, see, distinguish, discover, behold, penetrate, discriminate, differentiate, separate, perceive.

ANT: Overlook, confound, misdiscern.

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KEY: Discernible.

SYN: Visible, conspicuous, manifest, palpable, apparent, plain, perceptible, evident.

ANT: Invisible, inconspicuous, obscure, indiscernible, impalpable, microscopic, minute.

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KEY: Discernment.

SYN: Discrimination, farsightedness, clearsightedness, penetration, observation, sagacity, judgment.

ANT: Heedlessness, blindness, inobservance, shortsightedness, dullness, density, hebetude.

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KEY: Discharge.

SYN: Liberate, empty, dismiss, acquit, release, free, execute, perform, send away.

ANT: Confine, charge, detain.

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KEY: Disciple.

SYN: Follower, student, believer, votary.

ANT: Master, teacher, leader, professor.

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KEY: Disciplinarian.

SYN: Martinet, tight hand.

ANT: Sloven, kingdog.

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KEY: Discipline.

SYN: Order, strictness, training, government, instruction, drilling, control, coercion, punishment, organization.

ANT: Disorder, confusion, rebellion, mutiny, encouragement, reward, disorganization.

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KEY: Disclaim, [See CLAIM].

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KEY: Disclose.

SYN: Discover, reveal, confess, detect, divulge, make known, promulgate.

ANT: Cover, conceal, lock, suppress.

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KEY: Discolor.

SYN: Daub, stain, taint, dis, figure.

ANT: Paint, color, embellish, tin's decorate, illuminate.

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KEY: Discomfit, [See DISCONCERT].

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KEY: Discomfort.

SYN: Disquiet, vexation, annoyance, trouble, unpleasantness, disagreeableness.

ANT: Comfort, ease, pleasantness, agreeableness.

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KEY: Discommendation, [See COMMENDATION].

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KEY: Discompose, [See DERANGE].

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KEY: Disconcert.

SYN: Abash, confuse, confound, upset, baffle, derange, discompose, thwart, disturb, defeat, fret, interrupt, vex, ruffle, disorder, unsettle, frustrate, discomfit, [See {[i\ST]?}], Encourage, rally, countenance, aid, concert, concoct, arrange, order, prepare, scheme, contrive, hatch, design.

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KEY: Disconcerted, [See DISCONCERT].

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KEY: disconformity, [See CONFORMITY].

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KEY: discongruity, [See CONGRUOUS].

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KEY: Disconnect, Disconnected, Disconnection, [See CONNECTION].

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KEY: Disconsolate.

SYN: Sad, forlorn, melancholy, inconsolable, brokenhearted, sorrowful, unhappy, desolate, woful.

ANT: Joyous, cheerful, merry, happy, gay, jovial, gladsome, blithe.

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KEY: Discontent, [See CONTENT].

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KEY: Discontented, [See CONTENTED].

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KEY: Discontinuance, [See CONTINUANCE].

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KEY: Discontinuity, [See CONTINUATION].

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KEY: Discord, [See CONCORD].

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KEY: Discordance, [See ACCORD].

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KEY: Discountenance, [See COUNTENANCE].

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KEY: Disenthrone, [See ENTHRONE].

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KEY: Discourage, [See ENCOURAGE].

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KEY: Discouragement, [See ENCOURAGE].

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KEY: Discourse, [See CONVERSATION].

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KEY: Discourtesy, [See COURTESY].

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KEY: Discover.

SYN: Find, invent, descry, disclose, unearth, ferret out, ascertain, discern, make known, detect, betray, indicate, manifest.

ANT: Conceal, suppress, repress, miss, lose, overlook, mask, cover, screen.

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KEY: Discredit, [See CREDIT].

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KEY: Discreditable, [See DISREPUTABLE].

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KEY: Discreet.

SYN: Discerning, wise, prudent, circumspect, cautious, wary, regulative, sensible, judicious.

ANT: Undiscerning, blind, foolish, imprudent, indiscreet, unrestrained, reckless, injudicious, silly.

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KEY: Discrepancy.

SYN: Dissonance, disharmony, discord, contrariety, disagreement, difference, variation.

ANT: Consonance, harmony, accordance, agreement, correspondence.

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KEY: Discretion, [See DISCREET].

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KEY: Discretional.

SYN: Optional.

ANT: Compulsory, obligatory.

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KEY: Discrimination.

SYN: Penetration, sagacity, acuteness, nicety, shrewdness, judgment, discernment, insight, distinction.

ANT: Dullness, confusedness, indiscriminateness, shortsightedness, hebetude, indiscernment.

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KEY: Discursive, [See CONSECUTIVE].

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KEY: Discuss.

SYN: Debate, argue, sift canvass, examine.

ANT: Mystify, confound, obscure.

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KEY: Disdain \n.\

SYN: Contempt, {[sooru]?}, haughtiness, disregard, superciliousness.

ANT: Respect, reverence, admiration, respectfulness, considerateness, humility.

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KEY: Disdain \v.\ [See SCORN].

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KEY: Disdainful, [See DISDAIN].

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KEY: Disease.

SYN: Complaint, disorder, illness, indisposition, distemper, ailment, malady, sickness.

ANT: Health, convalescence, sanity, salubrity.

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KEY: Disembody, [See EMBODY].

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KEY: disenable, [See ENABLE].

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KEY: Disenchant, [See ENCHANT].

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KEY: Disencumber, [See ENCUMBER].

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KEY: Disengage, [See ENGAGE], Disentangle, [See ENTANGLE].

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KEY: Disentitled, [See ENTITLE].

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KEY: Disesteem, [See ESTEEM].

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KEY: Disfavor, [See FAVOR].

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KEY: Disfigure, [See ADORN].

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KEY: Disfranchise, [See ENFRANCHISE].

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KEY: Disgorge, [See GORGE].

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KEY: Disgrace \v.\ [See DISHONOR].

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KEY: Disgrace \n.\ [See HONOR].

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KEY: Disguise, [See GUISE].

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KEY: Disguised, [See GUISE].

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KEY: Disgust.

SYN: Nausea, loathing, abomination, aversion, dislike, repugnance, abhorrence, distaste.

ANT: Desire, liking, partiality, predilection, relish, fondness, longing, avidity.

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KEY: Dishearten, [See ENCOURAGE].

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KEY: Dishevel.

SYN: Disorder, entangle, disarrange.

ANT: Tire, dress, plait, bind, weave, braid.

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KEY: Dishonest, [See FALLIBLE].

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KEY: Dishonor \n.\ [See HONOR].

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KEY: Dishonorable, [See HONORABLE].

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KEY: Disincline, [See INCLINE].

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KEY: Disinfect, [See INFECT].

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KEY: Disingenuous, [See INGENUOUS].

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KEY: Disinherit, [See INHERIT and DISOWN].

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KEY: Disintegrate, [See INTEGRATE].

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KEY: Disinter, [See INTER].

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KEY: Disinterested, [See INTERESTED and SELFISH].

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KEY: Disenthral, [See ENTHRAL].

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KEY: Disjoin, [See JOIN].

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KEY: Dislike, [See LEARNED].

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KEY: Dislocate, [See LOCATE].

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KEY: Dislodge, [See LODGE].

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KEY: Disloyal, [See LOYAL].

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KEY: Dismal, [Lat. /dies malus/, evil day.]

SYN: Dreary, ominous, foreboding, lonesome, cheerless, gloomy, sad, depressed, lugubrious, funereal, sorrowful, melancholy, tragic, blank.

ANT: Gay, propitious, promising, cheerful, lively, elated, joyous, laughable, ridiculous, comic.

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KEY: Dismantle.

SYN: Disrobe, divest, denude, despoil, disarm, strip.

ANT: Kobe, invest, drape, adorn, arrange, equip, endue.

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KEY: Dismay \v.\

SYN: Affright, astonish, terrify, dishearten, daunt, scare, frighten, appall.

ANT: Encourage, rally, inspirit, assure, allure.

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KEY: Dismay \n.\ [See TERROR].

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KEY: Dismember.

SYN: Disintegrate, disincorporate, detruncate.

ANT: Integrate, incorporate, organize, engraft, reorganize.

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KEY: Dismiss.

SYN: Banish, discard, abandon, cashier, send off, divest, discharge.

ANT: Retain, detain, keep, maintain.

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KEY: Dismount.

SYN: Alight, descend.

ANT: Mount, start.

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KEY: Disobey, [See OBEY].

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KEY: Disoblige, [See OBLIGE].

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KEY: Disorder, [See ORDER].

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KEY: Disorderly, [See ORDERLY].

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KEY: Disorganize, [See ORGANIZE], Disown, [See OWN].

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KEY: Disparage.

SYN: Depreciate, decry, undervalue, derogate, lower, detract, underestimate.

ANT: Extol, laud, panegyrize, overestimate, exaggerate.

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KEY: Disparate.

SYN: Unequal, different, ill-assorted, ill-matched.

ANT: Equal, co-ordinate, {[well-ai]?}, sorted, well-matched.

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KEY: dispassion, [See PASSION].

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KEY: Dispatch.

SYN: Expedite, send, accelerate, hasten, execute, conclude, Used also in the sense of kill.

ANT: Retard, detain, obstruct, impede.

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KEY: Dispel.

SYN: Disperse, scatter, dissipate, drive away, dismiss.

ANT: Collect, recall, summon, convene, congregate, conglomerate, mass, accumulate.

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KEY: Dispensation.

SYN: Economy, dealing, revelation, distribution, arrangement, visitation, exemption, immunity, privilege, abandonment, dismissal, disuse, indulgence.

ANT: Reservation, injunction, prohibition, enforcement, retention, restriction.

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KEY: Dispeople, [See PEOPLE].

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KEY: Disperse.

SYN: Dispel, scatter, disseminate, separate, break up, spread abroad, deal out, distribute, dissipate.

ANT: Collect, summon, recall, gather, concentrate, meet.

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KEY: Dispirit, [See ENCOURAGE].

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KEY: Displace, [See PLACE].

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KEY: Displant, [See PLANT].

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KEY: Display.

SYN: Show, exhibit, unfold, evidence, evince, flaunt, vault, expose, ostentation, spread out, parade.

ANT: Hide, conceal, dissemble, simulate, suppress, wrap, cloke.

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KEY: Displease, [See PLEASE].

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KEY: Displeasure, [See INTERPRETATION].

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KEY: Disport, [See SPORT].

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KEY: Dispose, [See ABRIDGMENT], [See INCLINE].

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KEY: Disposition, [See DISPOSE, ARRANGE, and CHARACTER].

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KEY: Dispossess, [See POSSESS].

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KEY: Dispraise, [See PRAISE].

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KEY: Dispread, [See SPREAD].

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KEY: Disprize, [See PRIZE].

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KEY: Disproof, [See PROOF].

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KEY: Disprove, [See PROVE].

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KEY: Disproportion, [See PROPORTION].

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KEY: Disputant.

SYN: Litigant, competitor, claimant.

ANT: Partner, auxiliary, advocate.

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KEY: Disputatious.

SYN: Litigious, argumentative, cantankerous, quarrelsome, querulous.

ANT: Conciliatory, unquarrelsome, inquerulous.

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KEY: Dispute.

SYN: Argue, question, canvass, contest, contend, challenge, debate, controvert, controversy, difference, gainsay, impugn, quarrel, altercation.

ANT: Waive, concede, allow, forego.

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KEY: Disqualify, [See QUALIFY].

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KEY: Disquiet, [See QUIET].

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KEY: Disquietude.

SYN: Anxiety, solicitude, uneasiness, embarrassment, apprehension, agitation, disturbance, commotion, dissatisfaction.

ANT: Peace, pacification, assurance, calmness, confidence, contentment, acquiescence.

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KEY: Disquisition.

SYN: Essay, treatise, discussion, dissertation.

ANT: Effusion, tirade, diatribe, rhodomontade, blarney.

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KEY: Disregard, [See REGARD].

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KEY: Disrelish, [See RELISH].

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KEY: Disreputable, [See REPUTABLE].

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KEY: Disrespect, [See RESPECT].

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KEY: Disrobe, [See DISMANTLE].

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KEY: Disruption.

SYN: Disintegration, discord, dissension, a breaking up, separation, alienation, hostility.

ANT: Union, amalgamation, reconciliation.

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KEY: Dissatisfaction, [See SATISFACTION].

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KEY: Dissect.

SYN: Take to pieces, anatomize, scrutinize, investigate.

ANT: Grasp, comprehend, slur, skim, unite, integrate, organize, compound, collocate, conjoin, confound.

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KEY: Dissemble.

SYN: Disguise, conceal, repress, smother, restrain, cloke.

ANT: Exhibit, manifest, protrude, vaunt, pretend, simulate, feign, assume, expose, profess, proclaim.

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KEY: Dissembler.

SYN: Feigner, hypocrite, disguiser, suppressor, concealer.

ANT: Exhibitor, vaunter, pretender, simulator.

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KEY: Disseminate.

SYN: Spread, propagate, preach, proclaim, publish, promulgate, scatter, circulate.

ANT: Repress, suppress, stifle, discountenance, extirpate, eradicate.

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KEY: Dissent, [See ASSENT and CONSENT].

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KEY: Dissertation, [See DEPREDATION].

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KEY: Disservice, [See SERVICE].

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KEY: Dissever, [See SEVER].

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KEY: Dissidence, [See AGREE]

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KEY: Dissilience.

SYN: Avoidance, repulsion, aversion, dislike, interrepugnance, antipathy.

ANT: Approach, attraction, appetency, desire, affection, sympathy, interest.

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KEY: Dissimilar, [See SIMILAR].

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KEY: Dissimilitude, [See SIMILITUDE].

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KEY: Dissipate, [See SQUANDER].

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KEY: Dissociate, [See ASSOCIATION and SEVER].

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KEY: Dissolute.

SYN: Abandoned, profligate, loose, licentious, wanton, vicious.

ANT: Upright, conscientious, strict, self-controlled, correct.

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KEY: Dissoluteness, [See DISSOLUTE].

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KEY: Dissolution, [See DECOMPOSITION].

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KEY: Dissolve, [See MELT and CONSOLIDATE].

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KEY: Dissonance, [See CONSONANCE].

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KEY: Dissuade, [See PERSUADE].

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KEY: Distance.

SYN: Interval, removal, separation, interspace, remoteness, absence, space, length.

ANT: Proximity, nearness, adjacency, contiguity, neighborhood, propinquity, contact, presence.

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KEY: Distant.

SYN: Far, remote, aloof, apart, asunder, separate, indistinct, obscure.

ANT: Close, near, adjacent, contiguous.

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KEY: Distaste, [See TASTE].

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KEY: Distasteful, [See TASTE].

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KEY: Distemper.

SYN: Disorder, disease, ailment.

ANT: Health, sanity, vigor, convalescence.

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KEY: Distend, [See DILATE].

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KEY: Distil.

SYN: Drop, emanate, drip, percolate.

ANT: Absorb, condense, retain, suck, hold.

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KEY: Distinct.

SYN: Separate, independent, unconnected, detached, disjoined, unlike, definite, obvious, different, dissimilar, clear, conspicuous, plain, perspicuous.

ANT: United, consolidated, conjoined, one, obscure, dim, confused, indistinct.

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KEY: Distinction.

SYN: Difference, separation, dignity, eminence.

ANT: Unity, identity, debasement, insignificance, degradation.

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KEY: Distinctness.

SYN: Clearness, plainness, conspicuousness, perspicuity.

ANT: Confusion, indistinctness, laziness.

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KEY: Distinguish.

SYN: Discern, descry, perceive, characterize, make famous, know, discriminate, see, discover, separate, divide, dissimilate, differentiate.

ANT: Miss, overlook, confound, confuse.

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KEY: Distinguished.

SYN: Illustrious, noted, celebrated, conspicuous, eminent, marked, famous.

ANT: Obscure, inconspicuous, hidden, not famous.

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KEY: Distinguishable, [See DISTINGUISH].

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KEY: Distortion, [See DETORTION and PERVERSION].

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KEY: Distract.

SYN: Divide, dissipate, dissever, disconcert, discompose, perplex, bewilder, convulse, madden, disturb.

ANT: Unite, fix, concentrate, collect, compose.

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KEY: Distraction.

SYN: Inattention, madness, absence.

ANT: Attention, composure.

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KEY: Distress \v.\

SYN: Harass, embarrass, trouble, grieve, annoy, vex, mortify, pain, disturb, afflict, worry.

ANT: Soothe, compose, please, gratify, gladden, console, elate, comfort.

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KEY: Distress \n.\ [See AFFLICTION and TROUBLE].

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KEY: Distribute, [See DISPENSE].

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KEY: District, [See CIRCUIT and REGION].

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KEY: Distrust, [See ENCIRCLE].

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KEY: Disturb.

SYN: Derange, discompose, disorder, discommode, plague, confuse, rouse, agitate, annoy, trouble, interrupt, incommode, worry, vex, molest, disquiet.

ANT: Order, collocate, arrange, pacify, soothe, quiet, compose, leave.

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KEY: Disunion, [See UNION].

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KEY: Disuse, [See USE and DESUETUDE].

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KEY: Divarication.

SYN: Deviation, divergence, digression, diversion.

ANT: Continuity, rectilinearity, directness, prolongation.

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KEY: Diversion.

SYN: Detour, divergence, deviation, recreation, amusement, pastime, sport, enjoyment.

ANT: Continuity, directness, procedure, business, task, work, study, labor, avocation.

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KEY: Diversify.

SYN: Vary, alter, change modify, variegate.

ANT: Conserve, prosecute, stabilitate, settle, fix, stereotype, crystallize, arrest.

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KEY: Diversity.

SYN: Difference, dissimilarity, variation, multiformity, heterogeneousness, dissonance.

ANT: Similarity, identity, unifomity, homogeneousness, co-ordination, coincidence, consonance.

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KEY: Divert.

SYN: Alter, change, deflect, alienate, delight, please, gratify, entertain, amuse.

ANT: Continue, prosecute, prolong, produce, restrict, confine, pain, annoy.

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KEY: Divest.

SYN: Disruanate, denude, strip, disrobe, unclothe, disencumber, deprive.

ANT: Clothe, robe, invest, shroud, envelop, encumber, indue.

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KEY: Divide.

SYN: Separate, dissect, bisect, portio, part, divorce, segregate, sever, sunder, deal out, disunite, keep apart, part among, allot, distribute, multiply.

ANT: Unite, collocate, classify, convene, congregate, conglomerate, conglutinate, commingle, join, consociate, co-ordinate.

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KEY: Divination.

SYN: Prediction, sorcery, magic, witchcraft, augury, omens.

ANT: Instruction, information, investigation, study, learning.

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KEY: Division, [See DIVIDE], [See SEPARATE].

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KEY: Divorce \v.\

SYN: Separate, disconnect, dissever, divert, alienate.

ANT: Conjoin, unite, connect, apply, reconcile, reunite.

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KEY: Divorce \n.\ Verb.

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KEY: Divulge, [See CONCEAL].

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KEY: Do.

SYN: Work, act, accomplish, execute, achieve, transact, finish, enact, perform, produce, complete.

ANT: Undo, mar, neglect, omit.

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KEY: Docile.

SYN: Compliant, amenable, easily managed, yielding, gentle, quiet, pliant, tractable, teachable, tame.

ANT: Intractable, stubborn, obstinate, self-willed, dogged.

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KEY: Dock.

SYN: Curtail, lop, abbreviate, prune.

ANT: Grow, elongate, nourish, [See {p*Ot long}?], train, coax.

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KEY: Docked, [See DOCK].

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KEY: Doctrinal.

SYN: Didactic, catechetical, theological.

ANT: Practical, operative.

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KEY: Doctrine.

SYN: Tenet, article, belief, creed, dogma, teaching, precept, principle.

ANT: Practice, operation, duty, conduct, action.

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KEY: Dodge \v.\ [See BAFFLE].

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KEY: Dodge \n.\ [See ARTIFICE].

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KEY: Doer.

SYN: Agent, actor, performer, originator, perpetrator, maker.

ANT: Undoer, preventer, hinderer, baffler, neutralizes marrer.

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KEY: Dogged.

SYN: Obstinate, morose, sullen, impracticable, prejudiced.

ANT: Docile, genial, agreeable, conciliatory, easy, indulgent, liberal, complaisant.

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KEY: Dogma, [See DOCTRINE].

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KEY: Dogmatic.

SYN: Doctrinal, theological, imperious, dictatorial, authoritative, arrogant, magisterial, self-opinionated, positive.

ANT: Practical, active, moderate, mode, diffident, vacillating.

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KEY: Doleful.

SYN: Dolorous, rueful, melancholy, piteous, somber, sorrowful, woebegone, dismal.

ANT: Merry, joyful, gay, blithe, beaming.

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KEY: Dolt.

SYN: Numskull, ignoramus, dullard, ass.

ANT: Savant, genius, philosopher, scholar, luminary.

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KEY: Dollish.

SYN: Stolid, jolterheaded, thick-skulled.

ANT: Quick, sharp, acute, longheaded.

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KEY: Domain.

SYN: Estate, lordship, territory, inclosure.

ANT: Waste, wilderness, wild.

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KEY: Domestic.

SYN: Domiciliary, private.

ANT: Foreign, public.

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KEY: Domestication.

SYN: Settlement, colonization, localization, taming.

ANT: Dissettlement, displacement, dislodgment, ejection, deportation, exile, dispeoplement.

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KEY: Domicile.

SYN: Residence, abode, settlement, home.

ANT: Estrangement, migration, homelessness, houselessness, wilderness, wild, world.

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KEY: Domiciliary, [See DOMICILE].

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KEY: Dominance.

SYN: Lordship, mastery, superiority, preponderance, prevalence.

ANT: Inferiority, subjection, serve, tude, weakness, inprevalence, minority.

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KEY: Dominant, [See DOMINANCE].

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KEY: Domination, [See DOMINANCE].

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KEY: Domineer.

SYN: Lord, tyrannize, assume, usurp.

ANT: Submit, succumb, defer, yield, bow, patronize.

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KEY: Domineering, [See ARROGANT].

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KEY: Dominion.

SYN: Power, authority, rule, tyranny, despotism, government, control, empire, sway, realm, territory, jurisdiction.

ANT: Weakness, submission, subjugation, Inferiority, servitude.

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KEY: Doll.

SYN: Assume, wear.

ANT: Doff, cast.

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KEY: Donation, [See PRESENTATION and GIFT].

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KEY: Doom.

SYN: Judgment, fate, sentence, verdict, condemnation, lot, destiny.

ANT: Liberation, respite, escape, pardon, acquittal, approval.

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KEY: Dormant.

SYN: Sleeping, slumbering, latent, undeveloped, quiescent, inert.

ANT: Vigilant, wakeful, active, operative, developed, energetic.

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KEY: Dotage.

SYN: Imbecility, senility, fatuity, dementedness.

ANT: Intelligence, acuteness, judgment, penetration, vigor.

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KEY: Doubt \n.\

SYN: Dubiousness, dubitation, scruple, hesitation, suspense, distrust, suspicion, perplexity, uncertainty, ambiguity, difficulty, indecision.

ANT: Certainty, clearness, precision, determination, decision, conviction, satisfaction.

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KEY: Doubt \v.\

SYN: Dubitate, hesitate, vacillate, waver, demur.

ANT: Decide, determine, resolve, assent.

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KEY: Doubtful, [See DOUBT and EQUIVOCAL].

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KEY: Doubtless.

SYN: Certainly, clearly, precisely, indisputably.

ANT: Perhaps, probably, possibly.

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KEY: Doughty.

SYN: Redoubted, redoubtable.

ANT: Craven, puny.

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KEY: Dowdy.

SYN: Dull, shabby, common, plain, homely, dingy, scrubby.

ANT: Stylish, dressy, gay, modish, gorgeous, dandified, tawdry.

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KEY: Downfall, [See FALL].

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KEY: Downright, [See ABSOLUTE].

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KEY: Downwards.

SYN: Below, beneath, adown.

ANT: Upwards, aloft.

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KEY: trail \n.\

SYN: Copy, transfer, transcript, sketch, abstract, order, check.

ANT: Original, deed, cash.

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KEY: Draft \v.\

SYN: Draw, drain, exhaust.

ANT: Supply, replenish, import.

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KEY: Drag.

SYN: Draw, pull, haul, bring.

ANT: Carry, convey, push, propel, raise, heave.

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KEY: Drain \v.\

SYN: Draw, strain, drip, percolate, drop, exhaust, empty, dry.

ANT: Replenish, fill, supply, pour, moisten, drown, inundate, drench, swill.

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KEY: Draught.

SYN: Drink, traction, breeze, check.

ANT: Drought, burden, non-ventilation, deposit.

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KEY: Draw.

SYN: Drag, pull, attract, induce, haul, entice, inhale, sketch, delineate, describe.

ANT: Push, carry, propel, throw, repel, drive, compel, impel, thrust.

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KEY: Drawback, [See DETRIMENT].

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KEY: Drawl \v.\

SYN: Drag, lag, drone.

ANT: Gabble, rattle, prattle.

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KEY: Dread \n.\

SYN: Fear, shuddering, terror, horror, alarm, intimidation, apprehension.

ANT: Courage, confidence, welcome, assurance.

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KEY: Dreadful.

SYN: Fearful, shocking, monstrous, dire, terrible, frightful, terrific, horrible, alarming, awful.

ANT: Encouraging, inspiriting, assuring, promising, hopeful.

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KEY: Dream \n.\

SYN: Trance, vision, fancy, reverie, hallucination, romance.

ANT: Fact, reality, substance, verify, realization.

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KEY: Dreamy.

SYN: Fanciful, visionary, speculative, abstracted, absent, foggy.

ANT: Collected, earnest, attentive, awake, active, energetic, practical.

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KEY: Dreary, [See DISMAL].

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KEY: Dregs.

SYN: Refuse, sediment, offal, lees, offscouring, dross, trash.

ANT: Cream, flower, pink, pickings, sample.

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KEY: Drench.

SYN: Wash, inundate, soak, saturate, steep, shower, drown.

ANT: Drain, strain, sponge, mop, dry, exsiccate.

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KEY: Drenched, [See DRENCH].

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KEY: Dress.

SYN: Garniture, preparation, arrangement, clothing, habiliments, accoutrements, vestments, uniform, raiment, apparel, attire, clothes, array, garments, livery, costume, garb, investiture.

ANT: Nudity, disorder, disarrangement, undress, deshabille.

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KEY: Driblet.

SYN: Drop, dole, instalment, scrap, morsel, bit, particle.

ANT: Total, whole, aggregate, mass.

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KEY: Drift.

SYN: Tendency, direction, motion, tenor, meaning, purport, object, intention, purpose, scope, aim, result, issue, {[inierence]?}, conclusion, end, course.

ANT: Aimlessness, pointlessness, vagueness, unmeaningness, indefiniteness, confusedness, aberrancy.

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KEY: Drill.

SYN: Teach, exercise, instruct, train, ordinate, discipline.

ANT: Confuse, disarrange, disorder, misinstruct, miseducate, dishabituate.

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KEY: Drink.

SYN: Imbibe, swallow, quaff, absorb, drain, draught.

ANT: Disgorge, replenish, pour, exude, water, moisten.

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KEY: Drip.

SYN: Drop, ooze, percolate.

ANT: Imbibe, swallow, absorb, suck, dry, retain, hold.

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KEY: Drive, [See DRAW].

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KEY: Drivel.

SYN: Fatuity, nonsense, trifling, snivel, babble.

ANT: Soundness, coherence, substance, solidity.

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KEY: Driveller.

SYN: Idiot, babbler, dotard.

ANT: Speaker, debater, logician, orator.

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KEY: Droll.

SYN: Whimsical, comical, odd, queer, amusing, laughable, funny, comic, fantastic, farcical.

ANT: Sad, lamentable, tragic, lugubrious, funereal.

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KEY: Drollery.

SYN: Fun, whimsicality, comicality, trickery, buffoonery, facetiousness, pleasantry.

ANT: Gravity, dismally, ruefulness, priggishness, starch, lugubriousness.

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KEY: Drone, [See BRAWL].

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KEY: Droop.

SYN: Sink, flag, decline, pine, languish, drop, bend, incurve, fade.

ANT: Revive, flourish, luxuriate, prosper, rally, raise.

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KEY: Drop.

SYN: Ooze, emanate, distil, percolate, fall, decline, descend, faint, droop.

ANT: Evaporate, rally, rise, soar, ascend, recover.

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KEY: Dross, [See CREAM].

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KEY: Drought.

SYN: Dryness, aridity, parching, thirst.

ANT: Moisture, refreshment, dew, deluge, slaking, quenching, watering, irrigation, Drown.

SYN: Sink, immerse, swamp, overwhelm, engulf, deluge, inundate, submerge.

ANT: Dry, drain, expose, air, ventilate.

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KEY: Drowsy.

SYN: Heavy, drooping, sleepy, dozy, comatose, torpid, stupid, somnolent.

ANT: Light, vigilant, alert, awake.

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KEY: Drudge \v.\

SYN: Slave, labor, plod.

ANT: Bask, luxuriate, hit off, play, dally.

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KEY: Drug, [See CIPHER].

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KEY: Dry \v.\

SYN: Drain, parch.

ANT: Drench, moisten, wet.

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KEY: Dry.

SYN: Arid, parched, moistureless, juiceless, barren, tame, sarcastic, vapid, lifeless, dull, tedious, uninteresting, monotonous.

ANT: Moist, fresh, juicy, lively, entertaining.

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KEY: Dubious, [See EQUIVOCAL].

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KEY: Ductile.

SYN: Malleable, extensible, tractile, extensile, tractable, docile, irresolute.

ANT: Inelastic, inflexible, tough, obdurate, resolute, firm, obstinate.

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KEY: Dudgeon.

SYN: Indignation, spleen, resentment, umbrage.

ANT: Complacency, contentment, serenity, satisfaction.

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KEY: Dr.

SYN: Owing, attributable, just, fair, proper, suitable, becoming, tit, owed, appropriate, obligatory.

ANT: Irrelative, unattributable, independent, undue, unfair, improper, extravagant, deficient.

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KEY: Dulcet.

SYN: Sweet, soothing, melodious, soft, warbling, euphonious.

ANT: Harsh, grating, discordant, noisy, clamorous, dissonant, rancorous, cacophonous.

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KEY: Dulcify, [See SWEETEN].

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KEY: Dulcorate, [See DULCIFY].

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KEY: Dull.

SYN: Stupid, stolid, doltish, insensible, callous, heavy, gloomy, dismal, cloudy, turbid, opaque, dowdy, sluggish, sad, tiresome, commonplace, dead.

ANT: Sharp, clever, lively, animated, sensible, cheerful, exhilarating, brightness, transparent, brilliant, burnished.

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KEY: dullard, [See BLOCKHEAD].

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KEY: Dumb.

SYN: Inarticulate, mute, silent, still.

ANT: Clatter, tumult, uproar.

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KEY: Dumbfounded, [See ASTONISH].

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KEY: Dunce \n.\ [See BLOCKHEAD].

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KEY: Dupe, [See CHEAT].

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KEY: Duplicity, [See ARTFUL].

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KEY: Durable.

SYN: Lasting, permanent, stable, persistent, abiding, constant, continuing.

ANT: Evanescent, transient, impermanent, unstable.

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KEY: Durance.

SYN: Confinement, incarceration, imprisonment.

ANT: Liberty, largeness.

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KEY: Duration.

SYN: Period, continuance, term, space, protraction, prolongation.

ANT: Momentariness, instantaneousness, infinity, eternity.

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KEY: Dutiful.

SYN: Obedient, submissive, respectful, docile, deferential, duteous.

ANT: Disobedient, intractable, rebellious, undutiful.

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KEY: Duty.

SYN: Obligation, part, business, responsibility, allegiance, function, once, province, calling, trust, commission, service.

ANT: Freedom, exemption, immunity, license, dispensation, desertion, dereliction.

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KEY: Dwarf.

SYN: Lower, stunt, depress.

ANT: Heighten, elevate, raise.

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KEY: Dwarf \n.\

SYN: Pigmy, {[imp]?}, abortion, puck.

ANT: Giant, monster, Hercules.

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KEY: Dwell.

SYN: Stop, stay, rest, inhabit, sojourn, lodge, linger, tarry, live, reside, abide.

ANT: Move, travel, hasten, speed, migrate, wander, depart, flit, roam.

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KEY: Dweller, [See DWELL and DENIZEN].

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KEY: Dwelling, [See ABODE].

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KEY: Dwindle.

SYN: Pine, waste, diminish, decrease, fall off, decline, melt.

ANT: Expand, enlarge, increase, grow, flourish, augment, develop.

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KEY: Early.

SYN: Soon, betimes, forward, shortly, quickly, ere long, anon, matutinal, beforehand.

ANT: Late, tardily, backward, vespertinal, belated.

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KEY: Earn.

SYN: Merit, acquire, achieve, obtain, win, gain, deserve, realize.

ANT: Forfeit, forego, waste, lose, spend, squander.

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KEY: Earnest.

SYN: Eager, serious, intent, determined, strenuous, solemn, grave, warm, fervent, intense, ardent.

ANT: Indifferent, idle, playful, desultory, irresolute, unearnest, sportive, jesting, flippant.

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KEY: Ease.

SYN: Enjoyment, comfort, rest, repose, tranquility, refreshment, relief, quiet, contentment, satisfaction, {[favx'lity]?}, readiness.

ANT: Trouble, annoyance, vexation, disquiet, difficulty, awkwardness.

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KEY: Easy.

SYN: Quiet, comfortable, manageable, indulgent, facile, lenient, unconstrained, gentle, not difficult, unconcerned, self-possessed.

ANT: Uneasy, disturbed, uncomfortable, difficult, unmanageable, hard, exacting, anxious, awkward, embarrassed.

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KEY: Ebb.

SYN: Retire, recede, decrease, sick, decline, decay, wane.

ANT: Flow, increase, abound, swell.

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KEY: Ebriety.

SYN: Soberness, freshness, temperance.

ANT: Inebriety, intoxication, crapulence.

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KEY: Ebullition.

SYN: Boiling, effervescence, outburst, paroxysm, eruption.

ANT: Refrigeration, cooling, subsidence, composure.

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KEY: Eccentric.

SYN: Peculiar, singular, idiosyncratic, flighty, aberrant, anomalous, wayward, strange, irregular, abnormal, odd, whimsical, erratic.

ANT: Regular, ordinary, customary, normal, common, usual, unnoticeable, unremarkable.

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KEY: Echo.

SYN: Reverberation, resonance, repetition, imitation, answer.

ANT: Sound, voice, original, question, proposition, statement, opinion.

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KEY: Eclectic.

SYN: Exceptive, selective, broad.

ANT: Narrow, prejudiced, petty, partial, intolerant, biased, warped, dogmatic.

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KEY: Eclipse \n.\

SYN: Failure, obscuration, overshadowing, shading, diminution, outshining, outdoing, outrivalling.

ANT: Illumination, effulgence, reappearance, brightness, lustre, renown, re-illumination, re-effulgence, foil.

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KEY: Eclipse \v.\

SYN: Obscure, outdo, outshine, overshadow, outvie, outrival, darken, shade, overcast, dim, cloud.

ANT: Recommend, brighten, illustrate, enhance, heighten.

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KEY: Economy.

SYN: Administration, dispensation, management, rule, arrangement, distribution, husbanding.

ANT: Maladministration, waste, misrule, mismanagement, disorder, prodigality.

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KEY: Economize.

SYN: Husband, develop, utilize.

ANT: Waste, misuse, sacrifice.

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KEY: Ecstasy.

SYN: Rapture, inspiration, fervor, frenzy, transport, emotion, joy, delight, enthusiasm, happiness.

ANT: Indifference, coolness, dulness, weariness, tedium, bore, fidget, misery.

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KEY: Ecumenical.

SYN: Universal, catholic.

ANT: Partial, national, private, local, domestic.

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KEY: Edible.

SYN: Esculent, wholesome, culinary, eatable.

ANT: Noxious, poisonous, uneatable, deleterious.

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KEY: Edifice.

SYN: Structure, building, tenement, fabric.

ANT: Ruin, heap, demolition, dismantlement.

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KEY: Edify.

SYN: Enlighten, instruct, improve.

ANT: Misguide, mislead, misinform.

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KEY: Educate.

SYN: Instruct, nurture, discipline, train, teach, develop, ground, school, initiate.

ANT: Miseducate, misinstruct, misnurture.

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KEY: Educe.

SYN: Draw, eliminate, produce, elicit.

ANT: Adduce, apply, insert, deposit, bestow.

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KEY: Efface.

SYN: Erase, obliterate, eradicate, destroy, blot out, cancel, expunge.

ANT: restore, revive, delineate, Imprint, portray.

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KEY: Effect \v.\

SYN: Produce, cause, complete, achieve, accomplish, fulfil, realize, execute, consummate.

ANT: Prevent, obviate, frustrate, mar.

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KEY: Effect \n.\

SYN: Result, consequence, issue, pi, Goods, chattels, property, movables, commodities.

ANT: Origin, cause.

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KEY: Effective.

SYN: Powerful, conducive, operative, cogent, telling, able, potent, talented, efficacious, efficient, serviceable, effectual.

ANT: Weak, ineffective, inconducive, inoperative, futile, nugatory.

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KEY: Effectuate.

SYN: Produce, ensure, secure, stabilitate, compass, complete, establish.

ANT: Prevent, hinder, nullify, defeat, nip, blight, strangle, stifle, abolish.

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KEY: Effeminate.

SYN: Feminine, delicate, womanly, womanish, timorous, feeble, mild mannered, soft, unmanly, weak, enervated, emasculated.

ANT: Manly, robust, vigorous, virile, hardy.

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KEY: Effervesce.

SYN: Boil, bubble, foam, mantle, froth, ferment, sparkle, explode, bluster.

ANT: Subside, bear, brook, digest, acquiesce, refrain, flatten.

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KEY: Effete.

SYN: Worn, exhausted, barren, decrepit.

ANT: Productive, vigorous, fertile, prolific, exuberant.

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KEY: Efficacy.

SYN: Efficiency, competency, virtue, agency, capability, usefulness, energy, productiveness, effectiveness.

ANT: Inefficiency, inutility, ineffectiveness.

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KEY: Efficiency, [See EFFICACY].

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KEY: Efficient, [See EFFECTIVE].

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KEY: Effigy.

SYN: Statue, figure, representation, image.

ANT: Caricature, misrepresentation, distortion, daub.

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KEY: Efflorescence.

SYN: Budding, luxuriance, outburst, crystallization, granulation.

ANT: Nudity, bareness, denudation, deflorescence, absorption, desiccation.

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KEY: Effluence.

SYN: Outpouring, emission, discharge, abundance, overflow.

ANT: Refluence, infusion, absorbtion, retention, exhaustion.

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KEY: Effluvium.

SYN: Exhalation, emanation, malaria, miasma, stink.

ANT: Ventilation, scent, disinfectant, zephyr, balm.

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KEY: Effort.

SYN: Trial, attempt, endeavor, exertion.

ANT: Failure, misadventure, unsuccess, frustration, futility, inactivity, ease, facility, spontaneity.

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KEY: Effrontery.

SYN: Barefacedness, impudence, brass.

ANT: Modesty, timidity, bashfulness, coyness.

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KEY: Effulgence.

SYN: Splendor, lustre, brilliancy, luminosity.

ANT: Darkness, obscuration, tenebrosity.

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KEY: Effuse.

SYN: Copious, effluent, abundant.

ANT: Try, scanty, sparing, {[jejune]?}.

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KEY: Effusion.

SYN: Pouring, discharge, emission, effluence, oration, speech, address.

ANT: infusion, refluence, absorption, essay, document, instrument, reading.

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KEY: Egotism.

SYN: Conceit, vanity, selfassertion, self-conceit, self-praise, self-exaltation, conceitedness.

ANT: considerateness, deference, self-abnegation.

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KEY: Egregious.

SYN: Remarkable, peculiar, excellent, consummate.

ANT: Ordinary, commonplace, every, day, mediocre.

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KEY: Egress.

SYN: Exit, departure, sally, outlet.

ANT: Adit, inlet, approach, avenue, entrance.

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KEY: Either.

SYN: Whichever.

ANT: Neither (ne being the negative prefix).

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KEY: Ejaculate, [See EJACULATION].

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KEY: Ejaculation.

SYN: Exclamation, utterance, cry.

ANT: Obmutescence, silence, speechlessness, dumbfoundedness, oration, speech, drawl.

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KEY: Eject.

SYN: Cast, throw, discharge, dislodge, emit, thrust out, oust, cast out, expel, extrude, evert.

ANT: Accept, receive, retain, house, store, lodge, accommodate, admit, welcome, introduce, inject.

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KEY: Ejection, [See EJECT].

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KEY: Eke.

SYN: Help, increase, augment, raise.

ANT: Stop, diminish, stint, withhold, drain, exhaust.

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KEY: Elaborate.

SYN: Execute, forge, prepare, concoct, mature.

ANT: Misconceive, mismanage, misconstrue, hit, conjecture, guess, extemporize, chance.

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KEY: Elapse.

SYN: Pass, slip, lapse, glide away, intervene.

ANT: Wait, abide, hold, continue, halt, endure.

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KEY: Elastic.

SYN: Ductile, extensile, alterable, resilient, modifiable, flexible, buoyant, springy.

ANT: Tough, unchangeable, rigid, inflexible, inelastic, crystallized, dull, inert.

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KEY: Elated.

SYN: Cheered, joyed, inspirited, overjoyed, proud, inflated.

ANT: Depressed, dispirited, disappointed, abashed, confounded, humiliated, disconcerted, dejected.

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KEY: Elder.

SYN: Senior, father.

ANT: Junior, son.

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KEY: Elect \a.\

SYN: Elite, choice, accepted, chosen.

ANT: Rejected, reprobate.

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KEY: Elected, [See ELECTION].

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KEY: Election.

SYN: Choice, acceptance, selection, preference.

ANT: Postponement, rejection, reprobation.

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KEY: Electrify.

SYN: Astonish, astound, appall, thrill, amaze, dumbfounder.

ANT: Soothe, compose, cairn, mesmerize.

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KEY: Elegance.

SYN: Beauty, grace, refinement, symmetry, gracefulness, taste.

ANT: Deformity, awkwardness, inelegance, disproportion, ungracefulness, coarseness, rudeness.

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KEY: Elegant.

SYN: Graceful, lovely, well formed, well made, symmetrical, accomplished, polished, refined, handsome.

ANT: Inelegant, deformed, unsymmetrical, ill-proportioned, ungraceful, coarse, rude.

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KEY: Elegy.

SYN: Dirge, threnody, lament, jeremiad.

ANT: {[Pseannent]?}, jubilee.

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KEY: Element.

SYN: Component, part, atom.

ANT: Whole, total, mass, aggregate.

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KEY: Elementary.

SYN: Physical, material, natural, elementary, primary, rudimental, simple, inchoate, compo, constituent, ultimate.

ANT: Immaterial, incorporeal, inpalpable, compound, collective, aggregate, developed, organized.

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KEY: Elevate.

SYN: Raise, dignify, ennoble.

ANT: Lower, degrade, depress, humble, demean, debase.

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KEY: Elevation.

SYN: Height, rise, raising, altitude, loftiness, tallness, improvement, amelioration, refinement, superiority, eminence.

ANT: Depth, fall, decline, depression, shortness, stuntedness, deterioration, debasement, degradation, inferiority.

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KEY: Elicit.

SYN: Draw, evoke, educe, eliminate, enucleate, express, extract, worm, evolve.

ANT: Insert, implant, introduce, inoculate, insinuate, infuse, instil, incorporate, suggest, extort.

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KEY: Eligible.

SYN: Capable, suitable, worthy, desirable, preferable, choice, prime.

ANT: Undesirable, worthless, unprofitable, ordinary, indifferent, ineligible.

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KEY: Eliminate.

SYN: Cast out, exclude, eject, reject, elucidate, explain, enucleate, segregate.

ANT: Mystify, obscure, involve, smuggle, foi?t, import, confound.

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KEY: Elision.

SYN: Omission, ejection, excerption, abridgment, ellipse.

ANT: Insertion, introduction, implantation, augmentation, elongation, inoculation.

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KEY: Elliptical.

SYN: Suggestive, latent, pregnant, significant, allusive, subauditive.

ANT: Categorical, full, expository, explanatory, declaratory, enunciative.

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KEY: Elocution.

SYN: Oratory, declamation, eloquence.

ANT: Reading, lection, balbutiation.

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KEY: Elongation.

SYN: Production, extension.

ANT: Apocope, curtailment.

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KEY: Eloquence, [See ELOCUTION].

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KEY: Elucidate.

SYN: Explain, clear, [See {[11]?}], lustrate, make plain, expound.

ANT: Mystify, obscure, confuse.

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KEY: Elude.

SYN: Escape, avoid, baffle, shun, eschew, evade, parry, fence, mock, frustrate.

ANT: Encounter, meet, confront, court, dare, defy.

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KEY: Elusory.

SYN: Slippery, intangible, indetainable, fugitive, shadowy, unsubstantial.

ANT: Persistent, stable, solid.

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KEY: Emaciation.

SYN: Leanness, attenuation, wasting.

ANT: Fatness, obesity, corpulence.

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KEY: Emanate.

SYN: Originate, flow, spring, rise, proceed, issue.

ANT: Terminate, culminate, end, evene, issue, arrive, eventuate.

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KEY: Emanation, [See EMANATE].

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KEY: Emancipate.

SYN: Liberate, enfranchise, rescue.

ANT: Enthrall, subjugate, enslave, bind, disqualify.

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KEY: Embalm.

SYN: Conserve, preserve, treasure, store, enshrine, consecrate.

ANT: Expose, desecrate, abandon, vulgarize.

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KEY: Embargo.

SYN: Restraint, detention, prohibition, stoppage.

ANT: Permit, permission, discharge, liberation, dismissal, conge.

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KEY: Embark.

SYN: Launch, euler, start.

ANT: Arrive, anchor, land.

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KEY: Embarrass.

SYN: Entangle, misconcert, trouble, perplex, contuse, hamper, clog, distress, puzzle, encumber.

ANT: Extricate, liberate, expedite, facilitate, accelerate, assist, disencumber.

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KEY: Embellish, [See ADORN].

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KEY: Embezzle.

SYN: Appropriate, confuse, falsify, peculate, misappropriate.

ANT: Square, balance, clear.

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KEY: Embitter.

SYN: Aggravate, molest.

ANT: Alleviate, soothe, sweeten.

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KEY: Emblazon, [See BLAZON].

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KEY: Emblem.

SYN: Device, cognizance, sign, token, symbol, representation, type, badge, mark.

ANT: Disguise, decoy, incognito, domino, blind, ruse.

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KEY: Embody.

SYN: Express, methodize, systematize, codify, incorporate, aggregate, integrate, compact, introduce, enlist, combine.

ANT: Eliminate, segregate, analyze, dissipate, disintegrate, dismember, colliquats, disband, disembody.

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KEY: Embolden, [See ENCOURAGE].

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KEY: Embosomed.

SYN: Concealed, enfolded, wrapt, enveloped, surrounded, begirt, encircled.

ANT: Exposed, unfolded, open, unencircled.

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KEY: Embrace.

SYN: Clasp, comprehend, include, hug, comprise, contain, close, embody, incorporate.

ANT: Exclude, reject, except.

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KEY: Embroider.

SYN: Emboss, enrich, emblazon, embellish.

ANT: Botch, patch, cobble, darn.

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KEY: Embroil.

SYN: Implicate, commingle, entangle (in quarrel), disturb, distract, trouble.

ANT: Extricate, separate, remove, arrange, compose, pacify.

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KEY: Embryo.

SYN: Germ, nucleus, rudiment, origin.

ANT: Development, shape, completion, maturity.

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KEY: Emendation.

SYN: Correction, amendment, rectification, reformation.

ANT: Error, defect, incorrectness, fault, corruption.

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KEY: Emerge.

SYN: Escape, issue, evene, appear.

ANT: Enter, incur, retreat, recede, abscond.

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KEY: Emergency.

SYN: Crisis, conjunction, {[ture]?}, pitch, embarrassment, strait, necessity, exigency, casualty, difficulty.

ANT: rescue, deliverance, solution, subsidence, provision, anticipation, arrangement.

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KEY: Emersion, [See IMMERSION].

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KEY: Emigration.

SYN: Exodus, colonization, flit.

ANT: Abode, sojourn, settlement, stay, domiciliation, immigration.

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KEY: Eminence, [See HEIGHT].

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KEY: Eminent, [See HIGH].

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KEY: Eminently, [See HIGHLY].

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KEY: Emission, [See DISCHARGE].

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KEY: Emollient.

SYN: Softening, laxative, balsamic.

ANT: Astringent, irritant, galling.

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KEY: Emolument, [See PROFIT].

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KEY: Emotion.

SYN: Passion, feeling, excitement, agitation, perturbation, trepidation, tremor.

ANT: Indifference, insensibility, impassiveness, imperturbability, stoicism.

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KEY: Emphatic.

SYN: Earnest, forcible, strong, energetic, impressive, positive, important, special, egregious, consummate.

ANT: Mild, unemphatic, cool, unimpassioned, unimportant, ordinary, unnoticeable, commonplace.

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KEY: Empierce, [See PIERCE].

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KEY: Empire.

SYN: Dominion, sovereignty, rule, sway, kingdom, realm.

ANT: Independence, insurrection, anarchy.

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KEY: Empirical.

SYN: Experimental, tentative, {[quackif-h]?}.

ANT: Scientific, regular, inductive, uniform, constant.

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KEY: Employ.

SYN: reapply, economize, occupy, engage, engross.

ANT: Discard, dismiss, misuse, misemploy.

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KEY: Empower.

SYN: Enable, commission, encourage, qualify, delegate, warrant, sanction, direct, authorize.

ANT: Hinder, prevent, discourage, disable, disqualify.

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KEY: Empty.

SYN: Vacant, void, clear, unencumbered, unobstructed, unoccupied, waste, uninhabited, unfrequented, devoid, vacuous, destitute, unulled, unfurnished, untenanted, evacuated, deficient, weak, Billy, idle, senseless.

ANT: Full, occupied, encumbered, obstructed, cultivated, colonized, inhabited, informed, well-instructed, experienced, sensible, significant, forcible, important, substantial.

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KEY: Emulate.

SYN: Rival, vie, compete, aspire.

ANT: Disaffect, shun, forego, abandon, despise, contemn, waive.

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KEY: Enable.

SYN: Empower, strengthen, qualify.

ANT: Disqualify, hinder, disable.

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KEY: Enact, [See ACT and ABROGATE].

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KEY: Enamor.

SYN: Captivate, fascinate, enslave, charm, endear, bewitch, enchain.

ANT: Repel, disgust, estrange, disenchant, horrify.

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KEY: Encamp.

SYN: Settle, pitch, quarter, bivouac.

ANT: March, decamp, retire, retreat.

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KEY: Enchain.

SYN: Bind, fetter, manacle, enslave.

ANT: Loose, liberate, extricate, disenthrall, manumit.

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KEY: Enchant, [See ENAMOR].

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KEY: Encircle.

SYN: Surround, environ, inti, hem, circumscribe, compass, embrace, gird, engird, hem in, beset, encompass.

ANT: Disenclose, disencircle, disencompass.

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KEY: Enclose.

SYN: Shut, encircle, environ, include, circumscribe, envelop, wrap, afforest.

ANT: Open, disclose, exclude, bare, disencircle, expose, develop, disafforest, disenclose.

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KEY: Enclosure.

SYN: Fence, ring, limit, boundary, park, close, circle, field, precinct.

ANT: Space, common, waste, wild, desert, wilderness, void.

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KEY: Encomium.

SYN: Panegyric, laudation, praise, compliment, commendation, eulogy.

ANT: Vituperation, vilification, obloquy, taunt, invective.

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KEY: Encompass, [See ENCIRCLE].

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KEY: Encounter.

SYN: Meet, confront, face, withstand, attack, assault, combat, engagement.

ANT: Elude, avoid, escape, miss, boo.

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KEY: Encourage.

SYN: Embolden, rally, enhearten, cheer, incite, stimulate, foster, cherish, promote, urge, impel, advance, countenance, forward, reassure, animate, inspirit, prompt, abet.

ANT: Deter, discourage, dissuade, dispirit.

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KEY: Encroach.

SYN: Invade, trespass, intrude, transgress, infringe.

ANT: Respect, recognize, observe.

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KEY: Encrust.

SYN: Coat, line, plaster, face.

ANT: Expose, abrade, scrape.

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KEY: Encrustation.

SYN: Plaster, coating, lining, integument.

ANT: Abrasion, exfoliation, peeling.

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KEY: Encumber.

SYN: Oppress, obstruct, clog, impede.

ANT: Disencumber, free, disburden.

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KEY: End, [See TERMINATION].

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KEY: Endanger.

SYN: Imperil, expose, peril, jeopardize, hazard, risk.

ANT: Cover, defend, protect, shield, screen.

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KEY: Endear.

SYN: Attach, conciliate, gain.

ANT: Estrange, alienate, embitter.

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KEY: Endearment, [See BLANDISHMENT].

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KEY: Endeavor, [See ATTEMPT].

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KEY: Endless.

SYN: Interminable, illimitable, unending, unceasing, boundless, deathless, imperishable, everlasting, perpetual, eternal, infinite.

ANT: Terminable, limited, temporary, brief, transient, periodic, ephemeral, fugitive, finite.

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KEY: Endow.

SYN: Present, enrich, furnish, qualify, adorn, invest, supply, clothe, endue.

ANT: Denude, spoliate, strip, disendow, deprive, divest.

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KEY: Endowment.

SYN: Gift, provision, benefit, benefaction, talent, capacity, attainment, qualification.

ANT: Impoverishment, spoliation, disendowment, incapacity, poverty, lack.

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KEY: Endue, [See CLOTHE and ENDOW].

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KEY: Endure, [See LAST and TOLERATE].

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KEY: Enemy, [See FRIEND].

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KEY: Energy, [See ACTIVITY].

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KEY: Enervate.

SYN: Weaken, enfeeble, unnerve, deteriorate, debilitate, relax, unstring, unhinge.

ANT: Strengthen, brace, invigorate, harden, nerve.

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KEY: Enfeeble, [See ENERVATE].

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KEY: Enfold.

SYN: Wrap, envelop, enclose, embrace, comprise.

ANT: Unwrap, develop, disclose.

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KEY: Enforce.

SYN: Urge, compel, require, exact, exert, strain.

ANT: Relax, waive, forego, remit, abandon.

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KEY: Enfranchise.

SYN: Liberate, qualify, [See FRANCHISE].

ANT: Disfranchise, disqualify.

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KEY: Engage.

SYN: Promise, undertake, vouch, employ, occupy, hire, gain, attract, enlist, stipulate, pledge, agree, buy, adopt, involve.

ANT: Decline, refuse, withdraw, dismiss, discard, extricate, disengage.

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KEY: Engaged.

SYN: Occupied, employed, selected, intent, chosen, affianced, betrothed.

ANT: Free, unemployed, disengaged, unaffianced.

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KEY: Engagement. (For military sense, see BATTLE.)

SYN: Promise, pledge, agreement.

ANT: Release from engagement, release, liberation.

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KEY: Engaging.

SYN: Attractive, interesting, winning.

ANT: Unattractive, uninteresting, repultiive.

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KEY: Engender.

SYN: Generate, produce, create, breed, propagate.

ANT: Stifle, destroy, extinguish, neutralize, blight, prevent.

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KEY: Engird, [See GIRD].

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KEY: Engorge, [See GORGE].

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KEY: Engrave.

SYN: Print, imprint, sculpture, stereotype.

ANT: Obliterate, erase, levigate.

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KEY: Engross, [See ABSORB].

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KEY: Engulf, [See ABSORB].

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KEY: Enhance, [See DEPRECIATE].

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KEY: Enigmatical.

SYN: Puzzling, perplexing, obscure, mystic.

ANT: Lucid, explanatory, plain, selfevident.

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KEY: Enjoin.

SYN: Impress, {[com]?}, mand, commission, direct, order, ordain, admonish, appoint, oblige, prescribe.

ANT: Recall, dispense, remit, absolve, release, exonerate, dissuade.

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KEY: Enjoy.

SYN: Like, relish, possess.

ANT: Dislike, disrelish, suffer, loathe, [See {[XXX]?}], forfeit, lose, tolerate, endure.

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KEY: Enkindle, [See KINDLE].

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KEY: Enlarge.

SYN: Amplify, expand, augment, broaden, swell, stretch out, extend, stretch, dilate, increase.

ANT: Narrow, lessen, contract, restrict, diminish, curtail, reduce.

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KEY: Enlighten.

SYN: Illumine, edify, instruct, illuminate, inform, teach.

ANT: Mislead, darken, confound, obscure, mystify, perplex.

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KEY: Enlightened, [See ENLIGHTEN and WISE].

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KEY: Enlist.

SYN: Enter, register, enroll, incorporate, embody.

ANT: Withdraw, erase, expunge, dismiss, disband, disembody.

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KEY: Enliven.

SYN: Wake, cheer, vivify, quicken, invigorate, exhilarate, rouse, inspirit, {[amuie]?}, excite, animate.

ANT: Oppress, depress, stupefy, weary, tire, paralyze, deaden.

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KEY: Enmity.

SYN: Discord, hate, hostility, malevolence, maliciousness, aversion, malignity, ill-feeling, animosity, opposition, bitterness, acrimony, asperity.

ANT: Friendship, love, affection, esteem, friendliness, cordiality.

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KEY: Ennoble.

SYN: Exalt, dignify, elevate, ameliorate, aggrandize.

ANT: Debase, degrade, deprave, deteriorate, depress.

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KEY: Enormity.

SYN: Atrocity, perpetration, abomination, sin.

ANT: Innocence, guiltlessness, clean hands, clear conscience.

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KEY: Enormous.

SYN: Huge, immense, gigantic, colossal, elephantine, vast, gross, monstrous, prodigious.

ANT: Diminutive, insignificant, trivial, venial, average, ordinary, regular.

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KEY: Enough.

SYN: Sufficient, ample, plenty, abundance.

ANT: Bare, scant, insufficient, inadequate, short.

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KEY: Enrage.

SYN: Provoke, incite, madden, incense, excite, aggravate, irritate, inflame, embitter, infuriate, exasperate.

ANT: Soothe, conciliate, pacify, tame, mollify, allay, quiet.

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KEY: Enrapture.

SYN: Beatify, entrance, enchant, fascinate, bewitch, captivate, transport, charm, attract, ravish.

ANT: Disgust, nauseate, torture, horrify, torment.

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KEY: Enrich.

SYN: Aggrandize, endow, store, augment, fertilize, decorate, enhance.

ANT: Impoverish, reduce, rob, beggar, fleece, denude, disfigure.

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KEY: Enrobe.

SYN: Drape, invest.

ANT: Disrobe, divest.

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KEY: Enroll, [See ENLIST].

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KEY: Enrollment, [See ENROLL].

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KEY: Ensconce, [See HIDE].

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KEY: Enshrine.

SYN: Consecrate, treasure, embalm, cherish.

ANT: Expose, desecrate, forget.

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KEY: Enslave.

SYN: Captivate, charm, subjugate, enthrall.

ANT: repel, disgust, alienate, estrange, liberate, manumit, disenthrall.

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KEY: Ensue.

SYN: Follow, accrue, supervise, befall.

ANT: Precede, threaten, premonish, forewarn.

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KEY: Ensure.

SYN: Fix, determine, secure, {[eeal]?}.

ANT: Imperil, hazard, jeopardize, forfeit.

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KEY: Entail.

SYN: Bequeath, leave, devolve, demise, involve, necessitate, induce.

ANT: Alienate, supersede, nullify, prevent, obviate.

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KEY: Entangle.

SYN: Knot, mat, entrap, ensnare, ravel, implicate, involve, perplex, embarrass, inveigle, compromise.

ANT: Disentangle, unravel, extricate.

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KEY: Enter.

SYN: Invade, penetrate.

ANT: Issue, depart, leave, quit, vacate.

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KEY: Enterprise, [See ADVENTURE].

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KEY: Enterprising.

SYN: Active, bold, daring, adventurous, speculative, dashing, venturesome.

ANT: Inactive, timid, inadventurous, cautious.

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KEY: Entertain.

SYN: Harbor, maintain, conceive, foster, receive, recreate, amuse.

ANT: Eject, exclude, deny, debar, annoy, weary, bore, tire.

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KEY: Enthrall, [See ENSLAVE].

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KEY: Enthrone.

SYN: Crown, install.

ANT: Depose, dethrone, debase, degrade.

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KEY: Enthusiasm.

SYN: Excitement, frenzy, sensation, inspiration, transport, rapture, warmth, fervor, fervency, zeal, ardor, vehemence, passion, devotion.

ANT: Coldness, callousness, indifference, disaffection, repugnance, alienation, contempt.

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KEY: Enthusiastic, [See ENTHUSIASM].

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KEY: Entice.

SYN: Allure, seduce, lure, tempt, attract, decoy.

ANT: Deter, warn, hinder, repel.

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KEY: Enticing, [See ENTICE].

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KEY: Entire.

SYN: Whole, complete, unimpaired, total, perfect, all, full, solid, integral, undiminished.

ANT: Partial, broken, impaired, incomplete.

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KEY: Entirely, [See ENTIRE].

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KEY: Entitle.

SYN: Qualify, empower, tit, enable, name, style, denominate, designate, characterize.

ANT: Disqualify, disentitle, disable, not designate, not characterize.

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KEY: Entity.

SYN: Existence, being.

ANT: Nonentity, chimera.

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KEY: Entomb.

SYN: Bury, inter, inhume.

ANT: Disinter, exhume.

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KEY: Entrammel.

SYN: Entangle, impede, obstruct, hamper, decoy, entrap.

ANT: Disentangle, liberate, extricate, expedite, disentrammel, disenthrall.

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KEY: Entrance \n.\

SYN: Introduction, opening, entry, inlet, porch, admission, penetration, avenue, portal, ingress, adit.

ANT: Exit, egress, departure, debouchure.

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KEY: Entrance \v.\ [See ENRAPTURE].

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KEY: Entrap, [See ENTRAMMEL].

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KEY: Entreat \v.\

SYN: Implore, obsecrate, beg, beseech, importune, crave, solicit, supplicate, pray, ask, urge, petition.

ANT: Command, insist, bid, enjoin.

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KEY: Entry.

SYN: Entrance, initiation, beginning, record, note, minute, register, memorandum.

ANT: Conclusion, quittance, disposal, blank, omission, falsification, misentry, misrecord.

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KEY: Entwine.

SYN: Lace, convolve, interlace, weave.

ANT: Disentwine, dissever.

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KEY: Enumerate.

SYN: Specify, name, number, recount, detail, reckon, compute, calculate, call over.

ANT: Confound, Miscount, misreckon.

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KEY: Enunciate.

SYN: State, propound, pronounce, syllable.

ANT: Mutter, babble, balbutiate, stammer.

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KEY: Envelop, [See DEVELOP].

SYN: Wrap, enfold, encase, environ, inwrap, enclose, cover.

ANT: Unwrap, develop, reveal, expose, unfold, extract.

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KEY: Envelope \n.\ [See ENVENOM], [See POISON].

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KEY: Environ.

SYN: Surround, hem, in-close, encircle, enfold.

ANT: Disinclose, disenfold.

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KEY: Envy.

SYN: Grudging, jealousy, suspicion.

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KEY: Ephemeral.

SYN: Transient, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary.

ANT: Abiding, persistent, permanent, perpetual, eternal, perennial, immortal.

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KEY: Epigrammatic.

SYN: Pointed, terse, graphic, concise, laconic.

ANT: Diffuse, circumlocutory, pointless.

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KEY: Epitome, [See ABBREVIATION].

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KEY: Equable.

SYN: Uniform, regular, proportionate, even, smooth, easy.

ANT: Irregular, desultory, vari able, fitful, disjointed, uneasy.

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KEY: Equal.

SYN: Uniform, commensurate, co-ordinate, adequate, alike, equivalent, even, equable, sufficient, impartial, co-extensive, smooth.

ANT: [See INEQUAL], incommensurate, inco-ordinate, inadequate, disparate, variable.

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KEY: Equality, [See EQUAL].

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KEY: Equanimity.

SYN: Calmness, composure, tranquillity, collectedness, even-mindedness.

ANT: Restlessness, disquiet, perturbation, impatience.

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KEY: Equip.

SYN: Accoutre, garnish, invest, prepare, furnish, arrange.

ANT: Divest, dismantle, denude, despoil, derange.

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KEY: Equipage.

SYN: Accoutrements, trappings, furniture, habiliments, apparatus, carriage, attendance, retinue.

ANT: Dismantlement, unstateliness.

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KEY: Equipment, [See EQUIP].

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KEY: Equipoise, [See BALANCE].

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KEY: Equipollent, [See EQUIVALENT].

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KEY: Equiponderant, [See EQUIPOISE].

ANT: [See EQUIVALENT].

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KEY: Equitable.

SYN: Fair, just, proportionate, impartial, upright, proper, reasonable, even-handed, honest.

ANT: Unfair, unjust, disproportionate, partial.

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KEY: Equity, [See EQUITABLE].

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KEY: Equivalence, [See EQUIVALENT].

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KEY: Equivalent.

SYN: Equiponderant, equipollent.

ANT: Unequal, unequivalent.

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KEY: Equivocal.

SYN: Dubious, ambiguous, doubtful, double-sided.

ANT: Univocal, plain, direct, clear.

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KEY: Eradicate.

SYN: Extirpate, abolish, extinguish, exterminate, excise, uproot, destroy, root out.

ANT: Implant, import, instil, foster, propagate, cherish, encourage.

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KEY: Eradication, [See ERADICATE].

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KEY: Erase.

SYN: Obliterate, efface, expunge, blot, cancel.

ANT: Mark, write, delineate.

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KEY: Erasure, [See ERASE].

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KEY: Erect.

SYN: Elevate, raise, establish, plant, uplift, construct, build, found, institute, set up.

ANT: Lower, supplant, subvert, der press, remove, destroy, demolish.

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KEY: Erection, [See ERECT].

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KEY: Erode, [See COURAGE].

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KEY: Err.

SYN: Deviate, wander, mistake, blunder, misjudge, stumble, stray, go astray, misapprehend.

ANT: Succeed, prosper, correct, rectify.

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KEY: Errand.

SYN: Message, commission, mission, delegation, charge.

ANT: Misdelivery, misannouncement.

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KEY: Erratic.

SYN: Desultory, aberrant, abnormal, flighty, changeful, capricious.

ANT: Regular, normal, methodical, calculable, unalterable, steady, undeviate.

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KEY: Erring.

SYN: Misguided, misled, sinful, wandering.

ANT: Virtuous, good, upright.

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KEY: Error.

SYN: Fault, mistake, blunder, falsity, deception, fallacy, untruth, hallucination.

ANT: Correction, correctness, truth, accuracy, soundness, rectification.

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KEY: Erudition.

SYN: Learning, lore, letters, scholarship.

ANT: Illiterateness, duncedom, sciolism.

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KEY: Eruption.

SYN: Outburst, explosion, discharge, eruptation, exumation.

ANT: Absorption, engulfing, engrossment, swallowing, irruption, inburst, devourment.

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KEY: Escape.

SYN: Elude, decamp, abscond, fly, flee, evade, avoid.

ANT: Incur, confront, encounter, meet, suffer.

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KEY: Escheat, [See CHEAT].

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KEY: Eschew, [See AVOID].

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KEY: Escort, [See CONVOY].

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KEY: Esculent, [See EDIBLE].

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KEY: Esoteric.

SYN: Private, special, exacter, advanced.

ANT: Public, popular, rudimentary, exoteric.

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KEY: Especial, [See SPECIAL].

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KEY: Espousal, [See MARRIAGE].

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KEY: Espy, [See SPY].

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KEY: Essay \v.\ [See ASSAY].

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KEY: Essay \n.\ [See ASSAY and DISQUISITION].

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KEY: Essence.

SYN: Being, life, entity, nature, substance.

ANT: Accident, property, additament, garb, clothing, surroundings.

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KEY: Essential.

SYN: Innate, inherent, requisite, necessary, vital, immanent, indispensable, leading, accidental, qualitative, quantitative, promotive, regulative, induced, imported, adventitious, ascititious, redundant, superfluous.

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KEY: Establish.

SYN: Plant, fir, settle, found, demonstrate, organize, confirm, institute, prove, substantiate.

ANT: Suppliant, unsettle, break-up, disestablish, misstate, confute, refute upset, subvert, presume, suppose, guess, conjecture, surmise.

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KEY: Established, [See ESTABLISH].

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KEY: Estate.

SYN: Lands, fortune, property, possessions, demesne, order, rank, condition, freehold, domain.

ANT: State, community, country, waste, chattels, goods, effects.

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KEY: Esteem.

SYN: Price, value, consider, deem, judge, believe, estimate, think, regard, affect, appreciate, revere, honor, respect, admire, venerate, prize, love, like.

ANT: Disregard, disconsider, disaffect, dislike, undervalue, underrate, decry, depreciate.

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KEY: Estimable.

SYN: Amiable, delectable, worthy, good, meritorious, deserving, lovable, praiseworthy.

ANT: Unamiable, {[iiidelec]?}, iiidelec table, unworthy, bad.

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KEY: Estimate, [See ESTEEM].

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KEY: estimator, [See ESTEEM].

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KEY: Estrange, [See ALIENATE].

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KEY: Esurient, [See STARVED].

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KEY: Eternal.

SYN: Infinite, endless, everlasting, deathless, imperishable, never-dying, ceaseless, everliving, perpetual, undying, unceasing.

ANT: Ephemeral, transient, temporal, fleeting, evanescent, sublunary.

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KEY: Etiquette.

SYN: Manners, breeding, fashion, conventionality.

ANT: boorishness, rudeness, misobservance, singularity, nonconformance.

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KEY: Eulogy, [See PRAISE].

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KEY: Euphonious.

SYN: Musical, mellifluous, silvery, sweet-toned.

ANT: Harsh, dissonant, discordant.

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KEY: Euphuism.

SYN: Affectation, pedantry, purism, highflying, finicality, factitiousness.

ANT: Simplicity, rusticity, bluntness, naturalness, mother tongue, vernacular.

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KEY: euphuistic, [See EUPHUISM].

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KEY: Evacuate.

SYN: Void, abandon, desert.

ANT: Occupy, seize, fill, hold.

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KEY: Evade, [See ELUDE].

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KEY: Evanescent, [See EPHEMERAL].

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KEY: Evaporate.

SYN: Melt, colliquute, liquefy, vaporize, disappear, dissolve, exhale, distil.

ANT: Consolidate, compact, solidify, Indurate, crystallize.

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KEY: Evaporation, [See EVAPORATE].

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KEY: Evasion.

SYN: Prevarication, shuffle, fencing, sheet, subterfuge, quibble, equivocation.

ANT: Answer, counterargument, grappling.

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KEY: Even.

SYN: Level, smooth, uniform, equable, plain, flush, well-balanced, equal.

ANT: Inclined, abrupt, rugged, variable, uneven.

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KEY: Event.

SYN: Occurrence, circumstance, episode, adventure, issue, accident, result, fact, incident.

ANT: Cause, antecedent, operation, inducement, contribution, convergence, predisposition, tendency.

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KEY: Eventful.

SYN: Remarkable, memorable, signal, important, marked, noted, critical, stirring, notable.

ANT: Ordinary, unmarked, unimportant, eventless, uninteresting, characterless, trivial.

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KEY: Ever.

SYN: Always, continually, forever, eternally, constantly, incessantly.

ANT: Never.

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KEY: Everlasting.

SYN: Infinite, endless, [See ETERNAL].

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KEY: Eversion.

SYN: Evolution, Explication.

ANT: Inversion, Involution, implication.

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KEY: Every.

SYN: [See AIL].

ANT: None.

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KEY: Evict.

SYN: Dispossess, eject.

ANT: Reinstate, admit, settle, locate, lodge.

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KEY: Eviction, [See EVICT].

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KEY: Evidence.

SYN: Manifestation, attraction, averment, testimony, deposition, declaration, appearance, sign, token, proof, indication, exemplification, illustration.

ANT: Surmise, conjecture, counterevidence, disproof, refutation, concealment, suppression, misindication, fallacy.

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KEY: Evident.

SYN: Plum, visible, conspicuous, manifest, indisputable, obvious, clear, palpable, incontrovertible.

ANT: Doubtful, obscure, questionable, uncertain, dubious.

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KEY: Evil.

SYN: [See {[111]?}], noxious, deleterious, wrong, bad, mischievous, hurtful, sinful, unhappy, adverse, unpropitious, wicked, corrupt, harmful, unfair, notorious, miserable, sorrowful.

ANT: Wholesome, beneficial, right, virtuous, holy, pure, happy, fortunate, felicitous, joyous, welcome, grateful, good.

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KEY: Evince.

SYN: Exhibit, evidence, show, prove, manifest, demonstrate.

ANT: Suppress, disprove, negative, conceal.

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KEY: Eviscerate.

SYN: Disembowel, draw.

ANT: Stuff, cram, pad.

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KEY: Evoke.

SYN: Excite, educe, provoke, elicit, produce, eliminate, extract, summon, call out.

ANT: Allay, stifle, stop, silence, prevent, seal.

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KEY: Evolution, [See ALTITUDE].

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KEY: Exacerbate, [See EXASPERATE].

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KEY: Exact, [See ACCURATE].

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KEY: Exactly.

SYN: Precisely, accurately, correspondently.

ANT: Loosely, inadequately, incorrectly, differently, otherwise.

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KEY: Exaggerate.

SYN: Amplify, enlarge, heighten, magnify, overstate, overdraw, strain, overpaint, overestimate.

ANT: Disparage, attenuate, palliate, understate, underestimate, lenity, mitigate, soften, qualify, modify.

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KEY: Exalt, [See ELEVATE].

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KEY: Exalted, [See EXALT].

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KEY: Examine.

SYN: Weigh, ponder, investigate, perpend, test, scrutinize, criticize, prove, study, discuss, inquire, search, {[ovvjrua-il]?}, explore, inspect.

ANT: Discard, conjecture, gnew, slur, misconsider, misinvestigate.

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KEY: Examination, [See INQUIRY].

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KEY: Example.

SYN: Sample, specimen, pattern, model, copy, illustration, in, stance, issue, development.

ANT: Stock material, substantial, law, rule, character, principle, system, quality, case.

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KEY: Exanimate, [See INANIMATE].

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KEY: Exasperate, [See AGGRAVATE].

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KEY: Excavate.

SYN: Dig, hollow, trench, discover, deserter.

ANT: Bury, fill level, conceal, inter, inhume.

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KEY: Exceed, [See SURPASS].

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KEY: Exceeding, [See EXCEED].

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KEY: Exceedingly, [See EXCEED], [See SURPASS].

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KEY: Excellence, [See EXCEL].

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KEY: Except, prep.

SYN: Excepting, saving, without, unless, exclusive of.

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KEY: Except \v.\

SYN: Exclude, save, bar, {[*egre!]?}, ate, negative.

ANT: Count, include, reckon, state, classify, propound, affirm, admit.

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KEY: Exception.

SYN: Qualification, separation, exclusion.

ANT: Statement, rule, class, proposition.

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KEY: Exceptionable.

SYN: Objectionable, undesirable.

ANT: Unobjectionable, desirable, unexceptionable, exemplary.

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KEY: Exceptional.

SYN: Rare, peculiar, uncommon, irregular, unusual, abnormal.

ANT: Common, regular, normal, usual, ordinary.

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KEY: Exceptions, [See CONTENTIOUS].

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KEY: Excess.

SYN: Advance, increase, abundance, redundancy, superfluity, extravagance, surplus, debauchery, intemperance.

ANT: Deficiency, failure, shortcoming, insufficiency, temperance, sobriety.

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KEY: Excessive.

SYN: Enormous, undue, exorbitant, overmuch, superabundant, superfluous, unreasonable, immoderate, inordinate, extravagant.

ANT: Insufficient, scant, inadequate.

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KEY: Exchange, [See CHANGE].

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KEY: Excision, [See ERADICATION].

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KEY: Excitability.

SYN: Sensibility, sensitiveness, irascibility, irritability.

ANT: Immobility, imperturbability, Insensitiveness-composure-hebetude.

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KEY: Excitation, [See ROUSE].

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KEY: Excite.

SYN: [See ALLAY].

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KEY: Exclaim, [See EJACULATE].

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KEY: Exclude, [See ADMIT].

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KEY: Exclusive, [See EXCLUDE and COMPREHENSIVE].

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KEY: Excogitation. \n.\ A complete cogitation. (/q.v./)

SYN: Elaboration, deduction.

ANT: Guess, surmise.

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KEY: Excommunicate.

SYN: Exclude, banish, bar, eject, blackball.

ANT: Admit, readmit, inaugurate, enroll.

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KEY: Excrescence.

SYN: Superfluity, redundancy, imposthume, tumor.

ANT: Eradication, extirpation, excision, levigation, exsection.

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KEY: Excruciate.

SYN: Agonize, torture, torment, rack.

ANT: Soothe, please, tranquilize.

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KEY: Excruciating, [See EXCRUCIATE].

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KEY: Exculpate.

SYN: Defend, vindicate, exonerate, acquit, release.

ANT: Charge, inculpate, Implicate.

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KEY: Excursion.

SYN: Trip, ramble, tour, journey, jaunt.

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KEY: Excursive, [See DISCURSIVE].

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KEY: Excusable.

SYN: Justifiable, venal, pardonable.

ANT: Inexcusable, unpardonable.

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KEY: Excuse.

SYN: Exculpate, absolve, pardon, forgive, overlook, condone, i emit, indulge, justify, vindicate, defend, acquit, mitigate, extenuate, release, exempt, exonerate.

ANT: Charge, inculpate, condemn, sentence, exact, strain, accuse.

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KEY: Execrable.

SYN: Detestable, loathsome, accursed, cursed, villainous, diabolical, hateful, abominable, {[danjiable]?}.

ANT: Desirable, eligible, respectable, laudable.

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KEY: Execrate, [See ABOMINATE].

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KEY: Execration.

SYN: Curse, imprecation, denunciation, anathema, detestation, malediction.

ANT: [See BENEDICTION].

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