High Frequency Box 1 Flashcards

Question

Appropriated

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Verb Syn: Acquire, take possession of for one's own use Eg: The ranch owners appropriated the lands that had originally been set aside for the Indian's use.

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Adj Syn: hard, strenuous Eg: Her arduous efforts had sapped her energy!

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Adj Syn: Without guile, open and honest Eg: Red Riding Hood's artless comment "Grandma, what big eyes you have!" Indicates the child's innocent surprise at her "grandmother's changed appearance

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Adj Syn: practicing self denial, austere Ant: hedonist Eg: The wealthy young man could not understand the ascetic life led by the monks

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Adj Syn: Diligent Eg: It took Rembrandt weeks to assiduous labor before he was satisfied with his portrait of his son

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Verb Syn: ease, lessen(pain) Ant: estrange, excite, increase, inflame, incite, stimulate Eg: Your messages of cheer should assuage her suffering.

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Verb Syn: make thin, weaken Eg: By withdrawing their forces, the generals hoped to attenuate the enemy lines

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Adj Syn: daring, bold Ant: cowardly, timid, feckless, diffident, introverted

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Adj Syn: strict,stern Ant:Indulgent,genial,luxurious,mild,dissipated Eg: His austere demeanor prevented us from engaging in our usual frivolous activities.

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Adj Syn:Self-governing Eg: This island is a colony, however, in most matters, it is autonomous and receives no orders from the mother country

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Verb Syn: state confidently Eg: I wish to aver that i am certain of success.

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Adj Syn: hackneyed,commonplace, trite Eg: His frequent use of cliches made his essay seem banal

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Verb Syn: contradict, give a false impression Eg: His coarse,hard bitten exterior belied his innate sensitivity

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Adj Syn: kindly, doing good Eg: The overgenerous philanthropist had to curb his beneficent impulses before he gave away all his money and left himself nothing.

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Verb Syn: make shiny by rubbing, polish Eg: The maid burnished the brass fixtures until they reflected the lamplight

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Verb Syn:support,prop up Eg: Just as architects buttress the walls of cathedrals with flying buttress,debaters buttress their arguments with the facts.

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Adj Syn:rude, insensitive Eg: Though Mr.Potts constantly interrupted his wife, she ignored his boorish behavior,for she had lost hope of teaching him country.

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Verb Syn: grow forth,send out buds Ant: Atrophy Eg: In the spring, the plants that burgeon are a promise of the beauty that is to come.

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Verb Syn: support, reinforce Eg: The debaters amassed file boxes full of evidence to bolster their arguments.

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Adj Syn: pompous,using inflated language Eg: Puffed up with conceit, the orator spoke in such a bombastic manner that we longed to debate him.

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Adj Syn: discordant,inharmonious Ant: euphonious Eg: Do the students in the orchestra enjoy the cacophonous sounds they make when they are turning up?

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Adj Syn: fickle,incalculable Eg: The storm was capricious and changed course constantly

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Noun Syn: punishment,severe,criticism Ant: exalt Eg: Sensitive even to mild criticism woolf could not even bear castigation that she found in certain reviews.

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Noun Syn: agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged Eg: Many chemical reactions cannot take place without the presence of a catalyst

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Adj Syn: Burning, sarcastically biting Eg: The critics caustic remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subject of his sarcasm

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Noun Syn: trickery, deception Ant: honesty Eg: Your deceitful tactics in this case are indications of chicanery.

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Verb Syn: thicken, congeal, clot Ant: rarefy,expand,dissipate, thin, liquefy Eg: Even after you remove the pudding from the burner, it will continue to coagulate as it stands

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Noun Syn: concluding section of a musical or literary composition Eg: The piece concluded with a distinctive coda that strikingly brought together various motifs

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Adj Syn: Convincing Ant: Weal,Feeble,Powerless,ineffectual Eg: She presented cogent arguments to the jury

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Adj Syn: Equal in extent Eg: Your reward will be commensurate with your effort

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Verb Syn: brief, comprehensive summary Eg: This text can serve as a compendium of the tremendous amount of new material being developed in this field.

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Adj Syn: trying to please, obliging Eg: The courtier obeyed the kings order in a complaisant manner

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Adj Syn: yielding Ant: immutable Eg: He was compliant and ready to go along with his friends desires

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Adj Syn: Reconciling, soothing Eg: She was still angry despite his conciliatory words

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Verb Syn: overlook, forgive, give tactic approval, excuse Eg: Unlike Widow Douglass, who condoned Huck's minor offenses, Miss Watson did nothing but scold,

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Verb Syn: confuse, puzzle Ant: elucidate, unravel, arrange, classify, enlighten Eg: No mystery could confound Sherlock Homes for long

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Noun Syn: person competent to act as judge of art,etc; a lover of an art Eg: She had developed into a connoisseur of fine china

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Verb Syn: claim, thesis Eg: It is our contention that, if you follow our tactics, you will boost your score on the GRE.

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Adj Syn: quarrelsome Ant: congenial,obliging, considerate, easy, passive Eg: We heard loud and contentious noises in the next room.

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Adj Syn: penitent Ant: lacking remorse, unrepentant Eg: Her contrite tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence

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Noun Syn: riddle,difficult problem Eg: During the long car ride, she invented conundrums to entertain the children

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Verb Syn: Come together Ant: Diverge Eg: Marchers converged on Washington for the great Save Our Cities-Save Our Children March

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Adj Syn: coiled around, involved, intricate Ant: Direct, straight Eg: His argument was so convoluted that few of us could follow it intelligently.

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Adj Syn: cowardly Ant: intrepid, bold Eg: When he saw the enemy troops advancing, he had a craven impulse to run for his life

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Verb Syn: intimidate Ant: embolden, encourage, inspire Eg: Your threats cannot daunt me

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Noun Syn: propriety, orderliness Ant: disorder, improperly, disturbance Eg: Shocked by the unruly behavior the teacher criticized the class for its lack of decorum

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Noun Syn: Failure to do Eg: As a result of her husbands failure to appear in court, she was granted a divorce by default

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Noun Syn: courteous regard for another's wish Eg: In deference to his desires, the employers granted him a holiday.

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Verb Syn: portray Ant: confuse Eg: He is weakest when he attempts to delineate character

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Verb Syn: blacken Ant: panegyrize Eg: All attempts to denigrate the character of our late president have failed, the people still love him and cherish his memory

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Verb Syn: scoff, a ridicule, make fun of Ant: applaud Eg: The people derided his grandiose schemes

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Adj Syn: unoriginal, obtained from another source Eg: Although her early poetry was clearly derivative in nature, the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice

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Verb Syn: dry up Eg: A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to desiccate food in order to preserve it

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Adj Syn: aimless, haphazard, digressing at random Ant: consecutive, serious, methodical, diligent, painstaking Eg: In prison Malcom X set himself the task of reading straight through the dictionary, to him reading was purposeful, not desultory

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Noun Syn: something that discourages, hindrance Eg: Does the threat of capital punishment serve as a deterrent to potential killers

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Noun Syn: bitter scolding, invective, deunciation Eg: During the lengthy diatribe delivered by his opponent he remained calm and self controlled.

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Noun Syn: branching into two parts(especially contradictory ones), split Eg: The dichotomy of our legislative system provides us with many safeguards

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Noun Syn: Shyness Ant: Audacity, Arrogance, Confidence Eg: You must overcome your diffidence if you intend to become a salesperson

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Adj Syn: Wordy,rambling, spread out(like a gas) Ant: terse, laconic, epigrammatic, condensed, concise Eg: If you pay authors by the word, you tempt them to produce diffuse manuscripts rather than brief ones.

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Noun Syn: wandering away from the subject Eg: Nobody minded when professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official theme, his digressions were always more fascinating than the topic of the day

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Noun Syn: lament with music Eg: The funeral dirge stirred us to tears

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Verb Syn: correct a false impression, undeceive Eg: I will attempt to disabuse you of your impression of my client's guilt, I know he is innocent

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Adj Syn: mentally quick and observant, having insight Ant: obtuse Eg: Because he was considered the most discerning member of the firm, he was assigned the most difficult cases

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Adj Syn: inharmonious, conflicting Eg: Nothing is quite so discordant as the sound of a junior orchestra tuning up

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Verb Syn: defame, destroy confidence in, disbelieve Ant: credit, honor,trust, belief Eg: The campaign was highly negative in tone, each candidate tried to discredit the other

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Noun Syn: lack of consistency, difference Ant: agreement, consonance Eg: The police noticed some discrepancy in his description of the crime and did not believe him.

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Adj Syn: separate, unconnected Eg: The universe is composed of discrete bodies

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Adj Syn:not naive,sophisticated Eg: Although he was young, his remarks indicated that he was disingenuous

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Adj Syn: unprejudiced Eg: The only disinterested person in the room was judge

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Adj Syn: disconnected Eg: His remarks were so disjointed that we could not follow his reasoning

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Verb Syn: eliminate from consideration, reject Ant: Retain, detain, keep Eg: Believing in John's love fro her, she dismissed the notion that he might be unfaithful

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Verb Syn: belittle Ant: Tout Eg: Do not disparage anyone's contribution, these little gifts add up to large sums

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adj syn:basically different,unrelated Eg: it is difficult, it not impossible to organize these disparate elements into a coherent whole

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verb syn: disguise pretend Even though John tried to dissemble his motive for taking modern dance we all knew he was there not to dance but to meet girls

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Verb syn:distribute: spread:scatter (like seeds) The invention of the radio helped propagandists to disseminate their favorite doctrines very easily

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Noun syn: disintegration: looseness in morals The profligacy and dissolution of life in Caligula's Rome appall some his torians

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Noun syn:discord some contemporary musicians deliberately use dissonance to achieve certain effects

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verb syn:expand swell out Ant: contract, reduce, shrink Eg: I can tell when he is under stress by the way the veins distend on his forehead.

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verb syn:purify:refine:concentrate A moonshiner distills mash into whiskey :an epigrammatist distills thoughts into quips

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Verb syn: vary:go in different directions from the same point ant: converge The spokes of the wheel diverge from the hub

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Verb syn: strip:deprive ant: invest He was divested of his power to act and could no longer govem

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Adj syn:opinionated arbitrary :doctrinal Do not be so dogmatic about that statement :it can be easily refuted

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Adj syn: sleeping,lethargic,torpid ant: operative, energetic,vigilant Eg: Sometimes dormant talents in our friends surprise those of us who never realize how gifted our acquaintances really are.

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Noun Syn: someone easily fooled Eg: While the gullible Watson often was made a dupe by unscrupulous parties, Sherlock was far more difficult to fool.

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Adj Syn: showing excitement, overflowing with enthusiasm Ant: lackluster Eg: His ebullient nature could not be repressed

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Adj Syn: selective, composed of elements drawn from disparate sources Eg: His style of interior decoration was eclectic bits and pieces of furnishings from widely divergent periods.

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Noun Syn: power tot produce desire effect Ant: inefficiency, uselessness, futility Eg: The efficacy of thus drug depends on the regularity of the dosage

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Noun Syn: shameless boldness Ant: diffidence Eg: She had the effrontery to insult the guest

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Noun Syn: poem or song expressing lamentation Eg: One the death of Edward King, Milton composed the elegy "Lycidas"

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Verb Syn: draw out by discussion Ant: Draw in Eg: The detectives tried to elicit where he had hidden his loot.

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Verb Syn: adorn, ornament Ant: disfigure, deface, mar Eg: My mother in law's stories about her journey from Russia made us laugh because she embellished the bare facts of her journey with humorous anecdotes

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Adj Syn: based on experience Eg: He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on empirical data

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Verb Syn: rival, imitate Eg: As long as our political leaders emulate the virtues of the great leaders of this country, we shall flourish

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Adj syn: prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country This disease is endemic in this part of the world : more than 80 percent of the population are at one time or another affected by it

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Verb Syn: Weaken Eg: She was slow to recover from her illness, even a short walk to window enervated her

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Verb Syn: cause, produce Eg: To receive praise fro real accomplishments engenders self confidence in a child

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Verb Syn: increase, improve Eg: Your chances for promotion in this department will be enhanced if you take some more courses in evening school

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Adj Syn: short-lived, fleeting Ant: perpetual, endless, eternal, enduring, permanent Eg: The mayfly is an ephemeral creature

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Noun Syn: calmness of temperament Ant: ignorant Eg: In his later years, he could look upon the foolishness of the world with equanimity and humor.

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Verb Syn: lie, mislead, attempt to conceal the truth Ant: Distinguish Eg: The audience saw through his attempts to equivocate on the subject under discussion and ridiculed his remarks.

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Adj Syn: learned, scholarly Eg: Though his fellow students thought him erudite, Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider himself a scholar

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Adj syn: hard to understand; known only to the chosen few New Yorker short stories often include esoteric allusions to obscure people and events the implications is if you are in the in-crowd,you'll get the reference: if you come from Cleveland, you won't

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Noun syn: praise ant: calumny All the eulogies of his friends could not remove the sting of the calumny heaped upon him his enemies

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Now syn:mild expression in place of an unpleasant one The expression "he passed away" is a euphemism for "he died"

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Verb syn: worsen:embitter ant: alleviate, soothe This latest arrest will exacerbate the already existing discontent of the people and enrage them

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Verb syn:clear from blame ant:incriminate He was exculpated of the crime when real criminal confessed

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Noun syn: urgent situation in this exigency, we must look for aid from our allies

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Noun syn:projection: conjecture Based on their extrapolation from the results of the primaries on super Tuesday, the networks predicted that George Bush would be Repubilcan candidate for the presidency

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Adj syn: humorous:jocular ant: grave,serious,dull, lugubrious. Your facetious remarks are not appropriate at this serious moment.

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verb syn:make less difficult He tried to facilitate repayment of the loan by getting a part- time job

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Adj syn: misleading paradoxically , fallacious reasoning does not always yield erroneous results :even though your logic may be correct.

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Adj syn: foolish:inane ant: intelligent clever .sensible. knowledgeable. He is far too intelligent to utter such fatuous remarks

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Adj syn: courting favor by cringing and flattering. She was constantly surrounded by a group of fawning admires who had hoped to win some favor.

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Adj syn: apt:suitably expressed well chosen ant: unfortunate He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as master- of-ceremonies at many a banquet.

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Noun syn:glowing ardor: intensity of feeling Their kiss was full of the fervor of first love'

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verb syn:droop:grow feeble when the opposing hockey team scored its third goal only minutes into the period, the home team's spirits flagged.

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Adj syn: inexperienced while it is necessary to provide these fledgling poets with an opportunity to present their work ,it is not essential that we admire everything they write.

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Verb Syn: reject,mock Eg: The headstrong youth flouted all authority; he refused to be curbed

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Verb Syn: Stir up, Instigate Eg: This report will foment dissension in the club

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Verb Syn:prevent by taking action in advance Eg: By setting up a prenuptial agreement, the prospective bride and groom hoped to forestall any potential arguments about money in the event of a divorce

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Noun Syn: thrift, economy Ant: altruistic Eg: In these economically difficult days business must practice frugality or risk bankruptcy

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Adj Syn: ineffective, fruitless Ant: effective, powerful, cogent, useful,solid,capable Eg: Why waste your time on futile pursuits?

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Verb Syn: deny Ant: affirm, verify, confirm, attest, witness Eg: She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report

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Adj Syn: excessively talkative, especially about unimportant subjects; wordy Ant: silent, speechless, taciturn Eg: Many club members avoided the company of the garrulous junior executive because his constant chatter bored them to tears

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Verb Syn: urge on Eg: He was goaded by his friends until he yielded to their wishes

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Verb Syn: tear out, overcharge Eg: In that fight, all the rules were forgotten the adversaries bit, kicked and tried to gouge each others eyes out.

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Adj Syn: pompous, bombastic, using high sounding language Ant: humble, unpretentious, plain, unadorned Eg: The politician could never speak simply; she was always grandiloquent

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Adj Syn: sociable, a person who enjoys companionship Eg: Typically party throwers are gregarious, hermits are not.

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Adj Syn: without deceit Eg: He is naive, simple, and guileless he cannot be guilty of fraud

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Adj Syn: easily deceived Ant: discerning Eg: He preyed upon gulible people who believed his stories of easy wealth

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Noun Syn: long, passionate and vehement speech Eg: In her lengthy harangue, the principal breathed the offenders.

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Adj Syn: of the same kind Eg: Many educators try to put pupils of similar abilities in the same class because they believe that their homogeneous grouping is advisable

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Noun Syn: exaggeration, overstatement Eg: This salesman is guilty of hyperbole in describing his product, it is wise to discount the claims

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A trdj syn: attacking cherished traditions ant: traditionalist Eg: George Bernard shaw's iconoclastic plays often startled more conventional people

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Noun syn: worship of idols: excessive admiration Eg: such idolatry of singers of country music is typical of the excessive enthu.siasm of youth

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Verb syn; worsen:diminish in value ant:enhance, improve, augment, repair, increase,build up, perfect Eg: This arrest will impair her reputation in the community

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Adj syn: unchangeable ant:compliant Eg: scientists are constantly seeking to discover the immutable laws of nature.

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Adj syn:without feeling :not affected by pain Eg: The Native American has been incorrectly depicted as an impassive individual,undemonstrative and stoical

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verb syn:hinder,block Eg: The special prosecutor determined That the Attlorney General though inept, had not intentionally set out to impede the progress of then investigation.

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adj syn:impervious:not permitting passage through its substance. Eg: This new material is impermeable to liquids.

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Adj syn:calm:placid Eg: wellington remained imperturbable and in full command of the situation in spite of the situation in spite of the hysteria and panic all around all around him'

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Adj syn: not penetrable: not permitting passage through ant: explorable, pregnable Eg: you cannot change their habits for their minds are impervious to reasoning.

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Adj syn: incapable of being pacified Eg: Madame Defarge was the implacable enemy of the Evremonde family.

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Adj syn: understood but not stated Eg; Jack never told Jill adored her; he believed his love was implicit in his deeds.

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verb syn; burst inward Eg; If you break a vacuum tube, the glass tube implodes.

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Adverb syn;carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight Eg;she inadvertently omitted two questions on the examination and mismarked her answer sheet.

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Adj; syn;recently begun, redimentary; elementary Eg;Before the creation, the world was an inchoate mass.

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Noun syn;lack of harmony; absurdity Eg; The incongruity of his wearing sneakers with formal attire amused the observers.

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Adj syn; insignificant ;unimportant Eg; Brushing off Ali's apologies for having broken the wine glass , Tamara said," Don't worry about it; it's inconsequential,"

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verb syn;introduce something into a large whole; combine; unit Eg;Breaking with precedent, president Truman ordered the military to incorporate blacks into every branch of the armed services.

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Adj syn;uncertain; not clearly fixed indefinite Eg;That interest rates shall rise appears certain; when they will do so however ,remains indeterminate.

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noun syn; Poverty ant; affluent Eg;Neither the economists nor the political scientists have found a way to wipe out the indigence from our society.

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Adj syn; lazy couch potato ant; dynamic, energetic Eg;Couch potatoes lead an indolent life lying back in their Lazy boy recliners watching TV.

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Adj syn;inactive;lacking power to move Eg;"Get up you lazy bones", Tina cried to tony who lay in bed ,who lay in bed inert.

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Adj syn;naive; young and unsophisticated ant; disingenuous ,sly, reserved , mean, insincere,crafty ,cunning ,urbane The; woodsman did not realize how ingenuous little Red Riding Hood was until he heard that she had gone off for a walk in the woods with the Big Bad Wolf.

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Adj syn; firmly established by nature or habit ant; acquired Eg; His inherent love of justice compelled him to their aid.

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Adj Syn: harmless ant: hurtful, injurious, stimulating Eg: Let him drink it, it is innocuous and will have no ill effect.

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Adj Syn: unconscious,unresponsive Eg: Sherry and I are very different, at times when i would be covered with embarrassment she seems insensible to shame

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Verb Syn: hint, imply Ant: state, affirm, propound, announce, withdraw, retract, extract Eg: What are you trying to insinuate by that remark?

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Adj Syn: lacking in flavor, dull Ant: racy, intense, strong, full-flavored, bright sparkling Eg: Flat prose and flat ginger ale are equally insipid, both lack sparkle

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Noun Syn: narrow-mindedness, isolation Eg: The insularity of the islanders manifested itslef in their suspicion of any foreign thing.

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Adj Syn: unruly, refractory Eg: The horse was intractable and refused to enter the starting gate

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Noun Syn: state of stubborn unwillingness to compromise Ant: Inclination Eg: The intransigence of both parties in the dispute makes an early settlement almost impossible to obtain.

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verb Syn: overflow,flood Ant: drain, dry, parch, burn Eg: The tremendous wave inundated the town.

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Adj Syn: accustomed, hardened Eg: She became inured to the Alaskan cold.

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NOUN syn abuse ant : Commendation, eulogy panegyric, laudation praise,encouragement Eg: He had expected criticism but nut the invective that greeted his proposal.

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ADJ syn : irritable, easily angered ant : courtious Her irascible temper frightened me

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ADJ syn : uncertain how to act; weak ant : resolute, determined, bold, decided, firm, persistent Eg: She had no respect for him because he seemed weak-willed and irresolute,

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NOUN syn : plan of a trip Eg: Before leaving for his first visit to France and England, he discussed his itinerary with people who had been there and with his travel agent.

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ADJ syn : brief and to the point ant : authoritarian, gallant, garrulous, loquacious, prosy,lengthy Eg: Many of the characters portrayed by Clint Eastwood are laconic type*, strong men or few words.

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NOUN syn : languor; weariness ant strength activity, freshness Eg: The hot, tropical weather created a feeling of lassitude and encouraged drowsiness.

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ADJ syn : potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden ant ; visible, apparent, manifest, conspicuous, explicit Eg: Her latent talent was discovered by accident.

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ADJ syn : praise ant : decry Eg: The NFL lauded Boomer Esiason"s efforts to raise money to combat cystic fibrosis.

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ADJ syn : drowsy, dull, sluggish Eg:The stuffy room made her lethargic. she felt as if she was about to nod off.

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NOUN syn: earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding Eg: As the river rose and threated to overflow the levee, emergency work- ers rushes to reinforce the walls with sandbags

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NOUN syn : lack of seriousness, lightness ant : gravity, earnestness, seriousness, sobriety Eg: Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such levity is improper in church.

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NOUN syn : record of a voyage or flight, record of day to day activities Eg: Flogged two seamen today for in- subordination," wrote Captain Bligh in the Bounty's log.

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ADJ syn : talkative Eg: She is very loquacious and can speak on the telephone for hours,

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Adj Syn: Easily understood, clear, intelligible Eg: Her explanation was lucid enough for a child to grasp.

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ADJ syn : shining; issuing light The sun is a luminous body

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NOUN syn: generosity Eg: Noted for his magnanimity, philanthropist Eugene Lang donated millions to charity.

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NOUN syn : one who feigns illness to escape duty Eg: The captain ordered the sergeant to punish all malingerers and force them to work.

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Adj Syn: capable of being shaped by pounding Ant: relentless Eg: Gold is malleable metal

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NOUN syn : rebel; nonconformist ``` Eg: To the masculine literary establishment. George Sand with her insistence on wearing trousers and smoking cigars was clearly a maverick who fought her proper womanly role. ```

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ADJ syn : lying; habitually dishonest ant : trustworthy Eg: He was pathological liar, and his friends learned to discount his mendacious stories.

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NOUN syn: change of form, major transformation Eg: The metamorphosis of caterpiller to butterfly is typical of many such changes in animal life

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`Adj Syn: excessively careful, painstaking, scrupulous Ant: remiss Eg: He was meticulous in checking his accounts and never made any mistakes

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NOUN syn : one who hates mankind ant : philanthropic Eg: We thought the hermit was a misanthrope because he shunned our society.

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VERB Syn : appease; moderate Ant : oppose, aggravate, increase, extend Eg: nothing he did could mitigate her wrath; she was unforgiving.

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VERB syn : soothe, appease ant : rebuff Eg: We tried to mollify the hysterical child by promising them many gifts.

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ADJ syn ; ill humored, sullen;melancholy ant : genial, kindly, gentle,indulgent, joyous, merry, gay Eg: Forced to the early retirement. Bill acted morose for months; then all of Q sudden, he shook off his gloom and was his usual cheerful self.

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ADJ syn : worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday Eg: He was concerned only with with mundane matters, especially the daily stock market quotations.

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``` VERB Syn : cancel out; nullify; deny Eg: I must accept his argument since you have been unable to present any negation of his evidence. ```

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NOUN syn: recent convert; beginner Eg: This mountain slope contains slide that will challenge experts as well neophytes.

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ADJ syn : stubborn ant : flexible amenable, docile,tractable Eg: He was obdurate in his refusal to listen to our complaints.

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ADJ syn : slavishly attentive; servile;sycophantic ``` Eg: Helen valued people who behaved as if they respected themselves; nothing irritated her more than an excessively obsequious waiter or a fawning salesclerk. ```

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VERB Syn : make unnecessary;get rid of Ant : necessitate, compel, order Eg: I hope this contribution will obviate any need for further collections of funds.

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VERB syn ; shut, close Eg: A blood clot occluded an artery to the heart.

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ADJ syn: mysterious, secret;supernatural ant: plain, clear open, familiar,exposed Eg: The occult rites of the organization were revealed only to members.

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ADJ syn: meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services ant: modest, retiring, in officiously, negligent Eg: After her long flight. Jill just wanted to nap. but the officious belooy was intent on showing her all the special features of the deluxe suite.

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ADJ syn : burdensome Ant: light, easy, trivial, slight Eg: He asked for an assistant because his work load was too onerous.

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NOUN syn: public shame; infamy riisgrace; scorn; vilification ant : honor, respect, glory, praise Eg: He refused to defend himself against the slander and opprobrium hurled against him by the newspaper, he preferred to rely on his iscord

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VERB syn: vibrate pendulum-like, waver Eg: it is interesting to note how public opinion oscillates between the extremes of optimism and pessimism.

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ADJ syn : showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention ant : unpretentious Eg: Trump's latest casino in Atlantic City is the most ostentatious gambling palace in the East: it easily glitters its competitors.

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NOUN syn : model of perfection ``` Eg: The class disliked him because the teacher was always pointing him out as a paragon of virtue. ```

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ADJ syn : one-sided; prejudiced: committed to a party Eg: On certain issues of conscience, she refused to take a partisan stand

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ADJ syn: pertaining to disease Eg: As we study the pathological aspects of this disease, we must not overlook the psychological elements

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NOUN syn : scarcity; dearth ant : plentiful Eg: They closed the restaurant because the paucity of customers made it uneconomical to operate.

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ADJ syn : showing off learning; bookish ant : modest Eg: Leavening his decisions with humorous, down-to-earth anecdotes. Judge Walker was not at all the pedantic legal scholar

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NOUN syn : strong inclination; liking Eg: He had a strong penchant tor sculpture and owned many statues,

Answer 211

NOUN Syn : severe poverty; stinginess ant : wealth, affluence Eg: When his pension fund failed. George feared he would end his days in penury.

Answer 212

NOUN syn : something that is continuing or recurrent, long-lasting ant : occasional, periodical, uncertain, deficient Eg: These plants are hardy perennials and will bloom for many years.

Answer 213

ADJ syn: treacherous, disloyal ant : staunch, faithful, honorable Eg: When Caesar realized that Brutus had betrayed him, he reproached his perfidious friend.

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ADJ syn: superficial; not thorough lacking interest, care. or enthusiasm ant: heedful Eg: The auditor s perfunctory inspection of the books overlooked many er- rors

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ADJ syn : penetrable; porous; allowing Eg: liquids or gas to pass through Glass is permeable to light.

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ADJ syn : pervading ; spread throughout (as an attitude) ant : contained Eg: Despite airing them for several hours, she could not rid her clothes of the pervasive odor of mothballs that clung to them.

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ADJ syn ; calm; not easily disturbed ant passionate, active, energetic,interested, alert, restless Eg: The nurse was a cheerful but phlegmatic person, unexcited in the face of sudden emergencies.

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NOUN syn: religious devotion; godliness ant : impiety, ungodliness, profanity, hypocrisy Eg: Living ner life in prayer and good works. Mother Teresa exemplifies the true spirit of piety

Answer 219

VERB syn : pacify, conciliate ant : snub The teacher tried to placate the angry mother.

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NOUN syn : ability to be molded Eg: When clay dries out, it loses its plasticity and becomes less malleable.

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NOUN syn : trite remark, commonplace statement. Eg: The platitudes in his speech were applauded by the vast majority :n his audience; only a few people perceived how trite his remarks were.

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NOUN syn : excess; overabundance ant . paucity Eg: She offered a plethora of excuses for her shortcomings

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VERB syn: fall sharply Eg: Stock prices plummeted as Wall Street reacU-a to the rise In interest rates

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ADJ syn : full of pores; like a sieve Dancers like to wear porous clothing because it allows the ready passage of water and air.

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ADJ syn : practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something Eg: This coming trip to France should provide me with a pragmatic test of the value of my conversational French class.

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NOUN syn: introductory statement ant: peroration, finale,conclusion, essay, body Eg: In the preamble to the Constitution, the purpose of the document is set forth

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ADJ syn : uncertain risky ant safe certain, assured,systematic, immutable,secure Eg:I think this stock is a precarious investment and advise against its purchase.

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