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Bestow

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V to give a gift
Syn- grant, confer, lodge, put up
Ant- receive, take back, take, take away

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Abdicate

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V to resign
Syn- step down, relinquish, renounce
Ant- retain

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Capacious

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Adj. Roomy
Syn- spacious, commodious
Ant- cramped, confined, restricted, narrow

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Caustic

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Adj biting
Syn- burning, corrosive, sharp
Ant- bland, mild, sugary, saccharine

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Crusade

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N, v To campaign

Syn- campaign, organized movement

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Deface

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V to face down
Syn- mar, disfigure
Ant- repair, restore, renovate, recondition

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Embargo

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N, v any resistance

Syn- stoppage, ban, boycott

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Fallacy

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N False notion
Syn- misconception
Ant- sound reasoning, legend

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Levity

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N lightness in weight
Syn- giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness
Ant- seriousness, humorlessness, solemnity

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Mendicant

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N adj beggar
Syn- panhandler
Ant- millionaire, philanthropist

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Nauseate

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V to make sick to stomach
Syn- sicken, disgust
Ant- delight, tickle pink

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Negate

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V to nullify
Syn- cancel, invalidate, annul
Ant- affirm, confirm, corroborate, buttress

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Pivotal

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Adj important
Syn- crucial, critical, decisive, seminal
Ant- unimportant, insignificant

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Recipient

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N adj receiving
Syn- receiver, beneficiary
Ant- donor, benefactor, contributor

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Ruse

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N an action

Syn- stratagem, subterfuge, dodge

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Teem

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V to become filled to overflowing
Syn- abound, swarm, overflow
Ant- lack, be wanting

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Tenet

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N an opinion

Syn- doctrine, precept

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Tractable

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Adj easily managed
Syn- submissive, docile, yielding, amenable
Ant- unruly, obstreperous, refractory

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Ungainly

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Adj clumsy
Syn- graceless
Ant- nimble, agile, supple, graceful

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Voracious

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Adj greedy
Syn- gluttonous, insatiable, avid
Ant- indifferent, apathetic