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def -lacking intelligence; empty of reason

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vacuous

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def -taking pleasure in food and drink

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epicurean

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def - a surprising, brilliant, and usually successful act

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coup

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def - the complete work of an artist, composer, or writer

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oeuvre

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def - fresh and green, referring to plant life

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verdant

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def - an equal measure; corresponding in size and measurement

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commensurate

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def - a wearing down over time

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attrition

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def - unpredictable action or behavior

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vagary

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def - formal approval of an act

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approbation

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def - to grow, expand or bloom

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burgeon

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def - having a rich, smoothly flowing sound

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mellifluous

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def - a prototype or original model

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archetype

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def - not spiritual or religious; worldly

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secular

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def - a meeting or gathering together

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confluence

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def - a person with the ability to resolve a disagreement; a judge

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arbiter

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def - to disapprove or take exception

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demur

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def - stuck in place or position

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fixed

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def - someone who disagrees

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dissident

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def - to specify a required part of an agreement

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stipulate

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def - a belief or principle held to be true

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tenet

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def - to think deeply or repeatedly

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ruminate

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def - alert at all times; watchful

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vigilant

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def - to grow or reproduce rapidly

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proliferate

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def - an award or honor

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accolade

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def - ready to fight or argue
belligerent
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def - tending to cause discontent, harm, or resentment; offensively unfair
invidious
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def - not the original; coming from another source
derivative
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def - the general spirit of the time
zeitgeist
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def - not concerned; free from care
insouciant
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def - transparent; clear
limid
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def - exhibiting poor judgment or intelligence
asinine
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def - tireless; incapable of being fatigued
indefatigable
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def - subsidiary; providing assistance
ancillary
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def - a gradual, often unconscious, process of absorption
osmosis
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def - a self-taught person
autodidact
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def - although, even though
albeit
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def - a command or urgent request
behest
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def - one who collects stamps
philatelist
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def - a minor misdeed
indiscretion
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def - of very little value; trivial; inconsequential
picayune
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def - marked by grandeur and awe
august
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def - an outward likeness in form or apperance
semblance
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def - one who suffers or sacrifices for a cause
martyr
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def - a file of detailed information on a person or subject
dossier
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def - a means by which something is transmitted
conduit
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syn - empty-headed
vacuous
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syn - hedonistic; gourmet
epicurian
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syn - plot
coup
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syn - canon
oeurve
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syn - lush
verdant
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syn - equivalent; comparable
commensurate
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syn - erosion
attrition
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syn - whim; caprice
vagary
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syn - authorixation
approbation
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syn - swell
burgeon
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syn - harmonious
mellifluous
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syn - model
archetype
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syn - earthly
secular
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syn - convergence; concourse
confluence
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syn - object; disagree
demur
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syn - immovable; rigid; stationary
fixed
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syn - renegade
dissident
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syn - require
stipulate
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syn - cornerstone; creed
tenet
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syn - ponder; reflect
ruminate
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syn - alert
vigilant
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syn - multiply
proliferate
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syn - kudos; recognition
accolade
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syn - hostile; combative
belligerent
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syn - malicious
invidious
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syn - offspring; branch
derivative
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syn - nonchalant
insouciant
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syn - foolish; boorish; silly
asinine
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syn - self-educated
autodidact
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syn - demand
behest
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syn - peccadillo; transgression
indisgression
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syn - worthless; cheap
picayune
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syn - regal; magnificent
august
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syn - record
dossier
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syn - channel
conduit
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ant - pedestrian; common
august
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ant - sagacious
asinine
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ant - exhausted
indefatigable
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ant - valuable
picayune
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ant - brilliant; shrewd
vacuous
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ant - arid; sere
verdant
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ant - unequal
commensurate
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ant - buildup; accreation
attrition
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ant - disapproval; opprobrium
approbation
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ant - shrink; diminish
burgeon
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ant - strident; discordant
mellifluous
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ant - product
archetype
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ant - religious
secular
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ant - divergence
confluence
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ant - agree; aquiesce
demur
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ant - changeable; variable
fixed
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ant - supported
dissident
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ant - oblivious
vigilant
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ant - diminish
proliferate
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ant - opprobrium
accolade
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ant - friendly; agreeable
belligerent
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ant - conciliatory
invidious
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ant - worried
insouciant
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ant - murky
limpid
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to know
cogn
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foot
ped
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to throw
ject
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between
inter
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not
in
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down
de
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on, against
im
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heart or mind
cord/card
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to seek
quis/quir
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towards
ac
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into
in
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down or thoroughly
cata
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paralysis
tonia
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flood,disaster
clysm
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to take or to seize
cap/capt/cept/cip
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step or to go
grad/gress
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between or among
inter
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def - to cooperate secretly in wrongdoing
connive
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def - harmful to the health
noxious
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def - not wise or judicious; imprudent, as in speech or action
indiscreet
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def - a lord, master, or sovereign
liege
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def - coarse; tasteless
crass
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def - nerve; audacity
chutzpah
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def - a mistaken notion; a misconception
fallacy
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def - self-satisfied; smug
complacent
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def - hatred
odium
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def - overcritical; too severe in judgement
hypercritical
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def - to confuse; to perplex
befuddle
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def - worthy of praise; commendable
laudable
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def - a wild disorder, noise, or confusion
pandemonium
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def - excessively thrifty; stingy
parsimonious
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def - using more words than are needed; wordy
verbose
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def - to steal
purloin
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def - the scientific study of the structure, sounds, and meaning of language
linguistics
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def - to cause resentment; to provoke
pique
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def - raging; fanatical
rabid
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def - showing early development; especially mental
precocious
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def - inclined to prey on others
predatory
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def - a commoner; one from the lower class
plebian
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def - common or vulgar
plebian
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def - eager and ready to fight; quarrelsome
pugnacious
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def -superior skill or ability
prowess
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def - cowardly; fearful
pusillanimous
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def - seeking revenge; bearing a grudge
vindictive
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def - to put an end to; to allay or quiet
quell
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def - a disorderly crowd, a mob
rabble
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def - a person skilled at telling stories
raconteur
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def - very idealistic; impractical; caught up in romantic notions
quixotic
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def - a state of relation or sleep
repose
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def - biting; stingingly sharp or sarcastic; highly irritating
caustic
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def - a mass departure or emigration
exodus
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def - something justly deserved, especially a punishment
retribution
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def - to depart quickly and secretly, especially to avoid punishment
abscond
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def - good-humored ridicule or teasing
raillery
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def - a person or thing that causes great trouble or misfortune
def - scourge
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def - believing in neither side of an argument
agnostic
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def - brief and to the point
terse
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def - careful; heedful; attentive to all points
circumspect
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def - weird; strange; so keen or acute as to seem bizarre
uncanny
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def - remorseful; sorry for having done wrong
penitent
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def - to clear of suspicion or accusations
vindicate
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def - one who deserts one side in favor of another; traitor; outlaw
renegade
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def - not fond of talking; usually silent
taciturn
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def - an intense dislike or fear of strangers or foreigners
xenophobia
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def - disrespectful
irreverent
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def - being in disagreement
discordant
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def - losing motion, feeling, or power; lacking in energy
torpid
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def - to attempt to block a bill from becoming law by speaking at length against it
filibuster
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def - to dominate, conquer, or bring under control
subjugate
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def - essential
inherent
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def - pure; completely clean and uncontaminated
pristine
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def - an insult or abuse in speech
invective
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def - not being able to be conquered; impenetrable
impregnable
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def - to increase the rate of progress
expedite
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def - reckless, wasteful, and extravagant
prodigal
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def - reduced in strength, tone or manner
subdued
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def - thin and weak; having little substance
tenuous
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def - full of meaning; concise
pithy
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syn - hurry; hasten; streamline
expedite
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syn - wastrel; libertine
prodigal
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syn - restrained; solemn
subdued
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syn - thin; unconvincing; fragile
tenuous
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syn - succinct
pithy
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syn - insubordinate
irreverent
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syn - apathetic; lethargic
torpid
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syn - derail
filibuster
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syn - repress
subjugate
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syn - intrinsic
inherent
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syn - pure
pristine
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syn - reproach
invective
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syn - unbeatable
impregnable
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syn - respite; peace
repose
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syn - acidic; harsh
caustic
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syn - reprisal
retribution
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syn - flee; bolt
abscond
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syn - banter
raillery
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syn - torment; bane; curse
scourge
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syn - questioning; ambivalent
agnostic
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syn - abbreviated; curt
terse
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syn - judicious; prudent
circumspect
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syn - eerie
uncanny
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syn - apologetic
penitent
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syn - exonerate; acquit
vindicate
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syn - turncoat; defector
renegade
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syn - reticent; reserved
taciturn
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syn - fainthearted; timid
pusillanimous
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syn - vengeful
vindictive
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syn - calm
quell
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syn - riffraff
rabble
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syn - faultfinding
hypercritical
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syn - bewilder; fluster
befuddle
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syn - admirable
laudable
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syn - chaos; tumult; din
pandemonium
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syn - prolix
verbose
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syn - cheap
parsimonious
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syn - conspire
connive
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syn - injurious
noxious
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syn - king
liege
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syn - crude
crass
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syn - brazenness; effrontery
chutzpah
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syn - assured; confident
complacent
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syn - abhorrence
odium
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ant - harmless
noxious
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ant - prudent
indiscreet
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ant - commoner; servant
liege
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ant - refined
crass
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ant - timidity
chutzpah
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ant - truth
fallacy
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ant - humble
complacent
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ant - love; adoration
odium
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ant - lax
hypercritical
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ant - clarify; elucidate
befuddle
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ant - execrable
laudable
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ant - order; calm
pandemonium
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ant - extravagant
parsimonious
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ant - terse; concise; succinct
verbose
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ant - assuage
pique
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ant - placid
rabid
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ant - nurturing
predatory
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ant - liege
plebeian
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ant - refined; aristocratic
plebeian
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ant - placid; pacific
pugnacious
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ant - weakness
prowess
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syn - burglarize
purloin
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syn - irritate
pique
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syn - uncontrolled; fervid
rabid
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syn - advanced
precocious
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syn - pillaging; despoiling
predatory
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syn - peon; peasant
plebeian
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syn - base; lowly
plebeian
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syn - combative; belligerent
pugnacious
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syn - strength; dominance; power
prowess
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ant - brave; bold
pusillanimous
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ant - forgiving
vindictive
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ant - foment; incite
quell
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ant - distress; agitation
repose
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ant - mild; pleasant
caustic
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ant - return
exodus
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ant - reward
retribution
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ant - remain; stay
abscond
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ant - boon; blessing
scourge
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ant - devoted
agnostic
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ant - verbose; rambling
terse
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ant - rash; foolhardy
circumspect
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ant - unrepentant
penitent
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ant - besmirch; implicate
vindicate
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ant - loyalist
renegade
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ant - garrulous; loquacious; talkative
taciturn
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ant - worshipful
irrverent
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ant - harmonious
discordant
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ant - energetic
torpid
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ant - free
subjugate
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ant - extrinsic; extraneous
inherent
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ant - defiled; spoiled; sullied
pristine
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ant - praise
invective
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ant - vulnerable
impregnable
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ant - retard; hinder
expedite
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ant - prudent
prodigal
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ant - bright; excited
subdued
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ant - strong; congent
tenuous
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ant - verbose
pithy
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luc, lus, lum
light
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il
in
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ten
to hold
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cur, cours
to run/to go
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phil
love/loving
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ocul
eye
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mar
sea
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sub
under
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man
hanf
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escent
becoming
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nat, nas
born
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in
in
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re
again
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loqu,locut
speak/talk
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pend,pens
hang
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gest
carry/bring
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cy
the state or position of
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e
out
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def - delighted beyond measure
enraptured
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def - one who pretends to have knowledge in order to swindle others
charlatan
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def - a practical joke; a trick
hoax
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def - aggressively boisterous; stubborn and defiant
obstreperous
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def - a beginner; one who is inexperienced
novice
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def - having to do with marriage
marital
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def - simple in outlook; not affected or worldly; especially innocent
naive
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def - friendly; amiable
genial
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def - commonplace; earthly and not spiritual
mundane
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def - likely to change on a whim or without apparent reason
fickle
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def - lightness of disposition; lack of seriousness
levity
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def - a terrible destructive or irresistible force
juggernaut
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def - having to do with the night; occurring at night
nocturnal
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def - to expose oneself to pleasant warmth
bask
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def - friendly; peaceable
amicable
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ant - sobriety; somberness
levity
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ant - steadfast
fickle
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ant - professional
charlatan
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ant - meek; tractable
obstreperous
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ant - master
novice
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ant - single
marital
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ant - sophisticated; cunning
naive
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ant - unfriendly
genial
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ant - quarrelsome; warlike
amicable
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ant - unique
mundane
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syn - ecstatic
enraptured
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syn - quack; fraud
charlatan
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syn - fraud; fake
hoax
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syn - apprentice; tyro
novice
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syn - wedded
marital
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syn - unsophisticated; unsusoecting
naive
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syn - cordial
genial
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syn - agreeable; amiable
amicable
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syn - boring
mundane
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syn - vacillating; capricous
fickle
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syn - frivolity
levity
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ant - diurnal
nocturnal
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water
hydr
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join
junct
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fear of
phobia
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apart or not
dis,di,dif
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away from, down or about
de
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with
con
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Def - to get around; to bypass
circumvent
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Def - unable to act or move; inactive; sluggish
inert
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Def - present, but not active; hidden
latent
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Def - to find not guilty of a fault or crime
acquit
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Def - to express strong disapproval of
deprecate
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Def - lawyer (British)
barrister
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Def - excessive praise or admiration
adulation
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Def - slyly clever; crafty
artful
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Def - having to do with the kitchen or cooking
culinary
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Def - to punish severly
chastise
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Def - indecent; humorously obscene
bawdy
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Def - thrifty; economical in money matters
frugal
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Def - joking; humourous
jocose
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Def - a very large number
myriad n
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Def - too numerous to be counted
myriad adj
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Def - destructive; deadly
pernicious
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Syn - discipline
chastise
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Syn - risque; lewd
bawdy
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Syn - economical
frugal
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Syn - witty; funny; playful; jocund
jocose
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Syn - host; multitude
myriad n
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Syn - countless; innumerable
myriad adj
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Syn - malignant; harmful
pernicious
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Ant - innocent; clean
bawdy
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Ant - wasteful; profligate
frugal
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Ant - serious
jocose
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Ant - few; limited
myriad adj
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Ant - benign
pernicious
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Ant - dynamic; active
inert
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Ant - manifest
latent
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Ant - convict
acquit
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Ant - approve; praise
deprecate
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Ant - derision
adulation
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Ant - naive; clumsy
artful
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Syn - avoid
circumvent
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Syn - dormant; passive
inert
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Syn - dormant
latent
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Syn - absolve
acquit
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Syn - flattery; adoration
adulation
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Syn - sharp; shrewd
artful
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make or do
fac,fact,fect,fic
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please
grat
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the state of
tude
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to move
mot, mov
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with
con
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away
re
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down
de
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Def - a dictionary; a specialized vocabulary used in a particular field or place
lexicon
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Def - a particular shade of a given color
hue
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Def - permission; support
sanction
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Def - a heated argument
altercation
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Def - threatening; foreboding evil
ominous
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Def - to startle into sudden activity
galvanize
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Def - to urge on with stirring words
exhort
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Def - rude boldness; nerve
audacity
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Def - to demonstrate clearly; to prove
evince
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Def - extreme exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally
hyperbole
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Syn - jargon; argot; cant
lexicon
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Syn - quarrel; dispute
altercation
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Syn - sinister
ominous
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Syn - stimulate
galvanize
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Syn - encourage
exhort
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Syn - insolence; impudence
audacity
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Syn - manifest
evince
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Ant - agreement; harmony
altercation
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Ant - comforting
ominous
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Ant - enervate
galvanize
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Ant - decorum
audacity
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Ant - understatement
hyperbole
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Ant - feckless
expedient
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Ant - liberate; free
incarcerate
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Ant - superficial; dull
incisive
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Ant - pacified; assuaged
implacable
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Ant - unrelated; extraneous
pertinent
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Syn - effective
expedient
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Syn - imprison; constrain
incarcerate
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Syn - piercing; acute
incisive
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Syn - inflexible; relentless
implacable
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Def - practical; providing an immediate advantage
expedient
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Def - to put into prison; to confine
incarcerate
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Def - sharp; keen; cutting straight to the heart of the matter
incisive
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Def - unable to be appeased or pacified
implacable
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Def - having to do with the subject at hand; relavent
pertinent
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sleep
dorm
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end
fin
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a place for
ory
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name
nom
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one who is
ee
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not
in
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calling or system of calling
clat
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Def - a long, strongly expressed speech or lecture
harangue
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Def - pompous or high-flown in speech
grandiloquent
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Def - enthusiastic, extremely intreseted
avid
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Def - a letter or literary composition in letter form
epistle
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Def - absence of vanity; humbleness
humility
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Def - exhibiting sorrow or pain
dolorous
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Def - clearly and openly stated; leaving nothing to the imagination
explicit
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Def - of huge or extraordinary size and power
gargantuan
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Def - an irritating and persistent person
gadfly
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Def - difficult; requiring much effort
arduous
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Def - friendly; agreeable; easy to talk to
affable
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Def - concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land
agrarian
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Def - arousing fear or awe
formidable
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Def - a flatterer; one who fawns on others in order to gain favor
sycophant
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Def - a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain
grimace
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Syn - scowl
grimace
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Syn - toady
sycophant
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Syn - intimidating
formidable
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Syn - agricultural
agrarian
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Syn - amiable; good-natured
affable
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Syn - strenuous;laborious
arduous
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Syn - tirade
harangue
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Syn - pretentious
grandiloquent
460
Syn - voracious; eagar
avid
461
Syn - modesty
humility
462
Syn - mournful
dolorous
463
Syn - exact;precise
explicit
464
Syn - gigantic;huge
gargantuan
465
Syn - nuisance; pest
gadfly
466
Ant - plain spoken
grandiloquent
467
Ant - apathetic
avid
468
Ant - vanity;arrogance
humility
469
Ant - joyous
dolorous
470
Ant - ambiguous;vague
explicit
471
Ant - tiny
gargantuan
472
Ant - easy;unchallenging
arduous
473
Ant - disagreeable;irrascable
affable
474
Ant - urban; industrial
agrarian
475
Ant - contrarian
sycophant
476
Ant - smile
grimace
477
world or universe
cosm
478
believe
cred
479
of or like
ic,id
480
Def - to persuade with false promises and flattery
cajole
481
Def - to explain in detail; to clarify
expound
482
Def - the work one is especially suited for; one's specialty ; an occupation
metier
483
Def - to refuse stubbornly or abruptly; to stop short and refuse to go on
balk
484
Def - disguised; pretending not to be oneself
incognito
485
Def - ill-natured, bitter hostility
acrimony
486
Def - stern and ill-humored
dour
487
Def - to annoy or harass
harry
488
Def - having unlimited knowledge; all-knowing
omniscient
489
Def - reasonable; capable of being carried out
feasible
490
Def - a complete, ridiculous failure
fiasco
491
Def - not easily understood; hard to fathom
inscrutable
492
Def - to rise and fall; to vary irregularly
fluctuate
493
Def - lack or energy; sluggishness
lethargy
494
Def - to rejoice; to feel triumphant
exult
495
Syn - coax; wheedle
cajole
496
Syn - elaborate
expound
497
Syn - forte
metier
498
Syn - hesitate; object
balk
499
Syn - animosity
acrimony
500
Syn - forbidding
dour
501
Syn - bother; pester
harry
502
Ant - dissuade; deter
cajole
503
Ant - muddle; confuse
expound
504
Ant - weakness
metier
505
Ant - agree; continue
balk
506
Ant -friendliness
acrimony
507
Ant - pleasant
dour
508
Ant - soothe
harry
509
Ant - unworkable
feasible
510
Ant - success
fiasco
511
Ant - stabilize
fluctuate
512
Ant - obvious; evident
inscrutable
513
Ant - vigor; vitality
lethargy
514
Syn - possible; doable
feasible
515
Syn - disaster
fiasco
516
Syn - enigmatic
inscrutable
517
Syn - waver; vacillate
fluctuate
518
Syn - torpor; lassitude
lethargy
519
Syn - celebrate
exult
520
field or farming
agri
521
full of
ous or ose
522
war
bell
523
baring or waging
gere
524
before
ante
525
study of
onomy
526
Ant - lush
sere
527
Ant - diminish; decrease
enhance
528
Ant - petty; mean
magnanimous
529
Ant - shameless; unrepentant
contrite
530
Ant - release
impound
531
Ant - fallible; blameworthy
impeccable
532
Ant - significant; meaningful
inane
533
Ant - tidy
frowzy
534
Syn - copy
emulate
535
Syn - conjure up; elicit
evoke
536
Syn - slovenly
frowzy
537
Syn - foolish; insipid
inane
538
Syn - immaculate; faultless; irreprochable
impeccable
539
Syn - desiccated; arid
sere
540
Syn - abhorrent; horrid
heinous
541
Syn - improve; heighten
enhance
542
Syn - oily
unctuous
543
Syn - generous
magnanimous
544
Syn - presume; suppose
postulate
545
Syn - repentant; remorseful
contrite
546
Syn - cooperate
collaborate
547
Syn - confiscate
impound
548
Def - dry and withered
sere
549
Def - hatefully or shockingly evil
heinous
550
Def - to increase the value or beauty of something
enhance
551
Def - exaggeratedly or insincerely polite
unctuous
552
Def - noble; generous in forgiving; free from petty feelings or acts
magnanimous
553
Def - to assume or claim as true, especially when arguing
postulate
554
Def - feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing
contrite
555
Def - to work with another towards a goal
collaborate
556
Def - to confine; to retain in legal custody
impound
557
Def - faultless; without sin or blemish
impeccable
558
Def - without sense or meaning; silly
inane
559
Def - someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country
expatriot
560
Def - unkempt
frowzy
561
Def - to summon forth
evoke
562
Def - to strive to be equal; to imitate
emulate
563
know or think
cogn
564
flesh
carn
565
eat
vor
566
not or in
in
567
again
re
568
Def - intentional deceit in speech or conduct
duplicity
569
Def - to falsely represent
belie
570
Def - amusing in an odd or whimsical way
droll
571
Def - to lessen in violence or intensity
abate
572
Def - performed with such ease and skill as to appear insincere
glib
573
Def - to detest; to hate strongly
abhor
574
Def - a fully trained and qualified worker
journeyman
575
Def - to distribute; to give out sparingly
dole
576
Def - readily changeable in form, shape or meaning
protean
577
Def - the whole range or extent
gamut
578
Def - conformity to accepted standards of conduct; proper behavior
decorum
579
Def - one who is outgoing; one who is energized rather than drained by interactions with others
extrovert
580
Def - to spread or transmit; especially by reproduction
propagate
581
Def - a crude dummy or image representing a hated person or group
effigy
582
Def - stern; severe; plain
austere
583
Syn - deception
duplicity
584
Syn - contradict; misrepresent
belie
585
Syn - quaint
droll
586
Syn - subside; decrease
abate
587
Syn - slick; artful
glib
588
Syn - despise; loath
abhor
589
Syn - versatile; mutable
protean
590
Syn - propriety
decorum
591
Syn - strict; unadorned
austere
592
Ant - luxurious; indulgent
austere
593
Ant - introvert
extrovert
594
Ant - inappropriateness
decorum
595
Ant - straightforwardness
duplicity
596
Ant - prove; show
belie
597
Ant - intensify; increase
abate
598
Ant - sincere
glib
599
Ant - love; adore
abhor
600
Ant - apprentice; neophyte
journeyman
601
Ant - hoard
dole
602
Ant - fixed
protean
603
break
fract and frag
604
time
chrono
605
the result of or product of the action
ment
606
ordered by
logical
607
back, again
re
608
ant - optimistic
sardonic
609
ant - certain; resolute
ambivalent
610
ant - affluent
destitiute
611
ant - indiscreet
demure
612
ant - cowardly
intrepid
613
ant - praise
affront
614
ant - unlettered; illiterate
erudite
615
ant - nadir
culmination
616
ant - dispute; differ
concur
617
syn - support; agree
concur
618
syn - rabble-rouser
demagogue
619
syn - educated
erudite
620
syn - offense; slight
affront
621
syn - apex
culmination
622
syn - shift; reorder
transpose
623
syn - cynical; sarcastic
sardonic
624
syn - uncertain; wavering
ambivalent
625
syn - impoverished; penniless
destitute
626
syn - prim
demure
627
syn - bold; fearless
intrepid
628
def - to change the order or place of, especially letters, words, or musical notes
transpose
629
def - a choice between two unpleasant or difficult options
dilemma
630
def - using scornful or mocking humor
sardonic
631
def - a student or recent graduate working as an apprentice while learning a job
intern
632
def - having opposing attitudes or feelings towards a person, thing, or idea; unable to decide
ambivalent
633
def - extremely poor; lacking necessities like food and shelter
destitiute
634
def - quiet and modest; reserved
demure
635
def - without fear; brave
intrepid
636
def - an outrageous insult; often public
affront
637
def - scholarly; learned
erudite
638
def - the highest pint of attainment; the end or climax
culmination
639
def - to tear apart violently
rend
640
def - a leader who appeals to citizens' emotions to obtain power
demagogue
641
def - to be of the same opinion; to agree with
concur
642
def - to try to persuade officials to support or reject a cause
lobby
643
faith or trust
fid
644
shape
form
645
create, make
crea
646
the act of
647
back or again
re
648
with
con
649
def - a student or recent graduate working as an apprentice while learning a job
intern
650
def - belief or trust
credence
651
def - to arrange into the proper order; especially documents
collate
652
def - an expert in matters of culture, food, or wine
connoisseur
653
def - polite and respectable in manner
genteel
654
def - a mystery; something seemingly inexplicable
enigma
655
def - excessively eager to deliver unasked for or unwanted help
officious
656
def - having a bad odor
fetid
657
def - having a buoyant, self-confident air; brisk and crisp
jaunty
658
def - to forgive or overlook an offense
condone
659
def - a state of sluggish mental or physical activity; a state of not caring
topor
660
def - to captivate as though spellbound
enthrall
661
def - one who merely dabbles in an art or a science
dilettante
662
def - capable of betraying trust, especially if bribed
venal
663
def - a slight or subtle degree of difference
nuance
664
def - an organized group of people with an obsessive devotion to a person or a set of principles
cult
665
syn - sect
cult
666
syn - gradation; shade
nuance
667
syn - corrupt; crooked
venal
668
syn - amateur; trifler
dilettante
669
syn - charm; enchant
enthrall
670
syn - apathy; indifference
torpor
671
syn - faith; confidence
credence
672
syn - organize; assemble
collate
673
syn - riddle; puzzle
enigma
674
syn - refined; cultured
genteel
675
syn - meddlesome; interfering
officious
676
syn - rank; reeking
fetid
677
syn - confident; poised
jaunty
678
syn - pardon; excuse
condone
679
ant - condemn
condone
680
ant - fragrant; aromatic
fetid
681
ant - boorish; rude
genteel
682
ant - tyro; novice; neophyte
connnoisseur
683
ant - disbelief
credence
684
ant - interest; eagerness
torpor
685
ant - repulse
enthrall
686
ant - expert; professional
dilettante
687
ant - upright; honest
venal
688
rule or govern or to be the first
arch
689
people
dem and demos
690
sen
mis and mit
691
one who practices or believes
ist
692
rule by
cracy
693
writing about or study of
graphy
694
def - to tell: to reveal
divulge
695
def - to assist or encourage, especially in wrongdoing
abet
696
def - an intense feeling of devotion or eagerness
ardor
697
def - arrogant and stubborn about one's beliefs
dogmatic
698
def - lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating
insipid
699
def - a natural leaning or tendency
proclivity
700
def - not essential; not constituting a vital part
extraneous
701
def - to force by using pressure intimidation, or threats
coerce
702
def - prejudiced; hostile
jaundiced
703
def - to block the passage of
occlude
704
def - extremely, sometimed excessively, careful about small details; precise
meticulous
705
def - recklessness; a foolish disregard of danger
temerity
706
def - a habitual, repetitive routine or pattern
rote
707
def - to credit as to the cause or the source
ascribe
708
def - sociable; fond of the company of others
gregarious
709
syn - unveil; disclose
divulge
710
syn - promote; incite
abet
711
syn - zeal
ardor
712
syn - dictatorial
dogmatic
713
syn - flat;lifeless
insipid
714
syn - propensity; inclination
proclivity
715
syn - irrelevant; superfluous
extraneous
716
syn - compel
coerce
717
syn - skeptical; cynical
jaundiced
718
syn - obstruct; impede
occlude
719
syn - fastidious
meticulous
720
syn - audacity
temerity
721
syn - genial; friendly
gregarious
722
ant - conceal
divulge
723
ant - impede; dissuade
abet
724
ant - indifference
ardor
725
ant - open-minded
dogmatic
726
ant - challenging
insipid
727
ant - apathy
proclivity
728
ant - essential; critical
extraneous
729
ant - believing; trusting
jaundiced
730
ant - advance; assist
occlude
731
ant - sloppy
meticulous
732
ant - prudence
temerity
733
ant - reclusive
gregarious
734
bad or evil
mal
735
good
bene
736
to speak
dict
737
to wish
vol
738
making or doing
fact
739
one who does
factor
740
def - to free someone from believing something false
disabuse
741
def - the act of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine
heresy
742
def - to check the accuracy of financial accounts and records
audit
743
def - made up of dissimilar parts; being of many colors
motley
744
def - a drink, especially an alcoholic one
libation
745
def - easy to teach or manage; obedient
docile
746
def - restless and impatient
restive
747
def - teasing; playful conversation
banter
748
def - to criticize or punish severly
castigate
749
def - a hated, repellent person or thing
anathema
750
def - lacking social graces; tactless
gauche
751
def - public shame, disgrace, or dishonor
ignominy
752
def - to hesitate nervously
dither
753
def - extremely thin, wasted away
emaciated
754
def - to be discontent as though yearning for something; to complain
repine
755
syn -enlighten; inform
disabuse
756
syn - inspect; examine
audit
757
syn - varied
motley
758
syn -intoxicant
libation
759
syn - submissive; compliant
docile
760
syn - edgy; jumpy
restive
761
syn - joshing; badinage; raillery
banter
762
syn - reprimand; chastise; scold
castigate
763
syn - abhorration; detestation
anathema
764
syn - awkward
gauche
765
syn - disgrace; infamy
ignominy
766
syn - vacillate; waver
dither
767
syn - withered
emaciated
768
syn - grumble; fret
repine
769
ant - plump; fattened
emaciated
770
ant - settle; conclude
dither
771
ant - renown; eminence; repute
ignominy
772
ant - graceful
gauche
773
ant - beloved
anathema
774
ant - lie; misinform
disabuse
775
ant - orthodoxy
heresy
776
ant - uniform; homogeneous; similar
motley
777
ant - unmanageable; willful
docile
778
ant - relaxed; calm
restive
779
ant - vituperation
banter
780
ant - praise
castigate
781
man
anthro
782
study of
ology
783
god or religion
theo
784
having the shape of
oid
785
shape
morph
786
not
a
787
government by
cracy
788
def - easily angered
irascible
789
def - wild and drunken
bacchanalian
790
def - foolishly sentimental; ridiculously emotional
maudlin
791
def - to turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority
extradite
792
def - stealthy; secretative
furtive
793
def - courage and determination
mettle
794
def - to combine into one
conflate
795
def - a professional soldier hired by a foreign army
mercenary
796
def - a strong defense or fort
bastion
797
def - greed; desire for wealth
avarice
798
def - to cast overboard; to discard
jettison
799
def - able to pay all debts and financial obligations
solvent
800
def - to banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent
ostracize
801
def - the equipment for a specific activity
tackle
802
def - numerous; large in quantity
copious
803
syn - irritable; ill-tempered
irascible
804
syn - mushy; hokey
maudlin
805
syn - deport
extradite
806
syn - surreptitious; sneaky
furtive
807
syn - nerve; spirit
mettle
808
syn - fuse; merge
conflate
809
syn - stronghold
bastion
810
syn - acquisitiveness
avarice
811
syn - deploy; throw away
jettison
812
syn - exile
ostricize
813
syn - gear; tools
tackle
814
syn - profuse; abundant
copious
815
ant - sparse
copious
816
ant - accept
ostracize
817
ant - retain
jettison
818
ant - largesse
avarice
819
ant - easygoing
irascible
820
ant - restrained
bacchanalian
821
ant - stoic
maudlin
822
ant - overt
furtive
823
ant - cowardice; fear
mettle
824
ant - divide; split
conflate
825
ant - volunteer
mercenary
826
hear
aud
827
grass, weed
herb
828
cut or kill
cis and cide
829
see
vis and vid
830
able
ible and able
831
into
in
832
def - feeling gloomy or hopeless
despondent
833
def - the formal or official way of correctly doing something
protocol
834
def - honest and straightforward; blunt
candid
835
def - extreme, chauvinistic patriotism, often favoring an aggressive, war like policy
jingoism
836
def - to make right; to correct
redress
837
def - special words or phrases used by a specific group of people
argot
838
def - to calm; to make satisfied (often only temporarily)
appease
839
def - harsh sounding; grating
strident
840
def - complete disorder
chaos
841
def - to erase or eliminate
expunge
842
def - one who is intolerant of differences in others
bigot
843
def - to enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity
augment
844
def - requiring exhaustive effort; laborious
toilsome
845
def - careless neglect, often resulting in injury
negligence
846
def - lack of basic life necessities; extreme poverty
privation
847
syn - impoverishment; penury
privation
848
syn - carelessness
negligence
849
syn - grueling; arduous
toilsome
850
syn - expand; supplement
augment
851
syn - racist; extremist
bigot
852
syn - dejected; dismal
despondent
853
syn - custom; code
protocol
854
syn - frank; direct
candid
855
syn - rectify; amend
redress
856
syn - jargon
argot
857
syn - shrill
strident
858
syn - mollify
appease
859
syn - confusion; jumble
chaos
860
syn - obliterate
expunge
861
ant - joyful; buoyant
despondent
862
ant - evasive
candid
863
ant - exacerbate; worsen
redress
864
ant - aggravate
appease
865
ant - soothing
strident
866
ant - order; harmony
chaos
867
ant - add
expunge
868
ant - narrow; reduce
augment
869
ant - easy; effortless
toilsome
870
ant - care; attention
negligence
871
ant - wealth; luxury
privation
872
change or other
alter
873
self
ego
874
large
mega
875
city or state
polis
876
centered on
centris
877
syn - custom; code
protocol
878
def - followers or servants who accompany an important person
retinue
879
def - inequality; difference
disparity
880
def - to praise highly
extol
881
def - to force someone into military service
conscript
882
def - extreme hatred or ill will
rancor
883
def - merciful; lenient
clement
884
def - free from restrictions
unfettered
885
def - unyielding; firm in opinion
adamant
886
def - to credit with cause or fault
impute
887
def - lacking in self-confidence; shy
diffident
888
def - professes but not necessarily true
ostensible
889
def - unrelenting; unavoidable
inexorable
890
def - a worn-out idea or overused expression
cliche
891
def - a creative work, especially a numbered composition
opus
892
def - to talk pointlessly and at length
prate
893
syn - prattle; yak
prate
894
syn - platitude; banality
cliche
895
syn - relentless; certain
inexorable
896
syn - supposed
ostensible
897
syn - timid
diffident
898
syn - entourage; cortege
retinue
899
syn - gap
disparity
900
syn - exalt; laud
extol
901
syn - animosity; enmity
rancor
902
syn - forbearing; benign
clement
903
syn - free; unrestrained
unfettered
904
syn - stubborn
adamant
905
syn - attribute; ascribe
impute
906
ant - similarity
disparity
907
ant - chastise
extol
908
ant - amity; sympathy
rancor
909
ant - malevolent; harsh
clement
910
ant - restricted
unfettered
911
ant - amenable; flexible
adamant
912
ant - outgoing
diffident
913
ant - actual
ostensible
914
ant - avoidable; preventable
inexorable
915
around, on all sides
circum
916
to sail, to steer
naviga
917
in, within, inside of
intro
918
to see, to look at
spec, spect
919
to turn
ver, vers
920
speaking
locu
921
outside
extro