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Adverse
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-Acting against or contrary to direction.
Against one's interest Syn: Contrary, Harmful, unfavorable |
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Alacrity
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: promptness in response : cheerful readiness
Quick, cheerful response |
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Amicable
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Characterized by Friendly Goodwill
Syn: Peaceable |
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Anathema
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one that is cursed by the church.
Highly disliked or loathed. Ban or curse by the church Syn: Curse, Ban |
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Ascend
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The move upward.
The slope upward. To move from a lower degree to a higher. To succeed to. Syn: Arise, Soar, Climb |
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Astute
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Having or showing shrewdness or an acute mental vision or discernment.
Syn: Shrewd, Hardheaded, savvy |
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Avid
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Desirous to the point of greed
Characterized by enthusiasm and a vigorous pursuit. Syn: acquisitive, greedy, coveting |
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Bagatelle
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Trifle: Something of little value
A short literary or musical piece in light style Syn; Trifle, nonproblem, triviality, nothing |
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Banal
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Lacking originality, freshness or novelty.
Trite:boring from much use. Syn: flat, trite |
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Bedlam
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Obselete.
Madman, lunatic A place, scene or state of uproar and confusion Syn: Asylum, Madhouse |
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Besmirch
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to sully or soil.
Syn: to blacken or to dirty. |
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Bevy
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A large group or collection
A group of animals, especially quails. |
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Bona Fide
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Made in good faith, without fraud nor deceit
Made with earnest intent neither specious nor counterfeit |
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Burgeon
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To send forth new growth
To grow and expand rapidly Syn: Flourish, Bloom, Sprout |
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Cognizant
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knowledgeable of something, especially through personal experience
Syn: Aware, conscious, mindful |
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Desist
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To cease to proceed or act.
To bring to an immediate end. |
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Diatribe
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A long angry speech or scolding. Abusive bitter speech or writing
Ironic or satirical criticism Syn: Rant |
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Doleful
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causing grieve or affliction
Full of grief or expressing grive Syn: Cheerless, Sad |
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Dregs
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To most undesirable part( of society or something)
The last remaining part Sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated from it. Syn: |
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Duress
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Forcible restraint or restriction
Compulsion by threat (Under duress) Syn: Coercion, pressure |
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Effigy
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An image or representation, especially of a person
Syn: |
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Forthwith
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Instantaneously, Immediately
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Egregious
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Conspicuously bad. Flagrant
Openly and plainly Bad Syn: Blatant, obvious gross or bad. |
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Emaciated
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To waste away physically
To cause to lose flesh or to become very thin. |
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Eschew
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To avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds.
Syn:Avoid, Elude, get around. |
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Euphemism
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To substitute an offensive word with an agreeable and inoffensive word.
(Can be thought of using a politically correct word) |
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Exacerbate
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To make more violent, bitter or severe.
To worsen a situation Syn: Aggravate, Complicate, Worsen |
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Expunge
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To eliminate completely from one's memory
To destroy To strike out, obliterate or mark for deletion Syn: blot out, cancel, erase |
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Flinty
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Stern, unyielding. (Did not flint)
Syn: Stern, Tough |
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Furtive
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Done by stealth
expressive of stealth Syn: Sneaky, sly, shady |
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Gesticulate
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To make gestures, especially when speaking
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Harbinger
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One that pioneers or initiates change
one that foreshadows what is to come. Syn: Forerunner |
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Haven
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A place of safety
A place offering favorable opportunities and conditions. Syn: refuge, harbor |
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Histrionics
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Theatrical performances
Deliberate display of emotion for effect |
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Imminent
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Ready to take place
something that is about to happen anytime soon. |
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Implacable
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not capable of being appeased.
not easily tolerant |
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Implore
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To call upon in supplication
To call or pray for earnestly Syn: Entreat, beseech |
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Importune
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To press or urge with troublesome persistence
To beg urgently Syn: implore, beseech |
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Impunity
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exemption for freedom from punishment, harm or loss.
Syn: immunity |
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Inane
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lacking significance, meaning or point
Syn: meaningless, pointless |
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Inchoate
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Being only partly in existence or operation
imperfectly formed or formulated Syn: nascent, incoherent opposite of "Full-fledge" |
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Incipient
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beginning to come in to being or to become apparent
Syn: nascent, early stages |
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Indigent
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suffering from extreme porverty
lacking in something specified Syn: deficient, destitute |
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Inert
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Lacking the power to move
Very slow to more or act deficient in active properties Syn: sluggish, dormant |
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Inundate
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To cover with a flood;Overflow
To overwhelm Syn: engulf |
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Incisive
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impressively direct and decisive
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Inveigh
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To protest or complain bitterly or vehemently.
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Jaunty
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Sprightly in manner or appearance; lively
Elegant or graceful in manner or appearance Syn: Genteel, spirited, lively |
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Loathe
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To dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance.
Syn: Abhor |
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Lurid
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Causing horror or revulsion
wan and ghastly pale in appearance Syn: shocking, gruesome |
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Meticulous
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Marked by extreme or excessive care in the treatment of details
Syn: Careful, conscientious |
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Mundane
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of, relating to, or characteristic of the world.
Characterized by the practical and ordinary Syn: commonplace, everyday |
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Nefarious
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Flagrantly wicked or impious.
Blatantly Evil Syn: Evil, villainous, dark, vile |
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Nuance
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A subtle distinction or variation
A slight difference A subtle quality |
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Obviate
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To anticipate and prevent(situation)
To make unnecessary(action) Syn: Avert, prevent |
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Overt
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Open to view
In plain sight |
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Paucity
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Smallness of number
Smallness of quantity Syn: drought, famine, shortage |
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Perfunctory
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Characterized by routine or superficiality
Lacking in interest or enthusiasm Syn: nonchalant, uninterested, uncurious |
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Pernicious
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Highly injurious or destructive
Syn: Deadly, damaging, hurtful |
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Peruse
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To examine or consider with attention or in detail
To read/look over in an attentive or leisurely manner. Syn: study, Pore(over) |
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Phlegmatic
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resembling, consisting of, or producing humor
Having a slow and stolid(unemotional) temperament Syn:Emotionless, cold-blooded |
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Plethora
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condition marked by excess blood and florid complexion
Excess, abundance, superabundance, wealth |
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Poignant
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painfully affecting the feelings
pleasurably stimulating being to the point Syn: Impactful, stirring |
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Precipitate
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To fall headlong
To bring about especially abruptly To throw violently To move or act with violent and unwise speed. Syn: Pour, rain |
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Premise
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something assumed or taken for granted
To suppose beforehand Syn:given, hypothetical |
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Privation
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The state of being Deprived. An act or stance of deprivation.
Syn: loss, deprivation |
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Propitious
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being a good omen or sign
-tending to favor -favorably disposed Syn: Benevolent, advantageous |
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Pugnacious
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having a quarrelsome or combative nature.
Syn: aggressive, argumentative, militant. belligerent |
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Raze
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To scrape, cut, or shave off'
To destroy to the ground Syn: Demolish, annihilate |
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Remuneration
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An act or fact of paying an equivalent to for service, loss or expense
Something that remunerates Syn: Recompense, compensate |
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Replete
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fully or abundantly provided or filled.
-Abundantly fed |
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Repudiate
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To divorce or separate formally from
-To refuse to have anything to do with -To refuse to accept, esp. as unauthorized or having no binding force Syn: Disown, contradict, reject |
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Reticent
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inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech
-restrained in expression, presentation or appearance Syn:close-mouthed, dark |
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Sally
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An action of rushing or bursting forth
To leap out or burst forth suddenly -A brief outbreak -A venture of the beaten path. Syn: excursion, set-out, depart |
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Sanguine
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-Having the color of blood
Having temperament with characteristics of sturdiness, high color and cheerful ness Syn: -Bloodthirsty, homicidal, murderous |
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Corroborate
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To Support with Evidence or authority, Make more certain
Syn: authenticate, certify, verify |
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Sinecure
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an office or position that requires little work and that usually provides an income.
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