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(v) to courrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
Hospitals take striict precautions to assure that nothing adulterate the blood supply. syn. contaminate,pollute, sully ant. purify purge expurgate |
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(adj) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical
Occasionally a teacher will come across a child who displays ambidextrous ablities when taught to write. syn. versatile,facile ant. clusmy, all thumbs, maladroit |
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(v) to make larger, increase
Many couples have to augment their income in order to pay their mortgage ona new home. syn. enlarge, supplment, amplify ant. decrease, diminsh |
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(adj.part.)deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
Individals who live to be very old may eventually find themselves completley bereft of friends and family syn. bereaved ants. replete, well provided |
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(v) to position or arrange, to utilize, to form up
Abugle call is a signal use to deploy troops for inspection, parade, or battle synstation, organize |
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(adj) stern, unyielding gloomy, ill-humored
Dicken's Mr. Gradgrind in the novel Hard Times is an exaple of a character with a dour and sullen expression syn. harsh, bleak, forbidding ant. cheery, genial |
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(n) courage in racing aitticultres
The residents of Mississippi delta showed remarkable foritiude during and after the flood that destroyed there homes and businesses. syn. reslove ant. fearfulness |
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