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Abet
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(V) To encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy) Ant: hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate |
To allow a man in his condition to get behind the wheel of a car is a potential crime. |
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Aver
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(V) To affirm, declare confidently Syn: assert, asseverate, avouch Ant: deny, repudiate, disclaim |
I will aver your fitness to do the work to any prospective employer who inquires |
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Blatant
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(Adj) Noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense Syn: flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud Ant: inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty |
Your comments showed a blatant disregard for my feelings. |
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Broach
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(V) To bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the water; to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce (a keg or cask) in order to draw off liquid (N) A spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks |
(V) She opted not to broach the subject of the moldy smell in the bedroom for fear of insulting her hosts. |
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Buttress
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(V) To support, prop up, strengthen Syn: bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up Ant: undermine, weaken, impair (N) A supporting structure |
(V) He has read so widely that he can produce facts to buttress any argument he advances. (N) I had to add buttresses on either side of my rickety shed to keep it from collapsing. |
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Carousal
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(N) Noisy revelry or merrymaking Syn: binge, jamboree |
Vikings are notorious for having enjoyed a carousal after each of their battles. |
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Collate
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(V) To compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for some specific purpose Syn: sort out, cross-check |
We decided to collate the recipes according to how complicated they are. |
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Connoisseur
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(N) An expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts Syn: savant, pundit Ant: ignoramus, philistine |
She was a connoisseur of both music and film. |
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Disconsolate
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(Adj) Deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation Syn: grief-stricken, inconsolable Ant: cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty |
Macbeth hardly seems disconsolate when his wife dies; instead, he bluntly says he has no time to grieve. |
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Encumber
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(V) To weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder Syn: overload, clog Ant: unburden, unload, relieve |
I feared that joining another club would encumber me with too many obligations. |
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Foment
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(V) To promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm Syn: instigate, incite, stir up Ant: quell, quash, squelch, suppress |
Toward the end of the film, the peasant leader attempts to foment a storming of the scientist's castle. |
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Grisly
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(Adj) Frightful, horrible, ghastly Syn: gruesome, gory Ant: pleasant, delightful |
Katherine Anne Porter's Pale Horse, Pale Rider reveals the grisly effects of the influenza virus during the epidemic that followed World War I. |
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Herculean
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(Adj) (capital H) relating to Hercules; (lowercase h) very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength Syn: mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous Ant: puny, Lilliputian, bantam |
We saw that getting the huge desk up the stairs would require a herculean effort. |
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Impassive
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(Adj) Showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless Syn: emotionless, stoical, insensible Ant: emotional, passionate, excitable |
Since nervous laughter is the sign of an inexperienced actor, I tried to adopt an impassive expression on stage. |
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Inauspicious
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(Adj) Unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future Syn: unpropitious, unpromising, untimely Ant: propitious, favorable |
Our road trip got off to an inauspicious start when we ran out of gas within five miles of home. |
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Incontrovertible
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(Adj) Unquestionable, beyond dispute Syn: incontestable, indisputable, indubitable Ant: debatable, dubious, open to question |
The document was remarkable for its tact yet also incontrovertible in its facts. |
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Nonplussed
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(Adj) Puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss Syn: perplexed, stumped, flabbergasted Ant: poised, confident, assured |
She thought she was prepared for all contingencies, but she was nonplussed by the turn of events. |
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Opportune
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(Adj) Suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occurring at an appropriate time Syn: timely, appropriate, felicitous Ant: untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate |
If you intend to give that dog a bath, you had better pick an opportune moment, and then pounce! |
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Prolific
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(Adj) Abundantly productive; abundant, profuse Syn: fruitful, fecund, proliferous Ant: barren, unproductive, sterile, sparse |
Haydn was a more prolific composer than Mozart, in part because he lived much longer. |
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Rejoinder
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(N) A reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit Syn: reply, response, riposte, retort |
When he explained where he had been and what he had done, her rejoinder was sharp and critical. |
