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savant
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a learned person; a scholar
Antonym: dolt |
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fallow
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plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated
characterized by inactivity: a fallow gold market Antonym: productive |
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bountiful
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giving freely and generously; liberal
marked by abundance |
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mete
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to distribute by or as if by measure; allot:
mete out justice; mete out punishment |
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requiem
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rest from an arduous task
requiem for a heavy-weight Antonym: reign (time spent in power) |
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cajole
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to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax; encourage
Antonym: belittle |
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censure
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strong disapproval or criticism
Antonym: sanction |
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noisome
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foul-smelling
noxious; harmful to health Antonym: salubrious |
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illustrious
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highly distinguished; renowned; famous:
an illustrious leader Antonym: ignoble |
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deign
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to condescend; to disdain
He wouldn't deign to greet the servant who opened the door. Antonym: laud |
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whet
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to make keen or eager; stimulate:
to whet the appetite; to whet the curiosity Antonym: blunt |
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upshot
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the final result; the outcome
central point or gist What was the final upshot of that affair? |
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document
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to attest to, or supply evidence
Antonym: gainsay |
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gainsay
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to deny;
to contradict |
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bolt
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to move quickly and suddenly
Antonym: linger |
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blarney
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Smooth, flattering talk; cajolery
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portly
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heavy or fat; stout; corpulent
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nonpareil
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Having no equal; peerless
The team's nonpareil center fielder Antonym: ordinary |
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obeisance
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deference or homage
obeisance to the king |
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bustle
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To move or cause to move energetically and busily
Antonym: linger |
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exhaustive
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comprehensive; thorough
Antonym: incomplete |
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pique
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To provoke; arouse: The portrait piqued her curiosity
Antonym: gratify |
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arbitrate
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To judge or decide in or as in the manner of an arbitrator:
arbitrate a dispute between neighbors. Antonym: disregard |
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transitory
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lasting only a short time; brief; short-lived; temporary
Antonym: indefinite |
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sundry
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various or diverse
sundry items Antonym: nonexistant |
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oppugn
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to call in question; dispute
Antonym: aver |
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pied
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having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals: a pied horse
Antonym: uniform |
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assay
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to examine or analyze: to assay a situation; to assay an event.
Antonym: equivocate |
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genteel
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polite; elegant
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conspicuous
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easy to notice; obvious
Attracting attention, as by being unusual or remarkable; noticeable Antonym: banal |
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vitreous
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clear; resembling glass
Antonym: obscure |
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hew
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To strike or cut; cleave;
to split, as with an axe Antonym: confederate |
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confederate
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to unite in a league, alliance, or conspiracy
Antonym: hew |
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encumber
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To put a heavy load on; burden: a hiker who was encumbered with a heavy pack;
To hinder or impede the action or performance of: restrictions that encumber police work Antonym: aggrandize |
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muckrake
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To search for and expose misconduct in public life
Antonym: secrete |
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secrete
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to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.
to discharge |
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forsake
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to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
Antonym: abet |
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flagitious
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shamefully wicked; criminal; vicious
Antonym: meritorious |
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incommode
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to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
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epigrammatic
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clever; witty
Antonym: insipid |
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bestir
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to cause to become active; rouse: finally bestirred himself to look for work
Antonym: saunter |
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bowdlerize
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To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from
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cynosure
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center of attention or admiration
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gamut
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the entire scale or range: the gamut of dramatic emotion from grief to joy
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ostracize
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banish; to exclude from a society
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quisling
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traitor
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adjudicate
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To hear and settle (a case) by judicial procedure
Antonym: ignore |
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facile
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Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy
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seminal
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creative; highly original; far-reaching
Antonym: stifling |
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garrote
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to strangle
Antonym: emancipate |
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manumit
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to release from slavery or servitude; emancipate
Antonym: indenture |
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preside
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To possess or exercise authority or control
Antonym: defer |
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demure
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Modest and reserved in manner or behavior; prim
Antonym: wanton |
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maidenly
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virtuous; honest
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protagonist
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The main character in a drama or other literary work
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browbeat
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bully
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galvanize
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to stimulate to action
galvanize the troops |
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stoke
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To stir up and feed (a fire or furnace)
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hedonist
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a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification
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unstinting
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very generous
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throng
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a crowd
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hector
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to harass; bully; torment
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scruple
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hesitate on moral grounds; to have doubts
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rapture
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ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy
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enmity
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hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; dislike; rudeness
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secede
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withdraw from an organization or communion
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immaculate
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Impeccably clean; spotless; free from error
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dragoon
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to force by oppressive measures; coerce:
The authorities dragooned the peasants into leaving their farms. |
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comity
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mutual courtesy; civility
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waylay
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wait in hiding to attack; ambush
"to prevent advancement" |
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sirocco
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dust storm
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enjoin
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To direct or order to do something
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salvo
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round of fire given as a salute
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disquietude
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Worried unease; anxiety
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inspirit
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To instill courage or life into
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libertarian
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a person who advocates liberty
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mince
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To moderate or restrain (words) for the sake of politeness and decorum; euphemize: Don't mince words: say what you mean.
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patent
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readily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious: a patent breach of good manners.
patently obvious |
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manifest
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Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious; evident
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bemuse
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to bewilder or confuse (someone)
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stupefy
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to confuse to the point of numbness
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cimmerian
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very dark or gloomy
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sacrilegious
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Grossly irreverent toward what is or is held to be sacred
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heuristic
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encouraging a person to learn, discover, understand, or solve problems on his or her own
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austral
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relating to the south
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temper
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To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate
tempered steel mitigate |
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foible
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minor weakness or failing of character
base |
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debonair
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courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm: a debonair gentleman.
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smite
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to attack; torment; strike a blow
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draconian
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Exceedingly harsh; very severe: a draconian legal code
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jaded
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To wear out, as by overuse or overindulgence
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cloyed
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To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit.
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cormorant
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Greedy; rapacious
cormorant appetite |
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docile
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easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse
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