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Adverse
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unfavorable, negative, working against, hostile
SYN: difficult, trying ANT: Favorable, positive, helpful, beneficial |
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Arid
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extremely dry; uninteresting, dull.
SYN: waterless, parched, boring, unimaginative ANT: waterlogged, soggy fertile, lush |
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Assailant
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a person who attacks violently (with blows or words
SYN: assaulter, attacker, mugger ANT: victim, prey, injured party |
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Billow
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A large wave; to rise or swell like a wave.
SYN: breaker, surge, bulge, ballon ANT: trough, deflate,collapse |
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Confront
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to meet face to face, especially as a challenge,come to grips with.
SYN: face, encounter ANT: avoid, evade, sidestep |
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Constrain
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to force, compel; to restrain, hold back.
SYN: pressure, restrict, confine, limit ANT: loosen, liberate, ungetter, relax |
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Contemporary
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belonging to the same period of time as as oneself. a person of the same time.
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