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Amnesty
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A general pardon for an offense against a government;any act of forgiveness or abslution
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act of absolution
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Autonomy
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self- government, political control
Syn: home rule Ant: dependence, subjection, colonial status |
home rule
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Axiomatic
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self- evident, expressing a universally accepted priniciple or rule
Syn: taken for granteed Ant: questionable, dubious, controversial |
expressing a rule
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Blazon
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to adorn (enhance) or embellish; to display conspicuously (obviously; to publish or proclaim widely Syn: broadcast, trumpet
Ant: hide, conceal, cover up, bury |
to blaze or broadcast
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Caveat
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a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourge behavior
Syn: admonition, word to the wise |
"No stop"
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Equitable
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fair, just, embodying principles of justice
Syn: right, reasonable, evenhanded Ant: unjust, unfair, one- sided, disproportionate |
equal
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Extricate
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to freee from entanglements, or difficulties; to remove with efford
Syn: disentangle, extract, disengage Ant: enmesh, entangle, involve |
to set free
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Filch
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to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts
Syn: pilfer, purloin, swipe |
to take what isn't yours
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Flout
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to mock, treat with contempt
Syn: scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn Ant: obey, honor, revere, uphold |
to make fun of
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Fractious
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tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable
Syn: refractory(resistant to authority) recalcitrant(stubborn), peevish Ant: docile, tractable, cooperative |
someone who is touble or starts it
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Precept
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a rule of conduct or action
Syn: principle, maxim(rule of conduct) |
"Do on to others as you would want them to do on to you"
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Salutary
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beneficial, helpful;healthful, wholesome
Syn: salubrious(favorable to health), curative(tending to cure) Ant: detrimental(damage), deleterious(harmful), pernicious(deadly) |
to be healthy
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Scathing
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bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm
Syn: searing, harsh, ferocous, savage Ant: bland mild |
a bee sting does what to your feelings
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Scourge
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(v) to whip, punish severely; (n) a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or critism
Syn: (v) flog, beat; (n) bane, plague, pestilence Ant: (n) godsend, boon, blessing |
to badly punish or a punishment, cause of suffering
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Sepulchral
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funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
Syn: doleful, lugubrious, mortuary |
a funereal makes you what?
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Striaghtlaced
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extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical
Syn: highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy Ant: lax, loose, indulgent, permissive,dissolute |
daddy is this sometimes
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Soporific
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(adj)tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n) something that induces sleep
Syn:(n) narcotic, anesthetic Ant:(adj)stimulating; (n) stimulant, stimulus |
to be sleepy
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Transient
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(adj) lasting only a short time, fleeting;(n)one who stays only a short time
Syn: (adj)impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent Ant:(adj)permanent, imperishable, immortal |
temporally
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Unwiedly
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not easily carried, handled, or managed, because of size or complexity
Syn: cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical Ant: manageable, easy to handled |
hard to carry
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Vapid
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dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
Syn: insipid, lifeless, colorless Ant: zesty, spicy, savory, colorful, lively |
boring
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