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apparel
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(n.) clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration;
(v.) to put on clothes; dress up |
Syn: (n.)attire, garments; (v.)deck out
Ant: (v.)undress, unclothe, strip, denude |
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douse
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(v.) to plundge into a liquid, drench: to put out quickly, extinguish
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Syn: submerge, soak, dunk, inmmerse
Ant: dry out, dehydrate, kindle, ignite |
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famished
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(adj.) suffering severly from hunger or from lack of something
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Syn: hungry, starving, ravenous
Ant: well fed, full, satisfied, satiated |
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immense
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(adj) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement
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Syn: vast, enormous, immeasurable, gigantic
Ant: small, tiny, minute, infinitesimal |
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inept
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(adj) totally without skill or appropriateness
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Syn: clumsy, unskilled, bungling, incompetent
Ant: skillful, accomplished, adroit |
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ingenious
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(adj) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever
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Syn: imaginative, inventive, resourceful
Ant: unimaginative, unoriginal, uninventive |
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instantaneous
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(adj) done in an instant; immediate
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Syn: prompt, quick, speedy
Ant: delayed, slow, gradual |
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irk
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(v.) to annoy, trouble, make weary
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Syn: bother, irritate, vex
Ant: please, delight, cheer, gladden |
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misgiving
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(n.) a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty
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Syn: worry, qualm, hesitation
Ant: feeling of confidence, assurance |
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recede
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(v.) to go or move backward; to become more distant
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Syn: retreat, go back, back up, ebb
Ant: advance, come closer |
