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APPAREL


(n.) Clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration; (v) to put clothes on, dress up



synonyms: (n.) attire, garments; (v) deck out



antonyms: (v) undress, unclothe, strip, denude


BESIEGE


(v.) to attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble



synonyms: blockade, encircle, pressure, hound


COMPRESS


(v.) to press together; to reduce in size or volume; (n.) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury



synonym: (v.) condense, shrink, shorten.



antonym: (v.) enlarge, swell

DENOUNCE


(v.) to condemn openly; to accuse formally



synonym: (v.) criticize, censure



antonym: hail, acclaim

DISPATCH


(v.) to send off or out for a purpose; to kill; (n.) an official message; promptness, speed; the act of kililng



synonyms: (v.) slay; (n.) report, communication



antonyms: (v.) recall, withhold

DOUSE

(v.) to plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish



synonyms: submerge, soak, dunk, immerse



antonyms: dry out, dehydrate, kindle ignite

EXPRESSLY

(adv.) plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose



synonyms: pointedly, explicitly



antonyms: implicitly, accidentally

FAMISHED

(adj., part.) suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something



synonyms: hungry, starving ravenous



antonyms: well fed, full, satisfied, satiated

FORSAKE



(v.) to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon



synonyms: desert, disown



antonyms: keep, hold on to, stand by

GAINFUL




(adj.) profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage



synonyms: moneymaking, paying



antonyms: unprofitable, nonpaying

IMMENSE



(adj.) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement



synonyms: vast, immeasurable, gigantic



antonyms: small, tiny, minute, infinitesimal

INEPT


(adj.) totally without skill or appropriateness



synonyms: clumsy, unskilled, incompetent



antonyms: skillful, accomplished, adroit

INGENIOUS


(adj.) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever



synonyms: imaginative, resourceful



antonyms: unimaginative, unoriginal, uninventive

INSTANTANEOUS


(adj.) done in an instant; immediate



synonyms: prompt, quick, speedy



antonyms: delayed, slow, gradual

IRK


(v.) to annoy, trouble, make weary



synonyms: bother, irritate, vex



antonyms: please, delight, cheer

LIBEL


(n.)a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made: (v.) to write or publish such a statement



synonyms: (n.) slur; (v.) smear, defame

MISGIVING


(n.) a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty



synonyms: worry, qualm, hesitation



antonyms: feeling of confidence, assurance

OAF


(n.) a stupid person, a big, clumsy, slow individual



snynonyms: bonehead, dunce, clod, lout


RECEDE


(v.) to go or move backward; to become more distant



synonyms: retreat, go back, back up



antonyms: advance, come closer

REPAST

(n.) a meal, food



synonyms: victuals