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Acrimonious
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stinging, bitter in temper or tone
Syn: biting,caustic,rancorous,hostile, peevish Ant: gentle,warm,mild,friendly,cordial |
She whirled to face me when I spoke, and her answer startled me by its acrimonious bluntness.
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Bovine
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resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
Syn: stolid,dull,slow,stupid Ant: alert,sharp,bright,keen,quick |
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Consternation
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dismay, confusion
Syn: shock,amazement,bewilderment, dismay Ant: calm,composure,aplomb |
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Corpulent
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fat; having a large, bulky body
Syn: overweight,heavy,obese,stout, portly Ant: slender,lean,spare,gaunt, emanciated |
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Disavow
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to deny responsibility for or connection with
Syn: disown,disclaim,retract,abjure Ant: acknowledge,admit,grant,certify |
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Dispassionate
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impartial;calm, free from emotion
Syn: unbiased,disinterested,cool, detached Ant: committed,engaged,partial,biased |
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Dissension
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disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
Syn: strife,discord,contention Ant: agreement,accord, harmony |
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Dissipate
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to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel;to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure
Syn: disperse,strew,diffuse, waste ANt: gather,collect,conserve, husband |
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Expurgate
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to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify
Syn:purge,censor, bowdlerize |
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Gauntlet
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an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person force to run bwtn them; an ordeal
Syn: dare,provocation,trial, punishment |
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Hypothetical
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based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation
Syn: assumed,supposed,conjectural, conditional Ant: actual,real,tested, substantiated |
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Ignoble
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mean, low, base
Syn: inferior,unworthy,dishonorable, sordid Ant: admirable,praiseworthy,lofty, noble |
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Impugn
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to call into question; to attack as false
Syn: challenge,deny,dispute,query, question Ant: confirm,prove,verify, validate |
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Intemperate
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immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement
Syn: excessive,extreme,unrestrained, inordinate Ant: moderate,restrained, cool and collected |
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Odium
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hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
Syn: abhorrence,opprobrium,shame, ignominy Ant: esteem,admiration, approbation |
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Perfidy
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faithlessness, treachery
Syn: betrayal,disloyalty,treason, duplicity Ant: faithfulness,loyalty, steadfastness |
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Relegate
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to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
Syn: transfer,consign,demote, exile Ant: promote,elevate,advance, recall |
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Squeamish
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inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined
Syn: nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish |
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Subservient
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subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end
Syn: secondary,servile,obsequious, useful Ant: primary,principal,bossy, domineering |
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Susceptible
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open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance
Syn: vulnerable,receptive, impressionable Ant: resistant, immune |
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