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applaud cheer, root

appoint designate, name, nominate, tap appreciate value, prize, esteem, treasure, cherish apprehend comprehend, understand, grasp apprehension foreboding, presentiment, misgiving appropriate arrogate, commandeer, confiscate, preempt, usurp approve endorse, sanction, certify, accredit, ratify arbitrary capricious, whimsical area region, belt, zone, district, locality argue quarrel, wrangle, squabble, bicker argument dispute, controversy argumentative combative, contentious, disputatious, quarrelsome, scrappy arrange marshal, order, organize, sort, systematize [DISARRANGE] art craft, expertise, knack, know-how, technique artifice trick, ruse, wile, feint, stratagem, maneuver, dodge artificial synthetic, ersatz, simulated ask question, inquire, query, interrogate, examine, quiz assent agree, accede, acquiesce, consent, concur, subscribe assert asseverate, declar, affirm, aver, avow assign allot, apportion, allocate assistant aide, coadjutant, helper, lieutenant, second attack bombard, assail, storm, assault, beset attribute ascribe, impute, credit, assign, refer authentic bona fide, genuine, real, true, undoubted, unquestionable authorize accredit, commission, empower, license average medium, mediocre, fair, middling, indifferent, tolerable aware cognizant, conscious, sensible, awake, alert, watchful, vigilant awkward clumsy, maladroit, inept, gauche, ungainly bad evil, wicked balance equilibrium, equipoise, poise band company, corps, party, troop, troupe banish exile, expatriate, deport, transport, extradite banter chaff, josh, kid, rag, razz, rib bargain compact, contract, covenant, deal barrage bombard, pepper, shower base basis, foundation, ground, groundwork batter maim, mangle, maul, mutilate be breathe, exist, live, subsist bear endure, stand, abide, suffer, tolerate bearing manner, demeanor, mien, presence beautiful lovely, pretty, handsome, comely, fair beg crave, beseech, implore, entreat, importune begin commence, start, initiate, inaugurate beginning birth, dawn, genesis, nascence, rise behavior conduct, deportment belief credence, credit, faith belligerent bellicose, pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome

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bend crook, curve, round beneficial profitable, advantageous benefit capitalize, profit benevolent charitable, ellemosynary, philanthropic

besiege beleaguer, blockade, invest, siege bet ante, pot, stake, wager bias color, jaundice, prejudice, warp binge fling, jag, orgy, spree bite champ, gnaw bitter acerbic, acrid blackball blacklist, boycott, ostracize [ADMIT] blackout faint, swoon, syncope blame fault, guilt blameworthy blamable, blameful, censurable, culpable, guilty, reprehensible blast blight, dash, nip, wreck blaze flame, flare, flash, glare, incandescence, glow blemish imperfection, fault, defect, flaw blink nictitate, twinkle, wink block hide, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud bloody gory, sanguinary, sanguineous bloom blossom, efflorescence, florescence, flower, flush, prime blunder bumble, flounder, lumber, lurch, stumble boast brag, crow, vaunt bodily corporal, corporeal, fleshly, physical, somatic body corpse, carcass, cadaver boil simmer, seethe, stew bombast rant, fustian, claptrap, rodomontade bonus bounty, subsidy, premium, prize, reward, gratuity book bespeak, engage, reserve boor barbarian, churl, lout, vulgarian, yahoo border margin, edge, verge, brink, rim, brim boredom ennui, tedium [AMUSEMENT] boring monotonous, tedious, irksome, tiresome, handrum botch blow, bungle, fumble, muff boundary border, frontier, limit bouquet nosegay, posy branch arm, fork, offshoot brave courageous, fearless, intrepid, bold, audacious, valient, valorous, doughty, mettlesome, plucky, dauntless, undaunted brawl broil, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee, row, ruction breach infraction, violation, transgression, trespass, infringement break crack, fracture, burst, split, splinter, shatter, shiver, smash breeze cinch, pushover, snap, walkaway, walkover bright brilliant, radiant, lustrous, lambent, lunimous, incandescent, effulgent broach introduce, moot, raise broad-minded broad, liberal, open-minded, tolerant brood dwell, fret, mope, stew, worry

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brush flick, glance, graze, shave, skim brute animal, brutish, brutal, beastly, bestial building structure, edifice, pile bulge balloon, belly, jut, overhang, project, protrude bulwark barricade, breastwork, earthwork, rampart, bation, parapet burden affliction, cross, trial, tribulation burdensome onerous, oppressive, arduous, demanding, rigorous, exacting burn scorch, singe, sear, char, parch business industry, commerce, trade, traffic busy industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous cadge beg, bum, mooch, panhandle calculate compute, reckon, cipher, figure call convene, convoke, muster, summon calm tranquil, placid, serene, halcyon, peaceful campaign crusade, drive, push caprice whim, whimsy, vagary, freak care charge, custody, keeping, supervision, trust careful heedful, mindful, observant, watchful careless heedless, thoughtless, inadvertent caress cuddle, fondle, pet caricature burlesque, parody, travesty, satire, lampoon casuistry fallacy, sophistry, spuriousness, speciousness, sophism catalyst ferment, leaven, leavening, yeast catch enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, snare, tangle, trap cause reason, occasions, antecedent celebrity hero, luminary, name, notable, personage center focus, headquarters, heart, hub, seat certain inescapable, inevitable, sure, unavoidable certainty certitude, assurance, conviction chafe abrade, excoriate, fret, gall chance random, casual, haphazard, desultory charge freight, imbue, impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse charm beguile, bewitch, captivate, enchant, entrance, fascinate choice altenative, option, preference, selection, election choose select, elect, pick chronic confirmed, habitual, inveterate circle coterie, set, clique circumference circuit, compass, perimeter, periphery citizen national, subject claim pretense, pretension, title clean antiseptic, cleanly, immaculate, spotless clear limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent clever ingenious, shrewd cliche bromide, commonplace, platitude, truism close immediate, near, nearby, nigh, proximate clothe cloak, drape, mantle, robe coagulate clot, congeal, curdle, jell, jelly, set coarse gross, indelicate, vulgar, obscene, ribald cold artic, chilly, cool, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy

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collision concussion, crash, impact, jar, jolt, shock comfort console, solace comfortable cozy, snug, restful comment observation, remark commit consign, entrust, confide, relegate complex complicated, intricate, involved, tangled, knotty conceit amour-propre, egoism, egotism, narcissism, vanity [HUMILITY] condemn damn, doom, sentence confer consult, parley, treat confidence assurance, aplomb, self-confidence, self-possession confirm corroborate, substantiate, authenticate, validate, verify conflict contest, combat, fight, affray confuse addle, befuddle, discombobulate, fuddle, muddle, throw conjecture surmise, guess, speculate, infer consider deem, regard, account, reckon conspiracy plot, machination, collusion, intrigue, cabal contain hold, accommodate contaminate befoul, foul, poison, pollute, taint contemporary contemporaneous, simultaneous, synchronous, concurrent, coincident, concomitant continual continuous, constant, ceaseless, incessant, perpetual, eternal, perennial, interminable contract condense, compress, constrict, shrink contrary balky, perverse, wayward, ornery convert metamorphose, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute cool composed, collected, unruffled, nonchalant, impertubable, detached correct rectify, remedy, redress, reform, revise, amend corrupt debase, debauch, deprave, pervert, vitiate count import, matter, signify, weigh couple pair, brace, yoke crisis crossroad, exigency, head, juncture, pass critical captious, censorious, faultfinding [UNCRITICAL] criticize blame, reprehend, censure, condemn, denounce crowd crush, flock, horde, mob, press, throng crude native, raw cruel fierce, ferocious, barbarous, inhuman, savage, vicious crush mash, pulp, smash, squash cry weep, wail, keen, whimper, sob, blubber cure heal, remedy curious inquisitive, snoopy, nosy dark dim, murky, dusky, obscure, opaque, shady, shadowy daze bemuse, benumb, stun, stupefy dead deceased, departed, extinct, lifeless, inanimate decay rot, putrefy, spoil, crumble, molder, disintegrate, decompose deceive betray, mislead, beguile, delude, dupe, hoodwink, bamboozle, double-cross decide determine, settle, rule, conclude, resolve decision conclusion, determination decisive conclusive, crucial, definitive, determinative decrease lessen, reduce, dwindle, abate, diminish, subside decry disparage, depreciate, derogate, belittle, minimize, downgrade

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deep abysmal, profound [SHALLOW] defeat conquer, vanquish, beat, rout, subdue, subjugate, overcome defend protect, guard, preserve, shield, safeguard defer postpone, shelve, stay, suspend defy beard, brave, challenge, dare, face, front degrade abase, debase, demean, humble, humiliate delay slow, retard, detain delicate choice, dainty, elegant, exquisite, fine delicious ambrosial, delectable, luscious, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy demand claim, exact, require demote break, bust, degrade, downgrade, reduce deny contradict, contravene, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, negative, traversedependent conditional, contingent, relative, subject deplete drain, exhaust, impoverish, enervate depressed blue, dejected, dispirited, downcast, downhearted describe narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report desire covet, crave, want, wish despair hopelessness, desperation, despondency, discouragement despise contemn, disdain, scorn, scout despondent despairing, forlorn, hopeless [HOPEFUL] detailed circumstantial, minute, particular development evolution, progress deviation aberration, divergence devote dedicate, consecrate, pledge dexterous deft, adroit, handy, nimble dialect vernacular, jargon, cant, argot, lingo, patois dictate decree, impose, ordain, prescribe dictatorial authoritarian, dogmatic, doctrinaire, imperious, overbearing diction wording, vocabulary, phraseology, phrasing differ disagree, vary difference dissimilarity, unlikeness, divergence, variation, distinction, discrepancy difficulty hardship, rigor, vicissitude dip douse, duck, drunk, imerse, souse, submerge dirty filthy, foul, nasty, squalid, grimy disadvantage detriment, drawback, handicap [ADVANTAGE] disappear evanesce, evaporate, fade, vanish disaster calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm discord strife, contention, dissention, conflict, clash, variance discourage dishearten, dispirit [ENCOURAGE] discover ascertain, determine, learn discuss argue, debate, dispute, contend disgrace dishonor, shame, infamy, ignomity, odium, obloquy, opprobrium, disrepute, discredit disguise camouflage, cloak, dissemble, dissimulate, mask disgust nauseate, repel, revolt, sicken dishonest lying, untruthful, deceitful, mendacious dismay appall, daunt, horrify, shake dismiss boot, bounce, can, cashier, discharge, drop, fire, sack display array, panoply, parade, pomp disposition temperament, character, personality, nature

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dissuade deter, discourage [PERSUADE] distant far, far-off, faraway, remote, removed distinct discrete, separate, several distort twist, deform, contort, warp distribute divide, dispense, dole, deal, ration doctrine dogma, tenet dominant predominant, preponderant, paramount, preeminent doubtful dubious, questionable dramatic histrionic, melodramatic, stagy, theatrical dry dehydrate, desiccate, parch [MOISTEN] dull colorless, drab, humdrum, lackluster, pedestrian, stodgy, uninspired dumb inarticulate, mute, speechless eager avid, keen, agog earn deserve, merit, rate, win easy simple, facile, effortless, smooth, light eat consume, devour, ingest eccentricity idiosyncracy, quirk echo reecho, reflect, resound, reverberate ecstasy rapture, transport, exaltation effect consequence, result, outcome, upshot, sequel effective effectual, efficacious, efficient effort exertion, endeavor, application, pains, trouble eject expel, evict, dismiss, oust elaborate complicated, intricate [SIMPLE] elderly old, aged, venerable, superannuated elegance grace, polish, urbanity element component, constituent, factor, ingredient elevation altitude, height eliminate eradicate, liquidate, purge embarrass abash, chagrin, discomfit, disconcert, faze, rattle emphasis accent, stress empty vacant, blank, void, vacuous, bare, barren enclose cape, coop, fence, hem, pen, wall encomium eulogy, panegyric, tribute, citation encourage animate, cheer, embolden, hearten, inspirit endanger hazard, imperil, jeopardize, risk enforce implement, invoke engagement appointment, assignation, date, rendezvous, tryst enmity hostility, antagonism, animosity, rancor, antipathy, animus enormous immense, huge, gigantic, colossal, mammoth, tremendous, stupendous, gargantuan, vast enrapture entrance, ravish, thrill, transport envy begrudge, covet equanimity composure, sang-froid, serenity equipment apparatus, gear, materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, rig, tackle erase expunge, efface, delete, cancel error mistake, oversight escape avoid, shun, eschew, evade, elude estimate appraise, assess, assay, evaluate, rate estrange alienate, disaffect

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etiquette propriety, protocol, decomrum evoke educe, elicit exaggerate inflate, magnify, overstate example instance, case, illustration, sample, specimen excel surpass, exceed, transcend, outdo, outstrip excessive exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, extreme, unreasonable existence actuality, being [NONEXISTENCE] expect anticipate, hope, await experience suffer, sustain, taste, undergo explain elucidate, expound, explicate, interpret, construe explicit categorical, definite, express, specific expressive eloquent, meaningful, significant extemporaneous extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, unrehearsed, unpremeditated, ad-libextricate disengage, disentangle, untangle extrinsic extraneous, foreign, alien face countenance, kisser, mug, pan, physiognomy, puss, visage fair just, equitable, impartial, unprejudiced, unbiased, objective, dispassionate faithful loyal, true, constant, fast, steadfast, staunch faithless unfaithful, false, disloyal, traitorous, treacherous, perfidious, recreant familiar close, intimate, confidential, chummy fanatic zealot, enthusiast fantastic bizarre, grotesque, fanciful, exotic fashion style, mode, vogue fashionable chic, dashing, in, modish, posh, sharp, smart, stylish, swank, trendy fast rapid, swift, fleet, speedy, quick, hasty, expeditious fasten anchor, fix, moor, secure [UNFASTEN] fat obese, corpulent, fleshy, portly, stout, pudgy, rotund, plump, chubby fatal deadly, mortal, lethal fate destiny, kismet, lot, portion fault failing, weakness, frailty, foible, vice favorable propitious, auspicious, benign, conducive fawn apple-polish, bootlick, kowtow, slaver, toady, truckle fear fright, dread, terror, horror, panic, alarm, dismay, consternation, trepidation feat achievement, exploit, masterstroke feeling emotion, passion, sentiment feminine female, womanly, womanish, effeminate, ladylike fertile fecund, fruitful, productive, prolific [INFERTILE] fidelity allegiance, fealty, loyalty field bailiwick, domain, province, realm, sphere, territory figure design, device, motif, pattern financial pecuniary, fiscal, monetary firm hard, solid fit suitable, meet, proper, appropriate, apt, fitting, happy, felicitous flagrant glaring, gross, egregious, rank flash gleam, glance, glint, sparkle, glitter, glisten, shimmer, glimmer, twinkle, scintillate flexible elastic, resilient, springy, supple flirt dally, play, toy, trifle flock flight, herd, drove, pack, gang, gaggle, bevy, brood flourish brandish, wave

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flow current, flood, flux, rush, stream, tide flutter flicker, flit, flitter, hover follow succeed, ensue, result, supervene foolish silly, fatuous, absurd, preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous forbid ban, enjoin, interdict, prohibit, proscribe force compel, coerce, constrain, oblige, obligate foreign alien, exotic, strange foretell augur, divine, prophesy, vaticinate forgetful unmindful, oblivious forgive pardon, excuse, condone form figure, shape, configuration, contour, profile forte metier, specialty, thing found create, establish, institute, organize fragile breakable, frangible, delicate, brittle fragrance aroma, bouquet, perfume, redolence, scent frank candid, outspoken, straightforward, open freedom liberty, license frighten scare, alarm, terrify, terrorize, startle, panic frown glower, lower, scowl frustrate thwart, foil, balk full complete, plenary, replete function duty, office, role furnish equip, outfit, appoint, accouter futile barren, bootless, fruitless, unavailing, useless, vain gather collect, assemble, congregate, accumulate, amass gaudy flashy, garish, loud, meretricious, tawdry gaze stare, gape, glare, peer, ogle general common, generic, universal [PARTICULAR] gesture gesticulation, sign, signal ghastly grim, gruesome, grisly, macabre, lurid giddy dizzy, vertiginous glad happy, cheerful, lighthearted, joyful, joyous glib slick, smooth-tongued glum gloomy, morose, crabbed, dour, saturnine, sullen, surly, sulky gossip blab, tattle gracious cordial, genial, sociable [UNGRACIOUS] grand magnificient, imposing, stately, majestic, august, grandiose grant vouchsafe, concede, accord, award graphic lifelike, realistic, vivid grieve lament, mourn, sorrow gruff brusque, blunt, bluff, curt, crusty guide lead, pilot, sheperd, steer, usher habit practice, custom, usage, use, wont, habitude haggard wasted, worn, careworn hamper fetter, handcuff, hobble, hog-tie, manacle, shackle, trammel handle manipulate, wield, ply happen befall, betide, chance, occur happy fortunate, lucky, providential harass harry, hound, badger, pester, plague, bait hard difficult, arduous

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harden acclimate, acclimatize, season, toughen haste celerity, dispatch, expedition, hurry, speed [DELIBERATION] hateful detestable, odious, obnoxious, offensive, repellent healthy sound, wholesome, hale, robust, well, hardy, vigorous heap bank, mound, pile, stack heavy weighty, hefty, massive, ponderous, cumbersome help aid, assist, succor heritage inheritance, legacy, tradition hesitate vacillate, waver, falter hide conceal, secrete, cache, screen, bury, cloak high tall, lofty, towering, elevated hinder hamper, impede, obstruct, block, dam, bar hole hollow, cavity, pocket honesty honor, integrity, probity, rectitude honor homage, reverence, veneration, deference humane compassionate, humanitarian, merciful [INHUMANE] idea thought, notion, concept, conception ideal model, example, exemplar, standard, pattern ignorant uneducated, untaught, unlearned, untutored, unlettered, illiterate imagination fancy, fantasy imitate copy, mimic, ape, parody, simulate immaterial incorporeal, insubstantial, metaphysical, spiritual [MATERIAL] impact repercussion impetuous heedless, hasty, headlong, precipitate, sudden importance consequence, moment, significance, import, weight impostor quack, faker, humbug, mountebank, charlatan impression impress, imprint, print, stamp improper unbecoming, unseemly, indelicate, indecent, indecorous improve better, help, ameliorate inactive idle, inert, passive, dormant, torpid, supine incalculable countless, immeasurable, incomputable, infinite, innumerable, measureless incisive trenchant, biting, cutting, crisp, clear-cut incite instigate, foment, abet incline bias, dispose, predispose [DISINCLINE] include comprise, comprehend, embrace, involve inconsistent incongruous, incompatible, discordant, uncongenial, discrepant increase expand, enlarge, extend, augment, multiply indicate argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, testify, witness indifferent unconcerned, incurious, detached, uninterested indirect circuitous, roundabout indispensable essential, necessary, needful, requisite infinite boundless, eternal, illimitable, sempiternal [FINITE] inflexible inexorable, adamant, obdurate injure harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar, spoil injustice injury, wrong, grievance innate inborn, inbred, congenital, hereditary inquiry inquest, inquisition, investigation, probe, research insanity lunacy, madness, mania, dementia instinctive instinctual, intuitive, visceral insubordinate rebellious, mutinous, factious, seditious

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intelligent bright, brilliant, knowing, quick-witted, smart, intellectual intense fierce, vehement, violent intention intent, purpose, goal, end, aim, object, objective interfere meddle, tamper intimidate browbeat, bulldoze, cow, bully, bludgeon introduce insert, interject, interlard, interpolate, interpose intrude obtrude irrelevant extraneous, immaterial, impertinent [RELEVANT] isolate insulate, seclude, segregate, sequester item detail, particular jealous covetous, envious jerk snap, twitch, wrench, yank join combine, unite, link, connect, relate, associate joke jest, witticism, quip, sally, crack, wisecrack, gag jolly jovial, merry, blithe, jocund judge arbitrator, arbiter, referee, umpire justify warrant keep retain, withhold, reserve kind kindly, kindhearted, benign, benevolent knowledge information, learning, erudition, lore, scholarship lack want, need large big, great [SMALL] last final, terminal, eventual, ultimate latent dormant, quiescent lawyer attorney, counselor, counsel, barrister, solicitor lazy faineant, idle, indolent, slothful lean spare, skinny, scrawny, lank, lanky, rawboned, gaunt learned erudite, scholarly lethargy lassitude, torpor, torpidity, stupor, languor letter epistle, missive, note level flat, even, plane, smooth, flush liberal bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, generous, handsome, munificent, openhanded [STINGY] lie equivocate, fib, palter, prevaricate lift raise, rear, elevate, hoist, heave, boost like love, enjoy, relish, fancy, dote likeness similarity, similitude, resemblance, analogy, affinity limit restrict, confine, circumscribe limp flabby, flaccid, floppy [FIRM] livelihood living, subsistence, sustenance, maintenance, support, keep living alive, live, animate, animated, vital logical analytic, ratiocinative, rational loose lax, slack [TIGHT] loud earsplitting, stentorian, strident [SOFT] love affection, devotion, fondness, infatuation lure entice, inveigle, decoy, tempt, seduce lurk skulk, slink, sneak luxury extravagance, frill [NECESSITY] makeshift expedient, resort, stopgap male masculine, manlike, manly, manful, virile, mannish

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malign defame, traduce, vilify, asperse, slander, calumniate, libel malleable ductile, plastic, pliable, pliant manipulate exploit, maneuver mark brand, label, tag, ticket mature age, develope, ripen meager spare, sparse, skimpy, scanty, scant mean denote, import, signify mean low, base, abject, ignoble, sordid meaning acceptation, import, sense, significance, signification meaningless senseless, mindless, irrational, pointless, purposeless melt fuse, liquefy, thaw, deliquesce memory remembrance, recollection, reminiscence mercy leniency, lenity, clemency, charity method system, routine, manner, mode, fashion, way meticulous careful, painstaking, scrupulous, fastidious, punctilious mind intellect, intelligence, brain, wit, reason mirth merriment, jollity, hilarity, glee miscellaneous heterogeneous, motley, mixed, varied, assorted misfortune adversity, mishap, mischance misleading deceptive, delusive, delusory mix blend, mingle, coalesce, merge, amalgamate, fuse mixture blend, admixture, compund, composite, amalgam moderate qualify, temper [INTENSIFY] moment instant, minute, second, jiffy, flash monopolize absorb, consume, engross, preoccupy mood humor, temper moral ethical, virtuous, righteous morale esprit, esprit de corps moving stirring, poignant, touching, pathetic, affecting multitude host, legion, army muscular athletic, brawny, burly, sinewy mysterious esoteric, arcane, occult, inscrutable naive simple, ingenuous, unsophisticated, natural, unaffected, guileless, artless name designation, denomination, title, appellation, cognomen native indigenous, endemic, autochthonous, aboriginal nautical marine, maritime, naval neat tidy, trim, shipshape, spick-and-span, spruce, trig need necessity, exigency, requisite negligent derelict, lax, neglectful, remiss, slack neutralize negate, nullify, counteract new fresh, novel, newfangled, original news advice, intelligence, tidings, word nimble agile, quick, brisk, facile, spry noise din, racket, uproar, pandemonium, hullabaloo, hubbub, clamor, babel normal regular, natural, typical noted celebrated, eminent, famed, famous, illustrious, notable, preeminent, renowned noticeable observable, marked, conspicuous, prominent, outstanding, salient, remarkable, signal, arresting, striking nuance gradation, shade nurture cultivate, foster, nurse

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obedient biddable, compliant, acquiescent, submissive, docile, amenable, tractable object protest, kick, demur, remonstrate, expostulate obligation responsibility, duty oblige accommodate, favor [DISOBLIGE] observe keep, celebrate, commemorate, solemnize obstacle obstruction, bar, barrier, block, hindrance, impediment, snag obstinate stubborn, headstrong, stiff-necked, bullheaded, pigheaded, mulish, dogged, pertinacious occurrence happening, event, incident, episode, circumstance offend insult, affront, outrage offense crime, sin, error offensive disgusting, loathsome, nasty, repellent, repulsive, revolting, vile offer proffer, tender, present old ancient, archaic, antediluvian, obsolete, antique, antiquated opinion view, sentiment, feeling, belief, conviction, persuasion opponent adversary, antagonist opportune seasonable, timely, well-timed [INOPPORTUNE] opportunity occasion, opening, chance, break oppose fight, combat, resist, withstand, contest opposite contrary, antithetical, contradictory orderly methodical, systematic origin inception, source, root ornate florid, flamboyant, baroque, rococo outline contour, profile, silhouette outlive outlast, survive outrageous flagrant, atrocious, monstrous overthrow overturn, subvert, topple, upset pacify mollify, conciliate, appease, placate pain ache, pang, smart, stitch, throe, twinge palliate extenuate, gloss, gloze, whitewash pamper indulge, humor, spoil, coddle, mellycoddle, babe paragon nonsuch, nonpareil partner colleague, ally, confederate passion fervor, fire, zeal, ardor pathetic pitiful, pitiable, piteous, lamentable patience long-suffering, resignation, forbearance pause intermission, recess, respite, suspension pedantic academic, bookish, donnish, scholastic penitence compunction, contrition, remorse, repentance pensive contemplative, reflective, meditative, thoughtful perceptible palpable, appreciable, noticeable, discernible perfect consummate, faultless, flawless, impeccable [IMPERFECT] perform execute, accomplish, achieve, effect, fulfill, discharge period epoch, era, age, term periodic sporadic, intermittent, occasional, fitful permission authorization, consent, leave, license [PROHIBITION] perseverance persistence, tenacity, pertinacity persuade induce, prevail, convince phase aspect, facet, angle, side physique build, constitution

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pity compassion, commiseration, sympathy, condolence, empathy plain modest, simple, unostentatious, unpretentious [ORNATE] plan blueprint, design, project, scheme, strategy plausible believable, colorable, credible playful mischievous, impish, waggish, frolicsome please delight, gladden, gratify, tickle [DISPLEASE] pleasure enjoyment, delight, delectation, joy plentiful abundant, ample, copious, plenteous [SCANT] poet bard, versifier, rhymer, rhymester, poetaster poisonous mephitic, pestilent, pestilential, toxic, venomous, virulent polite mannerly, civil, courteous, genteel ponder meditate, deliberate, ruminate, mull, muse poor indigent, needy, impecunious, penniless, impoverished, poverty-stricken, destitute possible workable, practicable, feasible, viable posture attitude, carriage, pose, stance practice drill, exercise, rehearse praise acclaim, commend, extol, laud predicament plight, quandary, jam, fix, pickle predict call, forecast, foretell, prognosticate predilection bias, leaning, partiality, penchant, prejudice, proclivity, propensity preliminary introductory, prefatory, preparatory presume presuppose, postulate, posit, assume pretend assume, affect, simulate, feign, fake, counterfeit prevailing prevalent, current, rife prevent preclude, avert, obviate, forestall price charge, cost, expense produce bear, yield profane blasphemous, sacrilegious proficient adept, skilled, skillful, expert profuse exuberant, lavish, lush, luxuriant, prodigal, riotous [SPARE] promise covenant, engage, pledge, plight, swear, vow prone supine, prostrate, recumbent proportion harmony, symmetry, balance propose pose, propound, submit proud arrogant, haughty, disdainful, supercilious provoke incite, excite, stimulate, arouse, rouse, stir prudence discretion, foresight, forethought, circumspection pull drag, draw, haul, tow, tug [PUSH] pulsate pulse, beat, palpitate, throb punish correct, chastise, discipline, castigate, penalize pure absolute, sheer, simple, unadulterated push propel, shove, thrust [PULL] puzzle perplex, mystify, bewilder, confound quality property, attribute, character, trait qualm scruple, compunction, misgiving quibble carp, cavil, niggle, nitpick, pettifog range ambit, compass, orbit, purview, reach, scope, sweep reach achieve, attain, gain, compass real actual, true, existent reap garner, gather, gleam, harvest

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reason intuition, understanding, judgement rebellion revolution, revolt, mutiny, insurrection, uprising recede ebb, retract, retreat, retrograde [ADVANCE] reciprocate requite, return reckless rash, precipitate, foolhardy, temerarious recoil blench, quail, shrink, flinch recover regain, recoup, retrieve refer advert, mention refrain abstain, forbear refuse decline, reject, spurn, rebuff regard esteem, admiration, respect regret sorrow, grief, anguish, woe, heartache, heartbreak relevant pertinent, germane, material, apposite, apropos [IRRELEVANT] reliable dependable, responsible, trustworthy relieve allay, alleviate, assuage, lighten, mitigate, palliate religious devout, pious, sanctimonious relinquish yield, resign, abandon, surrender, cede, waive, renounce rely trust, depend, reckon remainder rest, balance, residue, residuum, remnant, leavings, remains remember bethink, recall, recollect [FORGET] reparation redress, amends, restitution, indemnity repeat iterate, reiterate, restate replace supplant, supersede represent delineate, depict, limn, picture, portray resort apply, go, refer, turn responsible answerable, liable, accountable, amenable rest relaxation, repose, leisure, ease, comfort restrain curb, check, bridle, inhibit return revert, recur, recrudesce reveal expose, disclose, divulge, betray revere worship, venerate, adore, idolize reverse invert, transpose revive restore, resuscitate, revivify rhythm meter, cadence rich affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy [POOR] ridicule mock, taunt, twit, deride, gibe right privilege, prerogative, perquisite, birthright rise ascend, climb, soar, tower, mount, surge rival compete, vie, emulate room elbowroom, latitude, leeway, margin, play, scope rough harsh, jagged, rugged, scabrous, uneven rude crude, primitive, raw, rough ruin raze, demolish, destroy, wreck rural bucolic, rustic, pastoral sad melancholy, sorrowful, doleful, woebegone, desolate same identical, selfsame, very [DIFFERENT] sarcastic ironic, caustic, satirical, sardonic satiate sate, cloy, glut, gorge, surfeit satisfy answer, fill, fullfil, meet save rescue, reclaim, redeem, deliver

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saying maxim, adage, saw, motto, epigram, proverb, aphorism scatter disperse, dissipate, dispel scold upbraid, berate, revile, vituperate, rail scream shriek, screech secret stealthy, covert, clandestine, furtive, surreptitious, underhand see behold, note, notice, espy, descry, observe, contemplate, survey, view, perceive, discern, remark seek hunt, quest, search seem appear, look send dispatch, forward, route, ship, transmit sensuous sensual, luxurious, voluptuous, sybaritic, epicurean sentimental bathetic, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, romantic, schmaltzy, slushy, soppy separate divide, part, sever, sunder, divorce series succession, progression, sequence, chain, train, string serious sober, grave, solemn, earnest, sedate, staid servitude bondage, slavery severe stern, austere, ascetic, strict shade penumbra, shadow, umbra, umbrage shake tremble, quake, quiver, shiver, shudder shameless brazen, barefaced, brash, impudent, unblushing shapleless amorphous, formless, unformed, unshaped [SHAPELY] share participate, partake sharp keen, acute shelter cover, retreat, refuge, asylum, sanctuary shorten abbreviate, abridge, curtail, truncate [LENGTHEN] shout bawl, bellow, holler, howl, roar, whoop, yell show display, expose, parade, exhibit, flaunt showy flamboyant, ostentatious, pretentious, splashy shrewd sagacious, astute, perspicacious shy bashful, diffident, modest, coy, demure sign badge, mark, token, symptom, note silent reticent, reserved, taciturn, secretive, uncommunicative, tightlipped sincere unaffected, unfeigned, wholehearted, hearty, heartfelt single sole, unique, solitary, lone, separate sinister baleful, malign slant incline, lean, slope, tilt, tip sleek glossy, satiny, silken, silky, slick slide slip, glide, coast, skid, slither sloppy slovenly, unkempt, slipshod slow dilatory, leisurely, laggard, deliberate sly cunning, tricky, crafty, wily, foxy, artful, guileful small diminutive, little, miniature, minuscule, minute, petite, tiny, wee [LARGE] smell aroma, odor, scent smile grin, simper, smirk social companionable, convivial, gregarious, sociable [ANTISOCIAL] solitude isolation, seclusion, retirement solve decipher, resolve, unravel sour acid, acidulous, dry, tart spacious ample, capacious, commodious, roomy sparing frugal, thrifty, economical

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speak talk, converse, discourse speed hurry, hasten, quicken, accelerate, precipitate spend disburse, expend [SAVE] spontaneous impulsive, instinctive, involuntary, automatic stain blot, brand, stigma, taint stammer stutter standard benchmark, criterion, gauge, measure, touchstone, yardstick state condition, situation, status stay remain, wait, abide, tarry, linger, sojourn steady even, equable, uniform, constant steal purloin, filch, snitch, pilfer, cop, hook, swipe, lift, pinch steep abrupt, precipitous, sheer stem arise, derive, emanate, flow, issue, originate stench fetor, malodor, reek, stink sterile infertile, barren, unfruitful, impotent stiff rigid, inflexible, inelastic, tense still quiet, silent, noiseless, soundless stingy close, close-fisted, niggardly, penny-pinching, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, tight stoop condescend, deign stop cease, desist, discontinue, halt, quit [START] strange peculiar, odd, queer, quaint, outlandish, singular, eccentric, curious streak strain, vein strength power, might, energy, force strip divest, denude, bare strong stout, sturdy, tough, stalwart, tenacious strut swagger, swank stupid slow, dumb, dull, obtuse, dense suave smooth, urbane, diplomatic, politic subject matter, topic, theme substance burden, core, gist, pith, purport sufficient adequate, enough [INSUFFICIENT] suggest imply, hint, intimate, insinuate summit peak, pinnacle, acme, apex, zenith, climax superficial shallow, cursory superfluous excess, extra, spare, supernumerary, surplus, supererogatory supervise boos, overlook, oversee, superintend support uphold, back, advocate, champion supposed conjectural, hypothetical, putative, reputed, suppositious, supposititious [CERTAIN] suppress stifle, repress sure certain, confident, positive surprise astonish, amaze, astound, dumbfound, flabbergast surrender submission, capitulation surround circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, ring swerve depart, deviate, digress, diverge, stray, veer swing oscillate, sway, rock, vibrate, fluctuate, undulate, waver symbol attribute, emblem tact address, diplomacy, savoir-faire talkative loquacious, garrulous, voluble, verbose, glib

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tardy behindhand, late, overdue [PROMPT] task job, chore, stint, assignment taste flavor, relish, savor, smack, tang teach instruct, educate, train, school, discipline, drill tear rip, rend, split, cleave teem abound, bristle, crawl, overflow, swarm temerity audacity, effrontery, nerve, cheek, gall tend attend, mind, minister, watch tendency trend, current, drift, tenor, inclination theoretical abstract, academic, hypothetical, speculative think cerebrate, cogitate, reason, reflect, speculate thoughtful considerate, attentive, solicitous threaten menace, intimidate throw cast, hurl, fling, pitch, toss, sling tight taut, tense timid timorous tire weary, fatigue, exhaust, jade tireless indefatigable, unflagging, untiring, unwearied, weariless tool instrument, implement, utensil, appliance touch feel, finger, handle, palpate, paw trace vestige, track, trail transient transitory, ephemeral, fleeting, fugitive, momentary, evanescent treat deal, handle trial affliction, crucible, ordeal, tribulation, visitation trite hackneyed, shopworn, stereotyped, threadbare, stale, banal trivial trifling, paltry, petty, picayune trouble ail, distress, worry trust faith, confidence, reliance, dependence truth veracity, verity, verisimilitude turn rotate, revolve, gyrate, spin, whirl, circle, eddy, swirl type kind, sort, nature, character, ilk ugly hideous, ill-favored, unsightly uncertainty doubt, dubiety, skepticism, suspicion, mistrust unctuous fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy unfortunate hapless, ill-fated, ill-started, luckless, unlucky [FORTUNATE] unity union, solidarity unruly ungovernable, intractable, refractory, recalcitrant, willful, headstrong, wayward unspeakable indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, unutterable urge press, exhort, prod, prick urgent pressing, imperative, exigent use employ, utilize usual habitual, customary, accustomed vain empty, hollow, idle, nugatory, otiose valid sound, cogent, convincing, telling vent express, utter, voice, air versatile all-around, many-sided, multifaceted, multifarious vertical upright, perpendicular, plumb victory conquest, triumph vigor dash, punch, verve, vim, vitality vindictive vengeful, revengeful

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vociferous blatant, boisterous, strident, clamorous voluntary intentional, deliberate, willful, willing voracious gluttonous, rapacious, ravenous votary devotee, habitu wander ramble, roam, rove, range, meander, stray, gallivant, gad warn caution, forewarn waste blow, consume, dissipate, fritter, squander [SAVE] way route, course, passage, pass, artery weak feeble, frail, fragile, infirm, decrepit, debilitated weird eerie, uncanny, unearthly wet damp, moist, dank, humid whole all, entire, gross, total [PARTIAL] wise sage, sapient, judicious, prudent, sensible, sane wit humor, repartee, sarcasm, irony wonder marvel, miracle, phenomenon, prodigy, sensation wordy diffuse, long-winded, prolix, verbose work labor, toil, drudgery, travail writhe agonize, squirm yearn long, pine, hanker, hunger, thirst yield relent, bow, defer, submit, capitulate, succumb young youthful, adolescent, immature, juvenile, puerile, green zest gusto, relish