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(v) to run off and hide
syn: bolt, make off, skip town
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(n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v) to get at, obtain
syn: (n) entry, admittance, entrée
ant: (n) total exclusion |
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(n) a lack of government and law; confusion
syn: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium
ant: law and order, peace and quiet |
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(adj) hard to do, requiring much effort
syn: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing
ant: easy, simple, effortless |
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(adj) favorable, fortunate
syn: promising, encouraging, propitious
ant: ill-omened, ominous, sinister |
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(adj) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
unfair, partial, bigoted
ant: unfair, impartial, unprejudiced, just |
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(v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
syn: dismay, cow (not the "moo" kind)
ant: encourage, embolden reassure |
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(v) to free from tangles or complications
syn: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl
ant: tangle up, ensnarl, snag |
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(adj) determined n advance by destiny or fortune
syn: destined, preordained, doomed
ant: accidental, fortuitous, chance, random |
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(v) to mislead by a trick, deceive
syn: dupe, put one over on
ant: undeceive, disabuse, clue in |
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(adj) not having life; without energy or spirit
syn: lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless
ant: living, alive, energetic, lively, sprightly |
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(v) to burn to ashes
syn: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
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(adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable
the type of car Mr. Skipper drives
syn: valiant, courageous, audacious, daring
ant: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
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(n) theft
syn: stealing, robbery, burglary |
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(adj) bending readily; easily influenced
syn: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic
ant: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone |
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(adj) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
syn: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic
ant: unpretentious, unaffected, plain |
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(n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
syn: cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge
ant: abyss, chasm, gorge |
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(v) to make right, correct
syn: remedy, set right
ant: mess up, botch, bungle |
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(n) a temporary relief or delay;
(v) to grant a postponement
syn: (n) stay, respite; (v) postpone, delay
ant: (v) proceed |
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(v) to attack with words, call bad names
syn: inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce
ant: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize |
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